Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. 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.…
By Amy Zewe— What can you do to help curtail the growing cancer of antisemitism and antizionism on college campues across the US, Canada, and UK? The first thing is to become aware of what is going on. In California, for example, K-12 curriculums are being instituted that would water down or otherwise eliminate the…
We have enjoyed this past weekend with the onset of Passover and the observance of Easter, starting with the solemness of Good Friday. Passover and Easter are intimately connected, whether the world knows it or not. The Israelites put the blood on their doorframes in Egypt to preserve the lives of their first born—the…
Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. 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.…
By Deborah Fineblum, JNS— Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? If you were one of the 32 souls who traveled with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman to Egypt in January, it’s the fact that you can’t read the Haggadah the same way this year. Because what you saw and heard there downloaded brand-new,…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost—- Leaders of several Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have called on Palestinians to converge on al-Aqsa Mosque compound (Temple Mount) on Friday to protect it against “provocations by Zionist criminals.” The call came after an emergency meeting of faction leaders on Wednesday evening in the office of Hamas’s Gaza…
By Amy Zewe— We’ve been following a lot of stories over the last several weeks including the ongoing issues in the Ukraine, the uptick in antisemitism both on the ground in Israel and around the world, and today I want to concentrate on what’s going on Western university campuses. The university campuses in North America…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— When John the Baptist saw Jesus walking toward him at the Jordan River, he announced, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” Those awaiting baptism may have been startled. They knew all about lambs. Their Jewish culture was saturated with them, as they…
By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post— It is a tale as old as terrorism itself, a mantra repeated down through the years in an attempt to make sense of the Palestinian violence directed against Israel. Poverty breeds terrorism, we are told in authoritative tones, and hence there is no choice but to ease up on restrictions…
Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. 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.…