Red Alert: 103 days, remembering the hostages
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Red Alert: Native Christians in the land of Israel
Today’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…
Red Alert: What Can We Learn from an Army Chaplain?
Our 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…
Red Alert: Joy Amidst the Tears—Celebrating Hanukkah in Israel during Iron Shield
Continuing 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…
Red Alert State-Side Update: Why Care What the UN Does?
Gil 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…
Red Alert: A rabbi with a rifle shares his heart for defending life
A 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…
Red Alert: Historic Rally on DC –300,000 Jews and Christians Rally for Israel: What’s the Big Deal?
On November 14, 2023, nearly 80 years after 500 Rabbis from NYC marched alone at the White House to demand attention and response for the atrocities the Nazis were committing against Jews in Europe, we were witness to a historic first as Israel and the Jewish population globally experience the greatest manifestation of Jew-hatred and…
Red Alert: Conversation with Yakir Englander, Director of IAC (Israeli-American Council)
Red Alert: Conversation with Yakir Englander, Director of IAC (Israeli-American Council) Today’s special guest is Yakir Englander, Director of Leadership for the Israeli-American Council (IAC). Yakir is an Israeli now living and working in the United States. His journey keeps him tightly connected to Israel and the Israeli-American community. Yakir provides us with an intimate…
Red Alert: First-hand accounts of life in Israel post October 7
Communion & ConnectednessWith Amy Zewe & Shelley Neese First-hand accounts of life in Israel post October 7. Israel at War: Iron SwordsToday’s guest is Sandy Shoshani of Be’ad Chaim, the pro-life ministry The Jerusalem Connection has partnered with for nearly two decades. Sandy is the national director, and close friend of our late founders, Jim…
Communion & Connectedness with Jonathan Feldstein
Today’s guest, Jonathan Feldstein of The Genesis 123 Foundation, joins us to share personal perspectives and insights of the unfolding events in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023. Jonathan shares about the happenings and mood of his community and family. The Genesis 123 Foundation builds bridges between the Jewish and Christian communities; and through those efforts,…