By Amy Zewe This is a question I keep asking myself. This Labor Day weekend, I was looking at Facebook and a classmate from my high school posted about a visit to Dachau and how moved he was by it. I appreciated that he was able to connect it with a substitute teacher we had…
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 studying Chapter 9 when the people stopped feasting and began fasting. Although Chapter 9 is a continuation of the previous chapter’s…
By Amy Zewe— Unfortunately, no. Andrew Pessin shared to the Facebook group Anti-Zionism on Campus: The University, Free Speech, and BDS disturbing reports about universities and their faculties over the last month as communities prepare to send their students back to the classroom. We have shared stories over the past months about antisemitism and its…
Follow Bible Fiber wherever you get your podcasts! 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 studying Chapter 8 and believe it or not this is the section I…
Jewish Queens Link is a local publication but it shares news worthy of a global audience. They posted yet another disturbing bit of news about the ongoings at CUNY (City University of New York, a public university system). I shared with you in the last few months the ongoing antisemitism at CUNY college, specifically the…
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 studying Nehemiah 7. The chapter has only six verses of narrative development before launching into a lengthy genealogical record. Admittedly, the…
By Amy Zewe To follow up on our conversation last week (August 9, 2023) regarding the antisemitic tide that many university faculties, administrations, and associations are engaging, this week my goal is to examine a bit more of what it means to equate antisemitism with anti-Zionism. Many of those in education and politics will tell…
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 studying Nehemiah 6. The city wall was almost complete. All that remained was setting the doors in the gateways. With the…
By Amy Zewe and Shelley Neese Today we have Shelley Neese, The Jerusalem Connection President, joining us to discuss the detrimental implications of universities or members therein boycotting or otherwise singling out Israel and its citizens for discrimination. Join us to hear Shelley’s insights regarding the connection between academic departments and associations being politicized and…
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 studying Nehemiah 5. Thematically, Chapter 5 is an awkward fit in the book, an insertion that interrupts an otherwise continuous narrative.…