Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are reading Nehemiah 2. We left off with Nehemiah on his knees, praying and fasting as he prepared to speak directly to…
Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. We finished Ezra and we are now launching our study of Nehemiah. Remember that in the Septuagint and the Masoretic text, Ezra and Nehemiah were…
By Inna Rogatchi LITVAK ARTISTS IN PARIS EXHIBITION IN VILNIUS PART II. CELEBRATIONS & CHAGALL UNIVERSE In a remarkable way, additionally to the feast of Chagall, this exhibition also created three very special celebrations of great artists, Arbit Blatas born Neemia Arbitblatas, Rafael Chwoles and Michel Kikoine. In all three cases, there are not a single or couple of works of…
By Inna Rogatchi– LITVAK ARTISTS IN PARIS EXHIBITION IN VILNIUS PART I. GEMS & DISCOVERIES Alone with Chagall If this exhibition were to be on display in Paris or New York, the queues and hype there would be the same as at the Vermeer show in Amsterdam or van Gogh’s one in London. I was…
By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. This week we are finishing the book of Ezra which ends with a resolution to the remnant’s intermarriage crisis. In chapter 10,…
Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Or subscribe to our YouTube channel Only four months after Ezra’s arrival (458 BCE), Judean officials reported to him that the returnees had a serious intermarriage problem. These informants were quite possibly the judges Ezra appointed when he set up a judicial system for the province…
On May 17, just two weeks ago, I reported on how CUNY (City University of NY in NYC) was working proactively to combat antisemitism, which has taken root systemically in the CUNY system. One of the initiatives to raise awareness and show solidarity with the large Jewish community in the system is to display a…
By Anne Etra, Times of Israel— I am a Jew from way back. Even my name – Etra – comes from the Hebrew ‘atara’ which means ‘coronal or crown’. Can you spot it in the Siddur? And with no contradictions whatsoever, this blogpost celebrates Christian soldiers for Israel. Why now? Because Shmuel Bowman, who runs OPERATION…
Welcome to May 31. 2023, Jerusalem Connection Red Alert. This week we are excited to share just a few of the festivities we participated in on May 17 to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary of being an independent nation as well as Jerusalem Day (the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule in 1967). The Jerusalem Connection…
By Amy Zewe— Join us today to hear from Sarah Weiskopf, the Jerusalem Connection’s 2023 Hebrew University Scholarship recipient. Sarah sends us a message directly from the Holy Land sharing her joy and gratitude for the opportunity to immerse herself in the holy land and all its people. What better way to combat antisemitism than…