by Shelley Neese On 14 June 2007, masked gunmen torched and looted the Rosary Sisters School and Latin Church in Gaza City. After bombing the entrance with grenades, the gunmen destroyed every Holy Relic they could find, crushing a statue of the Virgin Mary, burning Bibles, and destroying all Crosses and pictures of Jesus. They…
by Jim Hutchens Christian Zionists are often criticized for their failure to show any support for Palestinians. In turn we are accused of giving blank-check approval to all that Israel does. In this issue of The Jerusalem Connection we want to set the record straight. First, regarding the Palestinians, we are asserting, along with several…
by Shelley Neese “If someone cuts themselves in the left hand by mistake, would that hand then cut the other hand in revenge? Of course not, for they are hands of the same body.” Jerusalem Talmud The events of six days in August are forever burned in Israel’s national memory. In what had been predicted…
by Jim Hutchens This year is Israel’s 60th birthday and, as Yogi Berra would say, “it’s déjà vu all over again.” As I write this the menacing behavior of Iran and Syria and their Jihadist terrorist clients, Hamas and Hezbollah, continues to threaten Israel’s security and very existence. The threat of another war looms large…
by Jim Hutchens The definitive teaching about Jews and Israel in the New Testament is Romans chapters 9-11 , Paul’s letter to the Gentile followers of Jesus Christ in Rome. This text voices significant admonitions to Gentile believers concerning what they should not do regarding the Jews. Romans 9-11 follows one of the clearest statements…
by Shelley Neese Jews and Blacks came together naturally out of shared experiences of persecution and perseverance. Like any complex relationship there were periods of cooperation and of conflict. The 1950s and early 1960s are known as the Golden Years when Black and Jewish communities joined hands to take the lead in improving national race…
by Shelley Neese What type of lense must one wear to look at the situation of the world and determine that America is a power-hungry empire, Israel is an apartheid state, Christian Zionists are delusional militants, and Palestinians are peaceful advocates for justice? Welcome to Sabeel’s International Conference on Challenging Christian Zionism. Sabeel is the…
by Shelley Neese “It’s a new day in America. The sleeping giant of Christian Zionism has awakened!” Pastor John Hagee announced in his booming voice to thunderous applause at the AIPAC Annual Policy Conference last March. What Hagee humbly omitted is that Christians United for Israel (CUFI), a group he formed just over a year…