Feb. 21 marks the 137th day since Oct. 7 which means 137 days the hostages remain in captivity. This is 3.5 months. This is a full financial quarter. This is a semester in many schools. This is a monumental amount of time for an infant or small child. It is an eternity for someone missing…
DetailsIf you are in the DC area, please consider going on March 5th to watch NOVA – Dan Pe’ers’ intensely raw and painful 52-minute documentary about the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists on revelers at the Supernova music rave. After the screening we will hear from Lee Sasi, who will share her story of…
DetailsPlease view our video of Israel Advocacy Day! While we lament the circumstances that have arisen since Oct. 7, 2023, the one silver lining I hear from Israelis and Jews around the world is the sense of unity they feel as Jews. The Christian community has millennia of betrayal to account for, and I am…
DetailsOver Seventy Faith Leaders Speak out for the return of hostages, supplemental aid, defunding UNRWA and the fight against antisemitism WASHINGTON (Feb. 6 2024) – On Jan. 31, over 70 rabbis, pastors, and other Jewish and Christian leaders met with nearly 30 members of Congress to stress the urgent need to move past politics and…
DetailsDana Arschin, journalist turned storyteller—combines her professional expertise, her personal history, and her focused passion into a gift to the world via storytelling. She joins us today to share her story with us. Dana’s work with the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (hmtcli.org) brings the world access to individual stories that enlighten…
DetailsFor the past several weeks The Jerusalem Connection has been very busy participating in all it can to help support the Jewish people both domestically and in Israel. I attended, on behalf of The Jerusalem Connection, several important meetings and events. On Jan 17, in an event at a Maryland synagogue noted over 100 days…
DetailsThis week’s guest is author Lela Gilbert. Lela is a Senior Fellow for International Religious Freedom with the Family Research Council, a fellow at the Hudson Institute Center for Religious Freedom, and the author of numerous articles and books. Lela is also a board member of The Jerusalem Connection and a dear friend to our…
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Through stunning, full-color photography and artwork combined with compelling personal encounters with the Land and people of Israel, you will gain new appreciation for the Land promised to Abraham and his descendants, the people, and State of Israel as Israel celebrates 75 years of independence. No place in the world embodies both historical and prophetic…
DetailsWelcome 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. One thing that makes reading the Hebrew scriptures difficult is that while the Bible is telling the story of one people, the Israelites, other ancient…
DetailsToday’s Guest: Shadi Khalloul. Shadi is an Israeli whose family lineage in the Holy Land dates back over 5000 years. Shadi is not Arab, not Jewish, not Druze, and not Bedouin. Shadi is a member of a small but formidable Israeli community known as the Aramean and Maronite Christians. These Christians are a Semitic people…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi, Rogatchi Foundation— A Violin on a Piano The first thing which grabbed my attention when entering a festive hall of the Residency of the German Ambassador in Vienna last Spring 2023, was a violin on a grand-piano. There was something special in this instrument, the sensation which one feels but not necessarily…
DetailsOur interview with Chaplain Gramling was originally scheduled to release on Oct. 13, 2023. The tragic events of October 7, 2023, caused us to alter our schedule to focus on the unfolding events in Israel so we could research and share timely information and ways to pray and help. To start the New Year, 2024…
DetailsContinuing our series “Communion and Connectedness,” Shelley and I talk to Israeli writer Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz. Eliyahu shares his heart, through tears and smiles, and his experiences in Israel since October 7, 2023. Building bridges between the Jewish and Christian communities for many years, Eliyahu embodies the notion of Israel being “a blessing to the…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— There is no other Jewish holiday about which I’ve created and wrote more than about these most dark eight days in any given year during which we are smiling and relaxed every evening being reassured by the growing number of candle flames in our various Hanukkiahs, being warmed up…
DetailsGil Kapen, Executive Director of the American Jewish International Relations Institute (AJIRI), stands at the forefront of an essential mission—to reverse the United Nations’ ongoing funding and narrative that unfairly vilifies Israel. What motivates Gil in his tireless pursuit of rectifying this situation? A peak into his family history uncovers a rich legacy of Zionism—a…
DetailsA Rabbi with a Rifle Shares His Heart for Defending Life Operation Lifeshield’s Rabbi Shmuel Bowman joins this week’s Red Alert Communion and Connectedness series to share his first-hand account of life in Israel over the last two months. Join us as Rabbi Shmuel recounts his experience of the unfolding of events on October 7th. Having lost personal…
DetailsBy Professor Shimon Glick— Premeditation: The Hamas pogrom was a carefully orchestrated event with a clear, declared goal, expressed orally and in writing. They aimed to murder civilians of all ages and kidnap hostages. The leadership of Hamas has expressly stated its goal to repeat such attacks repeatedly in the future. Barbarism: The extraordinary cruelty…
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