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# The Jerusalem Connection Report

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- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-2/) - 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 reading Nehemiah 2. We left off with Nehemiah on his knees, praying and fasting as he prepared to speak directly to
- [As Happy as God in Paris: Visiting Homeland. Part II ](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-happy-as-god-in-paris-visiting-homeland-part-ii/) - By Inna Rogatchi LITVAK ARTISTS IN PARIS EXHIBITION IN VILNIUS PART II. CELEBRATIONS & CHAGALL UNIVERSE In a remarkable way, additionally to the feast of Chagall, this exhibition also created three very special celebrations of great artists, Arbit Blatas born Neemia Arbitblatas, Rafael Chwoles and Michel Kikoine. In all three cases, there are not a single or couple of works of
- [As Happy As God in Paris: Visiting Homeland. Part I.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-happy-as-god-in-paris-visiting-homeland-part-i/) - By Inna Rogatchi-- LITVAK ARTISTS IN PARIS EXHIBITION IN VILNIUS PART I. GEMS & DISCOVERIES Alone with Chagall If this exhibition were to be on display in Paris or New York, the queues and hype there would be the same as at the Vermeer show in Amsterdam or van Gogh’s one in London. I was
- [Red Alert: The Spiritual War Against Israel with Jim Scudder Jr.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-spiritual-war-against-israel-with-jim-scudder-jr/) - Our newest episode of the Red Alert Report features pastor, author, and InGrace TV host Jim Scudder Jr. discussing his timely book, The Spiritual War Against Israel. In a moment when confusion about Israel is growing — even within the church — Jim offers a clear, biblical perspective on why Israel matters today and why
- [Bible Fiber: Phinehas (Num 25:10–30:1)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-phinehas-num-2510-301/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 25:10–30:1, and it is titled Pinchas. Phinehas is the name used in English Bibles, so that’s the name I will use in this podcast. Phinehas was a prominent biblical priest whose leadership started in the wilderness wanderings and continued into the early period of the Judges. He was the
- [Red Alert: The Battle for Jerusalem: Faith, History, and Truth with Risto Huvila](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-battle-for-jerusalem-faith-history-and-truth-with-risto-huvila/) - In this week’s Red Alert Report, Amy Zewe sits down with author, TV Host, and Israel advocate Risto Huvila to discuss one of the most urgent issues facing the Middle East today: the future of Jerusalem. Risto is the founder of the Pro-Jerusalem Alliance, a global initiative dedicated to preserving Jerusalem as the undivided, eternal
- [Chukat-Balak (Number 19:1–25:9)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/chukat-balak-number-191-259/) - This week we are reading a double Torah portion: Chukat and Balak. It covers Numbers 19:1–25:9. Together, these two portions mark a major turning point in the book of Numbers. The older generation that left Egypt has almost entirely passed away in the wilderness. Now, Israel stands on the edge of the Promised Land, facing
- [Red Alert: How Israeli Midwives Are Transforming Emergency Care](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-israeli-midwives-are-transforming-emergency-care/) - We invite you to listen to a remarkable new episode of The Red Alert Report—a conversation that reveals the courage, compassion, and unity at the heart of Israel’s emergency medical system. This week’s guest is Gila Zarbiv, an emergency midwife with Magen David Adom, who brings life-saving maternal care into conflict zones, remote communities, and
- [Bible Fiber: Korah (Numbers 16:1−18:32)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-korah-numbers-161−1832/) - This week we are reading Korah, which covers Numbers 16:1–18:32. In the aftermath of the negative report from the ten spies, God pronounced that the current generation must languish in the desert until their deaths. Following that news, it is not surprising that a serious rebellion occurs next. Korah is the antihero in this Torah
- [Shelach (Numbers 13:1–15:41)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shelach-numbers-131-1541/) - This week’s reading portion covers Numbers 13:1 to 15:41. It contains one of the more famous stories in the Torah: the episode of the twelve spies. Twelve appointed leaders went to Canaan to scout the land and its inhabitants. Moses gave them very specific instructions. They were to enter the land through the Negev Desert
- [Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1–12:16)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/behaalotcha-numbers-81-1216/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 8:1–12:16. The portion begins with God’s instructions on how to set up the Tabernacle’s golden seven-branched lampstand (8:1–4). The priests needed to make sure the six outer branches angled their light toward the central shaft to illuminate the table of showbread opposite. Back in Leviticus, God detailed exactly how
- [Red Alert: The Power of Biblical Diplomacy with Evyatar Cohen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-power-of-biblical-diplomacy-with-evyatar-cohen/) - This week’s Red Alert Report features a deeply meaningful conversation with Evyatar Cohen—Israeli veteran, tour guide, and one of the leading voices advancing what he calls biblical diplomacy. His work is reshaping how Americans connect with Israel and how Israeli’s can tell their story, not through politics, but through Scripture, shared heritage, and the land!
- [Bible Fiber: Nasso (Numbers 4:21–7:89)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nasso-numbers-421-789/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 4:21–7:89. The title Nasso means carry or elevate. Out of the 54 Torah portions, Nasso has the most verses, making it the longest single portion. The text is made up of seemingly unrelated passages that do not follow a strict chronological timeline. However, they all center around the theme
- [Red Alert Report: Rabbi Weinblatt on Jewish Identity, Truth, and Standing with Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-report-rabbi-weinblatt-on-jewish-identity-truth-and-standing-with-israel/) - This week on the Red Alert Report, we are honored to welcome Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, a respected voice in Jewish leadership and a longtime friend of Christian supporters of Israel. His insights could not be more timely—or more needed. In a world flooded with confusion, hostility, and misinformation, Rabbi Weinblatt offers clarity on Jewish identity,
- [Red Alert: How Community Engagement Strengthens Support for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-community-engagement-strengthens-support-for-israel/) - In this episode of the Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report, we explore how community engagement strengthens support for Israel, builds meaningful Jewish-Christian relationships, and helps combat antisemitism and misinformation in today’s cultural climate. Our guest, Tamar Pinto, Senior Manager of Educational Content and Community Engagement at the Israeli American Council (IAC), shares powerful insights on
- [Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1–4:20)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bamidbar-numbers-11-420/) - This week we begin the book of Numbers, the fourth volume in our weekly Torah readings. Previously, we covered the grand sweeps of human history in Genesis and followed the sons of Jacob into Egypt. We reached a dramatic turning point in the Israelite story when Pharaoh finally let God’s people go. While Leviticus established
- [Red Alert Report: The Assault on the UK Jewish Community—and Why It Matters to Us All](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-report-the-assault-on-the-uk-jewish-community-and-why-it-matters-to-us-all/) - With Amy Zewe This week’s Red Alert Report features a serious and urgent discussion with Steven Jaffe from Northern Ireland Friends of Israel (follow, like, and share on Facebook). Steven joins us to highlight a deeply concerning incident that received little media coverage—yet indicates the growing danger facing Jewish communities across the United Kingdom. On
- [Bible Fiber: Emor (Leviticus 21:1–24:23)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/emor-leviticus-211-2423/) - This week’s Torah portion is known as Emor—which means “speak”—and it covers Leviticus 21:1–24:23. After God gave Israel the ten commandments, he commissioned Israel to be a “priestly kingdom and a holy nation” (Ex. 19:6). Israel’s requirement for holiness was directly connected to the character of God. Leviticus lays out the nation’s dietary restrictions, religious
- [Red Alert: How One Small Business Breaks the BDS Myth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-one-small-business-breaks-the-bds-myth/) - In this Red Alert episode, we talk with Rachel Simons, founder of Seed & Mill, whose sesame-based brand quietly challenges many of the misconceptions promoted by the BDS movement. Through food, storytelling, and genuine human connection, Rachel shows a reality far more truthful than the slogans often heard in Western culture. For Christians who care
- [Bible Fiber: Acharei Mot–Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1–20:27)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-acharei-mot-kedoshim-leviticus-161-2027/) - This week we are reading Leviticus 16:1 to 20:27. The reading calendar combines two portions, so this week’s assigned reading is on the longer side. The first portion is titled Acharei Mot, which means “after the death,” because the narrative picks up right after the burial of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu. The second
- [Red Alert: The Documentary Every Christian Needs to See: Beyond the River](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-documentary-every-christian-needs-to-see-beyond-the-river/) - We are excited to share a powerful new episode of the Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report, featuring documentary filmmaker Igal Hecht, our partner in an important new project: Beyond the River. This sweeping documentary series—currently in production with support from The Jerusalem Connection—aims to cut through misinformation and bring clarity to the complex history of
- [Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–15:33)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tazria-leviticus-121-1533/) - This week’s reading is called Tazria and it covers Leviticus 12:1–15:33. This portion is completely occupied by issues of ritual impurity. Last week’s reading, Shemini, was concerned with the structural boundaries between the sacred and the profane, as it pertained to the Tabernacle and priesthood. Tazria–Metzora shifts the lens toward the human body and the
- [Red Alert: Understanding the Reality of Christianity in The Holy Land](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-understanding-the-reality-of-christianity-in-the-holy-land/) - In this Red Alert Report, we sit down with Paul Calvert, a UK journalist living in Bethlehem, to unpack the complex and often misunderstood realities facing Christians in Israel, Gaza, and under the Palestinian Authority. This conversation was recorded on February 28, 2026, just hours before Operation Epic Fury began. Its release was delayed to
- [Documentary Projects](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/revelations-discovery-through-partnership/) - By Amy Zewe The Jerusalem Connection is producing a film documenting the journey of Jews and Christians discovering the richness of Poland’s past to find hope for tomorrow. We need your help to make this film a reality.
- [Shemini (Leviticus 9:1–11:47)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shemini-leviticus-91-1147/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Leviticus 9:1–11:47. The portion is titled Shemini, which in Hebrew means “eighth,” because the text begins “on the eighth day.” In the Bible, the number seven symbolizes the completion of creation. In Genesis, God finishes his creative work in six days and rests on the seventh. Number seven is forever
- [Red Alert: A Firsthand Look at Life in Israel During Conflict](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-a-firsthand-look-at-life-in-israel-during-conflict/) - Our latest Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report brings you a powerful firsthand account from Liz Becker, co-founder of Strong Voices for Israel and daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Liz recently returned from Israel after spending time there during the outbreak of the most recent war—and her experiences offer a deeply human perspective on what Israelis
- [Red Alert: Passover, Holy Week, and the Roots We Share](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-passover-holy-week-and-the-roots-we-share/) - As we enter the sacred seasons of Passover and Holy Week leading up to Resurrection Sunday, we’re excited to share a brand-new episode of the Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report that brings fresh clarity to the deep biblical connections between these two foundational celebrations. This week, we sat down with Rabbi Aaron Allsbrook of Ohav
- [Red Alert: A Persian Christian’s Perspective on God, the Bible, and Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-a-persian-christians-perspective-on-god-the-bible-and-israel/) - We are honored to share a powerful new episode of our Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report, featuring the remarkable testimony of Marzi Amirizadeh—a woman whose journey from oppression in Iran to freedom in America reveals the extraordinary resilience of faith under fire. Born just months before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Marzi grew up in a
- [Bible Fiber: Leviticus 6:8–8:36](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-leviticus-68-836/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Leviticus 6:8–8:36. The second reading in Leviticus is titled Tzav, which means “Command!” Like last week, the text dryly expounds on how the priests are to present the sacrifices in the tabernacle. Details include how they are to dispose of the ashes, eat the grain offerings, and maintain the eternal
- [Vayikra: Leviticus 1:1−5:26](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/vayikra-leviticus-11−526/) - In Jewish tradition, the book is called Vayikra (Leviticus 1:1−5:26), based on the opening words that translate as “And He called.” The book opens exactly where Exodus concludes, with the Israelites camped at the base of Mount Sinai. After the glory of the Lord had filled the tabernacle, God summoned Moses into the tent of
- [Red Alert: Why Young Adult Outreach for Israel Matters](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-young-adult-outreach-for-israel-matters/) - Bridging Generations: The Importance of Young Adult Outreach for Israel In a cultural moment where the significance of Israel and its place within the Christian faith is often misunderstood—or overlooked entirely—the need for intentional young adult outreach has never been greater. Amanda Saxton, Young Adult Outreach Coordinator for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), offers
- [Bible Fiber: Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 35:1–40:38)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vayakhel-pekudei-exodus-351-4038/) - This week’s Torah portion is Vayakhel-Pekudei, which covers Exodus 35:1–40:38. This is our 22nd Torah portion in the annual reading cycle and our final Exodus study. The transition between the instructions for the tabernacle and its actual construction marks one of the most repetitive sequences in the Torah. While Exodus Chapters 25–31 provide the divine
- [Red Alert: Relying on Faith during Crisis: City of Life Ministries, Sderot, Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-relying-on-faith-during-crisis-city-of-life-ministries-sderot-israel/) - In this episode, we speak with Pastor Michael Beener of City of Life Ministries in Sderot—one of Israel’s most targeted cities. With more than 13,000 rockets fired since 2001 and only 15 seconds to reach shelter, Sderot’s residents live under constant threat. Yet their story is one of faith, resilience, and hope. We’re also joined
- [Bible Fiber: Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11–34:35)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ki-tissa-exodus-3011-3435/) - This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tissa, which covers Exodus 30:11–34:35. It is also the week Jews in Israel and abroad celebrate Purim. Purim is the joyous Jewish holiday that marks the survival of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire after a plot to annihilate them was thwarted by the bravery of Esther
- [Red Alert: Rabbi Shmuel Bowman of Lifeshield on Israel Under Fire](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-rabbi-shmuel-bowman-of-lifeshield-on-israel-under-fire/) - Today’s podcast episode offers an urgent and deeply insightful conversation with Rabbi Shmuel Bowman, Executive Director of Lifeshield, who joined us earlier today directly from his bomb shelter in Israel—during the fourth missile alert of the day. His firsthand perspective provides clarity, context, and spiritual grounding at a time when many are seeking to understand
- [Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20–30:10)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tetzaveh-exodus-2720-3010/) - This week, we explore the Torah portion called Tetzaveh, which translates to “you command.” This section covers Exodus 27:20-30:10. Much of the reading is about the priesthood, one of the most critical institutions in Israel’s spiritual architecture. Tetzaveh covers the sacred vestments, exactly what the priests were supposed to wear, from their head covering to
- [Red Alert: Why Study the Bible in Israel? A Conversation with the American Christian Trust](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-study-the-bible-in-israel-a-conversation-with-the-american-christian-trust/) - In an age when understanding the roots of our faith is more important than ever, the American Christian Trust is stepping forward with a transformative educational opportunity. Led by Mark Pritchett, this groundbreaking program invites Christians to study Scripture in the land where the biblical story unfolded—Israel itself. In this week’s Red Alert Report episode,
- [Bible Fiber: Terumah (Exodus 25:1–27:19)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-terumah-exodus-251-2719/) - This week we enter the nineteenth weekly Torah portion, Terumah, which in Hebrew means “offering.” At this point in the Exodus story, the Israelites have just witnessed the dramatic crossing of the Red Sea and stood at the base of Mount Sinai to receive the covenant. They have been given the foundational instructions for living
- [Bible Fiber: Yitro (Exodus 18:1–20:23)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-yitro-exodus-181-2023/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Exodus 18:1–20:23. As you have already noticed by now, each of the 54 weekly Torah readings get their own title. The titles usually derive from the first meaningful word or words in the text. Mostly, the titles translate to unrevealing phrases like “And he called,” “Elevate!” or “Send for yourself.”
- [Red Alert:](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert/) - In this episode, we welcome Steven Jaffe, Chair of the Northern Ireland Friends of Israel, joining us from the United Kingdom to shed light on the realities facing the Jewish community in Northern Ireland and the broader region.Steven shares encouraging news: Israel and the Jewish people have many Christian and non-Jewish allies who stand with
- [Bible Fiber: Beshalach (Exodus 13:17–17:16)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-beshalach-exodus-1317-1716/) - This week’s portion is Beshalach (Exodus 13:17–17:16), which translates to “when he sent.” The name comes from the opening verse: “When Pharaoh let the people go...” (13:17). After ten rounds of increasingly destructive plagues, Pharaoh finally agreed to release the Israelites. Exodus 14 first provides a list of place names describing the winding journey of
- [Red Alert: International Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - In this episode of The Red Alert Report, we are joined by Aaron Fruh, President of Israel Team Advocates. As a speaker, author, and Bible teacher, Aaron has dedicated his life to advocating for Israel around the world. He brings a powerful message about why remembering the past is essential if we hope to change
- [Bible Fiber: Bo (Exodus 10:1–13:16)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bo-exodus-101-1316/) - This week’s Torah portion, Bo, covers Exodus 10:1 to 13:16. The narrative intensity hits its peak here. The last three of the ten plagues descend on Egypt: locusts devour the crops, impenetrable darkness shrouds the land, and finally, the firstborns of every Egyptian family are killed during the night. The portion begins with a command Bo (Exodus 10:1–13:16)
- [Bible Fiber: Va’era (Exodus 6:2–9:35)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vaera-exodus-62-935/) - This week’s Torah portion covers Exodus 6:2-9:35. It is called Va’era, which means “and I appeared,” the first words spoken to Moses in the text. In Va’era, the story of the Exodus begins. Plagues hit the Egyptians in full force. Pharaoh knew the names of many false gods, but the one true God, the God
- [Shemot (Exodus 1:1–6:1)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shemot-exodus-11-61/) - This week’s Torah portion is called Shemot, which in Hebrew means “names.” Genesis closed with the descendants of Jacob living in the land of Egypt, waiting out the period of famine that had overtaken the region. What started as a temporary move turned into a centuries-long stay. We do not know the exact time interval
- [Red Alert: Was Christmas Celebrated in Bethlehem This Year?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-was-christmas-celebrated-in-bethlehem-this-year/) - Israel has been at war for two years. Could joy return to the birthplace of Jesus?British journalist Paul Calvert, who has lived in Bethlehem for over two decades, joins us to start the 2026 Red Alert Report season to share a firsthand account of Christmas in the sacred city of Bethlehem—where faith, history, and conflict
- [Bible Fiber: Vayigash (Genesis 44:18–47:27)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vayigash-genesis-4418-4727/) - As we follow the Jewish reading calendar, we arrive at this week’s Torah portion, called Vayigash (Genesis 44:18–47:27) which means “and he drew near.” It is the climax of the Joseph cycle, when he reveals himself to his brothers, who assumed he was long dead. For both Jewish and Christian readers, Vayigash is a revelation
- [Bible Fiber: Miketz (Genesis 41:1–44:17)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/genesis-411-to-4417/) - The Hebrew title of this week’s Torah portion is Miketz, which translates to “at the end,” and it covers Genesis 41:1 to 44:17. After two years, Joseph’s long season of suffering is almost over. This portion chronicles his meteoric rise from prisoner to the Pharaoh’s chief economic advisor, second in command only to the ruler
- [Red Alert: Operation life in Israel, a Christmas update](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-operation-life-in-israel-a-christmas-update/) - This Christmas season, we are reminded of the miracle of life through the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ—born in Judea to Jewish parents facing crisis from the world around them. In that spirit, we invite you to listen to our latest podcast episode: Operation Life in Israel and the Christmas Season This week, I
- [Bible Fiber: Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1–40:23)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/vayeshev-genesis-371-4023/) - Once Jacob and his family settle into the land promised to his father Abraham, the narrative moves to the dynamics between his many children. At first, the story feels consistent with the biblical theme of sibling rivalry. Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, and now Joseph versus his brothers. Except, Joseph’s life
- [Red Alert: What Really Caused October 7, 2023?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-really-caused-october-7-2023/) - In this episode, host Amy Zewe sits down with filmmakers Justin Kron (The Kesher Project) and Todd Morehead (Grafted Ministries) to discuss their powerful new documentary: October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre. This unique film explores the causes and consequences of the October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel, offering a perspective that goes
- [Bible Fiber: Vayishlah (Genesis 32:4-36:43)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vayishlah-genesis-324-3643/) - Bible Fiber is doing a one-year sprint through the foundational narratives of the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. As we follow the weekly Jewish reading calendar, we arrive at this week’s Torah portion, called Vayishlah, which means “and he sent.” The portion covers Genesis 32:4 through 36:43. At the start of the
- [Bible Fiber: Vayetzei (Genesis 28:10–32:3)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vayetzei-genesis-2810-323/) - Bible Fiber is on a one-year sprint through the foundational narratives of the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. As we follow the weekly Jewish reading calendar, we arrive at this week’s Torah portion, called Vayetzei which means “and he went out.” This portion covers Genesis 28:10−32:3. It is a pivotal 20-year period
- [Bible Fiber: Toldot (Genesis 25:19–28:9)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-toldot-genesis-2519-289/) - For the past four years, we’ve embarked on a chapter-by-chapter exploration of prophetic texts. Now, we embark on a new spiritual journey: a one-year sprint through the foundational narratives of the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. As we follow the weekly Jewish reading calendar, we arrive at this week’s Torah portion, called
- [Red Alert: Christmas Hope in Bethlehem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-christmas-hope-in-bethlehem/) - By Amy Zewe As the Christmas season approaches, we turn our eyes to Bethlehem—the birthplace of our Savior. British journalist Paul Calvert, who has lived in Bethlehem for over 20 years, joins us with an encouraging update from the “capital of Christmas.” A Spirit of RenewalAfter two years of hardship marked by war and uncertainty,
- [Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/chayei-sarah-genesis-231-2518/) - For the past four years, we’ve embarked on a chapter-by-chapter exploration of prophetic texts. Now, we are starting a one-year sprint through the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. We are following the weekly Jewish reading calendar—the oldest Bible reading challenge that exists. This week’s Torah portion is called Chayei Sarah, which means
- [Red Alert Report: Revisiting Hope in the Holy Land](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-report-revisiting-hope-in-the-holy-land/) - By Amy ZeweWith peace seemingly within reach in Israel and her neighbors, and the living hostages finally home—with nearly all the deceased hostages returned (four remain at the time of this writing)—we must continue to pray for clarity, justice, and that terrorists will lay down their arms.The situation may appear black and white, but the
- [Bible Fiber: Vayera (Genesis 18:1–22:24)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-vayera-genesis-181-2224/) - This week’s Torah portion is called Vayera, which means “And he appeared.” It is named for God’s appearance to Abraham and it covers Genesis 18:1–22:24. The narrative opens with the arrival of three visitors at the entrance to Abraham’s tent. The text states, “The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he
- [Red Alert: Why Visit Israel During the Fall Feasts?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-visit-israel-during-the-fall-feasts/) - Shelley Neese, President of The Jerusalem Connection, recently returned from leading a group of Gen Z pilgrims through Israel during the Feast of Tabernacles in early October 2025. They were there as part of the ICEJ USA Feast of Tabernacle celebrations that have been going on for over 40 years. Each journey to the Holy
- [Bible Fiber: Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-lech-lecha-genesis-121-1727/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the stories of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the book Bible Fiber, a 52-week study of the Twelve Minor Prophets,
- [Bible Fiber: Noach (Genesis 6:9–11:32)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-noach-genesis-69-1132/) - Noach This week’s Torah portion is called Noach and it covers Genesis 6:9–11:32. The portion brings us into a world that has devolved into chaos and corruption, just a few generations after the fall of Adam. The opening line is jarring: “The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on
- [Red Alert: Who Can Help Pave the Road to Healing?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-who-can-help-pave-the-road-to-healing/) - Dudi “David” Lev joins us from Israel to share a powerful story of recovery and resilience. A veteran IDF soldier whose battlefield included his own neighborhood, Dudi suffered severe physical and psychological wounds while defending his community from persistent terror threats. His account reveals the toll of living under constant danger and the strength required
- [Bereishit (Genesis 1:1–6:8)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bereishit-genesis-11-68/) - For the past four years, we've embarked on a deep, chapter-by-chapter exploration of prophetic texts often overlooked by many readers—from the twelve minor prophets to the reformers Ezra and Nehemiah, and the major prophet Ezekiel. Now, we are embarking on a one-year sprint through the foundational texts of our faith: the first five books of
- [Red Alert: Are You Rejoicing? Prayers are Answered!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-you-rejoicing-prayers-are-answered/) - Psalm 126:1: "When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream." Jeremiah 29:14: "I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and I will bring you back from captivity." Isaiah 61:1-3: “The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He
- [Red Alert: Why Watch an October 7 Documentary?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-watch-an-october-7-documentary/) - Denial, whitewashing, and even justification of the October 7 atrocities committed by terrorists and civilians from Gaza against Israeli citizens are the current narratives among many in universities, politics, the news, and entertainment. How do we counter a movement with such influence on society? Join us today as we talk with our friend Igal Hecht
- [Red Alert: What is the Word from Bethlehem?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-the-word-from-bethlehem/) - Paul Calvert, a UK journalist residing in Bethlehem, joins the Red Alert Report to discuss current events in Judea and Samaria following the IDF's surge into Gaza, ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank, and life among the civilian population in the region. Paul’s relationships with both Christians and Muslims in Bethlehem and the surrounding
- [Bible Fiber: Lesser known prophets](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-lesser-known-prophets/) - So far, we have done deep dives into the twelve minor prophets, Ezra and Nehemiah, and the major prophet Ezekiel. But I want to give a little nod to a few nonwriting and lesser-known prophets in the Bible. Follow Bible Fiber whereever you listen to your podcasts! (Apple or Spotify or wherever else) Non-writing Prophets
- [Red Alert: Does Israel feel our pain?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-does-israel-feel-our-pain/) - By Amy Zewe--- Today’s Red Alert features returning guest, scholar, researcher, and writer Barry Shaw of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies and The View from Israel program. Barry’s research and publications are available on his Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Substack accounts. Barry joins us today to discuss the senseless assassination of Charlie Kirk,
- [Red Alert: Are you aware of the doctor shortage in Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-you-aware-of-the-doctor-shortage-in-israel/) - What toll have two years of war with Gaza taken on the medical community and the people of Israel? What damage did the Iranians manage to cause in June when Israel took the necessary action to neutralize a regime that threatens everyone? What is the direct connection of all this to The Jerusalem Connection and
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 47:13–48:35](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-4713-4835/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the stories of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the book
- [Red Alert: OneFamily Together](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-onefamily-together/) - Today’s guest is Naomi Nussbaum, Executive Director of OneFamily Together, an organization serving the Israeli community with essential services for victims of terror. Naomi will share the inspiring story behind OneFamily Together’s founding and how the events of October 7, 2023, propelled their outreach to a new level. Join us to hear her insights on
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 47:1-12](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-471-12/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the stories of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the book
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 45 and 46](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-45-and-46/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the Bible Fiber
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 44](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-44/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the Bible
- [Bible Fiber: Back from Shiloh](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-back-from-shiloh/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. After four years of near weekly episodes, I took the month of June I am back from Shiloh and things went as expected until the war with Iran started!
- [What to believe about Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-to-believe-about-israel/) - When the news is so confusing… By Amy Zewe The age of journalism with integrity—just the facts—seems to be waning. Many of the most trusted news sources on TV, in print, and even on the internet appear to be failing to comply with traditional rules and best practices in their news cycles. Opinion and commentary
- [The Killing Roads: Why document Oct. 7?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-killing-roads-why-document-oct-7/) - Join the Red Alert Report to discuss how important documenting the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel is in an age of rampant denial of facts. Igal Hecht, creator or The Killing Roads (www.thekillingroads.com) discusses the horror of Oct. 7 in the wake of terror attacks on innocent Jews in Washington, D.C. Igal explains
- [Shavuot for the Goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shavuot-for-the-goyim-2/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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 taking a break from Ezekiel and dipping back into
- [Red Alert: What about the Red Heifers?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-about-the-red-heifers/) - Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz joins The Red Alert to talk about his new book, as well as other publications and projects he is working on. A prolific and informative news writer for Israel365, Eliyahu shares a wealth of knowledge gained through firsthand experience living in Israel, studying the Bible, and working in alliance with Christians. Eliyahu
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 43](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezekiel_43/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. I am also the
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel's Visionary Temple](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezekiel_visionary_temple/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. I am also the Scholars have carefully analyzed every measurement and created illustrated renditions of Ezekiel’s visionary temple.
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 39](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezekiel_39/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the biblical tapestry through the Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. Subscribe to our Youtube channel of follow the show wherever you listen to your podcast. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both
- [Holy Week and Passover: Are they connected?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/holy-week-and-passover-are-they-connected/) - By Amy Zewe This week is significant for those who worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I encourage you to read this article by Rabbi Meister, archived on The Jerusalem Connection website, for inspiration on the connections between Christians and Jews during this time. Passover is one of the most sacred celebrations for
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 38](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezekiel_38/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the biblical tapestry through the Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the Bible Fiber book, a 52-week study
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 37](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-37/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 35 and 36](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-35-and-36/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen
- [Red Alert: Interview with Bishop Dennis Nthumbi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-interview-with-bishop-dennis-nthumbi/) - Join us for an informative discussion with Bishop Dennis Nthumbi, founder at the African Dream Enterprise Movement and Africa Director at Israel Allies Foundation. Advocating for Israel and the Jewish people, Bishop Dennis educates the Christian Church on the biblical foundations for why Christians must support our Jewish brothers and sisters and the modern state
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 34](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-34/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Please tolerate me for
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 33](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-33/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the Bible Fiber
- [Red Alert: Are Mental Health Problems My Problems?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-mental-health-problems-my-problems/) - Join us for a conversation with author Arlene Bridges Samuels as we discuss her latest book, Mental Health Meltdown. Discover the collection of personal stories that journey through an often ignored or stigmatized condition that plagues so many in the United States. See hope and triumph emerge through personal storms. Learn about this valuable resource
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 32](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-32/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we explore the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I’m Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of Israel’s people, both ancient and modern. I’m also the author of the Bible Fiber
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 31](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-31/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. I am also the
- [Something about decency. A quick lesson in two snaps](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/something-about-decency-a-quick-lesson-in-two-snaps/) - By Inna Rogatchi Sometimes, we can save time on teachers, extensive preparation of educational material, long planning and time-consuming executing. We can do it when reality snaps something into our faces, as if on its own. And in those snaps, there is an essence of the development and atmosphere around us blowing in our face
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 30](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-30/) - By Shelley Neese Follow Bible Fiber on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts! This week we are studying Ezekiel 30, which contains Ezekiel’s third and fourth oracles against Egypt. There are seven in total. Day of the Lord In the third oracle, God commanded Ezekiel to wail over Egypt. He said, “The Day of
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 29](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-29/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. I am also the
- [Red Alert: Advent Amid Crisis: Hope for Life in the Holy Land](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-advent-amid-crisis-hope-for-life-in-the-holy-land/) - Shandy Shoshani of Be’ad Chaim joins The Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report during this Advent and Christmas season to share updates on the ministry to preserve pre-born life amongst Israel’s most vulnerable population. The Jerusalem Connection has long been an advocate for Israel and in this effort, has been a strong supporter of the work
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Yair Levi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-yair-levi/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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 interviewing a special guest, Yair Levi. Yair Levi is
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 28](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-28/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Please tolerate me for
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Gidon Ariel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-gidon-ariel/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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 have a special guest from Israel, Gidon Ariel. Gidon is
- [Red Alert: Thanksgiving and Supplication: What’s on your Prayer List?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-thanksgiving-and-supplication-whats-on-your-prayer-list/) - By Amy Zewe--- While Americans enter the latter portion of this week getting ready for Thanksgiving festivities, let us not forget the 101 hostages still held captive in Gaza and the families who ache for their return. In Israel, when one says “family,” it really means the whole nation. Nary one Israeli is untouched by
- [Christianity Today Casts Suspicion on US Ambassador to Israel Pick](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/christianity-today-casts-suspicion-on-us-ambassador-to-israel-pick/) - By Amy Zewe, The Jerusalem Connection Report A November 15, 2024, Christianity Today news feature, “Mike Huckabee Tapped to Be US Ambassador to Israel,” presents news of a Christian pastor, former governor, and Fox News media personality’s nomination using biased language and false assumptions. While accurately outlining the last 50 years of Huckabee’s reasons for
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 27](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-27/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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
- [Ezekiel 26](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezekiel-26/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Last week, Ezekiel uttered
- [Wake-up call from Amsterdam](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/wake-up-call-from-amsterdam/) - By Inna Rogatchi Instructions for Safety to Jews in the centre of Europe: November 2024 'Lock in your rooms. Don't go anywhere. Externalisation of Jewish and Israeli symbols is forbidden'. Such instructions were sent to all Israelis who happened to be in Amsterdam yesterday and today, November 7th and 8th, 2024 by the Israeli National
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 25](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-25/) - Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or Follow us wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber! Here, we explore the rich textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the lens of twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Tim Mahoney](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-tim-mahoney/) - This week on Bible Fiber we have a special guest, Tim Mahoney. So we are taking a little break from our Ezekiel study. Tim is a Christian filmmaker and a documentarian. I first learned of his work because two of my professors at The Bible Seminar have participated in his films. I also had the
- [Red Alert: Why are Documentaries Valuable?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-are-documentaries-valuable/) - With Amy Zewe and Shelley Neese Documentaries serve as powerful tools for education, awareness, and inspiration by shedding light on real-world events and human experiences. They provide an opportunity to explore complex issues, challenge perceptions, and connect with stories that might otherwise remain untold. Igal Hecht of Chutzpa Productions contributes to the treasure chest of
- [Bible Fiber: Simchat Torah for the Goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-simchat-torah-for-the-goyim/) - Simchat Torah and Shemini Atzeret for the Goyim Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. On October 1st, the first
- [Building a Lighthouse In the Heart of Warsaw: POLIN and Its Architect -](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/building-a-lighthouse-in-the-heart-of-warsaw-polin-and-its-architect/) - RAINER MAHLAMÄKI and His POLIN Building at the 10th anniversary of the Museum Special Essay by Inna Rogatchi with an Exclusive Interview The Phenomenon of the POLIN Almost a decade ago, my husband and I stepped inside the POLIN Museum in Warsaw for the first time, soon after its opening, yet before meeting its architect
- [Bible Fiber: Sukkot for the Goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-sukkot-for-the-goyim/) - Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Sukkot for the Goyim Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel,
- [Red Alert: Bible Fiber book launch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-bible-fiber-book-launch/) - The Minor Prophets are not that Minor, just overlooked. The Jerusalem Connection’s own Shelley Neese joins us to discuss her latest book released October 1, 2024. Bible Fiber: the 12 Minor Prophets. Based on an original series of 52 podcasts released in 2020-2021 to examine the often misunderstand (and neglected) prophets of the Hebrew Bible.Shelley's
- [Bible Fiber: Yom Kippur for the Goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-yom-kippur-for-the-goyim/) - By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. Please subscribe to our Youtube channel or follow Bible Fiber
- [Rosh Hashanah for the Goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/rosh-hashanah-for-the-goyim/) - By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber, where are we encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. First, I have exciting news to share! On October 1st,
- [A year since October 7th....and Ezekiel's message of hope](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-year-since-october-7th-and-ezekiels-message-of-hope/) - By Shelley NeeseThe one-year anniversary of October 7 is approaching, and for Israelis, especially the families of the hostages and soldiers, it still feels like October 8. Before Hamas executed her son, and five other innocent hostages, Rachel Goldberg often said that when people asked her how she was doing, it was like being asked
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 24](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-24/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Before the episode, I
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 23](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-23/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber! Here, we explore the rich textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the lens of Twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization dedicated to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern. Before
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Ted Wright about Mount Ararat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-ted-wright-about-mount-ararat/) - This week I am interviewing Ted Wright! Ted Wright is the founder and Executive Director of EpicArchaeology.org. He has a B.A. in Anthropology & Archaeology from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University, and a M.A. degree in Christian apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary. For over a decade, Ted has been a speaker
- [Red Alert: What Happened on Oct. 7 on the Roads in Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-happened-on-oct-7-on-the-roads-in-israel/) - Join us for a follow-up interview with Igal Hecht on the progress of his documentary The Killing Roads. We shared a few months ago the need to help fund and support the making of this film that documents just a few of the stories of the 250 murdered, and hundreds more injured, by Gazan terrorists
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 22](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-22/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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're studying
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 20:45-21:32](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-2045-2132/) - By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel or Follow Bible Fiber on Apple or Spotify! Here, we explore the rich textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through the lens of twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 20:1-44](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-201-44/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Be sure to subscribe
- [Red Alert: Why are Middle East Problems My Problem?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-are-middle-east-problems-my-problem/) - For those of you who are trying to learn more about why Israel’s war is our war—and why the United States should be concerned or even involved with the hostilities happening thousands of miles away in the Middle East, look no further. Today’s guest is sincere patriot John Guandolo. His expertise spans decades in military,
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 19](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-19/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Be sure to subscribe Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Be sure to subscribe
- [Rebuild Kibbutz Be'eri!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/rebuild/) - The Jerusalem Connection invites you to participate in the rebuilding, restoration, and establishment of Kibbutz Be’eri as it conveys a sense of hope, purpose, light, encouragement, and a path to healing. Join us in adopting Kibbutz Be’eri as they move into their restoration phase. Consider donating this month to our efforts to support the people of Kibbutz Be’eri. Note “Kibbutz” or “Be’eri” on
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 18](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-18/) - Neese Bible Fiber # Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. You can follow the
- [Words have Consequences: 'West Bank vs Judea and Samaria](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/words-have-consequences-west-bank-vs-judea-and-samaria/) - There is much here that students in America’s Universities would do well to read. By Victor Sharpe When did it become an accepted truism that peace between Israel and the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians requires that Israel give to them its very own Biblical birthright in the ancestral and Biblical Jewish heartland? When did
- [Red Alert: News to You](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you/) - News to YOU ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. -Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, welcome to The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks 284 days since Oct. 7, 2023. (To see the stories of many of
- [Red Alert: How is “Chaim” Contagious? When it participates in the fulfillment of God’s Word](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-is-chaim-contagious-when-it-participates-in-the-fulfillment-of-gods-word/) - Join us to hear the latest updates from our dear friend, and returning guest, Chaim Malespin of the Aliyah Return Center (ARC). Chaim is also an IDF Sergeant Major within a special forces unit. Chaim’s perspective on life in Israel, as an Israeli via Alyiah himself, as a resident of Galilee, and as a participant
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Derek Gilbert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-derek-gilbert/) - This week we are pausing our study of Ezekiel to talk to my friend Derek Gilbert who was recently on a solidarity mission to Israel. Derek has been in the world of broadcasting for decades. He is producer and host of the web radio programs A View from the Bunker and P.I.D. Radio. He also
- [Red Alert: News to you, 270 days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-270-days/) - -Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, welcome to The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks 270 days since Oct. 7, 2023. (To see the stories of many of the hostages, go to Bring them home now : Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 17](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-17/) - By Shelley Neese Follow Bible Fiber on Youtube or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing
- [Bible Fiber: Interview with Documentarian Brian Sanders](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-interview-with-documentarian-brian-sanders/) - Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Thank you to Dan and Charlene Selvage for sponsoring this special episode! We are taking a break today from our Ezekiel deep dive to catch up with my friend Brian Sanders who returned from Israel two weeks ago. Brian
- [Red Alert: Antisemitism in US Schools, What can you do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemitism-in-us-schools-what-can-you-do/) - By Amy Zewe Join us to hear this informative interview with Educational Specialist, Rebecca Schgallis. Rebecca is currently part of CAMERA Education Institute. (CAMERA is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis). Rebecca is on the front lines of defending Jewish families and students, documenting and prompting change, and developing curriculum resources
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 16:44-63](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-1644-63/) - By Shelley Nese Subscribe to Bible Fiber on Youtube or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to
- [Thank you!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/thank-you-4/) - We will draw our raffle fo the two winners of Israel The Miracle on July 4th! If you win, we will email you for your address. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our free twice weekly emails: Red Alert with Amy Zewe on Wednesday and Bible Fiber with Shelley Neese on Fridays!
- [Red Alert: Celebrations Amidst the Shadows—What can we do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-celebrations-amidst-the-shadows-what-can-we-do/) - By Amy Zewe Rejoice in the Lord Always; Pray without Ceasing! Shavuot is happening now! As Christians, we need to recognize that we are blessed by Israel and God’s work through them, His Chosen people, to reveal Himself to the nations and execute His plan of redemption for this fallen world. The Torah, God’s direct
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 16:1-43](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-161-43/) - Bible Fiber is available on Youtube or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Click here for Apple Podcasts or Spotify Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a
- [Red Alert, News to You...245 days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-245-days/) - ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. By Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, welcome to The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks 245 days since Oct. 7, 2023. (To see the stories of many of the hostages,
- [Bible Fiber #37: Zechariah 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-37-zechariah-5-2/) - Follow Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts!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
- [Bible Fiber #41: Zechariah 9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-41-zechariah-9-2/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Click Here for Apple Podcasts or Spotify 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. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to
- [Bible Fiber #51: Malachi 3:6-12](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-51-malachi-36-12-2/) - 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. 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
- [<strong>Bible Fiber: Cessation of Prophecy in Christian Understanding</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-57-cessation-of-prophecy-in-christian-understanding/) - 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. We have finished the Minor Prophets and we are gearing up for the reformers Ezra and Nehemiah before we tackle the Major Prophet Ezekiel. But
- [Red Alert: Reconciliation? What does that mean to you?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-reconciliation-what-does-that-mean-to-you/) - By Amy Zewe You may have heard about or even seen the recent feature film, One Life, starring Anthony Hopkins. This film chronicles the life of one of the initiators of the Kindertransport, an effort to save Jewish Children living under Hitler’s Nazi regime and subject to certain death. That effort, with but a few
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 15](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-15/) - Check out Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Apple or Spotify)! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the Bible Fiber looks at the prophecy about the vine branch in Ezekiel 15. What was the purpose of the vine and how had it failed ?
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-3/) - After enduring the long roll-call, the narrator skipped over the journey from Babylon to Judah and omitted details about the process of resettlement where the Israelites had to reclaim their long-abandoned property. The narrative picks up in their second year of being back in the covenanted land, around 536 BCE. When the returnees finally arrived
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-4/) - Subscribe to your YouTube channel or Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! The first three chapters of Ezra cover the two-year honeymoon period for the returning Judeans. King Cyrus, captor turned liberator, permitted their return to Jerusalem to rebuild their nation and temple. Not only that, but the Persians insisted on flooding
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 6](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-6/) - Follow Bible Fibe wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Apple) or subscribe to our channel on YouTube The Persian officials diligently sought documentation to validate the Israelites’ assertion that they possessed authorization from the late King Cyrus to reconstruct their temple. Ezra’s narrative suggests that the Israelites harbored no resentment towards Tattenai’s inquiry; they
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-7/) - Be sure to follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts (like Apple) or subscribe to our Youtube channel! Ezra is divided into two parts: Chapters 1-6 and Chapters 7-10. The first half recaps the initial return of the exiles to their national homeland under the leadership of Zerubbabel and other founding members. The
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 10](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ezra-10/) - By Shelley Neese 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 finishing the book of Ezra which ends with a resolution to the remnant’s intermarriage crisis. In chapter 10,
- [Red Alert: News to You, 228 days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-228-days/) - ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. -Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, welcome to The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks 228 days since Oct. 7, 2023 (seven and a half months!). Two nights ago, I had
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-9/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Or subscribe to our YouTube channel Only four months after Ezra’s arrival (458 BCE), Judean officials reported to him that the returnees had a serious intermarriage problem. These informants were quite possibly the judges Ezra appointed when he set up a judicial system for the province
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 2:1-3:11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-21-311/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the
- [Bible Fiber: Conversation with Dr. Chris McKinney before he leaves for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-conversation-with-dr-chris-mckinney-before-he-leaves-for-israel/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber! We are taking a break today from our Ezekiel deep dive to catch another archaeologist before he sets off for a summer expedition in Israel. Today’s guest is Chris McKinny. Chris has his PhD from Bar Ilan University in Israel. His dissertation focused on the historical geography and archaeology of the
- [Red Alert: What to Pray when you Pray for Israel…](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/41311/) - What to Pray when you Pray for Israel… Imagine what was once your quiet and peaceful home or workplace suddenly being bombarded with screeching siren noises and bellowing voices screaming lies about you and your family—right outside your front door. Imagine strangers coming into your neighborhood with horrible images of violence and shouting to all
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-1/) - 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. We finished Ezra and we are now launching our study of Nehemiah. Remember that in the Septuagint and the Masoretic text, Ezra and Nehemiah were
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-4-2/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts!https://youtu.be/2rvyloAcOiE?si=39mvB828URdiJJXn 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 4, an extra dramatic passage that is mined more than
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-5-2/) - 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.
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 8](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-8/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-9/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 10](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-10/) - 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 reading Nehemiah 10. After the community got reacquainted with the teachings of the Torah and repented of their sins and the
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-11/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to 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 Nehemiah 11. The last three chapters of the book make up
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 12](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-12/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to 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 Nehemiah 12 which means this is the second to last episode
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 13:1-22](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-131-22/) - 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 13. It has taken six months to work our way through Ezra-Nehemiah, one chapter at a time, but we
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 13:23-31](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-1323-31/) - Follow Bible Fiber wherever you listen to 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 Nehemiah 13. I divided the chapter into two parts to avoid rushing
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-1/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry. 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. Finally, after in-depth studies of the twelve Minor Prophets and two postexilic reformers,
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 3:12–27](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-312-27/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Last week, we studied
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-4/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-5/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-11/) - Follow Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 6](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-6/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-7/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 8](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-8/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-9/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 10](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-10/) - Check out Bible Fiber on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 13](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-13/) - Check Bible Fiber out wherever you listen to podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of
- [Red Alert: Can Moms in Israel Have a Happy Mother’s Day?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-moms-in-israel-have-a-happy-mothers-day/) - Join us for this update from Israel with long-time friend and ministry partner Sandy Shoshani of Be’ad Chaim (noted as the Operation Life project on our website). Sandy provides an update on the situation in Israel, and the emotional and psychological trauma facing Israelis from all backgrounds, particularly mothers and children living on the front
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 14](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-14/) - Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. 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. Our sponsor of today’s
- [Red Alert: How Can You Help Distribute Truth?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-you-help-distribute-truth/) - What Are Your Jewish Neighbors Feeling? Joining us today is Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Chairman of the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition residing in Maryland. The Rabbi us to discuss his perspective and life experiences in a post-Oct. 7 America. Rabbi Weinblatt and I have engaged in several initiatives in the last several months as the Jewish and
- [Red Alert: What is the real story?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-the-real-story/) - This week Clare Lopez, Founder and President of Lopez Liberty, LLC, joins us to share her expertise on national security and her insights on the Middle East. Clare examines with us the often unaddressed history of Islam and its movement in the Middle East and beyond, the modern state of Iran and its worldview and
- [Bible Fiber: Ezekiel 12](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezekiel-12/) - Click Here to find Bible Fiber wherever you listen to your podcasts! Welcome to Bible Fiber, where we are encountering the textures and shades of the biblical tapestry through twelve Minor Prophets, two reformers, and one exile. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of
- [How Can You Help Distribute Truth?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-can-you-help-distribute-truth/) - By Amy Zewe & Shelley Neese Join us for our discussion with Igal Hecht of Chutzpa Productions, Inc., and learn how you can be part of preserving history and revealing it to the world. Igal is our guest on today’s Red Alert to share his vital mission to tell the stories of Oct. 7 victims
- [Red Alert: Antisemites getting triggered?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemites-getting-triggered/) - By Amy Zewe Fall is the season for the high holy days of the Jewish calendar. It is a busy time of celebration and reflection for the Jewish people. Many Christians cheer on the celebration, even participating, including the recent Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot. I was lucky enough to be in Israel in 2008
- [Red Alert: Iron Sword State Side Update](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-iron-sword-state-side-update/) - Your Voice is Requested (by Oct. 19) -Amy Zewe The Jerusalem Connection continues to alter its previously prepared communication schedule for timely updates and action items for our network to know and pursue in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on civilians in Israel and the resulting need for Operation Iron Swords. The carnage
- [Red Alert: News to you, 152 Days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-152-days/) - News to YOU ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. -Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, please engage in this week’s The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks the 152 days since Oct. 7, 2023. That is 153
- [Red Alert: News to you, 179 days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-179-days/) - News to YOU ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. By Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, please engage in this week’s The Red Alert’s News to YOU: Today marks 179 days since Oct. 7, 2023. This is 6
- [Red Alert: News to You, 145 days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-145-days/) - ….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. By Amy Zewe Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, welcome to The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks the 145 days since Oct. 7, 2023. That is 145 days of hostages still unaccounted
- [Red Alert: News to You, 152 Days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-news-to-you-152-days/) - News to YOU….a curation of news overlooked or incomplete by your mainstream media. By Amy Zewe--- Continuing to inform, educate, and activate Christians in their support for Israel and the Jewish people, please engage in this week’s The Red Alert’s News to YOU Today marks the 152 days since Oct. 7, 2023. That is 152
- [Red Alert: Can Christians Hate Jews? Jew Hatred is on the Rise! Part 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-christians-hate-jews-jew-hatred-is-on-the-rise-part-1/) - John Riley’s The Middle East Report on American Family Radio Discusses antisemitism on the rise with The Jerusalem Connection’s Amy Zewe (First aired on American Family Radio on Oct. 6, 2023). You can find this episode on the American Family Radio app at AFR.net and search for the Middle East Report program. You can also
- [Red Alert: What can we do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-can-we-do/) - This week’s report is a recap of the horror of Oct. 7, 2023, followed by the progression of hate and the clash of good vs evil that we are witnessing. Included here are words of encouragement and specific points of prayer and outreach action items. This week’s report is a call to action during a
- [Communion & Connectedness with Jonathan Feldstein](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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,
- [Red Alert: First-hand accounts of life in Israel post October 7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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
- [Red Alert: Conversation with Yakir Englander, Director of IAC (Israeli-American Council)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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: Historic Rally on DC –300,000 Jews and Christians Rally for Israel: What’s the Big Deal?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-historic-rally-on-dc-300000-jews-and-christians-rally-for-israel-whats-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: A rabbi with a rifle shares his heart for defending life](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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 State-Side Update: Why Care What the UN Does?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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: What Can We Learn from an Army Chaplain?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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: Native Christians in the land of Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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: 103 days, remembering the hostages](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-103-days-remembering-the-hostages/)
- [Red Alert: When the Saturday and Sunday People Connect](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-the-saturday-and-sunday-people-connect/) - This 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
- [Red Alert: What is happening State-Side for Israel?And what can you do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-happening-state-side-for-israeland-what-can-you-do/) - For 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
- [Red Alert: What Can You Learn from a Storyteller?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-can-you-learn-from-a-storyteller/) - Dana 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
- [Red Alert: Can We Advocate for Israel with a Unified Voice?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-we-advocate-for-israel-with-a-unified-voice-2/) - Please 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
- [Red Alert: How Many Days is Too Many Days? And what can you do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-many-days-is-too-many-days-and-what-can-you-do/) - 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
- [Red Alert: Correcting the News, is it an Endless Effort?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-correcting-the-news-is-it-an-endless-effort/) - Join us today to hear the expertise of Tricia Miller, Ph.D., author, and writer on the issues of anti-Judaism in the Church, the media, and the long history of this seemingly timeless malice. Dr. Miller is with Camera.org, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis. This is an international organization whose origins
- [Red Alert: An Update from North Israel with Israeli Shadi Khalloul, Aramaic Christian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-an-update-from-north-israel-with-israeli-shadi-khalloul-aramaic-christian/) - Communion and Connectedness: An Update from North Israel with Israeli Shadi Khalloul, Aramaic Christian Please join us today to hear the most recent news and sentiments from Israelis in the North of Israel, under threat by Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah. You may remember Shady Khalloul when he joined us on Jan 10, 2024, for a Red
- [In the Zone of Self-Interest: A Rapid Fall of Mr Glazer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/in-the-zone-of-self-interest-a-rapid-fall-of-mr-glazer/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- On the International Holocaust Day 2021, in the midst of the total global paralysis caused by covid, The Daily Mail published an extraordinary material with a telling headline: A Paradise in Hell, and portraying a private life of the family of the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess in the WWII’s
- [In the Zone of Non Vanishing Horror: Muted Cry of Jonathan Glazer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/40967/) - The Shoah Abyss in the Detached Cinematography The entire The Zone of Interest film by Jonathan Glazer is a muted cry over our people exterminated in the Holocaust by the Nazis and their collaborators. And this is the main point of making it. Very just and timely point to make. That Grey Concrete HouseThat great
- [History-making Mission on Capitol Hill Brings Rabbis and Pastors Together to](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/history-making-mission-on-capitol-hill-brings-rabbis-and-pastors-together-to/) - Over 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
- [NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL – OCTOBER 7TH NEVER AGAIN](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/nova-music-festival-october-7th-never-again/) - If 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
- [Israel the Miracle](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-the-miracle/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: The Edomites](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-the-edomites/) - 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. 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
- [Melodies of Memory: Felix Klein & His Quartet's Unique Mission](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/melodies-of-memory-felix-klein-his-quartets-unique-mission/) - By 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
- [Red Alert: Joy Amidst the Tears—Celebrating Hanukkah in Israel during Iron Shield](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/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
- [Hanukkah: Caring Lights. Art, Light and War](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/advertisement/) - By 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
- [An Ethical Imperative to Destroy Hamas: Nine Compelling Reasons](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/an-ethical-imperative-to-destroy-hamas-nine-compelling-reasons/) - By 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
- [Sportswashing in Qatar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sportswashing-in-qatar/) - By Micah Neese Sports have been a beacon for equality and human rights for hundreds of years. While so many other forces work to suppress human rights, sports lift these rights up unfailingly. In 1938, African American fighter Joe Louis faced off against German fighter Max Schmeling in a match that carried significance beyond the
- [Red Alert Special Report: Iron Swords State-Side Update](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-special-report-iron-swords-state-side-update/) - Your Voice is Requested (by Oct. 19) -Amy Zewe The Jerusalem Connection continues to alter its previously prepared communication schedule for timely updates and action items for our network to know and pursue in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on civilians in Israel and the resulting need for Operation Iron Swords. The carnage
- [The Jerusalem Connection Report: Special Edition with Shelley Neese and Amy Zewe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-jerusalem-connection-report-special-edition-with-shelley-neese-and-amy-zewe/) - Jordanna McMillan, US Director of The Israel Allies Foundation (IAF.org) joins us to share insights from a global leadership perspective. Jordanna encourages us on what to pray for and what actions to take as concerned citizens for a safe and secure Israel. Condemning evil unequivocally has never been more important as the Jewish people and
- [Red Alert: Is the Holocaust Being Revised?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-is-the-holocaust-being-revised/) - By Amy Zewe You would be surprised how much freedom of speech, space, and tolerance to absurdity the world stage allows its political leaders. As reported by CAM (The Combat Antisemitism Movement) the Palestinian Authority’s President Abbas made a speech that was largely ignored by the mainstream in terms of its absurd content and was
- [Got a bomb shelter?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/got-a-bomb-shelter/) - By Anne Etra, Times of Israel--- Not a question we hear much in the USA. But it’s life or death in Israel. Crucially, Operation Lifeshield is on it. April 2023: 1000s of rockets are raining down on Israel. Ping! Via WhatsApp my 100-year-old Aunt Erna lets me know “she’s in her safe place (read bomb
- [Red Alert: Can We Combat Anti-Zionism by Supporting Israel’s Security?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-we-combat-anti-zionism-by-supporting-israels-security/) - By Amy Zewe Yes, You Can! General Amir Avivi joins The Jerusalem Connection from his location in Israel to share the story of the IDSF (Israel’s Defense and Security Forum). The Jerusalem Connection is initiating an exciting new project to help support the men and women defending the promised land of Israel. General Avivi shares
- [Red Alert: How Does Championing Untold News combat Jew-Hatred?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-does-championing-untold-news-combat-jew-hatred/) - By Amy Zewe Anne Etra of Untold News (untoldnews.org) visits the Red Alert to share her story and the mission of Untold News, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the good news of Israel’s innovations and actions that have blessed the world. Untold News provides a counterweight to the pessimistic and often fallacious news and
- [Red Alert: Does Remembering the Holocaust Help Today’s Jews?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-does-remembering-the-holocaust-help-todays-jews/) - 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
- [Red Alert: Does What Happen in New York Stay in New York?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-does-what-happen-in-new-york-stay-in-new-york/) - 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
- [Red Alert: Are You Following CUNY?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-you-following-cuny/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-7/) - 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
- [Red Alert: Do You Know Your Terms?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-do-you-know-your-terms/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 6](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-6/) - 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 window
- [Red Alert: Why Be Concerned about the Anthropology Department?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-be-concerned-about-the-anthropology-department/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-5/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: What Can We Learn from a Winemaker’s Legacy?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-can-we-learn-from-a-winemakers-legacy/) - …..more than you could imagine. By Amy Zewe Rachel Lipman of Loew Vineyards and active member of 3GDC joins the July 26, 2023, Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report to share her family’s story. Affluent and innovative winemakers in Poland, the Loew family legacy and business were destroyed as Nazis dominated Europe. William Loew, Rachel’s grandfather,
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-4/) - 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 4, an extra dramatic passage that is mined more than any other chapter in Nehemiah for application that applies
- [Red Alert: How is Preserving Life a Great Response to Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-is-preserving-life-a-great-response-to-antisemitism/) - Antisemitism is a relatively new word. Prior to the 20th century, the hatred of Jews was often called Jew Hatred (which does the job well in assigning a term to a concept) and anti-Judaism. For centuries, even millennia, throughout the European ages and through the biblical ages before, the drumbeat to snuff out the line
- [Bible Fiber: Nehemiah 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-nehemiah-3/) - 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 reading Nehemiah 3. In chapter 3, Nehemiah paused his first-person narrative and inserted an archival record of the Jerusalem wall project.
- [Red Alert: How Can the Study of Poland’s History Help in Combating Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-the-study-of-polands-history-help-in-combating-antisemitism/) - Over the past 10+ years, our weekly Red Alert videos highlight issues surrounding the anti-Judaism, antisemitism, and antizionism that pervades our culture and society, worldwide. I discuss the historical underpinnings of the overarching Jew hatred, whose beginnings are documented in the Hebrew Bible and its history recorded through two millennia in Europe. Often anti-Judaism was
- [Red Alert: What Happened to the CUNY Blue Square?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-happened-to-the-cuny-blue-square/) - On May 17, just two weeks ago, I reported on how CUNY (City University of NY in NYC) was working proactively to combat antisemitism, which has taken root systemically in the CUNY system. One of the initiatives to raise awareness and show solidarity with the large Jewish community in the system is to display a
- [This Jew loves Christian support for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/this-jew-loves-christian-support-for-israel/) - By Anne Etra, Times of Israel--- I am a Jew from way back. Even my name – Etra – comes from the Hebrew ‘atara’ which means ‘coronal or crown’. Can you spot it in the Siddur? And with no contradictions whatsoever, this blogpost celebrates Christian soldiers for Israel. Why now? Because Shmuel Bowman, who runs OPERATION
- [Red Alert: Israel's 75th Anniversary Recap](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-israels-75th-anniversary-recap/) - Welcome to May 31. 2023, Jerusalem Connection Red Alert.This week we are excited to share just a few of the festivities we participated in on May 17 to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary of being an independent nation as well as Jerusalem Day (the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli rule in 1967).The Jerusalem Connection family attended
- [Red Alert: How can a College Student Combat Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-a-college-student-combat-antisemitism/) - By Amy Zewe--- Join us today to hear from Sarah Weiskopf, the Jerusalem Connection’s 2023 Hebrew University Scholarship recipient. Sarah sends us a message directly from the Holy Land sharing her joy and gratitude for the opportunity to immerse herself in the holy land and all its people. What better way to combat antisemitism than
- [Red Alert: What is Happening in May?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-happening-in-may/) - May is filled with celebrations and commemorations for Israel both national and religious. Israel’s 75th anniversary of being a modern state occurred on Israel’s Independence Day on May 14, 2023. Jerusalem Day is from the evening of Thursday, May 18, 2023, until the evening of Friday, May 19, 2023. This celebrates the reunification of East
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 8](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-8/) - 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, the continuation of the Ezra memoir. Before the caravan of returnees sets out, Ezra recruits volunteers to join
- [Red Alert: How can YOU Debunk the Lies?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-you-debunk-the-lies/) - By Amy Zewe--- Educate yourself on recent Middle East history—and when I say “recent” I mean the last 150 years, or so. Our goal is to combat antisemitism and the BDS movement as it manifests all over society, especially on college campuses where young people congregate, and our future leaders are incubated. Israel Apartheid Week
- [Red Alert: Are Jewish Students Targeted?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-jewish-students-targeted/) - By Amy Zewe The answer is yes, and the degree to which they are facing persecution, at ages as young as middle school, is so alarming that a new organization is organizing to provide support and insight to Jewish students nationwide as they prepare to go on to college campuses all over the United States.
- [Red Alert: Why is New York Such a Disappointment?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-new-york-such-a-disappointment/) - Because this vibrant, sophisticated, diverse region preaches tolerance and acceptance…but it is accepting the oldest form of hate, and towards residents with the greatest longevity and contributions. For over a century, New York City and its surrounding areas have been the pinnacle of many young persons’ dreams and aspirations. How many movies, songs, and biographies
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-5/) - 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 continuing our study of the book of Ezra, diving into chapter 5. After the plotting and scheming of Judah’s oppositional neighbors,
- [Red Alert: Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day—Why is this important?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-yom-hashoah-holocaust-remembrance-day-why-is-this-important/) - Because Remembering is resistance. By Amy Zewe & Shelley Neese Two Days ago on April 17, we commemorated Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Holocaust education is one of the core outreaches we at the Jerusalem Connection have in our effort to inform, educate, and activate Christians to support and provide comfort to The Jews,
- [Red Alert: What are the Current Political Attitudes in America about Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-are-the-current-political-attitudes-in-america-about-israel/) - Former US Senator, Jew, and ardent supporter of Israel Joseph Lieberman attempted to answer this question just this week at an event in Jerusalem among American and Canadian Jews. According to an April 10 article in The Jerusalem Post by Greer Fay Cashman, Lieberman said, "Attitudes to Israel in American politics have changed. We all
- [Red Alert: Combating Antisemitism by Connecting Judaism and Christianity?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-combating-antisemitism-by-connecting-judaism-and-christianity/) - Today marks the first day of Passover. Passover is directly related to the events of Holy Week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. However, the Jewish and Christian calendars usually don’t sync the two precisely. The Passover illustrated that the blood of the Passover lamb will protect against death before the escape from bondage from
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-2/) - 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 continuing our study of the book of Ezra, diving into chapter 2. The first six chapters of Ezra revolve around two
- [Bible Fiber: Ezra 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-ezra-1/) - 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. We finished the Minor Prophets, paused for a four-week Prophets 101 course, and today we are launching our study of Ezra-Nehemiah. I am referring to
- [Red Alert: Combating Antisemitism with Children’s Art?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-combating-antisemitism-with-childrens-art/) - Yes, and what a unique approach to conveying our values to the next generation. Joining us on March 22 is Jonathan Feldstein of the Genesis Foundation 123. Jonathan is based in Israel and has dedicated his efforts to bridging the efforts of Jews and Christians who love and support Israel and providing opportunities to engage.
- [Red Alert: What is Israel Apartheid Week on College Campuses, Why is it So Alarming, and What Can We do?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-israel-apartheid-week-on-college-campuses-why-is-it-so-alarming-and-what-can-we-do/) - By Amy Zewe Join us today as writer, and Jerusalem Connection partner, Arlene Bridges Samuels shares her latest CBN feature article with us about Israeli Apartheid Week—happening this week on approximately 200 university campuses throughout the United States. Arlene is a prolific writer and Weekly Feature Columnist at CBN Israel (The Christian Broadcasting Network). She
- [Red Alert: Is Antisemitism as Old as Recorded History?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-is-antisemitism-as-old-as-recorded-history/) - Yes, and we have historical documents to prove it. From Sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, 2023, the Feast of Purim was celebrated. This celebration’s origin is recorded in the Book of Esther. For those of you who have a bible nearby or can access an online bible, I encourage you to read or
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #56: Cessation of Prophecy in the Jewish understanding</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-56-cessation-of-prophecy-in-the-jewish-understanding/) - By Shelley Neese--- 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. We have finished the Minor Prophets and we are gearing up for the reformers Ezra and Nehemiah before we tackle the Major
- [‘Nuremberg Had No Precedent, Too’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/nuremberg-had-no-precedent-too/) - By Inna Rogatchi A YEAR OF THE MEAN WAR One February morning On February 16th, 2022, I published one of my artworks. I am producing many of them, and have a habit to publish at least one almost daily, as my friends know. The themes vary, often depending on my exhibitions, projects and other cultural
- [Red Alert: Would You Like to Join the Diamond Anniversary Celebration for Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-would-you-like-to-join-the-diamond-anniversary-celebration-for-israel/) - By Amy Zewe Yes, The Jerusalem Connection report is excited to share with you an event you are all invited to! Israel turns 75 years old this spring! What an amazing thing to consider. An ancient nation with a longstanding people was re-established as the Bible told us it would be! Not only that, think
- [Red Alert: Are NY State Regents Exams Demonstrating Bias Against Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-ny-state-regents-exams-demonstrating-bias-against-israel/) - For those of you outside of New York State, the high school system there has a series of regent exams and milestones students can engage in, and with success, they are deemed “New York State Regents Scholars” upon high school graduation. Not all NY high school students are required to take regents courses and exams
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #55:</strong> <strong>The Institution of the Prophet</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-55-the-institution-of-the-prophet/) - 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. We have finished the Minor Prophets and we are gearing up for the reformers Ezra and Nehemiah before we tackle the Major Prophet Ezekiel. But
- [Red Alert: Who is Stephen Sizer Why Does His Antisemitism Matter?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-who-is-stephen-sizer-why-does-his-antisemitism-matter/) - Please join us this week to hear insights from Barry Shaw of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies. Barry also has a YouTube show called “The View from Israel.” Barry is the author of several books. Recently an Anglican cleric, Stephen Sizer, was disciplined by the Church of England for a history of antisemitic remarks,
- [Red Alert: How Can YOU Protect Unborn Life in Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-you-protect-unborn-life-in-israel/) - This week’s Red Alert highlights our Operation LIFE for Israel project. Providing comfort and aid to Israel and the Jewish people means providing resources to even the most vulnerable of Israelis—those yet to be born (and their mothers). The Jerusalem Connection has long supported Be’ad Chaim, a pro-life organization in Israel dedicated to helping mothers
- [Bible Fiber #53: Malachi 4:4-6](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-53-malachi-44-6/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Update on Ukraine Relief](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-update-on-ukraine-relief/) - Please join us for this week’s Red Alert as we host Inna Rogatchi, a long-time friend of Jim & Pat Hutchens, and The Jerusalem Connection. Inna along with her husband, Michael, are intimately involved with the Menorah Center and the Jewish community of Dnipro, Ukraine, as this is their historic community. The Jerusalem Connection network
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #52: Malachi 3:13-4:3</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-52-malachi-313-43/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: What is happening in the White House Press Room?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-happening-in-the-white-house-press-room/) - Vastly unreported attitudes of anti-Zionism and antisemitism manifest in the White House press room and are attested to by our Red Alert guest and White House Correspondent Dr. Antony Harper of the InterMountain Christian News. Join us to hear about Dr. Harper’s experiences in the White House as well as his assessment and reporting on
- [The Gentle Voice of Love](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-gentle-voice-of-love/) - GRIGORY KANOVICH: IN MEMORIAM He was a few years older than our parents. As our parents’ older brother. This is how we always perceived him and his wife Olga, as a bit older siblings of our parents. And theirs was a special generation. The generation of the children of the Second World War. The Jewish
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #51: Malachi 3:6-12</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-51-malachi-36-12/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: The 2023 Hebrew University Scholarship Recipient: Meet her here!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-2023-hebrew-university-scholarship-recipient-meet-her-here/) - In our continued effort to comfort and aid the Jewish people and support the modern state of Israel, our Hebrew University Scholarship program was created. The program is designed to allow one (or more) Christian students enrolled at an accredited college or university in the US to study for a full semester in Israel at
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #50: Malachi 2:17-3:5</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-50-malachi-217-35/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Can I Help Combat Antisemitism in Public School Curriculum?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-i-help-combat-antisemitism-in-public-school-curriculum/) - The answer is YES: Yes, you can. Being a part of the democratic process is something you may have been encouraged to do since your early days in elementary school when you first had to study US Democracy and how it works. The study of civics in schools certainly has morphed in the last 30
- [Symbols of covenant: The stateless Jew and the Jewish state](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/symbols-of-covenant-the-stateless-jew-and-the-jewish-state/) - by Shelley Neese “The Wandering Jew”— a popular figure in medieval Christian folklore—walks the earth alone until Judgment Day, cursed for offending Jesus on his way to the cross. In some variants of the story, he is a Jewish shoemaker named Cartaphilus, who, when Jesus stopped to rest on the road to Calvary, taunted him
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #49: Malachi 2:10-16</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-49-malachi-210-16/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-merry-christmas-and-happy-hanukkah/)
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #48: Malachi 1:6-2:9</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-48-malachi-16-29/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Why Monitor the UN?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-monitor-the-un/) - By Amy Zewe Join us this week for a discussion on the UN’s various committees that malign Israel, and the progress being made to defund and debunk these decades-old initiatives of bias and antisemitism. Gil Kapen of AJIRI, an affiliate of B’nai B’rith International, is The American Jewish International Relations Institute that works to reverse
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #47: Malachi 1:1-5</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-47-malachi-11-5/) - 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. 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
- [UN peddling of false narrative on Israel does not promote Mideast peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/un-peddling-of-false-narrative-on-israel-does-not-promote-mideast-peace/) - By Dan Burton, Washington Times---The State of Israel is a modern miracle —a successful world leader in science and technology and a force for good in the world that rose from the ashes of World War 2. This month marks seventy-five years since the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.
- [Red Alert: Why Give Universities an F in Combatting Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-give-universities-an-f-in-combatting-antisemitism/) - Watch Video Why Give Universities an F in Combatting Antisemitism? We are coming to the close of the fall semester at most colleges and universities in the Western world. We pray for all students who must travel to have safety; and for those who have no families to return to, that they may find comfort
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #46: Zechariah 14</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-46-zechariah-14/) - 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. 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
- [Time for the United Nations to Stop Funding Hate Groups | Opinion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/time-for-the-united-nations-to-stop-funding-hate-groups-opinion/) - By ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN AND ELIOT ENGEL--- The world has long had a keen interest in and focus on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of this focus, for so many years, has been an unfair, microscopic attention to Israel's actions and relationship with the Palestinians. Israel has been subjected to a standard that no other country in
- [<strong>Bible Fiber #45: Zechariah 13</strong>](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-45-zechariah-13/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Can Anyone Explain Israeli Politics (and how it relates to global antisemitism and anti-Zionism)?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-anyone-explain-israeli-politics-and-how-it-relates-to-global-antisemitism-and-anti-zionism/) - The View from Israel’s very own Barry Shaw joins us Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 for a two-part discussion explaining to Jerusalem Connection viewers and listeners what the conditions are in Israel that led to the latest election results, including Benjamin Netanyahu’s return to the role of Prime Minister. Barry is not only the host
- [Bible Fiber #44: Zechariah 12](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-44-zechariah-12/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: How Can You Help Combat Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-you-help-combat-antisemitism/) - Mid-term elections in the U.S. are next week. Folks have congressional seats, senate seats, governorships, and various state and local elections including some school board seats on their ballots. I encourage you all to be alert to who and what is on your ballot and carefully consider the positions of the folks you want to
- [Bible Fiber #43: Zechariah 11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-43-zechariah-11/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: How to Define Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-to-define-antisemitism/) - Over the past few years, I have shared with you the IRHA definition of Antisemitism and met and worked with great people and organizations who are working hard to have this definition be adopted by governments, schools, institutions, organizations, businesses, legislatures—everyone!! (Lengthy, but not overwhelming you can read it here.) But does it need some
- [Bible Fiber #42: Zechariah 10](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-42-zechariah-10/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Debunking the Apartheid Myth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-debunking-the-apartheid-myth/) - By Amy Zewe with Special Guest Dr. Anthony Harper of Intermountain Christian News. Dr. Harper is one of the only White House News correspondents representing a Christian Publication. He recently returned from a trip to Israel wherein his continued research and mission to combat antisemitism reveals more evidence to debunk the myth that Israel is
- [Podcast: Fighting Anti-Israel Bias at the U.N.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/podcast-fighting-anti-israel-bias-at-the-u-n/) - Listen to the B'nai B'rith Int'l Podcast here. Since its founding in 2005, AJIRI – the American-Jewish International Relations Institute – has been forward-thinking about combating anti-Israel bias at the United Nations. Now an affiliate of B'nai B'rith, AJIRI-BBI works directly with B’nai B’rith’s long-standing Office of U.N. Affairs to overcome anti-Israel efforts engrained at
- [Bible Fiber #41: Zechariah 9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-41-zechariah-9/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Antisemitism on the High Holy Days?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemitism-on-the-high-holy-days/) - By Amy Zewe--- Ten days ago on Sunday, September 25, at sundown, Rosh Hashanah commenced. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. The birthday of the universe some would say. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve. Last night at sundown, on Tuesday Oct. 4, Yom Kippur began. Yom Kippur is
- [Help all Jews (regardless of abilities) connect with the Jewish homeland](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/help-all-jews-regardless-of-abilities-connect-with-the-jewish-homeland/) - Donate to Makom today! On September 25, the holiday of Rosh Hashanah marked the anniversary of all of God’s creation, the Earth’s 5783rd birthday according to Jewish tradition. Soon after the shofar blasts of Rosh Hashanah settled down, Jewish people commenced the fast of Yom Kippur. And a few days after the fast was broken,
- [Bible Fiber #40: Zechariah 8](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-40-zechariah-8/) - 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. 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
- [Fine Arts: Creations Episodes In Pictures With Highlights](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/fine-arts-creations-episodes-in-pictures-with-highlights/) - By Inna Rogatchi--- BEREISHIT ILLUSTRATED Part I of II with Highlights Part II of the Introduction to the Bereishit Illustrated project can be read here. Inna Rogatchi © Light Solo. Watercolor, wax pastel, oil pastel, encre l’alcool, Luminance Caran d’Ache, pigment of bronze, pigment of pale gold on authored original pigment print on cotton paper
- [Red Alert: Should we be issuing report cards?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-should-we-be-issuing-report-cards/) - Should We be Issuing Report Cards? Sometimes a snapshot of someone’s performance is helpful to have. Anyone with children can appreciate those report cards teachers issue so we understand how our children are doing in school. (Well, at least most of the time we appreciate it.) But can report cards be helpful in other aspects
- [Bible Fiber #39: Zechariah 7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-39-zechariah-7/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert: Can Fighting Antisemitism be Unanimous?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-fighting-antisemitism-be-unanimous/) - By Amy Zewe-- Can Fighting Antisemitism be Unanimous? I sure hope so! And am pleasantly surprised to see some evidence of it! You may remember that last fall The Jerusalem Connection participated in a protest organized by #EndJewHatred outside the UN’s DC office, the UNWRA office space. The protest was in regards to the use
- [Bible Fiber #38: Zechariah 6](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-38-zechariah-6/) - 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. 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
- [Red Alert:  Queen Elizabeth II, the End of an Era, or a New Beginning?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-queen-elizabeth-ii-the-end-of-an-era-or-a-new-beginning/) - For those in the evangelical Christian community, I would venture to guess Queen Elizabeth II, whose passing on September 8 touched nearly every corner of the globe, her station was met with a certain amount of respect, some frustration, and a lot of misunderstanding. Queen Elizabeth was the head of the Anglican Church. This role
- [Bible Fiber #37: Zechariah 5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-37-zechariah-5/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: What is Happening in California?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-happening-in-california/) - In Northern California, at UC Berkley’s law school, several student law groups have gone beyond a desire to participate in BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction [Israel]), and are now trying to influence free speech on campus by denying any speaker with a pro-Zionist opinion. This according to a very interesting article in The Jewish News of
- [Bible Fiber #36: Zechariah 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-36-zechariah-4/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: “It’s Not Because You are Jewish; It’s Because of Israel”](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-its-not-because-you-are-jewish-its-because-of-israel/) - Recently I came across a disturbing article in World News Israel about a particular incident at SUNY (State University of New York) at New Paltz (Upstate NY). Here, Jewish students were pointblank discriminated against and harassed simply for being Jewish and having a connection to (and affinity for) the land of Israel. Not only that,
- [Bible Fiber #35: Zechariah 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-35-zechariah-3/) - 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.
- [Bible Fiber #34: Zechariah 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-34-zechariah-2/) - 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.
- [Bible Fiber #32: Haggai 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-32-haggai-2/) - 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.This
- [Red Alert: Antisemitism, Let’s Take a Global Look](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemitism-lets-take-a-global-look/) - By Amy Zewe--- In Canada last Wednesday, in demonstrations across the nation, anti-Israel activists slammed “Zionists” following the assassination of notorious terrorist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, calling for Palestinians including Palestinian-Canadian youth to follow in his footsteps. The shocking display of love for a brutal terrorist with the blood of innocent civilians on his hands in major Canadian cities
- [Red Alert: What’s happening in the Commonwealth?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-happening-in-the-commonwealth/) - By Amy Zewe-- I admire and respect Queen Elizabeth, a monarch who has reigned for longer than many folks have been alive. Her 70th Jubilee was this year, and her time on the throne and her oversight of the Commonwealth, I believe, is governed by God who allows leaders to come and go at His
- [Bible Fiber #33: Zechariah 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-33-zechariah-1/) - 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.
- [Bible Fiber #31: Haggai 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/40317/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: How is Your Summer Going?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-is-your-summer-going/) - If you are on our mailing list, you will receive a letter soon with an update and overview of our main projects. If you regularly contribute online, you will get that letter via email. For the rest of our network and followers, I wanted to share with you our goings-on. The summer months are often
- [Red Alert: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Words will Never Hurt Me: Is this true?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-will-never-hurt-me-is-this-true/) - By Amy Zewe Well, technically, yes this is true. Until the words lead to action. When hate is manifested in words—whether a verbal speech, a flyer, article or sign, or when it is posted to the internet to be read by millions across the globe—many argue that free speech is impeded when we attempt to
- [Red Alert: Why is fighting antisemitism on college campuses so important?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-fighting-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-so-important/) - By Amy Zewe While we are on summer break in the academic calendar, antisemitism seems to take no vacation or time off. HonestReporting.com is an excellent resource for finding information that the mainstream press often overlooks (either on purpose or from simple lack of interest). A July 17 feature article in Honest Reporting examines the
- [Red Alert: Why is the United Nations not so united to its original mission?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-the-united-nations-not-so-united-to-its-original-mission/) - Several articles captured my attention this week when it comes to The UN (United Nations). You may remember last winter when we protested outside the UNWRA DC headquarters demanding that funding to the Palestinian education system cease until it was vetted to NOT be aiding in terrorism: Particularly, teaching hate within the school curriculums of
- [Red Alert: Word from a White House Press Corps Member](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-word-from-a-white-house-press-corps-member/) - By Amy Zewe Join us for this interview with special guest Dr. Matthew Anthony Harper of Intermountain Christian News and NEWSRAEL Dr. Harper’s YouTube Channel: Dr. Harper is a Christian journalist assigned to the white house press detail. He has a unique insight into the administration and is planning to travel to Israel in July
- [UN violated its own rules, appointed biased commissioners against Israel - opinion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/un-violated-its-own-rules-appointed-biased-commissioners-against-israel-opinion/) - By BRUCE RASHKOW, GIL KAPEN, JPost-- The incredibly biased and predictably distorted preliminary report of the United Nations commission of inquiry against Israel is galling and must be rejected in its entirety for a variety of reasons, but primarily because it has been prepared by individuals who fail to meet the fundamental rules of the
- [Red Alert: What is the Harm in a Map?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-the-harm-in-a-map/) - By Amy Zewe--- The BDS (boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement is officially and openly recycling the 1930s Nazi playbook and doing it in New England—the cradle of US Democracy.Let’s go back just a bit. When the Nazis rose to power, they organized mapping projects and distributed these maps to the public under the direction of “Don’t
- [Trilateral Agreement Cements Israel’s Role on Global Energy Stage](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/trilateral-agreement-cements-israels-role-on-global-energy-stage/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBNIsrael--- In past centuries, explorers could never have imagined sailing the seas in search of underwater treasures beyond those in sunken ships. However, in today’s explorations, another kind of fortune lies deep: natural offshore riches accessible only through modern technology. Indeed, the 1999 discovery of natural gas fields off Israel’s coast
- [Red Alert: Should Seeking Truth be a Priority at University?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-should-seeking-truth-be-a-priority-at-university/) - By Amy ZeweOne would assume any educational institution would have the search for truth as a primary objective. The very reason for education is to discover the truth of the world—whether it is the hard sciences, where truth is discovered and unraveled, or the humanities where the search for in-tangible truth like justice, fairness, life’s
- [Red Alert: What is going on in Congress?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-going-on-in-congress/) - Good things! On June 8, 2022, Jerusalem Day was celebrated in Israel and on Capitol Hill in the US. The Jerusalem Connection was invited to the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill to share in the festivities. Hosted by The Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) in conjunction with the Israel Allies Caucus (60 bi-partisan members of the
- [Israel Is Not an Apartheid State](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-is-not-an-apartheid-state/) - By Michael Stevens, Inside Sources--- The latest playbook of the rabid anti-Israel crowd is to smear the Jewish state with the slur: “apartheid.” This ugly lie has been uttered with increasing force recently and it underlies such abominations as the Amnesty International report; the recent commission of inquiry set up by the U.N. Human Rights
- [Bible Fiber #30: Zephaniah 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-30-zephaniah-3/) - 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.
- [A Hard Left Turn Against Israel in the U.S. Congress](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-hard-left-turn-against-israel-in-the-u-s-congress/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Decades of support for Israel among Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress have created a win-win of countless advantages for both nations over the years. For example, in multilevel ventures ranging from intelligence sharing and technology to bilateral trade agreements that soar into the billions, cooperation is
- [Red Alert: What do we remember, and what do we forget?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-do-we-remember-and-what-do-we-forget/) - We are on the heals of Memorial Day, a holiday in America wherein we honor and remember the fallen military and first responder heroes from all our conflicts, wars, and events. We also had the tragic shootings of innocent lives in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Sometimes it feels like we cannot bear
- [Red Alert: What is the latest legislation against Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-the-latest-legislation-against-antisemitism/) - By Amy Zewe--- The last few weeks we have examine the ongoing and growing antisemitism happening on college campuses around the world. We see how jew hate is creeping into mainstream curriculum down to our grade schools. We must continue to be aware of this so that we can combat it the best way we
- [Red Alert: Not just the rise, but the acceptance of antisemitism—what can we do about it?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/not-just-the-rise-but-the-acceptance-of-antisemitism-what-can-we-do-about-it/) - By Amy Zewe--- Not just the rise, but the acceptance of antisemitism—what can we do about it?. College campuses, and the community at large, is increasingly accepting and even promoting of antisemitic sentiments. We are also seeing this in the curriculums and textbooks, even down to the elementary school age. Raising a generation to believe
- [Bible Fiber #29: Zephaniah 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-29-zephaniah-2/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: Why is Truth Seeking so Important?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-truth-seeking-so-important/) - By Amy Zewe--- We hear a lot in the news lately about truth—and what it really is and who gets to decide what it really is. We know that in God’s eyes, only one objective truth exists. However, humans take on various perspectives and baggage that results in either an inability to see truth or
- [Bible Fiber #28: Zephaniah 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-28-zephaniah-1/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: Violins of Hope South Carolina](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-violins-of-hope-south-carolina/) - We wanted to let you know that the Violins of Hope concerts in South Carolina last month were a huge success. Thanks to all of you for your prayers, support, and attendance! Shelle Neese spoke at the concert in Myrtle Beach and Amy Zewe spoke at the concert in Charleston. Todd Smith from Liberty University
- [Holocaust Remembrance Tour Captivates American Audiences and Hearts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/holocaust-remembrance-tour-captivates-american-audiences-and-hearts/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Eighty-three years ago, the steel-plated treads of 2,500 Nazi tanks clattered ominously over Poland’s border along with a million-and-a-half German soldiers bent on destruction. That same day, 2,000 warplanes flew overhead to help subdue the population. Six years later, with the liberation of Buchenwald in 1945, Europe, the Jewish
- [Yom Hazikaron: Remembering Israel’s unknown fallen soldiers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/yom-hazikaron-remembering-israels-unknown-fallen-soldiers/) - By Amb. Danny Danon, JNS.org--- On the eve of Remembrance Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers, the country unites. All previous disagreements are cast aside as the nation stands together to cherish the memory of the brave men and women who gave their lives to fight for and secure their nation’s future. Every loss of a
- [Hitler the Jew: Racial Theory In Its Russian Interpretation, 2022](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hitler-the-jew-racial-theory-in-its-russian-interpretation-2022/) - By Inna Rogatchi, TImes for Israel--- Officialdom of Russia in the face of its current Foreign Minister Lavrov has managed to stun the world again. Importantly, Lavrov used the opportunity provided to him willingly by the Berlusconi’s owned Italian Mediaset corporation to relay his views and statements in a lengthy interview aired on Sunday, May
- [Bible Fiber #27: Habakkuk 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-27-habakkuk-3/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: What can you do about College Campus antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-can-you-do-about-college-campus-antisemitism/) - 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
- [Red Alert: Why Celebrate :ife?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-celebrate-ife/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber #26: Habakkuk 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-26-habakkuk-2/) - 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.
- [Journeying back to where it all started: Revisiting the Egyptian Exodus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/journeying-back-to-where-it-all-started-revisiting-the-egyptian-exodus/) - 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,
- [Palestinians threaten violence over Jewish ‘provocations’ on Temple Mount](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-threaten-violence-over-jewish-provocations-on-temple-mount/) - 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
- [Red Alert: What’s Happening on College Campuses?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-happening-on-college-campuses-2/) - 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
- [Palm Sunday and the Day of the Lambs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palm-sunday-and-the-day-of-the-lambs/) - 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
- [Doctrine, not despair: This breeds Palestinian terrorism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/doctrine-not-despair-this-breeds-palestinian-terrorism/) - 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
- [Bible Fiber #25: Habakkuk 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-25-habakkuk-1/) - 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.
- [The Implications of the Ukraine War for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-implications-of-the-ukraine-war-for-israel/) - By Efraim Inbar, Jewish Policy Center--- Ukraine behaved somewhat recklessly toward its large and ruthless Russian neighbor, and it was left alone to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For Israel, this is evidence that its self-reliance doctrine must be nourished with no illusions about foreign support in times of crisis. Despite its public support
- [Red Alert: Why the uptick in violence?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-happening-on-college-campuses/) - For centuries, particularly in Europe, Jewish communities and Jewish people were discriminated against and often told to “go back where you came from.” Finally in the 20th century there exists a place for Jews to actually go home to. Their ancestral homeland the land in the Middle East now known at Israel. Beginning in the
- [Chinese media keeps referencing the Holocaust – here’s why](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/chinese-media-keeps-referencing-the-holocaust-heres-why/) - By Jordyn Haime, Times of Israel--- Two months ago, shortly after the Olympics began in Beijing, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) took a shot at China for its treatment of the Uighur minority group. “At the #Olympics you’ll see a well-known tradition — the torch relay — which the Nazis used at the 1936
- [Ahead of Passover, Homeland Security steps up effort to protect Jewish facilities and congregants](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ahead-of-passover-homeland-security-steps-up-effort-to-protect-jewish-facilities-and-congregants/) - By Mike Wagenheim, JNS--- Colleyville. Pittsburgh. Poway. Too many Jewish institutions are wondering if they’ll be next. Too many in Brooklyn, N.Y., and elsewhere already deal with the reality of anti-Semitic attacks that keep on coming. The federal government says it stands ready to help ahead of the holiday season. Marcus Coleman, director of the
- [Israel Considers Its Iran Options](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-considers-its-iran-options/) - By Ilan Berman, Al Hurra Digital--- For more than a year, reversing the "maximum pressure" policy of its predecessor and hammering out some sort of nuclear compromise with Iran has been the centerpiece of the Biden administration's Mideast policy. The resulting negotiations have been watched intently by regional governments, and their scrutiny has intensified in
- [Israel’s Archaeological Findings Continue to Prove the Bible’s Authenticity](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-archaeological-findings-continue-to-prove-the-bibles-authenticity/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Palm Sunday and Resurrection Day are fast approaching. For Christians, our Holy Week is the most momentous time of the year and the Holy Land is the most sacred place—because it is the land of our Jewish Savior’s birth, where He taught, healed, died, and was gloriously resurrected. The
- [Red Alert: Multi-Tasking our Solidarity with Jews and Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-multi-tasking-our-solidarity-with-jews-and-israel/) - By Amy Zewe-- Over the past several weeks we have provided reports on Ukraine issues including Aliyah efforts and relief for Jews who remain in Ukraine, specifically in Dnipro. Please refer to our website for more information on this continued need and avenue by which we are supporting and aiding the Jewish people. We also
- [‘Salt of the earth’: Bereaved relatives mourn 19-year-old victims of Hadera shooting](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/salt-of-the-earth-bereaved-relatives-mourn-19-year-old-victims-of-hadera-shooting/) - By TOBIAS SIEGAL and TOI STAFF Families and friends of the two Border Police officers killed in Sunday’s Hadera terror attack on Monday mourned the loss of the two 19-year-olds at the hands of terrorist gunmen. Shirel Aboukrat’s family immigrated to Israel from France in 2006. “We escaped France in pursuit of security and this is where she
- [Ancient Curse Inscription Deciphered from Tablet Discovered During Archaeological Wet Sift on Mt. Ebal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ancient-curse-inscription-deciphered-from-tablet-discovered-during-archaeological-wet-sift-on-mt-ebal/) - Contact: Allison Taylor Phone: 281-300-6702 or allison.taylor@thebibleseminary.edu Press Conference: Lanier Theological Library, Houston, Texas Details: Thursday, March 24th, 10:00 AM Link for non-local media participation: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89949471488?pwd=Z1J3cEhKWGV1aUNSRlc0d0dwK3o3Zz09 Live Press Conference in Houston, TX to Share Details of the Discovery. High-Tech Scans Reveal Ancient Hebrew Script, Centuries Older than any Other Known Tablets. Folded Lead
- [Bible Fiber #24: Nahum 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-24-nahum-3/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: Why is the Iran deal a bad deal? And what you can do to stop it!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-the-iran-deal-a-bad-deal-and-what-you-can-do-to-stop-it/) - By Amy Zewe--- Israel is under an existential threat by the current leadership of Iran. Iran makes no effort to hide their contempt for Israel. Iran also uses proxy groups throughout the Middle East to terrorize the modern state of Israel and its inhabitants. The Mullahs of Iran call Israel the “Little Satan” (and they
- [RA: Ukraine Relief: How to help those who cannot escape.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ra-ukraine-relief-how-to-help-those-who-cannot-escape/) - By Amy Zewe The Jewish Community of Dnipro, Ukraine, is large, robust, and deep-rooted. Michael and Inna Rogatchi of The Rogatchi Foundation, dear personal and organizational friends of our founders Jim and Pat Hutchens and long-time partners in Holocaust Education, have generational roots and personal connections to the community in Dnipro. Inna and Michael personally
- [The Mean War: Chorus of Dissonances](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-mean-war-chorus-of-dissonances/) - By Inna Rogatchi--- As hard as it is to imagine, I am now summarising not the fourth day of the war, but its fourth week. This is in the circumstances when the conventional wisdom of modern warfare teaches in the military academies world-wide that a modern international military conflict is an extremely expensive enterprise, and
- [Glory or weakness?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/glory-or-weakness-2/) - By Victor Sharpe, Israel National News--- I was recently looking back at the obscene 2009 Goldstone Report which unleashed all that we already knew of the world; that it hates the Jews and hates the reconstituted Jewish state. The report’s bigotry, its lies of commission and omission, were made even more unbearable by the fact
- [Israel becomes first country to launch field hospital in Ukraine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-becomes-first-country-to-launch-field-hospital-in-ukraine/) - By Avi Cohen, Israel Hayom--- The "Kohav Meir" (Shining Star) field hospital in the town of Mostyska near the Polish border was set to begin accepting patients Tuesday, with an inauguration ceremony also scheduled for that day Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Israel is the first country to set up a field
- [Relief for Dnipro, Ukraine: Original Artwork Fundraiser](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/relief-for-ukraine/) - The people of Ukraine are at the top of all our prayer lists now. The stories of heroism and resilience that we are hearing daily are a reminder to all of us that freedom from tyranny is still a battle worth fighting for in any part of the world. And the Ukrainian people are fighting
- [Israel coordinates establishment of field hospital with Russia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-coordinates-establishment-of-field-hospital-with-russia/) - By Israel National News--- Israel has coordinated the establishment of a field hospital in western Ukraine with Russia, commentator Barak Ravid reported Thursday night on the Walla website. Israeli sources said that Israel had updated Russia on the issue and even given it the exact location of the hospital so that the Russians would avoid
- [Bible Fiber #23: Nahum 1:9-2:13](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-23-nahum-19-213/) - 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.
- [Urgent Press Release Action Required: Oppose the Iran Nuclear Deal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/urgent-press-release-action-required-oppose-the-iran-nuclear-deal/) - By Amy Zewe Attention All Who Love Israel: Urgent Appeal for action! Israel is in Mortal Danger with the pending Iran Nuclear Deal. And we have an important action we are asking all of our friends to take on Israel’s behalf. Today, can you please contact your congressional representatives to voice your objection to the
- [Fueling An Iranian Comeback](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/fueling-an-iranian-comeback/) - By Ilan Berman, The Hill--- When it comes to Iranian behavior, the past may very well be prologue. Currently, all eyes are on the nuclear talks in Vienna, where negotiations over Iran's reentry into the 2015 deal known as the JCPOA may end up falling apart over unexpected last-minute demands from Russia, which is serving
- [The Iran nuclear deal may be imploding. Good.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-iran-nuclear-deal-may-be-imploding-good/) - By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe--- FORMER PRESIDENT Barack Obama never submitted his 2015 Iran nuclear deal to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. Had he done so, it would have been rejected. A majority of senators — including New York's Chuck Schumer, now the majority leader — opposed the agreement, known as the
- [Israeli government websites back online after suspected Iranian cyberattack](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-government-websites-back-online-after-suspected-iranian-cyberattack/) - By Assaf Golan , i24NEWS and ILH Staff-- A suspected cyberattack took Israeli government websites offline for several minutes Monday evening until the National Cyber Directorate was able to restore them. The directorate confirmed that it had identified an attack on the sites' suppliers, which prevented users from accessing them, and affected all sites that
- [A Tale of Besieged Cities](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-tale-of-besieged-cities/) - By Inna Rogatchi--- We are seeing it in front of us daily. For the twenty days by now. Beautiful, full of life, cities of Ukraine, one after another are not only bombed, shelled, destroyed, but also sieged. The self-proclaimed ‘liberators’ methodically apply the same tactics as attacking Ukrainian densely populated large cities: they cut off
- [Palestinian terror factions could ‘seek escalation’ for fear of losing limelight to Russia-Ukraine war](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-terror-factions-could-seek-escalation-for-fear-of-losing-limelight-to-russia-ukraine-war/) - By Yaakov Lapin, Jewish News Syndicate--- Palestinian terror factions disturbed by the sidelining of their conflict with Israel could seek new attacks to escalate the situation and regain the international spotlight, a former Israeli defense official has warned. Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab-affairs adviser to seven Israeli defense ministers and a senior research
- [Why Are the Biden Administration, EU, Appeasing the Iranian Regime?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-are-the-biden-administration-eu-appeasing-the-iranian-regime/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- While the European Union has leveled different kinds of sanctions on Russia, including restricting access to the EU's capital and financial markets, the EU nevertheless continues to appease Moscow's staunch ally, the world's largest sponsor of state terrorism, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is opportunistically using the humanitarian
- [Bible Fiber #22: Nahum 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-22-nahum-1/) - OR Follow Bible Fiber wherevery you listen to your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Sticher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc. 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
- [Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid ongoing war with Russia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/germany-loosens-asylum-requirements-for-ukrainian-jews-amid-ongoing-war-with-russia/) - By Toby Axelrod, JTA--- Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced today. In a deal worked out with the federal government, refugees who have papers proving their Jewish roots will have an expedited path to German citizenship. Jewish leaders welcomed the news even as they
- [Iranian media slanders Zelensky with antisemitic article](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iranian-media-slanders-zelensky-with-antisemitic-article/) - By Seth J. Frantzman, JPost--- Iran’s Fars News, which is a pro-government media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ran a long article bashing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and using antisemitic tropes. In the March 10 article that appears on its website's homepage, Zelensky is accused of being a hedonist who seeks to
- [Helping Ukrainian Jews Escape: Interview with Nicole Yoder, VP of Aid and Aliyah at ICEJ](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/helping-ukrainian-jews-escape-interview-with-nicole-yoder-vp-of-aid-and-aliyah-at-icej/) - Join us for a special edition of The Red Alert Report dedicated to the topic of Ukraine and its Jewish population. Leaving Ukraine is a painful and difficult task for many Jewish Ukrainians who are making their Aliyah under duress and in haste. War torn Ukraine is the central focus of the world’s attention currently,
- [Zelenskyy appeals to US Jewry for help against Russia's 'pure Nazi behavior'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/zelenskyy-appeals-to-us-jewry-for-help-against-russias-pure-nazi-behavior/) - By ILH Staff and News Agencies--- Ukraine's Foreign Minister apologized Tuesday for accusing El Al airlines for refraining from imposing sanctions on Russia and continuing to accept funds via the Mir Russian payment system, the Times of Israel reported. "While the world sanctions Russia for its barbaric atrocities in Ukraine, some prefer to make money
- [Israel Warns Against Iranian Aggression as Nuclear Talks in Final Stretch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-warns-against-iranian-aggression-as-nuclear-talks-in-final-stretch/) - By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner--- Israel’s defense minister warned Monday that Iran remains a “threat to global peace and to regional stability,” shortly after the Israeli military revealed that it downed two Iranian drones launched toward its territory last year. “It is during this important time, when a nuclear agreement is being negotiated in Vienna, that
- [Bible Fiber #21: Micah 6-7](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-21-micah-6-7/) - 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.
- [Video: Jewish History in Ukrainian Maps](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/video-jewish-history-in-ukrainian-maps/) - 
- [Red Alert: Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out with Barry Shaw! Part 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-antisemitism-everybodys-problem-find-out-with-barry-shaw-part-2/) - Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out this week and next (February 23 and March 2, 2022) with special guest Barry Shaw of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies. Barry brings us a wealth of research and personal experience on the topic of advocating for Israel and combatting antisemitism. Barry’s repertoire of work includes the YouTube interview program called “The
- [Winter War 2022-- Monologues in Black and White, Part 1: Days 1-5th, February 24th-28th](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/winter-war-2022-monologues-in-black-and-white-part-1-days-1-5th-february-24th-28th/) - By Inna Rogatchi, As so many of us, we are starting a day now by immediately checking the news from a front-lines. Those front-lines are not only so unbelievably many places of bombardment, missile firing, fires, assaults, destroyment in Ukraine. There are also lines of civilians with so many children on the way out the
- [Could Ukraine’s Jewish president actually win this war?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/could-ukraines-jewish-president-actually-win-this-war/) - By Joel C. Rosenberg, All Israel News---- Until a few days ago, most people around the world had never heard of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If they had heard anything, it was that he had been an actor — even a comedian — before being elected to the highest office in his country and taking
- [Invasion Begins](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/invasion-begins/) - By Joel C. Rosenberg, AllIsrael.com--- To the astonishment of millions around the world – including many in government and the media who thought he was just bluffing, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military forces early Thursday morning to attack Ukraine, including missile strikes on the capital of Kyiv. “Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion
- [Ukraine, Russian troops fighting 5 miles from Kyiv, Russia says it destroyed 74 Ukrainian sites](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ukraine-russian-troops-fighting-5-miles-from-kyiv-russia-says-it-destroyed-74-ukrainian-sites/) - By Neta Bar and Damian Pacher, Israel Hayom--- Ukrainian troops are fighting the Russian army in in the north and the south, Ukrainian military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said Thursday afternoon. Zaluzhnyi said a battle was raging Thursday near the Hostomel air base 7 kilometers (less than 5 miles) northwest of the capital, Kyiv. He said
- [Iran Negotiations 2022: Landmark or Land Mine?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iran-negotiations-2022-landmark-or-land-mine/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- President Obama and Vice President Biden viewed their 2015 Iran deal as a landmark agreement, believing it to be the best way to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The last seven years, however, have shown it to be quite ill conceived—a veritable land mine, in fact. And there’s plenty
- [Bible Fiber #20: Micah 4-5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-20-micah-4-5/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out with Barry Shaw! Part 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-antisemitism-everybodys-problem-find-out-with-barry-shaw-part-1/) - Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out this week and next (February 23 and March 2, 2022) with special guest Barry Shaw of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies. Barry brings us a wealth of research and personal experience on the topic of advocating for Israel and combatting antisemitism. Barry’s repertoire of work includes the YouTube interview program called “The
- [Ukraine’s Jewish community on edge as Russia invades country](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ukraines-jewish-community-on-edge-as-russia-invades-country/) - BY Israel Kasnett, JNS--- Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition on Feb. 21 of two “breakaway” states in eastern Ukraine and his subsequent dispatch of “peacekeepers” there—considered by Western nations to be an official invasion of the country—has left its citizens and particularly the Jewish communities on edge. Throughout Ukraine, Jewish leaders are watching closely, and
- [Protective Dome defense system completes successful test at sea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/protective-dome-defense-system-completes-successful-test-at-sea-2/) - By Lilach Shoval and ILH Staff--- Israel's version of the maritime Iron Dome defense system successfully complete a series of tests in the early hours on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry announced said. Protective Dome's test was supervised by the Defense Ministry, Israeli Navy, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Its intercepts were fired from a
- [What will Israel's new COVID-19 travel rules look like?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-will-israels-new-covid-19-travel-rules-look-like/) - By Shira Silkoff, JPost--- For the first time since the skies were closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Israel’s borders will be fully reopened to foreigners beginning March 1. Israel closed its borders to all foreigners on March 18, 2020, due to the fast-spreading virus, bringing international travel to an
- [Protective Dome defense system completes successful test at sea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/protective-dome-defense-system-completes-successful-test-at-sea/) - By Lilach Shoval and ILH Staff--- Israel's version of the maritime Iron Dome defense system successfully complete a series of tests in the early hours on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry announced said. Protective Dome's test was supervised by the Defense Ministry, Israeli Navy, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Its intercepts were fired from a
- [Donate a Copy of Beyond Combat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/donate-a-copy-of-beyond-combat/) - Dear friend, On July 13, 2021, The Jerusalem Connection said goodbye to our founder Jim Hutchens. His body was laid to rest on Chaplain’s Hill at Arlington National Cemetery. His spirit is reunited with his love Pat Hutchens and together they are glorifying the name of Yahweh with the angels in heaven. We remain committed
- [Red Alert: Why Worry About CRT?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-worry-about-crt/) - By Amy Zewe-- CRT spelled out is Critical Race Theory. It is a perspective and lens by which and through which various disciplines such as history, English, and even math and science, is examined and taught. It is controversial because many rightminded people fully believe that CRT studies is not an honest and objective
- [Bible Fiber #19: Micah 2-3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-19-micah-2-3/) - By Amy Zewe--- 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
- [Amnesty International Offers No Amnesty to Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/amnesty-international-offers-no-amnesty-to-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Amnesty International describes itself as a global movement that protects people wherever justice, freedom, truth, and dignity are denied. And there’s no question that this human rights organization has a good track record at “researching and documenting human rights abuses wherever they occur,” as its website states. However, one
- [Palestinians: The Human Rights Violations No One Talks About](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-the-human-rights-violations-no-one-talks-about/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- While international "human rights" organizations such as Amnesty International make false and baseless claims against Israel, most continue intentionally and systematically to ignore the human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority (PA). A report published on January 29 by the Palestinian NGO International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights
- [Red Alert with Special Guest Joel Rosenberg, Part 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-with-special-guest-joel-rosenberg-part-2/) - Is Antisemitism Prevalent Today and Why Should We Care? Join us for our two-part interview with Joel Rosenberg airing February 2 and 9, 2022: Joel is a best-selling author, news reporter and analyst, advocate for Israel and Jews, and friend of our late founder, Jim Hutchens. You will be blessed and invigorated to activate your
- [It’s not just the Holocaust that Whoopi Goldberg got wrong](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/its-not-just-the-holocaust-that-whoopi-goldberg-got-wrong/) - By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe---- Under “R” in “The Holocaust Encyclopedia,” a reference work published by Yale University Press, is an eight-page entry on “Racism.” It begins: “The distinguishing characteristic of Nazi Germany was its obsession with race.” Had Whoopi Goldberg glanced at the encyclopedia before last Monday’s discussion on “The View” about the Holocaust
- [Biden acknowledges Israel’s freedom to act even if there’s an Iran deal - Bennett](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-acknowledges-israels-freedom-to-act-even-if-theres-an-iran-deal-bennett/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- US President Joe Biden accepted Israel’s freedom to act even if world powers reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday, a day after the two leaders spoke on the phone. “Freedom of action” was not mentioned in the context of Iran in the White House readout
- [Bible Fiber #18: Micah 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-18-micah-1/) - 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
- [Red Alert with Special Guest Joel Rosenberg](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-with-special-guest-joel-rosenberg/) - By Amy Zewe--- Is Antisemitism Prevalent Today and Why Should We Care? Join us for our two-part interview with Joel Rosenberg airing February 2 and 9, 2022: Joel is a best-selling author, news reporter and analyst, advocate for Israel and Jews, and friend of our late founder, Jim Hutchens. You will be blessed and invigorated
- [On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a little-known story offers inspiration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-a-little-known-story-offers-inspiration/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Amid the worldwide resurgence of anti-Semitism, recommitting to the rallying cry of “Never Again” is vital. The venom of hatred is once again poisoning the world against the Jews, God’s chosen people. Simply remembering the Holocaust is not enough. We cannot imitate the European
- [Bible Fiber #17: Jonah 4](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-17-jonah-4/) - 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.
- [Red Alert: Do We Practice Our Faith in Response to the “Most Anti-Semitic Year” That Was 2021?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-do-we-practice-our-faith-in-response-to-the-most-anti-semitic-year-that-was-2021/) - By Amy Zewe--- This week I came across a most startling headline on the website JNS.org (Jewish News Syndicate). While often times we can find article titles that lure us in to click on some sensational news story, only to be left deflated with paragraphs of nonsense that may not even relate to the headline—we
- [Iran's Palestinian Proxy: Jihad against Israel and America](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-palestinian-proxy-jihad-against-israel-and-america/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second largest and hugely influential group in the Gaza Strip after Hamas, does not believe that the conflict with Israel is over Jerusalem, settlements, borders, checkpoints or Palestinian prisoners. Like Hamas, PIJ's "logical intellectual vision considers all of Palestine still occupied from
- [Israel gearing up for mass immigration from Ukraine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-gearing-up-for-mass-immigration-from-ukraine/) - By World Israel News Staff--- With the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the U.S. quietly evacuating embassy employees and their families from the eastern European country, Israel is gearing up for an influx of Jewish refugees. According to Haaretz, Israeli government ministers met Sunday in a closed-door meeting to discuss strategy for
- [Report: Israeli fighter jets, refueling planes hold massive drill aimed at Tehran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/report-israeli-fighter-jets-refueling-planes-hold-massive-drill-aimed-at-tehran/) - By Times of Israel--- Israeli fighter jets carried out a large drill over the Mediterranean that included practicing mid-air refueling, according to a report in a Saudi-run news outlet Thursday. The unverified report in London-based Elaph described air maneuvers on Thursday by “an unusually large” contingent of F-15, F-16 and F-35 fighter craft, as well
- [Gaslighting Anti-Semitism in America](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gaslighting-anti-semitism-in-america/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who seized four hostages at gunpoint at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas during Sabbath services, was straightforward about who he was and what he wanted. Upon entering the synagogue wielding a gun and claiming he had a bomb in his backpack, Akram began ranting
- [Bible Fiber #16: Jonah 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-16-jonah-3/) - 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.
- [Israeli-led resolution combating Holocaust denial receives overwhelming support at UN](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-led-resolution-combating-holocaust-denial-receives-overwhelming-support-at-un/) - BY Mike Wagenheim, Jewish News Syndicate--- The first time, it was about remembrance. This time, it’s about preserving those memories. On Thursday, an Israeli-led resolution calling for a clear definition of Holocaust denial and concrete steps to fight it, passed the U.N. General Assembly by consensus. A total of 114 countries joined in as co-sponsors,
- [Lapid talks with Turkish FM, in first acknowledged call in 13 years](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lapid-talks-with-turkish-fm-in-first-acknowledged-call-in-13-years/) - By Times of Israel--- Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke Thursday by phone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, amid an apparent thaw in relations between Jerusalem and Ankara. According to Lapid’s office, Cavusoglu called to inquire about the foreign minister’s health following his COVID-19 diagnosis. The phone call was the first between Israeli and Turkish
- [A Year of Unforced Errors for Biden in the Middle East](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-year-of-unforced-errors-for-biden-in-the-middle-east/) - By Jonathan Schanzer, The Dispatch--- One year into his presidency, Joe Biden endeavors to pivot away from the Middle East. The Middle East simply won't let him. Like his predecessors, the president continues to struggle with the right approach to this important and perilous region. To date, many of Biden's approaches have amounted to unforced
- [The Miracle of Aliyah: Israel’s Historic Puzzle Pieces Fall into Place](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-miracle-of-aliyah-israels-historic-puzzle-pieces-fall-into-place/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- “Go forth from your land and from your birthplace and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you” (Genesis 12:1). Aliyah is a Hebrew word meaning “to ascend.” When we read Psalms 120-134, in essence we are participating in the “Songs of Ascent” much like
- [US policy on Iran – repeating or avoiding past errors?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/us-policy-on-iran-repeating-or-avoiding-past-errors/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger--- Learning from mistakes? *Ten days before the toppling of the Shah of Iran, President Carter told a conference of world leaders on the Island of Guadeloupe that a Khomeini-led Iran "would not export revolution… and would be interested in buying tractors, not tanks…. On January 11, six days before the
- [Red Alert: Colleyville Texas: Why Is it Our Problem?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-colleyville-texas-why-is-it-our-problem/) - By Amy Zewe--- Most of you may have been aware of the news this past weekend wherein a hostile person invaded a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during Shabbat services on Saturday Jan 15. After an 11-hour standoff, no congregants were physically harmed, the four hostages including the Synagogue’s rabbi were released, and the assailant was
- [How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attack](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-rabbi-charlie-cytron-walkers-training-helped-fellow-hostages-survive-the-texas-synagogue-attack/) - By Holly Yan, CNN--- Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's warm, disarming smile is a leader who's willing to attack an armed man holding his congregants hostage. On Saturday, a stranger knocked on the door of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The rabbi, assuming the stranger needed shelter from the cold, invited him in and made
- [Prince Charles commissions Holocaust survivor portraits for Buckingham Palace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/prince-charles-commissions-holocaust-survivor-portraits-for-buckingham-palace/) - By Cnaan Lipshiz, JTA--- The United Kingdom’s Prince Charles has commissioned portraits of seven Holocaust survivors to be displayed at Buckingham Palace for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Charles, whose title is the Prince of Wales, commissioned the portraits as part of his service as the royal patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, a position
- [Bible Fiber #15: Jonah 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-15-jonah-2/) - By Shelley Neese--- 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
- [The emergence of Arab Zionism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-emergence-of-arab-zionism/) - By Melanie Phillips, Israel Hayom--- While Western liberals and the United Nations Human Rights Council double down in their determination to demonize, delegitimize and destroy Israel, support for that beleaguered country is coming from a surprising direction. In 2020, people were startled by the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Hope was
- [Horror and Heroism at Homesh](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/horror-and-heroism-at-homesh/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- It is a short clip, barely 24 seconds long, that was neither filmed professionally nor with a steady hand. But perhaps because the footage is so raw and so shocking, and the reality that it reveals is so brutal, is what makes it essential viewing for every Israeli. The video
- [Israel’s Golan: Rising to New Heights](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-golan-rising-to-new-heights/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Traveling north to Israel’s Golan Heights is an adventuresome journey of hairpin turns, vineyards, and vistas of the snow-capped 9,000-foot Mount Hermon. Yet despite an ancient history wrapped in boundless beauty, ominous warning signs about uncleared minefields from the 1967 Six-Day War still dot the landscape—and reflect ongoing controversy.
- [Israeli lawmakers herald launch of Abraham Accords Caucus in Congress](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-lawmakers-herald-launch-of-abraham-accords-caucus-in-congress/) - By Jewish News Syndicate--- Israeli lawmakers welcomed the launch of the Abraham Accords Caucus this week in Congress. The new caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington will be launched as a bipartisan initiative by Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. It will be co-chaired by Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.),
- [Red Alert: Can 9 Years Make a difference?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-9-years-make-a-difference/) - By Amy Zewe--- As we start 2022, the division in America, and much of the Modern World, over various pandemic-managing policies is still raging, nearly 2 years after its onset. What was 2 weeks to flatten the curve is now 21 months of freedom-stifling governmental policies, neighbors snarling at each other over mask wearing
- [Expert urges better disaster readiness, says massive earthquake impossible to predict](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/expert-urges-better-disaster-readiness-says-massive-earthquake-impossible-to-predict/) - By Shlomi Diaz, Israel Hayom--- The magnitude 6.4 earthquake that shook Cyprus overnight Monday and was felt in Israel, again raised the question of emergency readiness in case of a major tremor. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake was at a depth of 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) and the rattle was felt throughout
- [Bible Fiber #14: Jonah 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-14-jonah-1/) - 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.
- [Poll: 80% of Israelis concerned by growing antisemitism worldwide](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/poll-80-of-israelis-concerned-by-growing-antisemitism-worldwide/) - By JNS and ILH Staff--- A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80% of Israelis are concerned about antisemitism globally, with almost three-quarters (73%) believing antisemitism is widespread. More than half (61%) believe that the problem of antisemitism has only grown stronger during the past five years. The survey of more than 500 Israeli
- [Hope in the Holy Land? One Film Casts a Light](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hope-in-the-holy-land-one-film-casts-a-light/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Peace between Jews and Palestinian Arabs seems as distant as the earth from the moon. Ancients and moderns worldwide have been fascinated by this celestial body, and the Jewish community sets its time by the lunar clock. But no one imagined going to the moon until the last century.
- [Red Alert: What’s on tap for 2022?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-on-tap-for-2022/) - Happy New Year! Thank you all for a glorious end to 2021 even though the year brought heartache to us as well as triumphs. We have exciting plans for 2022 as we continue to grow in our mission to inform, educate, and activate Christians and others to support Jews and Israel, combat antisemitism wherever we
- [2021 proves that antisemitism manifests as anti-Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/2021-proves-that-antisemitism-manifests-as-anti-zionism/) - By Emily Schrader, Jerusalem Post--- The year 2021 proved unquestionably that modern antisemitism is often manifested in anti-Zionism and anti-Israel hatred. Last week was no different, with a violent attack on an American Jew wearing an IDF shirt in Brooklyn. Yet instead of acknowledging reality, far left Jews and anti-Israel activists try to excuse these
- [Iran's "Nuclear Blackmail": Iran Has No Interest in Negotiating a New Nuclear Deal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-nuclear-blackmail-iran-has-no-interest-in-negotiating-a-new-nuclear-deal/) - By Con Coughlin, Gatestone Institute--- Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's observation that Iran is engaging in "nuclear blackmail" with Western negotiators provides a damning indictment of the current state of play regarding the negotiations being held in Vienna on Tehran's nuclear activities. With Western intelligence agencies warning that Iran could be just weeks away from
- [Bible Fiber #13: Obadiah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-13-obadiah/) - 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. This month we are
- [Red Alert: Let's Celebrate Life!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-lets-celebrate-life/) - As we celebrate your enduring faithfulness and prayerfulness for our mission to inform, educate and activate support for Israel and the Jewish people. No greater gift has been bestowed upon humanity than the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our devotion to our Lord and Savior fuels our inspiration to advance our mandate
- [Bible Fiber #12: Obadiah and the Edomites](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-12-obadiah-and-the-edomites/) - 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. So far, we have
- [Germany’s new ‘traffic light’ government signals worry for German Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/germanys-new-traffic-light-government-signals-worry-for-german-jews/) - By Orit Arfa, Jewish News Syndicate--- Germany’s “traffic light” government, led by new Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), was sworn in on Wednesday under the banner “dare to make progress.” Jewish leaders, activists and analysts, however, fear that the coalition will make less progress in strengthening Israel-German ties. The 177-page coalition
- [The Connection Between King David, Christmas, and Palm Sunday](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-connection-between-king-david-christmas-and-palm-sunday/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- The candles are extinguished for Hanukkah 2021, the Jewish Festival of Lights, and are now replaced in many homes with the lights of glowing Christmas trees and festive decorations. Our Christian nativity scenes are on prominent display, with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus in a manger. Often lost, however,
- [Arabs to Biden: Do Not Let Iran Play You for a Fool](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arabs-to-biden-do-not-let-iran-play-you-for-a-fool/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- On the eve of the resumption of the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Arabs have again warned the Biden administration against being duped by the mullahs of Tehran. The Arabs, who share Israel's concern over Iran's accelerated efforts (and deceptive tactics) to achieve nuclear weapons, also warned the Biden
- [Israeli-made military robot set to play diverse battlefield roles](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-made-military-robot-set-to-play-diverse-battlefield-roles/) - By Yaakov Lappin, Jewish News Syndicate--- A new autonomous unmanned ground vehicle introduced by Israeli companies Elbit Systems and Roboteam, called “Rook,” can carry out a remarkable number of roles on the battlefield. Elad Levy, CEO of Roboteam, told JNS that the ground robot is tailor-made to client needs through its ability to be assembled
- [Red Alert: Are We Wining Against Antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-are-we-wining-against-antisemitism/) - Yes, we sure are! How can enjoying a good wine help combat antisemitism? When that wine is purchased through our December fundraiser, you are helping! We have partnered with One Hope Wine, a premier vineyard in California whose mission is to give back. This month, you can contribute to the mission of The Jerusalem Connection,
- [Sorry, Everyone, Hamas is Still a Terrorist Group](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sorry-everyone-hamas-is-still-a-terrorist-group/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- One of the arguments that is being raised against the British government's recent decision to designate Hamas an extremist terrorist organization is that the Gaza-based movement, which does not recognize Israel's right to exist, has changed and now supports the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel. Opponents
- [Hanukkah in Ancient and Modern Israel: “A Great Miracle Happened There”](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hanukkah-in-ancient-and-modern-israel-a-great-miracle-happened-there/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- On Sunday, November 28, Jewish families worldwide began celebrating Hanukkah—lighting up their homes each day with candles in their Hanukkiahs, their menorah candelabras. By December 6, when the festival ends, all the candles will be glowing. Children are enjoying eight days of gifts and playing dreidel games, and families
- [Tehran Seeks a ‘Better Deal’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tehran-seeks-a-better-deal/) - By Shoshana Bryen, American Thinker---- “Iran is prepared to reach a 'good agreement' quickly, with the goal of protecting the Iranian people’s rights and interests,” the Iranian foreign minister announced as Ali Bagheri Kani, the country’s chief negotiator, was arriving in Vienna for another round of nuclear negotiations. Israel’s Ha'aretz newspaper posits that the Islamic
- [Bible Fiber #11: Amos 6-9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-11-amos-6-9/) - 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. So far, in our
- [One Hope Wine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-hope-wine/) - The Jerusalem Connection’s mission is to inform, educate and activate support for Israel and the Jewish people. We invite you to participate in our calling during this holiday season through this unique fundraiser. Buy special bottles of wine for the loved ones in your life and ten percent of the proceeds go directly to Jerusalem
- [Red Alert: What do we have to gain from perspective?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-do-we-have-to-gain-from-perspective/) - Welcome to part 2 of our 2-part conversation with writer Dara Horn. Dara is an established novelist and recently published her first non-fiction book called People Love Dead Jews. Dara’s repertoire of work also includes essays and articles published in a variety of periodicals as she comments on various events that affects the Jewish
- [As Vienna talks resume, Iran's military vows to destroy Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-vienna-talks-resume-irans-military-vows-to-destroy-israel/) - By Ruthie Blum, Israel Hayom--- Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers from which former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018 – kicked off in Vienna on Monday with feigned fanfare. The Islamic Republic has made
- [Jim Hutchens laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jim-hutchens-laid-to-rest-at-arlington-national-cemetery/) - On November 12, 2021, Dr. Jim Hutchens, Brigadier General, Chaplain, Pastor, Founder of The Jerusalem Connection, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Chaplain's Hill, joining his Beloved, Pat Mercer Hutchens, to reside in glory for eternity. The Jerusalem Connection is forever grateful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for their work
- [Red Alert: Part 1, Interview with Dara Horn. What do we have to gain from perspective?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-part-1-interview-with-dara-horn-what-do-we-have-to-gain-from-perspective/) - By Amy Zewe--- You are invited to join me this week, Nov. 24, and next, for an exciting interview with writer and podcaster Dara Horn. Dara is an established novelist and recently published her first non-fiction book called People Love Dead Jews. Dara’s repertoire of work also includes essays and articles published in a variety
- [Israel Hosts Fifth Christian Media Summit in Friendship and Unity](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-hosts-fifth-christian-media-summit-in-friendship-and-unity/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- A week ago, I attended Israel’s Government Press Office (GPO) Christian Media Summit (CMS). Held virtually in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, this year’s summit drew more than 100 media professionals and opinion leaders from across the world. According to the CMS website, the summit’s goal is to
- [Ruins of a Hellenistic fortress show ‘tangible evidence’ of Hanukkah story, Israeli archaeologists say](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ruins-of-a-hellenistic-fortress-show-tangible-evidence-of-hanukkah-story-israeli-archaeologists-say/) - By Shira Hanau, JTA.ORG--- Archaeologists excavating a 2,100-year-old fortress say it provides “tangible evidence” of the events from the Hanukkah story. The site, located west of Hebron in the Lachish Forest, includes remnants of a fortress made of stone and wood that the archaeologists working with the Israel Antiquities Authority believe was burned by the
- [The Abraham Accords: A successful call to the region to change the record](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-abraham-accords-a-successful-call-to-the-region-to-change-the-record/) - By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom--- On Oct. 21, the Turkish paper Sabah reported that an extensive operation by Turkish security forces had resulted in the arrest of 15 Mossad agents. The surprising report didn't upset us especially, since it was clear that it wasn't the most reliable article of the year. But the report should
- [Bible Fiber #10: Amos 3-5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-10-amos-3-5/) - By Shelley Neese 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. So
- [New Senate Bill Calls for Annual Review of Palestinian Curriculum for ‘Racist Violence Against Jewish People’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/new-senate-bill-calls-for-annual-review-of-palestinian-curriculum-for-racist-violence-against-jewish-people/) - By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner--- A bill that would mandate an annual review of hate speech, incitement, and antisemitism in educational materials used by the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees was introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday. The Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (S.3209), introduced by Sen.
- [Knesset Education Committee in Historic Statement: Israeli Schoolchildren Must Visit Temple Mount](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/knesset-education-committee-in-historic-statement-israeli-schoolchildren-must-visit-temple-mount/) - By David Israel, Jewish Press--- Responding to aggressive lobbying by the Beyadenu movement (Dani Dayan’s Daughter Sings Hatikvah Quietly on Temple Mount), the Knesset Education Committee on Tuesday debated the place of the Temple Mount in the country’s education system. Coalition and opposition MKs alike agreed that the Israeli education system is failing to convey
- [Senior UAE delegation to visit Tehran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/senior-uae-delegation-to-visit-tehran/) - By Arutz Sheva---- A high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates will soon visit the Iranian capital of Tehran, Reuters reports. The delegation is expected to seek to de-escalate tensions between the UAE and Iran as the Islamic Republic resumes negotiations with western powers in Vienna over its nuclear weapons program. On Monday, Anwar Gargash,
- [Red Alert: Why Focus on Education?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-focus-on-education/) - Proverbs 4:13: “Take hold of instruction, do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.” Proverbs 4:6-7: “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, though it cost all you have, get understanding.” Proverbs 3:13: “Blessed
- [Palestinians fear ‘civil war’ amid growing anarchy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-fear-civil-war-amid-growing-anarchy/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- Charges that the Palestinian Authority was not doing enough to enforce law and order, amid increased scenes of anarchy and violence in some parts of the West Bank, emerged Wednesday. Palestinian civilians warned that the violence could lead to “civil war,” especially between large clans and armed gangs in Hebron
- [Peace-processing like its 1993](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/peace-processing-like-its-1993/) - By Shoshana Bryen, Jewish News Syndicate--- In a meeting in May with then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration priority “to continue to rebuild our relationship with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority.” Now, after announcing it wants to open a U.S. consulate in
- [Why Palestinians Are Fleeing The Gaza Strip](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-palestinians-are-fleeing-the-gaza-strip/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute---- A tragedy that recently hit the Gaza Strip has again exposed the extent of the suffering of Palestinians under the rule of the Iranian-backed group, Hamas. The tragedy also serves as a reminder of the double standards of the international community in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially the
- [Joel Rosenberg predicts: Saudi Arabia will join Abraham Accords](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/joel-rosenberg-predicts-saudi-arabia-will-join-abraham-accords/) - By All Israel News--- ALL ISRAEL NEWS Editor-in-Chief Joel Rosenberg predicted that Saudi Arabia – arguably the most influential Sunni Arab nation in the 21st century – will join the Abraham Accords normalization treaty with Israel. “I believe the Saudis are weighing [this] right now at the highest levels. Is it in their national interests
- [Bible Fiber #9: Amos 1-2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-9-amos-1-2/) - By Shelley Neese--- 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.
- [Fine Arts: “There is not silence. This is another poem”](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/fine-arts-there-is-not-silence-this-is-another-poem/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- Remembering Leonard Cohen on the 5th anniversary of his passing in the special series of artistic homages. “This is not silence This is another poem” – wrote that remarkable man back in 1958, when I was still a baby, and Leonard, who was from the generation of my parents,
- [Is there still hope for American bipartisan support of Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/is-there-still-hope-for-american-bipartisan-support-of-israel/) - By Jonathan S. Tobin, Arutz7--- Former Ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was preaching to the choir when she fired a shot over the bow of AIPAC at the annual conference of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas this past weekend. Along with other GOP 2024 hopefuls and political
- [Israel ups airstrikes in Syria as next step against Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-ups-airstrikes-in-syria-as-next-step-against-iran/) - By Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post--- Israel has seemingly upped its “war-between-wars” (MAMBAM) campaign against Iran in Syria as the country’s top officer warns that the IDF is accelerating its plans to deal with Iran’s nuclear program. At least seven airstrikes targeting Iranian and Shi’ite militias have been blamed on Israel in the past month alone,
- [Red Alert: Violins of Hope, Part 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-violins-of-hope-part-2/) - \ Join us for part 2 of our discussion with Arlene Bridges Samuels to find out about Violins of Hope. Arlene is a pro-Israel Christian advocate who has held pioneering positions for two decades with Israel Always, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, (AIPAC) and International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA's project, American Christian Leaders for Israel.
- [Bible Fiber #8: Amos 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-8-amos-1/) - 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. We have now made
- [Red Alert: What is Violins of Hope?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-violins-of-hope/) - Violins of Hope helping to Educate and Combat Antisemitism through Culture and the Arts Join us this week and next week for our discussion with Arlene Bridges Samuels to find out about Violins of Hope. Arlene is a pro-Israel Christian advocate who has held pioneering positions for two decades with Israel Always, American Israel Public
- [Israel’s COVID travel rules changed for tourists Monday – here are the details](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-covid-travel-rules-changed-for-tourists-monday-here-are-the-details/) - By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JPost--- The new outline for incoming tourists began on November 1, with individual travelers who meet the criteria able to arrive in the country without any special permission. The concept is to open the skies to more travelers interested in visiting the Jewish state. “The Israel Ministry of Tourism is pleased to
- [Why Biden's Palestinian Policies Will Not Bring Peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-bidens-palestinian-policies-will-not-bring-peace/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- The Biden administration's policy of engaging with and strengthening the Palestinian Authority (PA) has suffered a setback: most Palestinians continue to express dissatisfaction with the performance of PA President Mahmoud Abbas and demand his resignation. The Biden administration's hope of reviving the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians
- [The EU's Dangerous Policy Towards Iran's Mullahs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-eus-dangerous-policy-towards-irans-mullahs/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- For almost six years since the 2015 "nuclear deal," the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was reached, the European Union has been appeasing Iran's ruling mullahs. What the EU fails to see is that that its soft policy towards the mullahs has been a total disaster and dangerous. Right after
- ['Israel, Iran engaged in cold war,' prime minister says](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-iran-engaged-in-cold-war-prime-minister-says/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- World powers must make sure Iran understands that there would be "serious implications" if it does not relinquish its nuclear ambitions, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said over the weekend. The Israeli prime minister, who is en route to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, is set to meet with nine
- [Bible Fiber #7: Joel 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-7-joel-3/) - By Shelley Neese 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. Joel
- [Hacker group leaks data, photos from Defense Ministry, Benny Gantz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hacker-group-leaks-data-photos-from-defense-ministry-benny-gantz/) - By Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post--- A hacker group called Moses Staff claimed this week that it has successfully conducted a cyberattack on the Israeli Defense Ministry, releasing files and photos it claims it obtained from the ministry's servers. Moses Staff's website claims that the group has hacked over 165 servers and 254 websites and compiled
- [The Role of Iran's Palestinian Mercenaries](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-role-of-irans-palestinian-mercenaries/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For Hamas and PIJ, the admission is yet another sign that the truth can be painful and inconvenient, especially when it comes from a
- [Red Alert: Is the Go-Green Movement Antisemitic?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-is-the-go-green-movement-antisemitic/) - By Amy Zewe--- Well, some if it is, and demonstratively so! Whether or not you personally agree with the environmental movement—of which there are many degrees—when environmentalists veer into antisemitic behavior, we need to pay attention. Conservation of the earth is indeed a mandate to us from God. We are to be proper stewards of
- [Settler leader urges PM to put State Department 'in its place'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/settler-leader-urges-pm-to-put-state-department-in-its-place/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom-- Right-wing lawmakers and officials expressed outrage Wednesday over the Biden administration's criticism of Israel's planned settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. On Tuesday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said Washington was "deeply concerned about the Israeli government's plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep
- [Judah’s Pledge to Tamar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/judahs-pledge-to-tamar/) - By Megan Sauter, Biblical Archaeology Review--- Genesis 38 recounts the saga of Judah and Tamar. Er, Judah’s oldest son, marries Tamar, but he dies, leaving her a childless widow. Er’s brother Onan then marries Tamar, according to levirate marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5–10), but he also dies without giving her any children. She then returns to her
- [The Grace of Love](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-grace-of-love/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- Reminiscence on the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Chesvan 20th, 5781, the last year, was on Shabbat. In the secular calendar, it was November 7th, 2020. On Motzei Shabbat, in that special Shabbat-blessed mood being both relaxed and uplifted, we turned on our devices. And got the
- [Jews need more allies](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jews-need-more-allies/) - By Dan Schnur, Israel Hayom--- The greatest threat to the survival of the Jewish community is neither Iran nor intermarriage. Rather, it is our increasing political and cultural isolation, and the resulting hostility that we face from both ends of the ideological spectrum. The fringes of the nationalist hard right continue to traffic in Charlottesville-style
- [Jordan blasts Israel after 1,300 apartments approved for sale in West Bank settlements](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jordan-blasts-israel-after-1300-apartments-approved-for-sale-in-west-bank-settlements/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post---- Jordan slammed Israel on Sunday, saying it “rejects and condemns” plans to build 1,355 housing units in the West Bank. Last week, the US expressed concern about Israeli plans to build 3,000 new homes in settlements, as well as the legalization of two illegal outposts. Marketing tenders
- [Palestinian Prisoners No One Talks About](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-prisoners-no-one-talks-about/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- A recent hunger strike by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) prisoners held by Israel caught the attention of many journalists and media outlets. Reports about the hunger strike appeared in newspapers around the world and were included in dispatches by major news agencies. The PIJ prisoners, who have been convicted
- [Israel's Post-American Strategic Challenge](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-post-american-strategic-challenge/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- A report this week about the discussions Israel and the U.S. are now holding regarding the Iranian nuclear program was nothing short of an earthquake. Tuesday, Israel Hayom ran a red headline on its front page: “Frustration in Jerusalem: U.S. Passive Against Iran.” The story, by military correspondent Yoav Limor told
- [Woman arrested, charged after dousing Yeshiva with gasoline, lighting it on fire in Brooklyn](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/woman-arrested-charged-after-dousing-yeshiva-with-gasoline-lighting-it-on-fire-in-brooklyn/) - By Diana Rocco, Eyewitness News A woman caught on camera lighting a Jewish school on fire was arrested and charged Sunday. Police say 39-year-old Brooklyn resident Sharee Jones was charged with reckless endangerment as a hate crime and arson. The incident happened on Thursday at 7:27 p.m. at the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J.
- [Sharp-eyed diver finds 900-year-old Crusader sword](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sharp-eyed-diver-finds-900-year-old-crusader-sword/) - By Joseph Guzman, The Hill---- A scuba diver exploring the waters off the Carmel coast of Israel recently discovered a sword that experts believe dates back to the time of the crusaders. Shlomi Katzin was scuba diving off the country’s Mediterranean Coast earlier this month when he came across a trove of artifacts that had
- [Smotrich: We won't let Mansour Abbas take our sovereignty in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/smotrich-we-wont-let-mansour-abbas-take-our-sovereignty-in-jerusalem/) - By Israel National News--- MKs from the Religious Zionism party toured the area of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon following the violent riots which occurred at the site yesterday. The party's chairman, MK Bezalel Smotrich, said that "sovereignty in Jerusalem cannot be captured in the hands of Mansour Abbas. We came here because
- [The Truth About “Palestine”—Then and Now](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-truth-about-palestine-then-and-now/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Calling Israel “Palestine” is commonplace today. However, the history of that name goes back millennia. First coined by the ancient Greeks for the five-city area in the Philistine confederacy and then adopted by Roman emperor Hadrian, Palestine was more recently copied by former Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat in
- [Black Lives Matter’s Self-Serving Anti-Israel Stance](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/black-lives-matters-self-serving-anti-israel-stance/) - By Marie Fischer-- Before the cease-fire, Hamas terrorists rained down over 3,000 rockets on Israel. Such hostility is nothing new, since Jewish-Muslim tensions trace back to the times of Avraham (Abraham), with respective Jewish and Muslim progenitors Isaac and Ishmael. But enemies of Israel are armed with new social justice weaponry to advance their cause
- [Red Alert: When Do Lies Equal Balance? Apparently in US Academics….](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-do-lies-equal-balance/) - By Amy Zewe---- Suppose you were teaching a middle school class a science lesson on gravity. You explain how it works; you even show its consequences by dropping an apple on the floor. Do you think the lesson warrants an examination of an opposing perspective of gravity? Maybe, a lesson from Hindu swamis who practice
- [Modi invites Bennett to India on official visit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/modi-invites-bennett-to-india-on-official-visit/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for an official visit to India. The message was relayed by India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who met with Bennett in Jerusalem on Wednesday. “In the name of the State of Israel, I want to tell you, we love India,”
- [Bible Fiber #6: Joel 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-6-joel-2/) - By Shelley Neese 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. Joel
- [IDF Intel chief: Iran enriching ever more nuke material, but we’ll constrain it](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-intel-chief-iran-enriching-ever-more-nuke-material-but-well-constrain-it/) - By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel--- The newly installed head of Military Intelligence warned on Wednesday night that Iran was enriching more nuclear material more quickly than ever before and said that the Israel Defense Forces would “continue to constrain” it. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, who entered his position earlier this week, said Tehran
- [The Twelfth Man for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-twelfth-man-for-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- In a stunning upset on October 9, “The Twelfth Man” seemed to play a significant role in the victory in College Station, Texas, when the Texas A&M (Aggies) football team beat the No. 1 University of Alabama Crimson Tide. It ended Alabama’s 19-game winning streak in a game that Aggies
- [US will weigh all options if Iran will not resume nuclear deal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/us-will-weigh-all-options-if-iran-will-not-resume-nuclear-deal/) - By Reuters--- The United States is ready to consider all options if Iran were not willing to return to the constraints of the 2015 nuclear deal, US Special Envoy for Iran Rob Malley said on Wednesday. "We will be prepared to adjust to a different reality in which we have to deal with all options
- [Kushner, Ivanka Trump in Jerusalem for Abraham Accords initiative](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/kushner-ivanka-trump-in-jerusalem-for-abraham-accords-initiative/) - By Ynetnews--- Israeli lawmakers flanked by former president Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law launched an initiative in Jerusalem on Monday to advance the Abraham Accords that saw Arab states normalize ties with Israel. Jared Kushner, a former White House adviser married to Ivanka Trump, was a major architect of the deals between Israel and the
- [Red Alert: An Unrelenting Battle?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-an-unrelenting-battle/) - By Amy Zewe--- Antisemitism, traditionally called Jew-hate (since the term antisemitism is but a few decades old) is arguably the oldest form of hate on human record. The Jewish people have been an identifiable “people” for millennia; empires, communities, nations, and religions have come and gone, but the Jews remain a target with each passing
- [Simon. Return: Wiesenthal Speaking in Vienna](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/simon-return-wiesenthal-speaking-in-vienna/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- On the late night of October 2, 2021, Simon returned to the place he knew so well . He used to live here with his beloved wife Cyla and their only daughter Paulinka before she moved with her family to Israel, for so many years. Almost six decades. It
- [Red Alert: Campus update…Good News First or Bad news?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-campus-updategood-news-first-or-bad-news/) - By Amy Zewe--- I am going to start with some good news out of The University of Bristol in England. I mentioned a few weeks back that a professor there is quite antisemitic in the classroom and on his own time. David Miller, who calls for the end of Zionism, has been fired. This professor
- [Kamala's non-denial 'denial' on Israel and genocide](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/kamalas-non-denial-denial-on-israel-and-genocide/) - By Stephen Flatow, Israel Hayom--- Well, she got the headline she wanted. "Kamala Harris 'Strongly Disagrees' With Student Who Said Israel Was Carrying Out Ethnic Genocide," the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports. But a closer look at the vice president's "denial" suggests that it was, in fact, a classic non-denial. The controversy began when the vice
- [Newly-found Iranian cyber-espionage may pose 'real threat' to Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/newly-found-iranian-cyber-espionage-may-pose-real-threat-to-israel/) - By Zev Stub, JPost--- Iranian threat actors are running a highly targeted cyberespionage operation against global aerospace and telecommunications companies, stealing sensitive information from targets around Israel and the Middle East, as well as in the United States, Russia and Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by Israeli cybersecurity company Cybereason. Cybereason identified the
- [It's time Israel got serious to tackle the Iran threat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/its-time-israel-got-serious-to-tackle-the-iran-threat/) - By Yaakov Katz, JPost-- Here’s the good news: unless something extreme and dramatic happens, we will not be seeing Israeli F-35s or F-15s taking off in the next couple of years to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Here’s the bad news: Iran is continuing to advance toward a nuclear weapon at an unprecedented pace, and in
- [Bible Fiber #5: Joel 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-5-joel-1/) - 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. All of September, we
- [Red Alert: When is critical thinking advocacy for Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-is-critical-thinking-advocacy-for-israel/) - By Amy Zewe---- When it is applied to our colleges and universities. All us--Jews, Christians and others--must apply critical thinking to the curriculums and lectures and speeches that professors, administrators and campus activists are espousing. The amount of poison leaching into our academic arenas is overwhelming. Schools were once the safe haven for questioning, seeking
- [PM Naftali Bennett to UNGA: ‘All Red Lines Have Been Crossed’ by Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pm-naftali-bennett-to-unga-all-red-lines-have-been-crossed-by-iran/) - By Jewish Press News Week--- Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed a sparsely-attended hall at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday morning, just a few hours before the start of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah in the Jewish State. The prime minister began his speech with a focus on the global coronavirus pandemic,
- [Hamas' terrorist plots were worse than the public knows](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hamas-terrorist-plots-were-worse-than-the-public-knows/) - By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom--- The Israeli public isn't aware of even a fraction of the ongoing counterterror activity in Judea and Samaria. Unless it entails something particularly dramatic, the media isn't interested in it, and there is no drama unless people are wounded or killed in terrorist attacks. This is the essence of the
- [Mainstream Democrats Introduce Bill Endangering Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mainstream-democrats-introduce-bill-endangering-israel/) - By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute--- Just when Congress overwhelmingly defeated an effort by eight radical Democrats and one Republican to defund Israel's Iron Dome defense system, several "mainstream" Democrats proposed legislation that is equally dangerous and filled with half-truths, omissions and outright fabrications. Congressman Andy Levin has introduced a bill that purports to further
- [The Squalid "Squad" Is Trying to Destroy Bipartisan Support for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-squalid-squad-is-trying-to-destroy-bipartisan-support-for-israel/) - By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute--- The "Squad" is a small group of radical members of the U.S. House of Representatives who run for Congress under the banner of the Democratic Party but do not reflect its mainstream policies. They represent niche districts that are not typical of the Democratic base. They could not be
- [The Palestinian assault on Jewish history and heritage](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-assault-on-jewish-history-and-heritage/) - By Michael Freund, JPost--- If anyone still has doubts about the Palestinian Authority's determination to erase all traces of Israel's ancient Jewish heritage, an important new report should lay to rest any such uncertainties. The 65-page document, entitled "National Heritage Survey" and published by the Shilo Forum and the Shomrim al HaNetzach ("Preserving the Eternal")
- [Why Are ‘Progressive’ Democrats Giving Iran What It Wants?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-are-progressive-democrats-giving-iran-what-it-wants/) - By Shoshana Bryen, inSight--- Editor's Note: The money for Iron Dome's resupply has been restored. But the politics that led to its removal from the spending bill remain - and will haunt friends of Israel. House Democratic leadership, under pressure from its "progressive" wing, removed the appropriation earmarked for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system
- [Bible Fiber #4: Hosea 10–14](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-4-hosea-10-14/) - 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. This week, we are
- [RA: When Might Fighting Antisemitism Seem Antisemitic?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ra-when-might-fighting-antisemitism-seem-antisemitic/) - By Amy Zewe--- Maybe when we remove the Jewishness of the Jews we remember…. Zechariah 8:23 (New Revised Standard Version) says: Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, “Let us go with you, for we
- [A Sukkot Field Guide](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-sukkot-field-guide/) - By Aaron Eby, First Fruits of Zion--- Looking at a Jewish calendar at this time of year can be overwhelming. There are so many festival days! Where do they all come from, and what do they mean? Here is a simple rundown of each of the significant days connected with the Festival of Sukkot, sometimes
- ['No target is un-hackable. Period'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/no-target-is-un-hackable-period/) - By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom--- Anyone who deals with technology, or is familiar with it, can't remain indifferent to what is happening in the IDF's Unit 8200. The technological breakthroughs, the intelligence superiority, the advances – these all position the unit, and Israel, as a world leader that is at the same level as the
- [Biden should be looking for a Plan B when it comes to the Iranian nuclear deal, Middle East expert tells](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-should-be-looking-for-a-plan-b-when-it-comes-to-the-iranian-nuclear-deal-middle-east-expert-tells/) - By Joel C. Rosenberg, All Israel News--- Why is Tehran seemingly not willing to take up Washington on its generous offer and simply reenter the nuclear deal? Are the Iranians learning to live with sanctions instead? These are some of the questions perplexing the Washington establishment. I spoke with Robert Satloff, executive director of The
- [Ushpitzim In Art: Modern Look](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ushpitzim-in-art-modern-look/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- Michael Rogatchi Art & Aesthetic of a Modern-Day Spirituality Michael Rogatchi’s now widely known Forefathers works have originated as his Uzhpitzim series, personalised images of Jewish patriarchs and the formatting leaders of the nation. Each of those modern classic images has its own history, and they were not created
- [Bible Fiber #3: Hosea 6–9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-3-hosea-6-9/) - Hosea’s Message: Hosea 6, 7, 8, & 9 Shabbat Shalom and 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
- [Why Oslo Still Rules](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-oslo-still-rules/) - By Caroline Glick--- In an interview shortly before his death in the summer of 2001, Faisal Husseini, who held the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem portfolio, gave an interview where he exposed the fraud at the heart of the Oslo process. Speaking with Al Araby newspaper, Husseini said that Yassir Arafat, his deputies and henchmen never saw
- [In the Light of the Giants: Yom Kippur Perspective](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/in-the-light-of-the-giants-yom-kippur-perspective/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- As it happened, the Yom Kippur 5780, in October 2019, was the last normal pre-covid service that we, and so many others, attended. We were very lucky at the time, and the meaning of that luck, and that light originated at the moment, has become seen by us in
- [‘A great honor’: Bahrain’s first-ever envoy to Israel presents credentials](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-great-honor-bahrains-first-ever-envoy-to-israel-presents-credentials/) - By Lazar Berman, Times of Israel--- Bahrain’s first-ever ambassador to Israel Khaled Yousif Al-Jalahma presented his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. Jalahma gave his letter of credence to Herzog in a formal ceremony, a day before the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords at
- [Terror in Jerusalem: 2 injured in stabbing attack at Central Bus Station](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/terror-in-jerusalem-2-injured-in-stabbing-attack-at-central-bus-station/) - By Tzvi Joffre, JPost--- Two Israeli men were moderately injured in a stabbing attack at a store next to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station in Jerusalem on Monday. Two female Border Police patrol officers at the scene shot and wounded the terrorist. The attacker was identified as 17-year-old Basil Shawamra from the village of Deir
- [Official: Bennett-Sissi summit paves way to bolstered bilateral ties](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/official-bennett-sissi-summit-paves-way-to-bolstered-bilateral-ties/) - By Ariel Kahana , Daniel Siryoti , Reuters and ILH Staff--- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in Egypt on Monday in order to meet Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi for talks. The meeting was expected to cover Israeli-Palestinian relations and bilateral issues, Egypt's presidency said, in the first official trip by an Israeli head of
- [Bible Fiber #1: Hosea 1-3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-1-hosea-1-3/) - By Shelley Neese--- Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-fiber/id1582666430 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nrsL4zZMxTJ2a9rugqqfG Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xODM5MDQ0LnJzcw== Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/736ed637-7992-4030-b2a7-a1559fe0deb4/bible-fiber Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/648541 IheartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/86165923/ TuneIn Alexa: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Religion--Spirituality-Podcasts/Bible-Fiber-p1504246/ Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3589355 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bible-fiber-1973554 Shabbat Shalom and 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
- [Bible Fiber #2: Hosea 4-5](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-2-hosea-4-5/) - By Shelley Neese--- Shabbat Shalom and 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
- [Between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/between-rosh-hashanah-and-yom-kippur/) - By D. Thomas Lancaster, First Fruits of Zion--- An entertaining drama has a lot of nail-biting suspense and uncertainty. What’s going to happen to your favorite characters? They’ve gotten themselves into quite a pickle this time! The last chapter of the book you are reading (or the last episode of the drama you have been
- [Hundreds riot in West Bank, East Jerusalem after jailbreak; IDF extends closure](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hundreds-riot-in-west-bank-east-jerusalem-after-jailbreak-idf-extends-closure/) - By Judah Ari Gross and Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel--- Palestinians held large-scale demonstrations across the West Bank and Jerusalem Wednesday night, some of them violent, in solidarity with the six security prisoners who broke out of Israel’s Gilboa Prison earlier this week. Five of the fugitives are members of the Islamic Jihad terror group;
- [Iran's Nuclear Weapons Weeks Away](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-nuclear-weapons-weeks-away/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Since the Biden administration assumed office, the nuclear talks with Iran have gone nowhere. Six rounds of negotiations have been concluded with no results. In contrast, two other issues have gone too far: the Biden administration's appeasement policies towards the Iranian regime, and the advancement of the mullahs' nuclear program.
- [Palestinians rally in Ramallah and Gaza to support escaped prisoners](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-rally-in-ramallah-and-gaza-to-support-escaped-prisoners/) - By Gadi Zaig, JPost--- Solidarity events were called in downtown Ramallah and Gaza City to show support for the six security prisoners who broke out of an Israeli prison on Monday. There are also planned marches and rallies taking place in Nablus, Hebron, and Bethlehem, the Safa Press Agency reported. Palestinian factions have been calling
- [Authorities scramble for clues, answers as escaped inmates evade massive manhunt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/authorities-scramble-for-clues-answers-as-escaped-inmates-evade-massive-manhunt/) - By TOI STAFF--- Israeli police set up hundreds of roadblocks and the country’s top political and military leaders held security consultations Monday afternoon, as a manhunt for six prison escapees, including a notorious leader of a terror group, continued into the start of the Rosh Hashanah holiday. The search for the six has centered around
- [Red Alert: When is Combatting Racism Antisemitic? When the UN is involved. Part 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-is-combatting-racism-antisemitic-when-the-un-is-involved-part-1/) - Join us for a two-part interview series with expert Malcolm Hedding. He will examine the history and outcomes of the UN’s World Conference Against Racism: The Durban Conference. Learn why these Durban conferences, coming up on their 20th anniversary this month, are avenues of antisemitism. Learn why the context and influences of the Durban Conferences
- [Palestinians: Why Biden's Aid Will Not Bring Peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-why-bidens-aid-will-not-bring-peace/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- As the Biden administration steps up its efforts to bolster the Palestinian Authority (PA), Palestinians seem to be increasingly losing faith in their leaders. The Palestinian public also appears to be losing faith in any peace process with Israel. Many are even saying that they support the annulment of
- [The Meaning of Rosh Hashanah: An In-Depth Analysis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-meaning-of-rosh-hashanah-an-in-depth-analysis/) - By Rabbi Asher Resnick, Aish--- Before discussing the specific aspects of any particular holiday, it is important to understand the uniquely Jewish perspective of time as well as holidays in general. The world at large views time essentially as a straight line. The present moment is a unique point along this line that never existed
- [Danny Lewin H'yd: The very first victim of 9/11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/danny-lewin-hyd-the-very-first-victim-of-9-11/) - By Ron Jager--- Danny Lewin first walked into Samson’s Gym in Jerusalem in 1985 accompanied by his best friend, Aviad, the son of Peace Now pioneer activist Janet Aviad. Despite Danny not yet being 15, came armed with a series of questions about Jerusalem’s legendary fitness facility, the first of its kind in Israel, and
- [PA slams Israel for opposing US consulate in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pa-slams-israel-for-opposing-us-consulate-in-jerusalem/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- The Palestinian Authority on Sunday condemned Israel for opposing the reopening of the US Consulate in Jerusalem, which had previously served as a de facto diplomatic mission to the Palestinians. The PA repeated its call to the US administration to immediately reopen the consulate. Last Friday, PA Prime Minister Mohammad
- [Israel: Still the 'Strong Horse'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-still-the-strong-horse/) - By Lawrence A. Franklin, Gatestone Institute--- Israel -- no longer diplomatically isolated -- appears to be assuming a more prominent political and military role in the Middle East. Following Israel's generous peace terms with its Arab neighbors, states such as Egypt and Jordan decided decades ago to establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. More
- [The Return of Global Jihad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-return-of-global-jihad/) - By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom--- The world was stunned by last week's terrorist attack at the Kabul International Airport. It wasn't just the death toll or the humiliation suffered by the United States. The suicide bombing brought global jihad back into the headlines, and, to be more specific, it has created a feeling that what
- [Wishing Our Jewish Friends A Sweet New Year](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/wishing-our-jewish-friends-a-sweet-new-year/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Rosh Hashanah (“head of the year” in Hebrew) is another miracle of promise-keeping by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This Jewish New Year celebration—the 5,782nd—commences at sundown on Monday, September 6, and ends at sundown on Wednesday, September 8. Israel continues to survive and thrive! The holiday
- [Red Alert: Globalize the Intifada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-globalize-the-intifada-2/) - By Amy Zewe--- Believe it or not, this is a rallying cry in our civilized 21st century world. People calling, openly and with no shame, for the destruction of the Jewish nation (and its people) and considering themselves philanthropists while doing it! At the end of July, in Brooklyn, NY, a globalize the intifada rally
- [Pollard handler Aviem Sella makes brigadier-general](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pollard-handler-aviem-sella-makes-brigadier-general/) - By Lilach Shoval, Israel Hayom--- IDF Col. Aviem Sella, who handled spy Jonathan Pollard, is slated to be promoted to the rank of brigadier general (res.) at a ceremony at the Kirya military complex on Wednesday, as originally reported by Israel Hayom. The decision to promote Sella was made on a recommendation by Israeli Air
- [Gantz offers Abbas series of goodwill gestures in rare Ramallah meeting](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gantz-offers-abbas-series-of-goodwill-gestures-in-rare-ramallah-meeting/) - By Anna Ahronheim, Tovah Lazaroff, and Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post--- Israel will make a series of goodwill gestures to the Palestinian Authority, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday after a rare meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas the night before in Ramallah. Among the economic gestures offered to Abbas was a NIS 500 million loan,
- [Red Alert: Globalize the Intifada?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-globalize-the-intifada/) - By First Fruits of Zion--- A person should repent every day. No one is so holy and righteous that he does not need to repent. Neither is any person so lowly and sinful that he cannot repent. Moses told the children of Israel that when they returned to God, He would return to them: Return
- ['If I win elections, Canadian embassy will be moved to Jerusalem'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/if-i-win-elections-canadian-embassy-will-be-moved-to-jerusalem/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- Erin O'Toole, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, vowed on Monday that if his party wins in the upcoming federal elections, Canada's embassy in Israel will be moved to Jerusalem. "This was a commitment I made several years ago," he told reporters. "Israel is a close ally of
- [Biden raised reopening of Jerusalem consulate, opposition to evictions, with PM](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-raised-reopening-of-jerusalem-consulate-opposition-to-evictions-with-pm/) - By Jacob Magid, Times of Israel--- US President Joe Biden reaffirmed his plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem and expressed his opposition to Israeli evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood during a closed Oval Office meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a senior White House aide in the room told
- [Defying Nazis: An American Hero Saved Jewish Soldiers Under His Command](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/defying-nazis-an-american-hero-saved-jewish-soldiers-under-his-command/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- If you stood outside the East Tennessee History Center on one of Knoxville’s busy streets, you couldn’t miss the handsome new blue marker with gold lettering extolling the heroism of a native son. Last Friday, August 20, this was the site of a memorial celebration attended by the Reverend
- [Israeli leaders condemn ‘horrific’ Kabul airport bombings](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-leaders-condemn-horrific-kabul-airport-bombings/) - By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies, Israel Hayom--- Israeli leaders on Thursday night expressed their condolences over the deadly attacks at Kabul airport earlier in the day, which killed at least 72 people and wounded dozens more. “On behalf of the people of Israel, I share our deep sadness over the loss of American lives in
- [Bible Fiber: Textures and Shades of the Prophetic Tapestry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bible-fiber-textures-and-shades-of-the-prophetic-tapestry/) - Welcome. I am Shelley Neese, President of The Jerusalem Connection. This week we are launching a new series called Bible Fiber. Bible Fiber will be a weekly audiocast teaching on our regular Youtube channel where we have posted twice weekly for a decade. But we are also launching it as a podcast, available on all
- [Bennett-Biden meeting expected to go ahead as Kabul bombing death toll climbs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bennett-biden-meeting-expected-to-go-ahead-as-kabul-bombing-death-toll-climbs/) - By Erez Linn and AP--- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with US President Joe Biden late Thursday, after a scheduled meeting was postponed due to twin suicide bombings at the Kabul airport, which killed at least 95 Afghans and 13 US troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in the deadliest day for US forces in
- [Afghanistan's Christians are turning off phones and going into hiding](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/afghanistans-christians-are-turning-off-phones-and-going-into-hiding/) - By The Hill---- With the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, governments around the world are frantically making plans to rescue as many at risk Afghans as they can. Germany, which has vowed to evacuate as many as 10,000, and the United Kingdom are currently coordinating with civil society partners to determine who is most in need
- [Open letter to Prime Minister Bennett ahead of visit to USA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/open-letter-to-prime-minister-bennett-ahead-of-visit-to-usa/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, "Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative"--- During your first official visit to Washington, DC, you'll have to choose between two options: *Blurring your deeply-rooted, assertive Israeli positions on the future of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), which would be welcome by the Biden Administration, yielding to short-term political convenience and
- [Red Alert: Antisemitism in Seemingly Unlikely Places?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemitism-in-seemingly-unlikely-places/) - By Amy Zewe It’s a sad wonder Down Under. Australia is a beautiful country full of mystique and intrigue and the subject of popular movies that highlight the independent and fearless nature of its English founders --and is home to a diverse population. Once a penal colony, and with its own disturbed history of dealing
- [IDF, Palestinian protestors clash on Gaza border](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-palestinian-protestors-clash-on-gaza-border/) - By Ynetnews.com--- Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Wednesday near the Israeli border in the southern Gaza Strip, days after a similar gathering turned violent. The Israeli military, which had beefed up its forces ahead of the demonstration, said it was using tear gas and live fire to disperse the crowd. Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV showed in
- [Paralympic swimmer wins gold, becomes first Arab to medal for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/paralympic-swimmer-wins-gold-becomes-first-arab-to-medal-for-israel/) - By ILH Sports Desk--- Israeli Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi won the gold medal for the 100-meter backstroke final in the S1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday, securing the first gold for Israel in this Paralympics and also becoming the first Arab Israeli to medal for Israel. Shalabi was born deaf and mute and
- [Bennett to Americans: We want stability, but not two states](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bennett-to-americans-we-want-stability-but-not-two-states/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- Israel will not negotiate with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is in office, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. Bennett is in Washington for a series of high-level meetings, culminating with one in the White House with US President Joe Biden, in which he plans to
- [The Land of Milk and Olives?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-land-of-milk-and-olives/) - By Nathan Steinmeyer, Biblical Archaeology Review--- A study published in the journal Palestine Exploration Quarterly has shown that large-scale olive oil production began in the land of Canaan much earlier than previously thought and that the competing interests of Iron Age Philistia and Judah were key to driving the industry’s growth. A joint project of
- [Israel Attacks Hamas in Gaza After Violence Returns to Border](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-attacks-hamas-in-gaza-after-violence-returns-to-border/) - By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press--- Israeli aircraft struck Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza late Saturday night after a day in which hundreds of Hamas-led Gazans burned tires, hurled explosives and opened gunfire. In one case an Israeli Border Guard officer was shot by a Gazan at point-blank range through a hole in the security
- [Abraham Accords—A Year Later, Hope is Taking Hold](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/abraham-accords-a-year-later-hope-is-taking-hold/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- The Abraham Accords, signed on the White House lawn on September 15, 2020, heralded an unexpected miracle. After President Trump announced the upcoming agreements on August 13, 2020, the three monotheistic faiths represented at the table—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—not only honored Father Abraham, but set a new Middle East
- [Not the best time for a White House photo op](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/not-the-best-time-for-a-white-house-photo-op/) - By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom--- One picture of Joe Biden at Camp David this week, sitting alone in a polo shirt, chin in hand, looking worriedly at a large screen tells the whole story of the 46th president's failure in his first major mission – withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. Until last week, Biden benefitted
- [With Israel requiring quarantine for nearly all incoming travelers, tourism personnel say ‘terrible’ situation has been a ‘rollercoaster’ of ‘inconsistencies,’ ‘half truths’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/with-israel-requiring-quarantine-for-nearly-all-incoming-travelers-tourism-personnel-say-terrible-situation-has-been-a-rollercoaster-of-inconsistencies/) - By Nicole Jansezian, AllIsrael.com--- With COVID infections in Israel rising at a rapid pace, the government approved a last-minute restriction last week that struck another blow to the struggling tourism industry: a seven-day quarantine requirement across the board for anyone entering Israel, from almost anywhere. In a matter of days, the cancellations came pouring in.
- [PM Bennett to meet with Biden in Washington next week](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pm-bennett-to-meet-with-biden-in-washington-next-week/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to travel to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden next Thursday. “Towards the end of the month, I am expected to go to the US, coronavirus permitting, for an important meeting with President Biden,” Bennett said in a press conference on Wednesday. “The
- [Red Alert: Do Churches forget that Christ was Jewish—and lived and ministered in Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-do-churches-forget-that-christ-was-jewish-and-lived-and-ministered-in-israel/) - By Amy Zewe--- Dexter Van Zile, whom you may recall is a co-author of our book, The Casualty of Contempt, and was the target of antizionist hostility in Boston just last month, is calling out the United Church of Christ for antisemitism. In his report published in The JNS (The Jewish News Syndicate), Dexter
- [Afghanistan and the Lesson Israel Learned a Long Time Ago](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/afghanistan-and-the-lesson-israel-learned-a-long-time-ago/) - By Shoshana Bryen, Newsweek--- There is a lot to say about Afghanistan and people are saying it. Some of it is sad, some of it is smart and some of it is totally ridiculous. Let's go with ridiculous for a moment. The UN, the European Union, the United States and humanitarian organizations—what we generally think
- [BBC: Leading the World Against Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bbc-leading-the-world-against-israel/) - By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute--- More than any other media organization, the BBC is responsible for inciting hatred against Israel — not just in Britain but globally. Its agenda helps to ensure continued aggression against the Jewish State; fuels violence by Hamas and other terrorist groups; feeds the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; encourages distorted
- [Afghanistan and the Abraham Accords](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/afghanistan-and-the-abraham-accords/) - By Elliott Abrams, Pressure Points--- What has the collapse of Afghanistan to do with the Abraham Accords—the agreements between Israel and several Arab states? Last week marked Afghanistan’s collapse and also the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords. While the Biden administration congratulated Morocco and Israel last week when Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited
- [Palestinians warn: Israel, Hamas headed toward another war](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-warn-israel-hamas-headed-toward-another-war/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost-- Israel and Hamas are headed toward another round of fighting, as international mediators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on bringing Qatari aid money to the Gaza Strip and on the easing of Israeli restrictions, Palestinians warned on Sunday. Israel’s failure to ease restrictions and facilitate the reconstruction
- [Dubai Expo in focus as UAE racks up $700 million of trade with Israel since normalisation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/dubai-expo-in-focus-as-uae-racks-up-700-million-of-trade-with-israel-since-normalisation/) - By Lisa Barrington, Reuters--- Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which normalised relations a year ago, are looking to Dubai's Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade, which now stands at around $712 million. While the figure, contained in Israeli data, is tiny compared to UAE exports of $24 billion in 2019 to
- [What Hezbollah Learned Last Week](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-hezbollah-learned-last-week/) - By Caroline Glick--- The likelihood that Hezbollah will start a major war against Israel increased significantly in the wake of its missile attack last week. Hezbollah attacked Israel with twenty missiles because the outcome of Hamas’s offensive against the Jewish state in May convinced Iran’s foreign legion in Lebanon that it would only gain from
- [Enews: Jim's Memorial](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-jims-memorial/) - Jim’s memorial service was this past Friday on August 6th. His friends, family, fellow soldiers, and former congregants gathered to celebrate his life and share in his memory. It isn’t easy to divide Jim’s long successful and ministry-driven life into chapters. Nor is it necessary. Every chapter overlayed, informed, and equipped him for the next,
- [The Iran-US Middle East Dance](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-iran-us-middle-east-dance/) - By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Emet--- As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United States prepares to leave a torn Afghanistan and a fragile Iraq. If George W. Bush was the president who tried to accomplish an impossible mission, Joe Biden is the president trying to abort it. The unexpected twists and turns in the
- [Evidence of 2,800-year-old biblical earthquake found in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/evidence-of-2800-year-old-biblical-earthquake-found-in-jerusalem/) - By Rossella Tercatin, Jerualem Post--- Some 2,800 years ago, a powerful earthquake hit the Land of Israel. Now, for the first time, archaeologists found evidence of the event in Jerusalem, in the City of David National Park, the Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday. “The words of Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa, who prophesied concerning
- [America Is Missing Out On Middle East Progress](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/america-is-missing-out-on-middle-east-progress/) - By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital--- A year ago this week, Israel and the United Arab Emirates made history when they agreed to formally normalize their diplomatic relations. That breakthrough was followed by others, as Bahrain and Morocco, as well as Sudan, signed on to what has collectively come to be known as the "Abraham Accords."
- [Economic Zionism: A Powerful and Peaceful Way to Oppose Economic Warfare Against Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/economic-zionism-a-powerful-and-peaceful-way-to-oppose-economic-warfare-against-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Israel’s biblical heartland is Judea and Samaria. This region is widely known as the “West Bank,” as it lies west of the Jordan River. Much of the world considers Israel as “occupying” this area—but they are wrong. God deeded Judea and Samaria to modern Israel’s ancient ancestors. Genesis 15:18
- [Red Alert: Contamination on Campus—and the Community. Part 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-contamination-on-campus-and-the-community-part-2/) - By Amy Zewe--- Last week I ended our report with a list of some of the colleges engaged in some sort of antisemitic activity or stance by either faculty, students, or both—with little or no pushback from leadership. Let us continue our examination this week—as the topic is worthy of more than just a few
- [Bennett must make it clear that Jerusalem is not for sale](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bennett-must-make-it-clear-that-jerusalem-is-not-for-sale/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- Behind closed doors in the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the US State Department, high-ranking officials are trying to make Jews agree to divide their capital city without the people being divided noticing. No, no one involved is saying it. Some on the Israeli side are also trying
- [Persistent morbidity rate means Israel staring at 4th lockdown, officials warn](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/persistent-morbidity-rate-means-israel-staring-at-4th-lockdown-officials-warn/) - By Maytal Yasur Beit-Or , Assaf Golan and Mati Tuchfeld, Israel Hayom--- Some 5,755 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel over the past day, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Israel has recorded 914,403 coronavirus cases, including 6,580 deaths, since the onset of the global pandemic in March 2020. According to
- [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas: The Man Behind the Mask](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-authority-president-mahmoud-abbas-the-man-behind-the-mask/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Decades before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, prompting the widespread use of face masks, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas had twisted together his own version of a mask—one that hid his lifelong motives and remade him into a credible world leader. Abbas controls the PA’s Fatah
- [Hezbollah warns it will hit Israel again if IDF strikes, releases attack video](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hezbollah-warns-it-will-hit-israel-again-if-idf-strikes-releases-attack-video/) - By Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel--- Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem told reporters on Friday that although Hezbollah did not believe it was heading towards an escalation with Israel, they were “prepared to respond” should Israel strike Lebanese territory again. “Israel must understand that it must stay deterred. Otherwise, we are prepared to respond,” said
- [Red Alert: Contamination on Campus—and the Community. Part 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-contamination-on-campus-and-the-community-part-1/) - By Amy Zewe--- Since the May 2021 Gazan rocket attacks on Israel, student participation in SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) and other groups seemingly advocating for Palestinian rights has nearly doubled. Why might this be? The events last May produced a 24/7 news and social media tide of false narratives and incorrect contexts about
- [Gantz: Iran is 10 weeks from breakout to a nuclear weapon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gantz-iran-is-10-weeks-from-breakout-to-a-nuclear-weapon/) - By Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post---- Iran will be able to break out to a nuclear weapon within 10 weeks, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told diplomats from UN Security Council member states on Wednesday. “Iran has violated all of the guidelines set in the JCPOA [nuclear agreement] and is only around 10 weeks away
- [IDF ramps up pressure on Lebanon following rocket fire on Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-ramps-up-pressure-on-lebanon-following-rocket-fire-on-israel/) - By Shlomi Diaz , Lilach Shoval and Daniel Siryoti, Israel Hayom--- Three rockets were fired at northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, triggering sirens in communities near the border and a quick response from IDF forces that continued in intervals over several hours. By the Wednesday evening, it appeared that the flare-up was over,
- [Update: ‘Incident’ in Gulf of Oman Upgraded to ‘Hijack’, Four More Vessels Involved](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/update-incident-in-gulf-of-oman-upgraded-to-hijack-four-more-vessels-involved/) - By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press--- Late Tuesday “Lloyd’s List” confirmed that “reports of hijacked tanker in the Gulf of Oman, first raised by UK Maritime Trade Operations Tuesday, is the Panama-flagged asphalt tanker Asphalt Princess.” A security source quoted by Sky News said that a group of eight or nine armed individuals were believed
- [Red Alert: What’s the Big Meltdown Over Ice Cream?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-the-big-meltdown-over-ice-cream/) - By Amy Zewe--- Much has been pontificated over social media channels about the scuttlebutt over Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. Their board of directors succumbed to years of BDS pressure and recent double downs from BDS activists since the Gaza aggression against Israel this past May. Ben and Jerry’s decided to cut ties with its
- [Israelis and the Summer Olympics: Will Anti-Semitism Compete, Too?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israelis-and-the-summer-olympics-will-anti-semitism-compete-too/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Due to COVID-19’s untimely appearance last year, the Tokyo Summer Games are still called the 2020 Olympics. Ninety athletes—55 men and 35 women, Israel’s biggest delegation yet—are vying for medals in 18 sports. The games begin tomorrow, July 23, and last until August 8, offering sports fans worldwide the
- [Obituary for Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/obituary-for-jim-hutchens/) - Dr. Reverend James Hutchens departed for the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on July 13, 2021. Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Army in 1992 as the Assistant Chief of Chaplains, he previously served as Chaplain of the D.C. National Guard. Jim Hutchens was born in Indianapolis, graduated from Kokomo High School, and enlisted
- [Red Alert: Jerusalem Connection Founder, Jim Hutchens, Passes July 13, 2021.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-jerusalem-connection-founder-jim-hutchens-passes-july-13-2021/) - By Amy Zewe--- This week we mourn the loss of our courageous and accomplished founder, Dr. Jim Hutchens---US Army Paratrooper and Chaplain. Ordained Referend and church leader for many years. Father to 3 and grandfather to 12 and great-grandfather to 7. To me, he was my beloved mentor. Jim founded The Jerusalem Connection (along with
- [How the Washington Post torpedoed the DC Jewish solidarity rally](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-the-washington-post-torpedoed-the-dc-jewish-solidarity-rally/) - By Michael Berenhaus, Israel Hayom--- In its coverage of the recent "Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People," the Washington Post seems to downplay the need for such a rally. In its article, Hundreds denounce antisemitism during rally at Capitol, the daily cherry-picks statistics in order to minimize the threat to Jews, citing an Anti-Defamation
- [Chazak, Jim!.. A tribute to General James M. Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/chazak-jim-a-tribute-to-general-james-m-hutchens/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- There are some people whose life is a novel, a movie, and it comes effortlessly and naturally because it is just the way they are. Late General James M.Hutches, a beacon of light and assuredness, was just like that. If somebody would mention a semblance of my first phrase to
- [The Life and Memory of Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-life-and-memory-of-jim-hutchens/) - Our founder and president of 16 years, Jim Hutchens, passed away on July 13, 2021. We grieve for the hole left in our hearts. However, we take comfort knowing that he is at the footstool of our Almighty Father, glorifying the name of Yahweh in his eternal life just as he did in his earthly
- [Video: The Modern Resurgence of Anti-Semitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/video-the-modern-resurgence-of-anti-semitism/)
- [Poll: 25% of US Jews believe Israel is 'an apartheid state'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/poll-25-of-us-jews-believe-israel-is-an-apartheid-state/) - By i24NEWS and ILH Staff--- A survey of US Jewish voters polled after May's conflict between Israel and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip finds that a quarter believes that Israel is "an apartheid state." Also, 34% believe that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is similar to US racism and 22% believe that Israel is committing genocide against
- [Israel, UAE sign agricultural agreements](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-uae-sign-agricultural-agreements/) - By Elad Benari, Israel National News--- Israel on Tuesday signed its first agricultural agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE Minister of Food and Water Security Mariam Al-Muhairi joined Agriculture Minister Oded Forer in Tel Aviv for the signing ceremony, according to i24NEWS. The two countries agreed to cooperate on research and innovation, including
- [Red Alert: #NoFEAR Rally in Washington DC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-nofear-rally-in-washington-dc/) - By Amy Zewe--- Please join us for this montage of highlights from the #NoFEAR Rally/Jewish Solidarity event that took place on the Washington, DC Mall on the West side of the Capitol on July 11, 2021. A sunny, steamy day didn’t deter Jews, and those who support them, from gathering to denounce antisemitism and Jew
- [Israel to withhold $180M from Palestinian Authority over its 'pay-for-slay' policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-to-withhold-180m-from-palestinian-authority-over-its-pay-for-slay-policy/) - By Ariel Kahana , Lilach Shoval and Reuters, Israel Hayom--- Israel will withhold $180 million in tax revenue it collected in 2020 on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, or about 7% of the PA's total tax revenue, to offset stipends paid to terrorists and their families, the government said on Sunday. The decision – which
- [Lapid talks Gaza hostages with Egyptian FM](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lapid-talks-gaza-hostages-with-egyptian-fm/) - By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost--- Foreign Minister Yair Lapid underscored the need for Hamas to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, when he met with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, in Brussels on Sunday night. Egypt is holding indirect talks between Israel and Hamas to broker a ceasefire deal that would include the release of
- [How to Speak Out Against Antisemitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-to-speak-out-against-antisemitism/) - By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe--- PUBLIC OFFICIALS were quick to speak out after the brutal July 1 stabbing of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski outside Shaloh House, the Jewish day school and synagogue in Boston's Brighton neighborhood. The sentiments they expressed were appropriate to the moment. They vowed to "stand with the Jewish community." They described
- [Red Alert: What is Independence, Anyway?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-is-independence-anyway/) - By Amy Zewe--- One would think at least some components of independence is that so well-articulated in the notion of free speech and right to pursue happiness. These ideas can also include the right to pursue truth, discuss topics freely, engage in debate, compare and analyze data, conduct solid research, evaluate situations, get firsthand accounts
- [Kicking the Can Down the Road Again](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/39385/) - By David Weinberg, Israel Hayom--- US President Joe Biden met with outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the White House on Monday. Biden sought to assure Israel that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran. "What I can say to you is that Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch," Biden said.
- [New Iranian Plans to ‘Escalate’ Uranium Enrichment Draw ‘Grave Concern’ From France, Germany, UK Foreign Ministers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/new-iranian-plans-to-escalate-uranium-enrichment-draw-grave-concern-from-france-germany-uk-foreign-ministers/) - by Algemeiner Staff--- The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom expressed “grave concern” on Tuesday over revelations from the UN nuclear watchdog that Iran has pledged further violations of limits on uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency statement (IAEA) said Tuesday that Iran had given notice of new steps to produce
- [Lebanese report: Military conflict between Israel, Gaza closer than ever](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lebanese-report-military-conflict-between-israel-gaza-closer-than-ever/) - By Dean Shmuel Elmas , i24NEWS and ILH Staff--- A Lebanese newspaper affiliated with Hezbollah reported Monday that the various terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip have warned the Egyptian mediator attempting to broker a long-term ceasefire with Israel that a military conflict is closer than ever. Sources in Hamas told Al-Akhbar that the Egyptians
- [PA President Abbas urges Canada to help ‘stop Israeli aggression’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pa-president-abbas-urges-canada-to-help-stop-israeli-aggression/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called on Canada and the international community to “stop Israeli aggressions that violate international law.” He made the appeal during a meeting in Ramallah with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau. Garneau’s visit to Ramallah came as Abbas continues to face widespread criticism over
- [ENews: Temple Mount at the Center](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-temple-mount-at-the-center/) - By Shelley Neese In June, we saw a brand new government take the reins in Israel, breaking a twelve year prime ministership for Bibi Netanyahu. That surprise political changeup is even more surprising considering that it followed a two week long war with Gaza in May. And before that, in April there were regular outbreaks
- [Palestinian journalists find themselves on front line of battle with PA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-journalists-find-themselves-on-front-line-of-battle-with-pa/) - By Mohammad al-Kassim, Israel Hayom--- Palestinian journalists never intended to become part of the news in the days after the killing of activist Nizar Banat, but the brutal treatment and the arrest of many of them at the hands of the Palestinian Authority security forces has forced them to call for international intervention and protection.
- [Israel’s Search and Rescue Unit in Florida on Another Heroic Mission of Mercy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-search-and-rescue-unit-in-florida-on-another-heroic-mission-of-mercy/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Even before the expert Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Search and Rescue Brigade arrived in Florida, they had already mapped via satellite the collapsed Champlain Towers South. Carrying with them the hope that their survey would add to the lifesaving efforts of all rescuers on the site, Israel’s “Helping Hand”
- [Poland's latest assault on the legacy of the Holocaust](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/polands-latest-assault-on-the-legacy-of-the-holocaust/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- In the sweep of history, 76 years is a blip on the screen, a relatively brief stretch of time too short to excuse a willful and utter disregard for the past. It is precisely this basic truth that makes Poland's latest assault on the legacy of the Holocaust so thoroughly
- [Red Alert: What is a Social Media Pogrom](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-a-social-media-pogrom/) - By Amy Zewe--- You may recollect that term, pogrom, as something from a history course in high school. Maybe you recollect that it is something bad and something to do with the Holocaust. A pogrom is …an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe.
- [‘Hostility from All Directions’: National Report Confirms Rise in German Antisemitism Fueled by Pandemic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hostility-from-all-directions-national-report-confirms-rise-in-german-antisemitism-fueled-by-pandemic/) - By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner--- According to a comprehensive annual report released on Monday, Germany saw a rise in antisemitic acts in 2020 driven by incidents related to the coronavirus and cases of abusive behavior at rallies against measures to control the pandemic. Antisemitic incidents documented by the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information
- [The Palestinian Police State](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-police-state/) - by Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- Earlier this year, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas enacted a decree-law on boosting public freedoms ahead of the Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections, which were supposed to take place on May 22 and July 31. Article I of the law provides for "establishing an atmosphere of public freedoms in
- [FM Lapid cuts ribbon at new Dubai consulate](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/fm-lapid-cuts-ribbon-at-new-dubai-consulate/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- We are becoming used to making history, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Wednesday at the formal inauguration of the new Israeli consulate in Dubai, a day after a similar ceremony marking the opening of the Israeli Embassy in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. The ceremony was attended by high-ranking
- [Critical Race Theory and the ‘Hyper-White’ Jew](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/critical-race-theory-and-the-hyper-white-jew/) - By Pamela Paresky, Sapir Journal---- Imagine you’ve just been accepted to college. You open your welcome packet. It contains the bestseller all first-year students are expected to read: Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. You flip to a random page and read, “Only whites can be racist.” You flip to another page where you read that to
- [Arson by Balloons: Floating Incendiary and Explosive Devices Target Innocent Israeli Civilians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arson-by-balloons-floating-incendiary-and-explosive-devices-target-innocent-israeli-civilians/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- For generations, toy balloons have been a source of fun and joy. That was certainly true in Israel—until Hamas turned these instruments of amusement into implements of terror. Beginning in 2018, Hamas terrorists in Gaza began tying explosives to balloon bouquets, hoping the winds would blow them toward Israel’s
- [Israeli apartheid: The lie that refuses to die](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-apartheid-the-lie-that-refuses-to-die/) - By Amnon Lord, Israel Hayom--- Meretz MK Moshe Raz provided legitimacy to a conference aimed at delegitimizing and demonizing Israel in the Knesset, Tuesday. Also in attendance were individuals with fanatical views, the smug and arrogant representatives of human-rights organizations like Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Yesh Din: Volunteers
- [This new social justice theory is making academia dangerous for Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/this-new-social-justice-theory-is-making-academia-dangerous-for-jews/) - By David Bernstein, Forward--- This June, two Jewish mental health providers at Stanford University alleged they were the targets of anti-Jewish harassment. Ron Albucher, a prominent psychiatrist and Sheila Levin, a clinical social worker, have filed a legal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on June 15. The complaint alleges that Stanford University’s Counseling
- [The Biden Administration's Iran Policy: All Carrots, No Stick](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-biden-administrations-iran-policy-all-carrots-no-stick/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Since the Biden administration assumed office, it has been increasingly appeasing the Iranian regime, which in return, is further emboldening and empowering the mullahs. The first appeasement came when the administration changed the previous administration's policy of maximum pressure to a policy of appeasement toward the Iran's proxy militia group,
- [Red Alert: Where is the support going?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-where-is-the-support-going/) - Recently I had a young person ask me “Why do you love Jewish people so much?” I thought that's a pretty interesting question. One answer could be, “Go to our website and read our stance on antisemitism.” But I didn't want to just give somebody a task. So I explained as briefly as possible
- [Lapid to be first-ever Israeli minister to visit UAE next week](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lapid-to-be-first-ever-israeli-minister-to-visit-uae-next-week/) - By Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post--- Foreign Minister Yair Lapid plans to visit the United Arab Emirates next week, making him the first Israeli minister on an official visit to the country, which made peace with Israel last year. On his first trip in his new role, he will be the guest of UAE Foreign Minister
- [Christian leaders of ‘different traditions’ – not just Evangelicals – reach out to Bennett: ‘Please consider us friends’ with 'com](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/christian-leaders-of-different-traditions-not-just-evangelicals-reach-out-to-bennett-please-consider-us-friends-with-com/) - By Nicole Jansezian, AllIsrael.com--- Support for the new Israeli government continues to pour in as Christians of all backgrounds seek to distance themselves from caustic statements made by a major Evangelical leader earlier this month against the incoming government and new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Gathered by the Philos Project, the latest letter to Bennett
- [Podcast: Shelley Neese's interview on IAmAWatchman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/podcast-shelley-neeses-interview-on-iamawatchman/) - Listen to this podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/iamawatchman/ep-129-with-shelley-neese Or listen to the interview here: https://player.edifi.app/episodes/Ep-129-With-Shelley-Neese/4024256?ts=1623941933964
- [Video: Is the end of Bibi the end of Israel?? Pod for Israel with Dr. Erez Soref](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/video-is-the-end-of-bibi-the-end-of-israel-pod-for-israel-with-dr-erez-soref/) - Some leaders are saying this new Israeli government will destroy Israel completely! Sadly even a christian ministry leader jumped in the fray cursing the proposed new prime minister Naftali Bennett promising to fight against the new government with all his might. But what's really at stake here? Is there an Islamist or left wing takeover
- [Israel's New Government Is Among the Most Diverse in the History of Democracies](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-new-government-is-among-the-most-diverse-in-the-history-of-democracies/) - By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute--- I challenge anyone to name a parliamentary democracy that has had a more diverse coalition government -- racially, religiously, ethnically, ideologically, politically, national origin -- than the current Israeli government. It includes people of nearly every color from Black Ethiopians to brown Muslims to swarthy Sephardim to pale Russians.
- [Stop trying to win over the ICC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/stop-trying-to-win-over-the-icc/) - By Karni Eldad, Israel Hayom--- It wasn't that long ago, and yet it seems as if an entire year has passed since Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls. Terrorists infiltrating Israel from Gaza, anti-tank missiles launched at Israeli soldiers, and 4,000 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at citizens. A few Palestinians approach the
- [Evangelical youth losing love for Israel by 35%, study shows](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/evangelical-youth-losing-love-for-israel-by-35-study-shows/) - By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JPost--- The rate of support for the State of Israel among Evangelicals between the ages of 18 and 29 has declined by more than half between 2018 and 2021 – from 69% to 33.6% – according to a study that will be presented Thursday at Tel Aviv University. “It seems that the
- [ICC prosecutor went after Israeli settlements, but not Cyprus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/icc-prosecutor-went-after-israeli-settlements-but-not-cyprus/) - By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post--- Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda broke her commitment to decide the case of the Turkish settlements occupation of Northern Cyprus before leaving office Wednesday, despite publicly committing to do so, and going after Israel as early as late 2019. Amid the all-important ICC debate about whether Israeli
- [Red Alert: When do labels and leaders hide or propel antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-do-labels-and-leaders-hide-or-propel-antisemitism/) - By Amy Zewe--- We are seeing some new twists in the uptick of antisemitism by many factions. Certainly, we have been identifying and calling out actions and rhetoric by particular groups such as Black Live Matter BLM (not the notion that race discrimination isn’t real, exists and needs attention, but the actual group or affiliation
- [Public Security Minister: Flag March will be held tomorrow in our eternal capital](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/public-security-minister-flag-march-will-be-held-tomorrow-in-our-eternal-capital/) - By Israel National News--- Public Security Minister Amar Bar-Lev (Labor) clarified Monday afternoon that the Jerusalem Flag March would take place in Jerusalem tomorrow in accordance with the outline approved by the police. "The flag march will take place, this is the plan," Bar-Lev said at the beginning of the Labor Party meeting. As for
- [Bennett-Netanyahu handover meeting lasts only 25 minutes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bennett-netanyahu-handover-meeting-lasts-only-25-minutes/) - By Gill Hoffman, Jerusalem Post--- The transition meeting of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Monday lasted only 25 minutes. No further meetings are planned between them. Netanyahu declined to take part in the traditional transition ceremony, and the brief meeting took place behind
- [To Biden Administration: Record of Iran's Top "Moderate" Mullah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/to-biden-administration-record-of-irans-top-moderate-mullah/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has long been labeled in the West a "moderate" or "diplomatic sheikh" who will change the Iranian regime for the better. The Obama administration reached a deal with the Rouhani's administration and lifted sanctions against the Iranian regime; and now the Biden administration is forging ahead
- [The First 100 Days](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-first-100-days/) - By Amotz Asa-El, Middle Israel Today--- FRANKLIN Roosevelt’s presidency was hardly one hour old when he told an embattled American nation: “I am prepared, under my constitutional duty, to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require.” And so, with the family Bible (in Dutch) on which
- [Enews: Israel's New Government and Christian Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-israels-new-government-and-christian-zionism/) - By Shelley Neese--- After four elections in two years, it appears that Israel has a new government in place. I know for many Americans with a two-party political system, the Israeli parliamentary form of government is confusing and seems unstable. You are right. It is confusing and the last two years have shown how unstable
- [Is Egypt planning to retake control of the Gaza Strip?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/is-egypt-planning-to-retake-control-of-the-gaza-strip/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- Scenes of dozens of Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks entering the Gaza Strip last Friday have left some Palestinians wondering whether Egypt is planning to return to the coastal enclave it ruled between 1948 and 1967. The Egyptian decision to send building equipment and engineers to the Gaza Strip came
- [Dead Sea Scrolls: 2,000 years ago Jews used biblical ‘paperbacks’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/dead-sea-scrolls-2000-years-ago-jews-used-biblical-paperbacks/) - By Rossella Tercatin, JPost--- Some 2,000 years ago, Jews used formal beautifully written biblical manuscripts for public reading, but also informal and sloppily written biblical texts for personal use, new research on the Dead Sea Scrolls has shown. In addition, some of the scrolls might be more ancient than previously thought, suggesting that the current
- [Swearing-in of Bennett-Lapid gov’t that would replace Netanyahu set for Sunday](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/swearing-in-of-bennett-lapid-govt-that-would-replace-netanyahu-set-for-sunday/) - By Michael Bachner, Times of Israel--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to end his 12 consecutive years in power in five days, as Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin announced Tuesday that a vote would be held on swearing in the new “change government” during a special parliamentary session on Sunday, a day before the deadline
- [Bennett's first test: Rejecting Biden's demands on Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bennetts-first-test-rejecting-bidens-demands-on-jerusalem/) - By Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom---- The Jewish march of the living in Jerusalem needs to be written in deeds. There will be ample room for flags, important in and of themselves, afterward. Many years ago, Theodore Herzl noted that "If we desire to lead many men, we must raise a symbol above their heads." The
- [Will Mike Evans’s verbal salvo damage Christian and Jewish relationships?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/will-mike-evanss-verbal-salvo-damage-christian-and-jewish-relationships/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, All Israel News--- I am writing today with some trepidation. When I express my opinions, I try to do so honestly yet diplomatically without name-calling or negative adjectives. However, I am now compelled as a respectful supporter of Israel to add my perspective on Mike Evans comments this past week. Evans
- [Red Alert: College Cancers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-college-cancers/) - By Amy Zewe--- Over the last three weeks we had discussions with two experts on the issue of growing antisemitism in the US (and worldwide) while the ongoing hostilities occurred with over 4000 rockets being shot from Gaza towards civilian populations in Israel. And, Israel retaliated with 1500 surgical strikes against military targets complete with
- [Red Alert: Interview with expert Chris Gacek, Part 2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-interview-with-expert-chris-gacek-part-2/) - Amy Zewe interviews special Guest Chris Gacek, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Download the PDF of this timely report!
- [The Rapture in The Old Testament](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-rapture-in-the-old-testamen/) - By Eric Teitelman, House of David Ministries---- The Apostle Paul told the church, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and
- [A Personal Reflection on Israel’s Never-Ending Conflict with Hamas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-personal-reflection-on-israels-never-ending-conflict-with-hamas/) - By Lela Gilbert, FRC Blog---- On May 20, a news alert on my computer tersely announced that Israel was launching retaliatory strikes into the Gaza Strip. And, as always, this was in response to volleys of rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza into southern Israel. In fact, since some 50 rockets had struck Israel just since April,
- [Arab Journalists and Pro-Israel Christians Agree: Hamas is the Problem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arab-journalists-and-pro-israel-christians-agree-hamas-is-the-problem/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBNIsrael--- When United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Israel, and the United States signed the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn on August 13, 2020, it signaled a historic, miraculous opening of cooperation and benefits to each nation. Morocco and Sudan then joined the Accords, and the cooperative efforts have proven
- [Biden Administration Rewards Terrorists: Abbas and Hamas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-administration-rewards-terrorists-abbas-and-hamas/) - By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute--- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's May 25 announcement that the Biden administration will ask Congress to allocate $75 million in aid to the Palestinians and that Washington will reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem -- which previously had served as a de facto embassy handling US relations with the
- [Israeli Defense Minister Gantz to Make Snap White House Visit to Talk Iran, US Military Aid](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-defense-minister-gantz-to-make-snap-white-house-visit-to-talk-iran-us-military-aid/) - By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner--- Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will make a snap visit to the US on Thursday for talks with the White House, the ministry said. Gantz is expected to meet with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss the Iran nuclear issue. Also on
- [Red Alert: Interview with expert Chris Gacek, Part 1](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-interview-with-expert-chris-gacek/) - Amy Zewe interviews special Guest Chris Gacek, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Download the PDF of this timely report! Tune in next week for the second part of this critical interview!
- [Even with a Deal, the Mullahs Will Pursue Nukes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/even-with-a-deal-the-mullahs-will-pursue-nukes/) - By Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies--- Walter Eytan, Israel's first director-general of the Foreign Ministry, made the observation that "The [Palestinian] refugees were a gift to Arab propaganda, which succeeded, by perverting the facts, in turning them into the gravest political liability with which Israel has had to contend in the first decade
- [UNRWA's False Façade of Neutrality](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/unrwas-false-facade-of-neutrality/) - By Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies--- Walter Eytan, Israel's first director-general of the Foreign Ministry, made the observation that "The [Palestinian] refugees were a gift to Arab propaganda, which succeeded, by perverting the facts, in turning them into the gravest political liability with which Israel has had to contend in the first decade
- [How Hamas Seized The Political Moment](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-hamas-seized-the-political-moment/) - By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital--- Predictably, the latest violence in the Middle East has spawned a slew of theories about the reasons for renewed hostilities between Israel and Gaza. Conventional wisdom has settled on the notion that the conflict was driven by fresh Israeli-Palestinian frictions over things like denial of access to parts of Jerusalem,
- [Senior State Dept. Official: Hamas capabilities were not destroyed](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/39263/) - By Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News--- In advance of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region, a senior State Department official says that the Biden administration is “relieved” that the violence has ended. He told reporters that they worked behind the scenes to establish the ceasefire. “We appreciate the roles of Egypt,
- [No ceasefire in Jerusalem as violence continues - analysis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/no-ceasefire-in-jerusalem-as-violence-continues-analysis/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- Monday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem shows that the situation in the city remains tense despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect four days ago. That's because the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have an interest in keeping Jerusalem in the headlines, each for its own reasons. The
- [The Palestinian Voices Blinken Won't Hear](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-voices-blinken-wont-hear/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- On the eve of his first official visit to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed support for a two-state solution as the only way to provide hope to Israelis and Palestinians that they can live "with equal measures of security, of peace, and dignity." During
- [Watch: Shelley Neese on Intercessors for America, Praying for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/watch-shelley-neese-on-intercessors-for-america-praying-for-israel/)
- [Netanyahu determined to continue Gaza operation despite pressure from Biden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-determined-to-continue-gaza-operation-despite-pressure-from-biden/) - By Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, JPost--- US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he expects Israel to move towards a ceasefire with Hamas on Wednesday, but Netanyahu said Operation Guardian of the Walls will continue until Israeli citizens are secure. Following a phone call between the leaders, the White House said that Biden
- [Biden's Skin-Deep Support for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/bidens-skin-deep-support-for-israel/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- Until Wednesday, President Joe Biden had maintained a fairly supportive posture towards Israel in the face of the Hamas terror regime in Gaza’s launch of its newest round of war against the Jewish state. In the first week of the new war, Biden’s administration blocked the UN Security Council from adopting
- [Red Alert: Interview with Lela Gilbert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-interview-with-lela-gilbert/) - Special Guest Lela Gilbert, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Lela will discuss the overall atmosphere of antisemitism—drawing on her own time living in Jerusalem. She will also enlighten us with how antisemitism relates to Christians and to the current situation in Israel.
- [Egypt proposes ceasefire beginning Thursday morning](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/egypt-proposes-ceasefire-beginning-thursday-morning/) - By Israel National News--- Egyptian mediators have proposed a truce between Israel and the terrorist organizations in Gaza, which will begin on Thursday at 6 AM, AL Arabiya reported. If the proposal is accepted, it will put an end to Operation Guardian of the Walls after a week and a half of fighting. Contacts between
- [Sheikh Jarrah is the latest 'single point of failure' fiction](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sheikh-jarrah-is-the-latest-single-point-of-failure-fiction/) - By Jonathan Schanzer and David May, Jerusalem Post Israel's legal decision to evict Arab families from homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem was the spark that led to the latest eruption of hostilities. This is the narrative that has been regurgitated hundreds of times since the current conflict began. There's one problem with
- [Netanyahu: ‘We Will Do Whatever It Takes to Degrade Hamas’ Terrorist Capabilites’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-we-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-degrade-hamas-terrorist-capabilites/) - By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner--- Israel’s security cabinet has decided to continue its military operation in Gaza with full force as heavy rocket barrage is being fired at southern Israel and international pressure mounts to end the fighting. “We will do whatever it takes to degrade Hamas’ terrorist capabilities which will take time. I will do
- [As Iran's Mullahs Incite Hamas Terrorism, Biden Administration Wants Sanctions Lifted](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-irans-mullahs-incite-hamas-terrorism-biden-administration-wants-sanctions-lifted/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Amidst the Iranian regime's clear role in inciting terrorism against Israeli civilians, talks to lift sanctions against the regime are advancing in Vienna. The Biden administration is apparently offering even more concessions and sanctions relief to Iran's leaders, concessions that "go beyond the nuclear-specific sanctions." Meanwhile, these leaders from Iran
- [Kristallnacht In Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/kristallnacht-in-israel/) - By Hugh Fitzgerald, Frontpagemag--- In the middle of Israel, 16 miles outside of Tel Aviv, sits the city of Lod (Lydda). One-third of its population of 77,000 is Arab; it has been a source of local pride that Arabs and Jews have gotten along so well, and that the Arabs have flourished. Starting with an
- [Hamas threatens to strike Tel Aviv after Senior PIJ commander killed](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hamas-threatens-to-strike-tel-aviv-after-senior-pij-commander-killed/) - By Anna Ahronheim, JPost--- Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida warned Israel that the terror group would resume firing towards Tel Aviv after the Israel Air Force struck another high rise building and several other buildings in the Gaza Strip. “The criminal Zionist enemy has intensified its bombing of civilian homes and apartments in the last hours,”
- [Americans Have the Right to Know About Biden's Upcoming Deal with Iran's Mullahs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/americans-have-the-right-to-know-about-bidens-upcoming-deal-with-irans-mullahs/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Since the nuclear talks began in Vienna between the Iranian regime and P5+1, the Biden administration has avoided being transparent about what is going on with the negotiations and what exactly is being offered to the Iranian regime -- the one that the US Department of Justice has called the
- [Shavuot Under Fire: Art as an Instrument of Conscience](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shavuot-under-fire-art-as-an-instrument-of-conscience/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel Blogs-- Art as an Instrument of Conscience It was supposed to be an extraordinary Shavuot, from the matter of its incredible numerology and its meaning. This year the Shavuot marks the 3333d anniversary of the pivotal moment in the history of mankind, the giving of the Torah to the
- [Order The Casualty of Contempt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pre-order-the-casualty-of-contempt/) - By Amy Zewe I am delighted to let you all know that The Casualty of Contempt is now available! I authored a chapter called “When Compassion Goes Awry—Young Christian college students and professionals are abandoning their faith to join social justice causes: An Examination.” The pages of this book serve as a clarion call for
- [Ancient scripture’s stamp of approval for modern Israel’s independence](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ancient-scriptures-stamp-of-approval-for-modern-israels-independence/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, AllIsrael.com--- On a May 14, 1948 – the Sabbath – at 4 p.m., David Ben-Gurion walked to the front of the biggest room in a small white building, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Outside at 16 Rothschild Boulevardthe streets were full of people anxiously awaiting Ben-Gurion’s speech. Inside, theroom was
- [Enews: Jerusalem Day and the Rocket Barrage](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-jerusalem-day-and-the-rocket-barrage/) - By Shelley Neese This week, on Monday, Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day, the 54th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem after defeating the Jordanian army in the battle for the Old City. But as the events over the last seven days have shown, Jerusalem has yet to know lasting peace. For
- [Top Hamas men killed in Israeli targeted strikes in Gaza; PM: It's 'only the beginning'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/top-hamas-men-killed-in-israeli-targeted-strikes-in-gaza-pm-its-only-the-beginning/) - By Ynetnews--- The IDF and the Shin Bet domestic security service said Wednesday that 16 high-ranking members of the Hamas terror group, including a senior commander and weapons developers, had been killed in Israeli targeted attacks on Gaza City and Khan Yunis. The dead were members of the Hamas high command and close associates of
- [As violence flares in Jerusalem, timely documentary by Evangelicals explores tensions between Israelis and Palestinians – and finds hope](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-violence-flares-in-jerusalem-timely-documentary-by-evangelicals-explores-tensions-between-israelis-and-palestinians-and-finds-hope/) - By Joel C. Rosenberg, AllIsrael.com--- The longer I live in Israel, the more complicated I find it to be. Like the seeds of a pomegranate, the more you open it up, the more beliefs, narratives, emotions and divisions you discover. For Evangelicals who have not been here, or have only visited a few times, the
- [The facts: Let’s re-purpose propaganda into a pure form](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-facts-lets-re-purpose-propaganda-into-a-pure-form/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel---- Now that Hamas terrorists and Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority President of Incitement are assaulting Israel on a wide scale, it is no surprise that the global media is once again mangling or creating their own version of “facts” matched with a total lack of context. It’s time to
- [Red Alert: Why Analyze?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-analyze/) - By Amy Zewe--- Later this month we will feature short interviews with the authors of The Family Research Councils’ April publication titled The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred: 100 Antisemitic Events in the U.S. in the Last 15 Months by Christopher Gacek, J.D., Ph.D. and Lela Gilbert. You may recall that Lela Gilbert is one
- [Israel will 'intensify and expand' Gaza attacks, says IDF chief](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-will-intensify-and-expand-gaza-attacks-says-idf-chief/) - By Israel National News--- IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi announced Tuesday afternoon that Israel’s military will expand its air campaign in the Gaza Strip, as rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled enclave into Israel continues. Following a situational assessment meeting Tuesday morning, Kochavi ordered the IDF to expand and intensify Operation Guardian of the Walls,
- [Tel Aviv Under Attack from Rocket Barrage](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tel-aviv-under-attack-from-rocket-barrage/) - By Joel Rosenberg, All Israel News--- At 9:00pm local time Tuesday night, Tel Aviv – Israel’s second largest city – came under a withering attack of rockets from Gaza Strip. Other towns, villages, cities and suburbs around Tel Aviv – including Herzliya, Netanya, Rishon Litzion, among others -- are also under rocket attack. After the
- [Video: Life, Hatred and Hope series: "The History of Christian Antisemitism"](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/video-life-hatred-and-hope-series-the-history-of-christian-antisemitism/) - The Christian Friends of Yad Vashem in partnership with International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) are delighted to announce a yearlong series entitled “Life, Hatred and Hope”. We will go on a journey covering the moving experiences of the Jewish People before, during and after the horrors of the Holocaust. "The History of Christian Antisemitism" by
- [Palestinians: Our True Goal is to Destroy Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-our-true-goal-is-to-destroy-israel/) - By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute--- When former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein fired 39 Scud missiles at Israel in 1991, many Palestinians took to the streets to celebrate the attacks. Many demonstrations took place in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem even while Palestinians were being issued gas masks by the Israeli authorities to
- [The Resurgence of History's Oldest Hatred](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-resurgence-of-historys-oldest-hatred/) - Christopher Gacek and Lela Gilbert of Family Research Council have published a major paper detailing 100 Antisemitic events in the U.S. in the last fifteen months. Download the PDF here. Summary: There is no denying that we experienced an amazingly difficult year and more in 2020. With a global pandemic, an upsurge of racially charged
- [Is Palestinian incitement driving the tensions in Jerusalem?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/is-palestinian-incitement-driving-the-tensions-in-jerusalem/) - By Josh Hasten, Jewish News Syndicate--- Thousands of Arab protesters have been violently rioting on the Temple Mount (known by Muslims as Haram al-Sharif) throughout the “Jerusalem Day” holiday and over the course of the last several days, accusing Israel of attempting to “storm the Al-Aqsa mosque” and “Judaize” the entire city. Hundreds of rioters
- [The tinderbox that is Jerusalem has burst into flames - analysis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-tinderbox-that-is-jerusalem-has-burst-into-flames-analysis/) - By Anna Ahronheim, Jpost--- It could have gone either way. Calm can return, or Israel would have found itself at war. Though the past week has seen hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli police officers and civilians injured, the defense establishment still thought that the situation could have returned to normal. But that was wishful thinking.
- [Cancelling 'anti-Semitism'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/cancelling-anti-semitism/) - By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe--- It isn't often that a hyphen, or the absence of one, draws attention. But when the Associated Press announced recently that it was changing the spelling of "anti-Semite" and "anti-Semitism" in its highly influential style guide to "antisemite" and "antisemitism," it made news — and drew cheers from historians and
- [Ramadan Violence Raging All Over Israel But Focused On Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ramadan-violence-raging-all-over-israel-but-focused-on-jerusalem/) - By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Israel365--- This year, like most years, the month-long Muslim fast of Ramadan has been marked by extreme violence, most notably, though not limited to, Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. Dubbed the TikTok Intifada, the violence began last month when young Arabs began attacking Israelis, especially targeting the visibly religious, and posting videos
- [Jerusalem Day clashes continue amid celebrations, hundreds of rioters injured](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jerusalem-day-clashes-continue-amid-celebrations-hundreds-of-rioters-injured/) - By ILH Staff and News Agencies--- Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at the Temple Mount compound Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. Despite a calm that set in around noon, the riots continued around 4:30 p.m. as hundreds of teens celebrated
- [UN Human Rights Council Pushes “Human Wrongs” Against Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/un-human-rights-council-pushes-human-wrongs-against-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- The United Nations initiated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 after the Nazi genocide of six million Jews. Its words affirmed the dignity of all world citizens, regardless of who or what they were or where they lived. Indeed, it was a fine and desperately needed effort
- [One New Man, Week 7, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-7-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - By Shelley Neese In February, I began to share some of Jim Hutchen’s commentary on the “One New Man,” a teaching that is especially important for us in these unprecedented times. You can see the other parts on our channel. But now I want to finish it up the One New Man teaching over the
- [Iran's 'Drug Terrorism' Against Arabs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-drug-terrorism-against-arabs/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute---- While Israel is seeking to dissuade the Biden administration from rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran -- currently the subject of indirect negotiations in Vienna -- Tehran's mullahs and their Lebanese Hezbollah terror proxy are busy drowning the Arab countries with drugs. Last week, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to
- [The story of little Lulek, and us all](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-story-of-little-lulek-and-us-all/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- ‘All the Jews are Holocaust Survivors’ ‘To tell you the truth, all the Jews of the world are Holocaust survivors’ – said legendary Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, 83-year old, in his speech on the 76-th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. I always thought this way,
- [Mahmoud Abbas's old, embittered leadership](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mahmoud-abbass-old-embittered-leadership/) - By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Israel Hayom--- In a recently leaked recording, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was heard hurling a slew of insults at the world: "[obscenity] China, [obscenity] Russia, [obscenity] America and [obscenity] all the Arabs." Surprisingly, Israel was absent from the inclusive lineup. Abbas was also reported in early April to have refused
- [56 MKs back Lapid for PM, including right-wing New Hope, as Rivlin resumes talks](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/56-mks-back-lapid-for-pm-including-right-wing-new-hope-as-rivlin-resumes-talks/) - By Times of Israel Staff---- Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope party said Wednesday that it would tell President Reuven Rivlin that it recommends that Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid form the next government, greatly increasing the opposition chief’s chances of being handed the mandate after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to muster a majority coalition
- [Red Alert: What do Statistics Tell Us?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-do-statistics-tell-us/) - By Amy Zewe--- You may think that identity groups that receive the most hate crimes attacks (per capita) are Muslim, or LGBTQ members, or even Asians or African Americans based on the news reporting we hear. Any hate crime against any community member is unacceptable and must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
- [Arabs Warn West: Do Not Let Iran Fool You](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arabs-warn-west-do-not-let-iran-fool-you/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute---- Arabs are growing increasingly concerned about Iran's sinister intentions and deception as the Iranians and representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and China continue their negotiations in Vienna about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which the Trump administration abandoned in 2018. The deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive
- [Netanyahu returns mandate to the President](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-returns-mandate-to-the-president/) - By Israel National News---- The mandate given by President Reuven Rivlin to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government following the elections to the 24th Knesset expired at midnight on Tuesday. Moments before the expiration of the mandate, the Likud released a statement indicating that the Prime Minister had returned the mandate to the
- [Mysterious scribe wrote eight diverse Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars find](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mysterious-scribe-wrote-eight-diverse-dead-sea-scrolls-scholars-find/) - By Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post--- Some 2,000 years ago, an individual scribe wrote at least eight of the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts, making him the most prolific scribe ever identified, a group of scholars have found out. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a corpus of some 25,000 fragments unearthed in caves on the shores of
- [State comptroller to review events leading to Lag B'Omer stampede](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/state-comptroller-to-review-events-leading-to-lag-bomer-stampede/) - By Yair Altman, Israel Hayom--- State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman announced Monday that he will launch a special review of the events leading to the April 30 disaster at Mount Meron. The tragedy saw 45 people killed and 150 wounded in a stampede that took place in a narrow passageway at the prayer compound, where over
- [IDF says no active COVID cases among soldiers, in first since start of outbreak](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-says-no-active-covid-cases-among-soldiers-in-first-since-start-of-outbreak/) - By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel--- The Israel Defense Forces declared itself coronavirus-free on Sunday as it recorded zero active cases of the disease among its ranks for the first time since the outbreak of the virus. The military reported its first coronavirus case on March 2, 2020, when a soldier who worked part-time
- [The Mystery of Babylon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-mystery-of-babylon/) - By Eric Teitelman, House of David Ministries---- We read in Jeremiah: “Flee from the midst of Babylon, and every one save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; He shall recompense her” (Jeremiah 51:6, NKJV).[i] There are varying theological opinions about this verse.
- [One New Man, Week 6, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-6-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - In February, I began to share some of Jim Hutchen’s commentary on the “One New Man,” a teaching that is especially important for us in these unprecedented times. You can see the other parts on our channel. But now I want to finish it up the One New Man teaching over the next two weeks.
- [Red Alert: What’s Your Perspective on History?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-your-perspective-on-history/) - By Amy Zewe--- What’s Your Perspective on History? Sometimes it seems like decades and centuries past by and are but footnotes or textbook chapters for us to know about and then move on with our everyday lives. But let us really look at history in some context. For example, Prince Philip recently passed at age
- [Iran’s Goals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-goals/) - By Shoshana Bryen, American Thinker--- What if Iran doesn't actually plan to use a nuclear weapon? What if Iran wants, as various of its officials have said over the years, to prevent being toppled the way Saddam Hussein was, or Moammar Gaddafi or Hosni Mubarak? To prevent a 20-year U.S.-led invasion like that of Afghanistan?
- [Walking for Sarah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/walking-for-sarah/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- A week ago, we felt deep pain and utter indignation, after hearing on the simply unbelievable insult of justice and common sense, after the French Court of Cassation upheld the previous scandalous decision in the case of the vicious murder of Sarah Halimi, the Jewish French teacher and physician
- [Iranian fuel tanker attacked by drone, Israel suspected](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iranian-fuel-tanker-attacked-by-drone-israel-suspected/) - By Seth Frantzman, JPost--- An Iranian tanker was reportedly attacked off the Syrian coast on Saturday, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was unclear what had happened, as Iran media was slow to report details. However, the Syrian state media did quote an oil ministry member as saying a fire took
- [Shabbat-observant baseball athlete eyes on Major League career](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shabbat-observant-baseball-athlete-eyes-on-major-league-career/) - By Rob Charry, JTA, Jerusalem Post---- Is it possible to play Major League Baseball while being a Sabbath-observant Jew? It’s a question that could have an answer within the next few years if Elie Kligman, an 18-year-old from Las Vegas, has anything to say about it. Kligman is considered one of the top high school
- [One New Man, Week 5, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-5-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - In February, I began to share some of Jim Hutchen’s commentary on the “One New Man,” a teaching that is especially important for us in these unprecedented times. During March, I took a break from the series to do videos recognizing the series of holidays and remembrance days in Israel, and the breaking news of
- [Why it's time to face the grim facts on rising antisemitism in the US](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-its-time-to-face-the-grim-facts-on-rising-antisemitism-in-the-us/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- If you look ever so carefully, after taking a step or two back to gain some distance and perspective, you will see it. It might appear blurry at first, somewhat amorphous and not readily identifiable, like a dot on a screen that hardly seems to warrant much attention.But instead of
- [Iran and Israel: Once Friends, Now Foes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iran-and-israel-once-friends-now-foes/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBNIsrael--- During the Persian Empire and beyond, rulers, religions, and the well-being of the Jewish community shifted like the Middle Eastern desert sands. When it comes to news about Iran, reports today are dominated by deadly threats to Israel from Iran’s Imams, whose goals are set on establishing a modern caliphate
- [Why are so many North American Orthodox rabbis silent on aliyah?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-are-so-many-north-american-orthodox-rabbis-silent-on-aliyah/) - By Michael Freund, JPost--- Over the years, as I take part in the annual festive celebration of Yom Ha'atzma'ut and the Divine restoration of Jewish sovereignty that Independence Day embodies, I have found myself increasingly troubled by a question that may be simple yet is anything but simplistic. To put it bluntly: why are so
- [Why France Refuses to Prosecute an Antisemitic Murderer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-france-refuses-to-prosecute-an-antisemitic-murderer/) - By Bari Weiss, Aish--- This essay was originally published on journalist Bari Weiss’ Substack. Please subscribe and support her important work. In a normal world, everyone would know the name Sarah Halimi. It’s understandable if you don’t. The press didn’t obsessively cover her murder the way they cover other hate crimes – for reasons I
- [IDF Preparing for Escalation as PA Election Set to be Postponed](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-preparing-for-escalation-as-pa-election-set-to-be-postponed/) - By Baruch Yedid, Jewish Press-- Security officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA) estimate that the elections to the Legislative Council are likely to be postponed, leading to an escalation in the region. “We are awaiting Abu Mazen’s [PA head Mahmoud Abbas] announcement of the postponement of the election before the end of the month,” a
- [Netanyahu gives up on forming a government](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-gives-up-on-forming-a-government/) - By Gil Hoffman, JPost--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer seeking a government that relies on the outside support of the Ra’am Party (United Arab List), he said Tuesday at a press conference in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. Netanyahu no longer sees any chance of forming a government, although he still intends
- [It's lucky the Palestinians have Israel to blame](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/its-lucky-the-palestinians-have-israel-to-blame/) - By Daniel Siryoti, Israel Hayom--- There is still no clear answer to the question about whether the Palestinians will be holding legislative elections. Still, more and more people are starting to think that in light of the fracture in the Fatah movement – which has split into three different parties, in contrast to the unified
- [Red Alert: Why Follow the Money?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-follow-the-money/) - By Amy Zewe--- As we examine the tentacles of antisemitism on college campuses, I often report on how the BDS movement and its activities and initiatives, as well as the annual Israel apartheid week are spearheaded and sponsored by the Students for Justice in Palestine (or SJP) group. You may also recall that I reiterate
- [Hezbollah Steps Up Preparations for Lebanon’s Collapse](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hezbollah-steps-up-preparations-for-lebanons-collapse/) - By JNS News Service---- Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror organization is advancing its preparations for the possibility that the state may collapse, Reuters reported on Friday. The group is expanding its food ration card system, importing medicine and preparing storage for fuel to be delivered by the organization’s patron, Iran, the report said. These steps are aimed
- [Palestinian Elections: As In 2006, A Dangerous Idea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-elections-as-in-2006-a-dangerous-idea/) - By Elliott Abrams, Pressure Points---- In January of this year, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas did something that had not been done since 2006: scheduled an election. Indeed, he scheduled three: an election on 22 May for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the parliament for the West Bank that has been in suspension since 2007; an
- [Diplomatic Arson in the Middle East](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/diplomatic-arson-in-the-middle-east/) - By Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary Magazine--- The Biden administration says it intends to engage less in the Middle East. Several senior officials and surrogates repeated this point during the new presidency's first 100 days. Yet the administration went out of its way in its first few weeks to make three consequential moves in the Middle East
- [Israeli officials decry 'complete American capitulation' in nuclear talks with Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-officials-decry-complete-american-capitulation-in-nuclear-talks-with-iran/) - By Ariel Kahana , Shahar Klaiman and Neta Bar, Israel Hayom---- Unnamed Israeli diplomats over the weekend unofficially expressed disappointment over what they called "complete American capitulation" in nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna. Learning the lessons from the Obama administration's clashes with Israel in 2015, the Biden administration is trying to avoid any surprises
- [The Dreyfus Legacy of France](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-dreyfus-legacy-of-france/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- First, the disclaimer to make: I do like France very much. Its culture, its landscapes, its distinct style and charm. I grew up with admiration of France’s intellectual and cultural might, and it is an integral part of who I am. I also have a family connection to France,
- [Free Ebook: One New Man by Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/free-ebook-one-new-man-by-jim-hutchens/) - Recently, I reread Jim’s commentary on the “one new man” and I believe the teaching is especially important for this new year. I want to share it with you all over the coming few weeks. Over these many years, we have built a community of Christian Zionists who are actively looking to the scriptures for
- [Israel has made it; now it needs to grow up.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-has-made-it-now-it-needs-to-grow-up/) - By Caroline Glick--- At independence, Israel was little more than a spark of light – a tiny spark – in the Jewish world. From a total of 11.5 million Jews alive on the 5th of the month of Iyyar in the Jewish year 5708, (May 14, 1948), only 650,000, or 6% lived in Israel. In
- [Iran has enriched uranium to 60%, parliament speaker reports](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iran-has-enriched-uranium-to-60-parliament-speaker-reports/) - By News Agencies and Damian Pachter, Israel Hayom--- Iran began enriching uranium up to 60% purity Friday, its highest level ever, after an attack targeted its Natanz nuclear site, Parliament Speaker Mohamed Bagher Qalibaf told state TV. The comment by Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, quoted by state television, did not elaborate on the amount Iran planned
- [Enews: How Studying in Israel Changed All of Us!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-how-studying-in-israel-changed-all-of-us/) - Over the last seventy years, Christian Zionists have given generously, in the hundreds of millions, to support Aliyah, aid victims of terror, and care for Israel’s poor. Jerusalem Connection has been deeply involved in all of these needs and remains involved. Scholarships for American students to study in Israel is a new venture for us
- [Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick wants to run for President](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/temple-mount-activist-yehuda-glick-wants-to-run-for-president/) - By Gill Hoffman, JPost--- Former Likud MK Yehudah Glick hopes so. Glick announced last month that he intends to run for president in a vote that will take place in the Knesset in May or June. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1965 and made aliyah with his family nine years later to
- [Red Alert: What about Life in Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-about-life-in-israel/) - By Amy Zewe Just a few bits of ministry updates from our end. Spring is in the air, we just celebrated Easter and Passover. The world is slowly opening back up with COVID mortality and hospitalization rates going down and vaccination rates going up. All good news! And as life is reborn this spring, we
- [The Flag of Israel: 7 Facts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-flag-of-israel-7-facts/) - By Dr. Yvette Alt Miller, Aish--- Israel’s beautiful flag seems so familiar, yet when it was adopted one fine October day a generation ago, it was only after months of intense debate. Here’s the story behind Israel’s national flag – and some facts about the hopes and hatreds that Israel’s flag has stirred through the
- [For those who lost loved ones, Israel’s Remembrance Day siren never stops](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/for-those-who-lost-loved-ones-israels-remembrance-day-siren-never-stops/) - By Tara Kavaler, The Media Line--- At 8 p.m., to mark the start of Israel’s Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, a siren sounds for one full minute and the country stops. People get out of their cars, even on highways, and stand in silence; people stop work and silently reflect. After
- [Israeli Defense Minister to Secretary Austin: ‘Tehran Poses Strategic Threat to World Security’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-defense-minister-to-secretary-austin-tehran-poses-strategic-threat-to-world-security/) - By Aryeh Savir, Jewish Press--- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was received by his host Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday in the IDF’s Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv. He is the first senior Biden administration official to visit Israel. Austin held a series of professional meetings with Gantz, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.
- [A Closer Look at Israel's New High-Tech Barrier](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-closer-look-at-israels-new-high-tech-barrier/) - By Jacob Nagel and Jonathan Schanzer, Gatestone Institute---- Israel reported significant progress last month on an underground fence around the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Officials say Israel is close to completing the underground component and can see the finish line with the above-ground elements (roughly 80% complete). Once fully assembled, the three-layered barrier may be the
- [Netanyahu, Bennett meet: 'Now is the time for national responsibility'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-bennett-meet-now-is-the-time-for-national-responsibility/) - By Israel National News---- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Thursday night with Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett to discuss efforts to form a right-wing coalition. Before entering the meeting, Bennett said that "since the election, countless Israelis have appealed to me, really begging me, to get the State of Israel out of this ongoing chaos. I
- [Two Alexes, a family reminiscence](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/two-alexes-a-family-reminiscence/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- The story of two Alexes appeared to me from old photographs, new documents, all kinds of papers, maps, clips, and fact leads of my ongoing art historical research with regard to the art looted by the Nazis during World War II, and on my family history as well. This
- [The problem with Holocaust education](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-problem-with-holocaust-education/) - By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe--- LAST SEPTEMBER, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany — an international organization that provides financial support and social services to survivors of the Nazi genocide — reported on a study of basic Holocaust knowledge among Americans younger than 40. The study comprised interviews with 11,000 millennial and Generation
- [Red Alert: What is the latest campus craziness?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-the-latest-campus-craziness/) - What is the latest campus craziness? And why do we care? We care because university professors are teaching our young adults how to critically think (or at least they are supposed to) and university professors are very influential on students and can, either on purpose or inadvertently, skew and frame students’ perspectives and knowledge on
- [NYT: Israel informed U.S. it struck Iranian vessel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/nyt-israel-informed-u-s-it-struck-iranian-vessel/) - By Daniel Salami,Yoav Zitun, AP, Ynetnews--- The New York Times reported Wednesday that Israel informed the United States it had struck an Iranian vessel off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea on Tuesday. An unnamed U.S. official told the newspaper that "the Israelis had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes
- [Talking Won’t Solve the Iran Problem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/talking-wont-solve-the-iran-problem/) - By Shoshana Bryen, American Thinker--- The Biden administration has made clear its intention to talk with Iran. Since every negotiation has to have an endgame, consider both parties to the proposed conversation and what they intend to get. Before the election, Biden told a journalist he wants to "build on" the JCPOA with a new
- [Holy Week and Passover: Centuries-Old Persecution of Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/holy-week-and-passover-centuries-old-persecution-of-jews/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- Holy Week took on a new dimension for me on Palm Sunday night. My husband and I attended a Turner Classic Movies Fathom event on the big screen. The epic movie The Ten Commandments was shown as a tribute on its 65th anniversary. Stunning in every way, the movie had
- [US: "It's our longstanding position that the West Bank is occupied"](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/us-its-our-longstanding-position-that-the-west-bank-is-occupied/) - By Tovah Lazaroff, Jpost--- The Biden administration on Wednesday clarified that it considers the West Bank to be occupied territory, but ducked a question as to whether it held that settlements were illegal. "It is a historical fact that Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights after the 1967 War," US State
- [Enews: Studying in Israel during the Second Intifada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-studying-in-israel-during-the-second-intifada/) - By Shelley Neese--- On June 10, 2000, I married my college sweetheart. We met when we were both working as youth ministers at a chapel right next to Louisiana State University. Three weeks after our nuptials, we moved to Beer Sheva, Israel. I still had two semesters left of college to finish my undergraduate degree,
- [Red Alert: Can a Jewish Student Support Israel?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-a-jewish-student-support-israel/) - By Amy Zewe--- Jewish students face widespread hostility—as told by Isaac De Castro, a Cornell student, who published in NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on MAR 29, 2021 I wanted to bring this article to your attention because it is vital that we all understand that bigotry and hatred have many forms, and some longstanding types are
- [an anti-Jewish Jesus in Holy Week?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/an-anti-jewish-jesus-in-holy-week/) - By Gerald McDermott, Patheos---- I step with trepidation when I visit a new church in Holy Week. Typically the pastors and readers know little or nothing of the debates over the supposed anti-semitism in the gospel of John, from which many of the Holy Week texts are taken. So the readings often seem to pit
- [Israel Warns of Iranian Terrorist Threats Abroad After Lifting COVID-19 Air Travel Restrictions](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-warns-of-iranian-terrorist-threats-abroad-after-lifting-covid-19-air-travel-restrictions/) - By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner--- Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) issued a warning Monday that Iran is expected in the near future to continue targeting Israeli citizens overseas, as the country forecasts an uptick in international air travel. The warning comes as Israel has begun to lift travel restrictions this month that were imposed due to
- [Mansour Abbas leaning towards supporting Netanyahu government from outside](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mansour-abbas-leaning-towards-supporting-netanyahu-government-from-outside/) - By Israel National News--- A senior member of the United Arab List (Ra'am) said that the party's chairman, Mansour Abbas, is leaning towards supporting a right-wing government led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Kan News reported. According to the senior official, the support will be conditional on Itamar Ben Gvir not serving as a minister
- [Enews: Passover and Remembrance](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-passover-and-remembrance/) - By Shelley Neese--- On the evening of March 27th, Passover begins. Last year, I remember thinking how horrible it was that Israel’s first lockdown for coronavirus had to take place on the most festive night on the Jewish holy calendar. Normally, throughout the Seder meal of matzah, wine, bitter herbs and charoset, the story of
- [We need to stop blaming Bibi for electoral deadlock](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/we-need-to-stop-blaming-bibi-for-electoral-deadlock/) - By Ruthie Blum, Jpost--- For the past two years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s detractors have claimed that if he would only get out of the way – resign, retire or expire – the problem of electoral impasse would instantly be solved. The bulk of the media and left-wing public began chanting the mantra after elections
- [Matzah: Bread of Affliction, Bread of Liberation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/matzah-bread-of-affliction-bread-of-liberation/) - By Jeff Jacoby, Aish--- Seventy-five years ago this month, the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry convened a hearing in Jerusalem. Its lead-off witness was David Ben Gurion, who was then the foremost leader of the Jewish community in Palestine. The task of the committee was to report on political and social conditions in Palestine, which in
- [Arabs: A Warning to Biden about Iran's Mullahs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arabs-a-warning-to-biden-about-irans-mullahs/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- The Biden administration has decided to extend for another year the "national emergency" (Executive Order 12957), issued in 1995 in response to the threat Iran posed to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the US. The Executive Order imposed a series of sanctions against Iran in response
- [Passover: the Sanctity of the Question  Mark](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/passover-the-sanctity-of-the-question-mark/) - By Michael Freund, JPost--- As Jews around the world gather together to celebrate the onset of Passover, we will all sit down to participate in one of the most intriguing religious rituals ever conceived. Whereas many of the other acts that have come to define Jewishness center around certainty, the Seder is at its core
- [Red Alert: When does human rights advocacy result in casualties?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-when-does-human-rights-advocacy-result-in-casualties/) - By Amy Zewe--- “The road to hell is paved with good intensions.” You may have all heard that idiom or proverb at some point in your life. Sometimes we say that the best of intensions is met with unintended consequences. Often, we have some grace or forgiveness when we have a good intention but the
- [With 89% of the votes in, Likud holds 30-seat lead, Right-wing bloc has 52 mandates](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/with-89-of-the-votes-in-likud-holds-30-seat-lead-right-wing-bloc-has-52-mandates/) - By ILH Staff Following a dramatic Tuesday night and after some 87% of the votes had been counted as of Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party appeared close to victory – although his fate still depends on Yamina leader Naftali Bennett. The right-wing bloc of Netanyahu supporters currently has 52 mandates;
- [Passover for Kids (and the Curious)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/passover-for-kids-2/) - What is Passover? The book of Exodus tells us that four hundred years after the time of Joseph, the Hebrew people had multiplied greatly, filling the land of Egypt. The Egyptians resented all the Hebrews. They made them slaves and forced them to do back-breaking work at the hands of brutal masters. Pharaoh even tried
- [B'tayavon: Charoset for Passover](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/btayavon-charoset-for-passover/) - *Charoset represents the mortar that the Hebrews used to bind the bricks during slavery. It may not look so good but it tastes yummy. Charoset is a sweet dish, reminding us of the sweetness of freedom. Ingredients: 5 apples, skin removed 1 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped 5 tablespoons sugar 1 cup grape juice or red
- [Fun with Matzah!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/fun-with-matzah/) - With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. (Exodus 12:35) Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread,
- [A New (or Old) Biden Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-new-or-old-biden-policy-on-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/) - By Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations- As Israelis cope with their fourth election in two years, Americans must wonder what U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be under the Biden administration—no matter who wins in the Israeli vote. A State Department memo entitled “The US Palestinian Reset and the Path Forward” gives some
- [Israel: An Environmental Wonder Making Its Deserts Like Eden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-an-environmental-wonder-making-its-deserts-like-eden/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- In Israel, the Holy Land, the earth itself is indeed Holy! The earth where Jesus walked overflows with flowers and vineyards that depict nature as a visual symbol of rebirth. With the profusion of emerging plants and vast flocks of migrating birds, the renewal of spring is draping itself
- [Will the Story of Exodus be the next victim of cancel culture?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/will-the-story-of-exodus-be-the-next-victim-of-cancel-culture/) - By Ron Jager--- With Pessach (Holiday of Passover) literally just around the corner, should we be concerned that the story of Exodus may very well be the next victim of “cancel culture”. The story of Exodus tells of the Jewish nation’s departure from Egypt, the revelations at Mount Sinai, and their wanderings in the desert
- [Israel Revokes Palestinian Foreign Minister’s VIP Status Due to Support for ICC War Crimes Investigation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-revokes-palestinian-foreign-ministers-vip-status-due-to-support-for-icc-war-crimes-investigation/) - By Algemeiner--- Israel revoked the VIP status of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Sunday, reportedly due to his support for the International Criminal Court’s investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes. According to an Axios report, al-Maliki was stopped at the crossing between Jordan and the West Bank because his VIP card had been revoked
- [Enews: The 'New' Dead Sea Scroll fragments](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-the-new-dead-sea-scroll-fragments/) - By Shelley Neese By now you have probably heard but on March 17th, the Israel Antiquities Authority made a stunning announcement that they had discovered dozens of small Dead Sea Scroll fragments. These small pieces of parchment are the first inked scrolls to be found in sixty years. Two scribes are responsible for the scrolls,
- [Truth Report: Romans 9:6-9](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/truth-report-romans-96-9-2/) - Romans 9: 6-9 It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7 Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[ 8 In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who
- [When Cultural Appropriation and Historical Revisionism Are Acts of War](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/when-cultural-appropriation-and-historical-revisionism-are-acts-of-war/) - By Caroline Glick--- Two weeks ago, a bus filled with veteran Israeli generals from the Bithonistim, a grassroots national security organization, slowly made its way up the slopes of Mt. Ebal in Northern Samaria to visit a biblical-era site that was severely damaged by a Palestinian Authority contractor in late January. They came to draw
- [ACLI Letter to President Biden to Support Israel and Combat Anti-Semitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/acli-letter-to-president-biden-to-support-israel-and-combat-anti-semitism/) - By ACLI- On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, American Christians Leaders for Israel (ACLI), representing hundreds of Christian leaders, sent a letter to President Biden proposing a number of guiding principles that ACLI sees as significant for his administration regarding the security of the United States, Israel, and the Jewish people. The guiding principles include: not
- [Israeli democracy is still not in danger](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-democracy-is-still-not-in-danger/) - By Jonathan Tobin, Israel Hayom--- As Israel heads to its fourth Knesset election in two years on March 23, polls show that the outcome is very much in doubt. Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor any of his rivals seem to have a clear path to a 61-seat Knesset majority, leaving open the distinct possibility
- [How do Israeli elections work?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-do-israeli-elections-work/) - By Susan Michael, ICEJ--- On December 22, 2020, Israel’s coalition government with two prime ministers dissolved after the Knesset failed to pass a state budget. The coalition had survived for eight months after a series of postponed deadlines for agreeing on an Israeli budget. However, the final legal deadline to pass a budget expired, and
- [Middle East Reality Welcomes President Biden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/middle-east-reality-welcomes-president-biden/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, "Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative" US policy in the Middle East Since the 7th century, the Middle East has been one of the most tempestuous epicenters of domestic, regional and global wars and terrorism. The Middle East has frustrated US policy-makers, whose genuine attempts to promote peaceful-coexistence, human rights, democracy
- [Red Alert: What's New at the Connection?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-new-at-the-connection/) - Casualty of Contempt is Now Available! https://thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2021/01/20/pre-order-the-casualty-of-contempt/ Find out more about The Auschwitz Album Booklet! https://thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2020/11/17/booklet/ Find out more about donating to the Scholarship Fund at Hebrew University or send this link to someone who may like to apply! https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hebrew-university-scholarship/
- [Netanyahu Says Israel Has Four More Peace Agreements in Region ‘On the Way’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-says-israel-has-four-more-peace-agreements-in-region-on-the-way/) - By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner--- Israel has four more peace agreements in the works, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. “I brought peace for peace and there are four more peace agreements on the way,” Netanyahu disclosed in an interview with Ynet TV, one week ahead of local elections. Netanyahu did not identify any of the
- [In Germany, Rivlin calls for unified voice against Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/in-germany-rivlin-calls-for-unified-voice-against-iran/) - By Lilach Shoval and ILH Staff--- The world must speak out in unison against Iran's nuclear aspirations and support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, President Reuven Rivlin said in Berlin on Tuesday at a joint press conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Rivlin, who will also visit Austria and France to meet with
- [Iran's Opposition Is Sending Washington A Message](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-opposition-is-sending-washington-a-message/) - By Ilan Berman, Newsweek--- Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country's next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with its clerical regime, recent days have seen new signs of life from—and coordination among—Iran's notoriously fragmented opposition. As The Foreign Desk first reported, a new
- [Palestinians: Why Terrorists Support Mass Murderers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-why-terrorists-support-mass-murderers/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- While many Palestinians hold Iran's slain military commander Qassem Soleimani responsible for committing massacres against Palestinians and Arabs, especially in war-torn Syria, the Palestinian Islamist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad are continuing to heap praise on him for supporting their anti-Israel terrorist activities. Soleimani, former commander of Iran's Quds
- [UAE Announces $10 Billion Fund for Investments in Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/uae-announces-10-billion-fund-for-investments-in-israel/) - By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press--- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces announced the establishment of a $10 billion fund aimed at strategic sectors in Israel on Thursday following a phone call with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Through
- [Truth Report: Romans 9:2](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/truth-report-romans-92/) - This video is from 2014. Pastor Jim Hutchens, founder of The Jerusalem Connection, does a deep dive into Romans 9. We hope you enjoyed this week’s Truth Report with Rev. Hutchens. He has been called by Yahweh to provide this weekly message as current revelation and historical proof regarding the end time Church and the
- [Red Alert: How is Jim Hutchens doing?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-is-jim-hutchens-doing/) - Many of you have been asking for an update on our precious founder Jim Hutchens. Jim's assisted living facility finally opened and is allowing visits. We have all been communicating with him regularly but Amy was able to visit with him last week. Let us know if you would like to send Jim a letter
- [EU countries gave NIS 50m. to Israeli NGOs supporting war crimes charges](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/eu-countries-gave-nis-50m-to-israeli-ngos-supporting-war-crimes-charges/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- Foreign governments were major funders of Israeli organizations making the charge that the International Criminal Court should investigate Israel for war crimes, a new report from NGO Monitor revealed this week. The report, by the research institution focused on nongovernmental organizations and their funding, analyzed the annual financial reports from 2017-2019
- [The Auschwitz Album Revisited Booklet](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/booklet/) - Last February, right before the world shut down, all of us at The Jerusalem Connection, including Jim Hutchens, attended a long-awaited art exhibit at Liberty University. As many of you know, Jim’s wife, Pat Mercer Hutchens, went home to be with her Savior on March 31, 2014. In the four years before her home going,
- [The brouhaha over defining Jews as an ethnic minority](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-brouhaha-over-defining-jews-as-an-ethnic-minority/) - By Melanie Phillips, Israel Hayom--- A row over anti-Semitism that has erupted in Britain illuminates the problem that bedevils so many in the West over their understanding of what Judaism actually is. The controversy started with a tweet by the Labour Party's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, congratulating the new head of the Scottish Labour Party,
- [Biden Abandons Middle East Peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-abandons-middle-east-peace/) - By Caroline Glick--- The Trump administration was on the verge of securing a peace agreement between Israel and Indonesia in its final weeks in office, according to a former senior Trump administration official involved in the efforts. The official divulged that the negotiations between Israel and the world’s most populous Muslim state were run by
- [Palestinian Textbooks Incite Violence Against Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-textbooks-incite-violence-against-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- The world marked another International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers just a few weeks ago on February 12. Yet the Palestinians repeatedly violate this worthy United Nations and UNICEF-sponsored goal in their textbooks. Shaping young minds with erroneous history and facts is a mental “blunt instrument” that
- [Israel Identifies Ship Responsible for Dumping Iranian Crude Oil on Tel Aviv’s Beaches](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-identifies-ship-responsible-for-dumping-iranian-crude-oil-on-tel-avivs-beaches/) - By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency, Jewish Press--- Israeli authorities located the ship responsible for dumping crude oil into the sea which landed and covered the majority of Israel’s beaches. Minister of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel announced Wednesday that the ship responsible for the pollution off the coast of Israel was identified. “We got our
- [Red Alert: Do we care who sits in the NYC Mayor’s office?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-do-we-care-who-sits-in-the-nyc-mayors-office/) - By Amy Zewe--- Over the past 2 years I have reported on the uptick of antisemitic violence and hate crimes against the Jewish communities of New York and New Jersey (and LA, Pittsburg, and other cities in North America). The result is, to a certain degree, a bit of awareness among the broader electorate
- [In Case of a Missile Attack](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/in-case-of-a-missile-attack/) - By Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom--- Trigger warning: A missile attack that would interfere with Israel's defenses and be difficult for the country to recover from is an extreme scenario, but one that Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel lays out in detail, without any whitewashing, in a report by the Institute of National Security Studies. Until
- [Gantz says Israel moving to protect citizens from ICC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gantz-says-israel-moving-to-protect-citizens-from-icc/) - By Yonah Jeremy Bob, JPost--- Defense Minister and Acting Justice Minister Benny Gantz alarmed government officials on Tuesday when he told Reuters Israel estimates that hundreds of its citizens might be subject – in the near future – to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court. Gantz, who took over the Justice Ministry when
- [Jim Hutchens archives: Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/replacement-theology-i-tell-you-the-truth-the-teaching-series-by-dr-james-hutchens-2/)
- [Enews: Purim 2021](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-purim-2021/) - By Shelley Neese Purim is the holiday when Jews (and many Christians) remember the story of Esther. Esther was an ordinary Jewish girl who became Queen of the Persian Empire. God placed Esther in the right place at the right time. When the evil Haman issued a plan for all the Jews in the Empire
- [Purim miracles: From Saddam to corona and beyond](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/purim-miracles-from-saddam-to-corona-and-beyond/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- As Israel takes its first tentative steps back toward normalcy in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, this weekend's festival of Purim could not be more fortuitous. After the death and despair, the lows and the lockdowns of the past year, when our lives were upended in ways we could
- [Scholarship Opportunity to Hebrew University in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/scholarship-opportunity-to-hebrew-university-in-jerusalem/) - Imagine yourself, a young student, embarking on an exciting opportunity to connect your faith, your studies, and your future to the land and people who are the incubators of God’s plan. Imagine your vantage point in Jerusalem, in a location secured by a people dedicated to education. Hebrew University on Jerusalem’s main campus is atop
- [What Israel Is Telling Biden About Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-israel-is-telling-biden-about-iran/) - By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital--- Earlier this month, Israel's intelligence community took the unprecedented step of publicly airing its most recent assessment of Iran's nuclear progress. Iranian investments in atomic development are today at a "low point" as a result of U.S. and Israeli pressure, Major General Tamir Heiman, the head of Israeli military intelligence,
- [Red Alert: Antisemitism and College Campuses: Why the Focus?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-antisemitism-and-college-campuses-why-the-focus/) - By Amy Zewe--- Antisemitism takes form in many ways within the many folds of society. You may have noticed I have been concentrating on college campus happenings for a while now. The reason is because the dissemination of antisemitism into the greater community—into our halls of government, offices of associations and businesses, and even
- [That Flying Jewish Heart. Purim in Pictures](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/that-flying-jewish-heart-purim-in-pictures/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Rogatchi Foundation--- The Joy of Purim in Michael Rogatchi’s Art Joy with Tears In Jewish tradition, we have ten major holidays annually, with only two of them, Simcha Torah and Purim, is about exalted joy. And on Purim, that joy comes after miraculous rescue from a mortal danger and prospect of total
- [The Duped Generation that Supports BDS](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-duped-generation-that-supports-bds/) - By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute--- Yet again we approach the depths of the annual Jew Hate Week around the world. Its organizers know better than to call it what it is. They brand their hatefest "Israel Apartheid Week", but their true meaning and purpose is blindingly obvious. Since its early festerings in Toronto in 2005,
- [Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2021](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/purim-guide-for-the-perplexed-2021/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, "Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative", Ettinger Report--- 1. Purim’s historical background. The 586 BCE destruction of the 1st Jewish Temple and the expulsion of Jews from Judea and Samaria - by the Babylonian Emperor, Nebuchadnezzar - triggered a wave of Jewish emigration to Babylon and Persia. The latter replaced Babylon
- [Purim for Kids (and the curious)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/purim-for-kids-2/) - What is Purim? Purim is the holiday when Jews (and many Christians) remember the story of Esther. Esther was an ordinary Jewish girl who became Queen of the Persian Empire. God placed Esther in the right place at the right time. When the evil Haman issued a plan for all the Jews in the Empire
- [Purim’s Lesson on How to Defeat the Enemy: Keep Calm and Carry On](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/purims-lesson-on-how-to-defeat-the-enemy-keep-calm-and-carry-on/) - By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Aish.com--- While Purim is normally one of the happiest days on our calendar, this year it will mark a sobering milestone. Purim will essentially mark a full year of living through a pandemic that has radically changed our lives. While we are beyond grateful for the progress with treatments and vaccinations,
- [It's the Dawn of a New Era for Jewish Life on the Gulf Coast](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/38806/) - By Houda Nonoo, Alex Peterfreund, JPost--- Jewish life in the Gulf has increased dramatically over the last decade. Many have come here for business reasons and stayed because of the wonderful lifestyle. While you may have heard of – and visited – the Jewish communities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, you may be
- [Israel Policy in the Biden Administration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-policy-in-the-biden-administration/) - By Peter Schweizer, Gatestone Institute--- U.S. policy towards Israel stays fairly consistent despite changing administrations. Even after President Barack Obama's "apology tour" to the Arab world early in the first term of his presidency -- and his last-minute attempt to carve out a de facto Palestinian state through UN Security Council Res. 2334 -- official
- [A Jewish Patriot of Colonial America: An Example for Future U.S. Support of Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-jewish-patriot-of-colonial-america-an-example-for-future-u-s-support-of-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Long before Ellis Island became the gateway to America, Haym Salomon, a Jewish immigrant, fled from the political unrest and violence in his native Poland. He settled in New York in the early 1770s and set up a brokerage business that included foreign securities. To protest the British, Solomon
- [Wanted: Christians to declare to the World Council of Churches 'not in our name'!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/wanted-christians-to-declare-to-the-world-council-of-churches-not-in-our-name/) - By Rabbis Abraham Cooper and Yitzchok Adlerstein, CP Guest Contributors---- The World Council of Churches (WCC) has put on its theological anti-Semitic brass knuckles in its long-standing war against the Jewish State. The time has come for Christians to declare “Not in our name.” For their good, more than ours. Rev. Frank Chikane, moderator of
- [A duet of loving kindness - the enduring beauty of a Jewish family](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-duet-of-loving-kindness-the-enduring-beauty-of-a-jewish-family/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Israel National News--- The Covid pandemic has turned our lives upside down. For observant Jewish families, all spiritual peaks of our traditional year have transformed into something completely new, unexpected, unknown Inspired by the talents of our dear friends, the Kaminetzki family, I have created a special series of original artworks Duet
- [The Issue Is Biden Not Wanting to Help Bibi, Not a Phone Conversation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-issue-is-biden-not-wanting-to-help-bibi-not-a-phone-conversation/) - By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS.org---- Most of those debating when President Joe Biden is going to finally pick up the phone and call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are either overestimating or underestimating the significance of this kerfuffle. The point isn’t when the two leaders will chat or how insulted Netanyahu should be by the
- [Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-speaks-with-president-joe-biden/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Wednesday, nearly a month after Biden entered office. Netanyahu was the first leader in the Middle East to get a call from Biden. The “warm and friendly” conversation lasted for nearly an hour, the Prime Minister’s Office
- [Red Alert: A New Campus Crusade?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-a-new-campus-crusade/) - The term “crusade” has so many different meanings to so many different people. Some relate it to Campus Crusade for Christ—a good thing. Others think of the Crusades of the Middle Ages and the heroism or carnage that accompanied it depending on how the history teacher may have explained or framed it. In any case,
- [The ICC's European Puppet Masters](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-iccs-european-puppet-masters/) - By Caroline Glick--- Last Saturday, the justices of the International Criminal Court (ICC) took a major swipe at the Jewish state. They ruled that the ICC prosecutor is permitted to open a formal investigation of Israel for fake war crimes. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the decision referring to it as “pure anti-Semitism.” Netanyahu added,
- [The Return of ISIS is a Challenge Biden Must Not Ignore](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-return-of-isis-is-a-challenge-biden-must-not-ignore/) - By Con Coughlin, Gatestone Institute--- As the Biden administration prepares to implement its new policy on the Middle East, it is vital that its preoccupation with reviving the Iran deal does not result in the White House overlooking the considerable threat the Islamist fanatics of ISIS continue to pose to global security. Since taking office,
- [Iran’s Army Test Fires ‘Smart’ Short-Range Missile](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-army-test-fires-smart-short-range-missile/) - By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press--- Iran’s armed forces test-fired a sophisticated new short-range missile on Sunday, the country’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. General Kioumars Heidari was quoted in the report as saying the missile’s range was 300 kilometers (186 miles). He added that the “smart” missile is capable of working under
- [Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: Arguably the Most Disputed Real Estate on Earth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jerusalems-temple-mount-arguably-the-most-disputed-real-estate-on-earth/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Three thousand years of recorded history sit atop, around, and below the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital city. The 37-acre trapezium-shaped platform rises 2,400 feet above ground. Judaism’s holiest site, the Western Wall (Kotel in Hebrew), is on the southwest side. Built by King Herod during Roman occupation,
- [Abbas' path to elections is fraught with peril](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/abbas-path-to-elections-is-fraught-with-peril/) - By AP and ILH Staff--- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing him to negotiate competing demands to engage with a friendlier US administration, mend the rift with his militant Hamas rivals and keep his unruly Fatah movement from breaking apart. The presidential decree issued last month,
- [What signals is Biden sending about his Middle East policy?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-signals-is-biden-sending-about-his-middle-east-policy/) - By Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post--- “You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” Will Rogers once quipped, a remark as true in diplomatic relations as in personal ones. Which is why the first weeks and months of a new American administration are so important: they set a tone, they create those first
- [One New Man, Week 4, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-4-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - The Citizenship of the One New Man! Let us return to the context of the One New Man of Ephesians 2:15. The home or residence of the One New Man is not the Church. It is Israel - the Israel of faith. Again, in this sense, Israel replaces the Church rather than vice versa. Why?
- [Red Alert: What is Good and What is Bad?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-is-good-and-what-is-bad/) - By Amy Zewe---- Let us start with the bad news so we can end on a brighter note…. The Biden administration will re-join the UN’s Human Rights Council, reversing Trump’s withdrawal. The withdrawal was due to the antisemitic attacks Israel repeatedly endured when other member nations commit blatant human rights violations, but Israel is the
- [Netanyahu Back in Court Today to Respond to Charges of Bribery, Fraud, Breach of Trust](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-back-in-court-today-to-respond-to-charges-of-bribery-fraud-breach-of-trust/) - By David Israel, Jewish Press--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand in a Jerusalem District Courtroom on Monday to respond verbally to the charges against him. The hearing in the three cases will begin with an oral statement by each of the defendants: Netanyahu, Arnon (Noni) Mozes, and Shaul and Iris Elowitz, in response to
- [Will the Trump Successes in the Middle East Survive?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/will-the-trump-successes-in-the-middle-east-survive/) - By Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute--- December 22, 2020. 9:30 am. A plane takes off from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel for Morocco's capitol, Rabat. Economic, political, cultural and strategic agreements between Morocco and Israel are signed for a full normalization of relations between the two countries. Morocco is the fourth Arab Muslim country in 2020
- [The ICC Aids and Abets Terrorism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-icc-aids-and-abets-terrorism/) - By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom--- Starting Friday evening, Israel's diplomatic-security-legal systems have been on high alert because of the International Criminal Court's decision that it has the jurisdiction to investigation Israel for alleged "war crimes." The court's ruling throws the hot potato decision about whether or not to launch an investigation against Israel into the
- [One New Man, Week 3, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-3-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - Who are Abraham's Descendants? In Romans 9, Paul makes an astonishing assertion. He claims that physical linage will not be the criteria that determine Abraham's descendants. He writes: "It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they
- [The Israel Law Center: Fighting for Justice on Court Battlegrounds](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-israel-law-center-fighting-for-justice-on-court-battlegrounds/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- “Money drives terrorism,” declares prominent American attorney Alan Dershowitz. “If funding is cut, terrorism is reduced.” So says Dershowitz in his review of Nitsana Darshan-Leitner’s 2017 book Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters. The book addresses Israel’s tactics of starving terrorist organizations of the funds they
- [Iran’s War in Yemen: America’s Problem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-war-in-yemen-americas-problem/) - By Shoshana Bryen, The Hill--- “The Senate voted on Thursday to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen,” wrote the New York Times in a recent article that never mentioned Iran, thereby missing the entire point. The Senate’s goal was to punish Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MbS, for
- [The U.N. Refugee Agency With Few Actual Refugees](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-u-n-refugee-agency-with-few-actual-refugees/) - By Richard Goldberg and Jonathan Schanzer, Wall Street Journal--- Lost amid President Trump's unceremonious send-off were a pair of Jan. 14 tweets from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo : Of the more than five million people identified as "Palestinian refugees" by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, fewer than 200,000 meet the criteria for
- [Israel Headed to Fourth Elections in Two Years](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-headed-to-fourth-elections-in-two-years/) - By David Parsons, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem---- As we enter the new year 2021, Israel is heading to its fourth elections in the past two years. This election will yet again focus on whether to continue under the security and stability the country has known under longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or finally move on
- [WATCH: Is Iran Playing Hardball With the United States?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/watch-is-iran-playing-hardball-with-the-united-states/) - US officials issuing dire warnings as they discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the new Joe Biden administration. The US State Department has issued serious warnings about Iran indicating that the regime is not far from breakout time for a nuclear bomb. The accelerated actions of the regime seem like Iran is taking advantage of
- [Israeli Treatment for Severe Cases of COVID-19 Shows Excellent Results in Phase 2 Trials](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israeli-treatment-for-severe-cases-of-covid-19-shows-excellent-results-in-phase-2-trials/) - By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner--- An Israeli treatment for patients suffering from severe cases of Covid-19 showed excellent results in its Phase 2 trials. Israeli news site N12 reported that Israeli company Enlivex Therapeutics announced the results of the trials of its drug Allocetra on Wednesday. Allocetra is intended to prevent the immune system from overreacting
- [Red Alert: Why is Education Important?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-education-important/) - By Amy Zewe--- You may all be aware that a few months ago The Jerusalem Connection released a collection of the late Pat Hutchens art series called The Auschwitz Album Revisited. This album is so special and important for so many reasons--among them is that it is a great educational tool. We now have organizations
- [How should pro-Israel Evangelicals think about – and pray for – President Biden and his team in 2021?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-should-pro-israel-evangelicals-think-about-and-pray-for-president-biden-and-his-team-in-2021/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, AllIsrael--- For an American Christian Zionist like me who married into the Jewish tribe, my adjustment to the new dynamic of a Biden administration is challenging. I’ve been deeply immersed-and privileged-to work professionally on behalf of Israel for almost twenty years. It has now dawned on me that I am living
- [Is COVID-19 mutating into antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/is-covid-19-mutating-into-antisemitism/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- It's a tale nearly as old as the Jewish people, one that stretches back to the dawn of our existence as a nation. Targeted by unimaginable hatred, singled out for bizarre and often self-contradictory conspiracy theories, Jews have time and again seen antisemitism flare up throughout history. Sadly, in this
- [Israel’s Defense Ministry demands special funding for attack on Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-defense-ministry-demands-special-funding-for-attack-on-iran/) - By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News-- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday evening with the finance and defense ministers, their top staff, and the chief of staff to discuss the allocation of “at least” 3 billion shekels to prepare for a possible attack on Iran, Kan 11 News reported Monday. The Defense Ministry made its
- [California Is Cleansing Jews From History](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/california-is-cleansing-jews-from-history/) - By Emily Benedek, Tablet---- In the fall of 2016, California’s then Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a mandate to develop an ethnic studies program for high schools in California. California’s public schools have the most ethnically diverse student body in the nation, with three-quarters of students belonging to minorities and speaking over 90 languages.
- [3,000-year-old fragments of cloth dyed with Royal Purple found in Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/3000-year-old-fragments-of-cloth-dyed-with-royal-purple-found-in-israel/) - By Jewish News Syndicate---- In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David. The remnants of woven fabric, a tassel and fibers of wool, were uncovered in a heap of industrial waste at “Slave’s
- [One New Man, Week 2, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-2-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - In this series, One New Man, I am reading the teachings of Jim Hutchens from 2011 and his commentary on Ephesians 2:15. One of the least understood, yet most intriguing and stated purposes of Jesus is this: "to create in himself, one new man." Please read Ephesians 2:11-20 for the full context of the scripture.
- [The Palestinian Plan to Dupe the Biden Administration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-plan-to-dupe-the-biden-administration/) - By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute--- One week after he entered the 17th year of his four-year term in office, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas finally announced new parliamentary and presidential elections, scheduled to take place in May and July 2021. His announcement was carefully timed to coincide with the inauguration week of President Joe Biden
- [Israel's message to Biden: No removal of Iran sanctions without a new nuclear deal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-message-to-biden-no-removal-of-iran-sanctions-without-a-new-nuclear-deal/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- In the past few weeks, officials in Israel have been preparing for the sweeping policy changes expected with the start of the Biden administration, the top priority issue being the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Jerusalem is very concerned by statements from US President Joe Biden and other senior members of
- [Gantz blocks Netanyahu’s ‘irresponsible’ push to legalize West Bank outposts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gantz-blocks-netanyahus-irresponsible-push-to-legalize-west-bank-outposts/) - By Times of Israel--- After the government approved almost 800 new housing units in West Bank settlements this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday tried to also legalize six unrecognized outposts, but was thwarted by Defense Minister Benny Gantz. The proposal came a day before the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden, potentially further
- [Trump’s Middle East Achievements and Hopes for a Robust Biden U.S.-Israel Relationship](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/trumps-middle-east-achievements-and-hopes-for-a-robust-biden-u-s-israel-relationship/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Thousands of words have been written about President Donald Trump’s exceptional policies toward Israel and the greater Middle East. His administration’s actions are pretty well known. Yet Israel—a nation familiar with constant hostility, relentless terror, and attacks from the United Nations—received from the Trump Administration another commodity that cannot
- [750 killed at Ethiopian Orthodox church said to contain Ark of the Covenant](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/750-killed-at-ethiopian-orthodox-church-said-to-contain-ark-of-the-covenant/) - By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post--- Around 750 people were killed in an attack on an Orthodox church, which is said to contain the Ark of the Covenant described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, in northern Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region — home to thousands of churches and monasteries — according to reports. Hundreds
- [Tlaib calls Israel 'racist' for not offering COVID vaccines to Palestinians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tlaib-calls-israel-racist-for-not-offering-covid-vaccines-to-palestinians/) - By Israel Hayom--- Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being "racist" for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and the Gaza Strip is run by the US-designated terrorist organization Hamas. "I think it's really
- [How can rising online antisemitism be stopped?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/how-can-rising-online-antisemitism-be-stopped/) - By Kenneth Bandler, JPost--- In the constantly expanding digital universe, purveyors of hate are exploiting the newest communications technologies to threaten Jews. The deleterious impact of the “digitization of antisemitism” was revealed in the 2020 State of Antisemitism in America report recently issued by the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Twenty-two percent of American Jewish adults
- [Red Alert: The Third Week in January](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-the-third-week-in-january/) - By Amy Zewe--- This week the United States of America celebrated and remembered one of the most influential figures in the 20th century—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His activism from the pulpit and in the community was about truth, love, and freedom. He did this with wise and focused words, non-violent protests and marches, and
- [One New Man, Week 1, Shared Teachings from Jim Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/one-new-man-week-1-shared-teachings-from-jim-hutchens/) - Recently, I reread Jim’s commentary on the “one new man” and I believe the teaching is especially important for this new year. I want to share it with you all over the coming few weeks. Over these many years, we have built a community of Christian Zionists who are actively looking to the scriptures for
- [Jerusalem approves expanded US embassy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jerusalem-approves-expanded-us-embassy/) - By Lahav Harkov, JPost--- The Jerusalem Municipality’s Building and Planning committee approved plans for a new US embassy building in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion called it a “historic and exciting moment,” and that he thinks it will inspire other countries to move to the capital. “After two years, we’re thrilled the local
- [What Will Joe Biden Do About The Iran-al-Qaida Connection?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-will-joe-biden-do-about-the-iran-al-qaida-connection/) - By Ilan Berman--- When it comes to foreign policy, it's already clear that one of the biggest differences between the outgoing Trump administration and the incoming Biden team will be Iran. In contrast to the current U.S. policy of "maximum pressure" toward the Islamic Republic, President-elect Joe Biden and his advisers have already promised a
- [Iran’s Nuclear Quest, Twelvers, and Growing Christian Conversions](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-nuclear-quest-twelvers-and-growing-christian-conversions/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- On February 11, 1979, the authoritarian ruling monarchy of Iran became a relic of the past. That day, the exiled Imam Ayatollah Khomeini was greeted with overwhelming public joy. In April, a national referendum officially proclaimed it the Islamic Republic of Iran, locking in the power of the Imams
- [Red Alert: Why is Truth in The Media a Matter of Life and Death?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-truth-in-the-media-a-matter-of-life-and-death/) - By Amy Zewe--- In our current climate, we are all frustrated, on every side, with the lack of truth being espoused. Even what was trusted media outlets are now deserved suspects for our distrust. Freedom of speech as defined in America is turning into freedom of the speech that some bureaucrat or billionaire decides is
- [Palestinians, Jordan accuse Israel of ‘Judaizing’ Western Wall Plaza](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-jordan-accuse-israel-of-judaizing-western-wall-plaza/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- The Palestinians and Jordan have accused Israel of seeking to “Judaize” the Western Wall Plaza because of renovation work that is being carried out there. Referring to the renovations as “excavations,” the Palestinians and Jordan called for an immediate cessation of the work at the site. The Jordanian-controlled Wakf Department
- [Israelis losing confidence in state institutions, poll shows](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israelis-losing-confidence-in-state-institutions-poll-shows/) - By Yori Yalon, Israel Hayom--- The rift in the fabric of Israeli society is growing, the Israeli Democracy Index, shows. The 2020 index, a public opinion poll project by the Israel Democracy Institute. Now in its 18th year, the poll, originally taken in June, was held again in October to account for what the IDI
- [Media: Israel Must Be Denigrated for Its World-Beating Vaccination Programme](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/media-israel-must-be-denigrated-for-its-world-beating-vaccination-programme/) - By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute--- Prejudice against the Jewish state is so intense in the Western media that praiseworthy actions guaranteed to hit the headlines if attributable to any other country are frequently ignored, diminished or denigrated when it comes to Israel. When there is a disaster anywhere in the world, for example, Israel is
- [Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hezbollah-narco-terror-and-crime-in-latin-america/) - By Emanuele Ottolenghi, Jewish Policy Center--- Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national interests. The Biden administration needs to build on the past four years and pursue Hezbollah’s money laundering and drug
- [Worldwide Religious Persecution: Where Does Israel Stand](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/worldwide-religious-persecution-where-does-israel-stand/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- As we enter a new year, religious persecution will undoubtedly continue to impact millions across the globe, with such atrocities as Nigeria’s Christians being massacred, China’s Muslim Uighurs enslaved, and Jews murdered in their synagogues. For three years, an organization called Church in Need tracked Christian persecution in particular
- [Should Israel's political parties be splitting up or uniting?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/should-israels-political-parties-be-splitting-up-or-uniting/) - By Jerusalem Post-- Something very strange is happening in the Israeli political scene, and it’s not good. As the country gears up for the fourth election in two years, instead of learning from the past and doing everything to avoid previous mistakes, would-be political leaders are establishing ever-more new parties and lists. This is the
- [Enews: Lessons for 2021 from the patriarch Jacob](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-lessons-for-2021-from-the-patriarch-jacob/) - By Shelley Neese I know that 2021 is technically only a number change on the Gregorian calendar. Perhaps it is naïve of me, but I can’t help feeling hopeful that this new year will bring with its new blessings and revelations. With the start of the pandemic, I asked our friends and supporters to
- [Red Alert: A War with Words?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-a-war-with-words/) - By Amy Zewe--- In our continued effort to expose BDS, the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement, is designed to delegitimize and demonize the state of Israel and as such, BDS demonstrates it root inspiration of antisemitism under a cloak of anti-Zionism. The BDS movement claims to be about buzz wordssuch as social justice, occupiers, oppressors
- [Turkey and Israel: Premature Optimism for Normalization](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/turkey-and-israel-premature-optimism-for-normalization/) - By Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute--- It has been more than a decade since Turkey and Israel, once strategic partners, broke up badly, with an angry Ankara passionately vowing to isolate Israel internationally. It has also been exactly four years since the two countries decided to give peace a chance once more and appointed ambassadors. They
- [Amid fears of attacks on Israelis, UAE said to nab Iranian terror cell](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/amid-fears-of-attacks-on-israelis-uae-said-to-nab-iranian-terror-cell/) - By Times of Israel Staff--- Amid fears of Iranian revenge attacks on American and Israeli targets for the killing a year ago of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, authorities in the United Arab Emirates have reportedly arrested a number of Iranians in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the past few days on suspicion that
- [UN adopts $3.2 billion budget over US and Israel objections](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/un-adopts-3-2-billion-budget-over-us-and-israel-objections/) - By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press-- After down-to-the-wire negotiations, United Nations members have adopted a budget for 2021 that was higher than Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed and was strongly opposed by the Trump administration for including money to commemorate the outcome of a 2001 conference in South Africa that it called anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. The
- [Mossad chiefs: Iran may avenge Soleimani killing after Biden inauguration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mossad-chiefs-iran-may-avenge-soleimani-killing-after-biden-inauguration/) - By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post--- Two former Mossad chiefs and a former national security council chief all said on Sunday that Iran had failed to avenge the assassination of one of its most senior officials in 2020 and likely would not do so prior to US President-Elect Joe Biden taking office. However, they all
- [Pollard and the Great Jewish Divide](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pollard-and-the-great-jewish-divide/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- The rift between Israeli and American Jews is palpable almost everywhere you turn today. The most glaring disparity surrounds how they view President Donald Trump. The vast majority of Israelis adore Trump. The vast majority of American Jews despise him. But Trump isn’t the only thing or even the main thing
- ["Replacement Theology" - I Tell You the Truth - The Teaching Series by Dr. James Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/replacement-theology-i-tell-you-the-truth-the-teaching-series-by-dr-james-hutchens/)
- [Happy New Year: What Do You Resolve](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/happy-new-year-what-do-you-resolve/)
- [God’s Beloved Son Jesus, THE LIGHT in a World Looking to the Heavens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gods-beloved-son-jesus-the-light-in-a-world-looking-to-the-heavens/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels--- On December 21, 2020, the longest day each year, Saturn and Jupiter converged in the skies in a celestial phenomenon not observed with the naked eye since the year 1226. My husband Paul and I saw it with and without our binoculars as Saturn and Jupiter presented the earth with their
- [O Come, O Come Emmanuel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/o-come-o-come-emmanuel/) - The Advent season is upon us. In my family, we celebrate advent with a regular lighting of candles, carols, and family devotions. Like all family worship with young kids, sometimes it is a really sweet moment that our family separates the sacred from the profane. Other times, it is chaotic and dissolves quickly. And in
- [Red Alert: Who is Attacking the Menorah?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-who-is-attacking-the-menorah/) - By Amy Zewe--- With Chanukah having just finished eight days of celebration, Christmas Eve just one day way, a new year about to begin, and the world optimistic as COVID-19 Vaccines are rolling out for distribution. One would think some level of good will and cheer would manifest in every corner of society. But, the
- [Knesset to dissolve within 24 hours](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/knesset-to-dissolve-within-24-hours/) - By Hezki Baruch, Israel National News--- The Knesset on Monday night failed to pass the first reading of the bill that would have postponed the deadline for the approval of the state budget. 49 MKs voted against the bill and 47 voted in favor. As a result, the Knesset is expected to dissolve in the
- [The Rogatchi Foundation Culture for Humanity Award 2020](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-rogatchi-foundation-culture-for-humanity-award-2020/) - By The Rogatchi Foundation--- The Rogatchi Foundation is happy to announce our new laureates in year 2020. In this special, challenging year, our Foundation has come with new Culture for Humanity Global Initiative, to help the wide public to cope with challenging times caused by a mass factor, such as pandemics, via arts and culture,
- [Netanyahu plans full closure of air travel into Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-plans-full-closure-of-air-travel-into-israel/) - By Hezki Baruch, Israel National News--- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pushed Monday morning for a total ban on the entry of foreign nationals to Israel, citing recent outbreaks abroad of a fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of the Coronavirus Cabinet, Netanyahu said the government was keeping a
- [Ishmael Reunites with Isaac as Gulf Muslims Light Menorah with Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/ishmael-reunites-with-isaac-as-gulf-muslims-light-menorah-with-chief-rabbi-in-jerusalem/) - By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Israel 365--- On Monday, an improbable sight appeared as delegations from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, wearing traditional Arab garb, took part in the public lighting of the Hanukkah menorah at the Kotel (Western Wall) in Jerusalem. “HANUKKAH MIRACLE” “Who would have believed that peace would come to our home
- [The Miracle of the Abraham Accords Shining Brightly During Hanukkah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-miracle-of-the-abraham-accords-shining-brightly-during-hanukkah/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Although the eight days of Hanukkah festivities are ending, seasonal miracles are continuing to spread light across the Middle East. When Israeli children play dreidel games, the Hebrew phrase, “A great miracle happened here” is ever-present. Each dreidel (spinning top) is stamped with Hebrew letters that stand for “A
- [Iran's Plan to Topple Arab Leaders](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-plan-to-topple-arab-leaders/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- Iran's Islamist proxies in the Arab world have resurfaced to condemn last week's normalization agreement between Israel and Morocco just as they did with similar accords reached in the past few months with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. As usual, the Islamists and their patrons in Tehran,
- [Deadline for preventing elections Tuesday night](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/deadline-for-preventing-elections-tuesday-night/) - By Gil Hoffman, JPost--- The deadline for passing the 2020 state budget and avoiding early elections is Tuesday night at midnight and not Wednesday night at midnight as originally thought, the Knesset's spokesman announced on Wednesday. The Knesset legal adviser ruled that the December 23 deadline for passing the budget, which was set in a
- [Farm to table ... Israeli style](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/farm-to-table-israeli-style/) - By Earl Cox, Israel Always---- Despite COVID having crashed much of the tourism-based economy of Israel, serious incidences of anti-Semitism on the rise around the world to include in America’s wholesome heartland of Boise, Idaho, certain sectors of Israel are continuing to flourish. Israeli scientists, entrepreneurs and developers never stop looking for ways to make
- [Palestinian Track Record](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-track-record/) - By Yoram Ettinger, Ettinger Report--- The Palestinian conflict did not erupt in 1967, nor in 1948. In November 1917, the Balfour Declaration called for the establishment of "a national home for the Jewish People" in Palestine, which was the accepted international name of the Land of Israel since the 5th century BCE. The declaration, by
- [Israel's government has again failed the coronavirus test](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israels-government-has-again-failed-the-coronavirus-test/) - By Amichai Attali, Ynetnews--- Looking at the events of the last few days in Israel, one can't help but feel horrified and discouraged. Our lives have recently been taken over by a few dozen ministers and their hundred of thousands of supporters, who together are pushing the country - and with it all of us
- [Red Alert: Fighting Antisemitism is a Team Sport](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-fighting-antisemitism-is-a-team-sport/) - By Amy Zewe--- Thank you all for your continued viewership and support for The Jerusalem Connection Report where we work hard to support the Jewish people worldwide and the Jewish homeland established as the modern state of Israel. Over the last several years our organization has partnered with other Christian organizations who have Zionism as
- [Weekly Torah Portion: Jacob meets Rachel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/weekly-torah-portion-jacob-meets-rachel/) - Parashat Vayetzei "And He Went Out" Genesis 28:10 - 32:3 By M.H. Boli In this passage Jacob, fleeing from the struggle in his home against his brother, is engaged in a second struggle with his uncle. The cause is not a birthright, but a beautiful daughter. Jacob sees his cousin Rachel for the first time
- [Likud blocking Knesset vote to force new elections](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/likud-blocking-knesset-vote-to-force-new-elections/) - By David Rosenberg, Israel National News--- A bill to dissolve the 23rd Knesset and force early elections is being held up in the Knesset by Likud lawmakers, who have used parliamentary procedures to force repeated delays on the bill’s vote in the Knesset plenum. On December 2nd, the Knesset voted 61 to 54 to giving
- [Weekly Torah Portion: Jacob Wrestles With a Stranger](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/weekly-torah-portion-jacob-wrestles-with-a-stranger/) - Parashat Vayishlach (And He Sent) Genesis 32:4 - 36:43 By M. H. Boli The nation of Israel was born out of struggle. From the womb, Jacob was engaged in a struggle with his brother for the birthright. He cheated, prevailed, and fled his home. Then, for seven years, he was engaged in a second struggle
- [Mobilizing Christian Leaders against Anti-Semitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mobilizing-christian-leaders-against-anti-semitism/) - By ICEJ Staff--- Over recent weeks, the USA Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem gathered over 400 pastors and Christian leaders for an informative series of webinars discussing the explosive growth of anti-Semitism in the United States. Organized in collaboration with eight other organizations under the banner of the American Christian Leaders for Israel
- [Abbas seeks Qatar’s support for international peace conference](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/abbas-seeks-qatars-support-for-international-peace-conference/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost--- In the context of his effort to improve Palestinian relations with the Arab countries, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas began a two-day visit to Qatar, where he met on Monday with the country’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Abbas’s visit, the first since November 2019, comes in the
- [Netanyahu to become first world leader to be vaccinated against coronavirus - on camera](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-to-become-first-world-leader-to-be-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-on-camera/) - By Israel National News--- Israel’s coronavirus vaccination program is set to kick off next Sunday, and the first people in the country to be vaccinated – in front of the cameras – will be the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Health Minister, Yuli Edelstein, Kan News reports. Netanyahu will become the first world leader
- [Artza gift boxes bring Holy Land experiences to Christians in America after tourism lockdown](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/artza-gift-boxes-bring-holy-land-experiences-to-christians-in-america-after-tourism-lockdown/) - By Jeannie Law, Christian Post--- Friends of TJCR: Save 15% off of your first Artza order with code TJCRARTZA A holiday subscription box by Artza is bringing the Holy Land into the homes of people all over the world who aren't able to visit Israel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The gift boxes contain food,
- [Holy Land Delivered! Support Local Israeli Businesses with Artza](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/holy-land-delivered-support-local-israeli-businesses-with-artza/) - By Risen Magazine--- This year has been unprecedented due to the world pandemic and quarantine forcing families to stay at home rather than boarding planes to explore the world. Four-and-a-half million tourists were expected to visit Israel in 2020 but COVID drastically changed this number. But what if you could get the Holy Land delivered
- [Enews: Hannukah and the Menorah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-hannukah-and-the-menorah/) - Today I interviewed Arlene Bridges Samuels. Arlene pioneered Christian outreach for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After she served nine years on AIPAC’s staff, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA engaged her as Outreach Director part-time for their project, American Christian Leaders for Israel. Arlene is now an author at The Blogs-Times of Israel.
- [The Menorah—Israel’s National Symbol is a Hanukkah Inspiration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-menorah-israels-national-symbol-is-a-hanukkah-inspiration/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- The imposing 15-foot-high bronze menorah that stands like a sentinel outside Israel’s Knesset Building has long been a tourist favorite. A photo op in front of this extraordinary candelabrum offers a lasting memory for groups or lone visitors who pose before Israel’s official national symbol. The magnificent seven-branch Knesset
- [As election nears, Likud MK renews fight against PM by forming new party](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/as-election-nears-likud-mk-renews-fight-against-pm-by-forming-new-party/) - By Israel Hayom--- Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar, the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside the ruling Likud party, announced on Tuesday that he was breaking away to form a new political party ahead of elections expected early next year. In a statement broadcast on national television, Sa'ar said that Netanyahu had bungled the
- [Red Alert: Can a Definition Help?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-can-a-definition-help/) - Since schools, including universities and colleges, are working largely online with their students with very limited in-person events, is the gathering and collaborating sinister powers the propagate anti-Israel, anti-Zionism and as a result, Anti-Semitism at all at bay during these difficult times? Remote, virtual, or in-person, the virus of hate seems to spread in any
- [Obama’s New Book Lacks Important Context and Omits Significant History About Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/obamas-new-book-lacks-important-context-and-omits-significant-history-about-israel/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- Former President Barack Obama has penned a 728-page memoir, A Promised Land, that was released on November 17 and has already amassed record-breaking sales in its first week: 1.7 million copies. Lauded for its eloquent use of language, the book nonetheless has engendered criticism regarding Israel—and I’d like to add
- [Biden and Israel's Unsteady Right](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-and-israels-unsteady-right/) - By Caroline Glick, Jpost--- In an interview with the New York Times Tuesday, presumptive President-elect Joe Biden reaffirmed his plan to return the US to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The US will rescind its economic sanctions on Iran if it complies with the nuclear deal’s limitations on its nuclear activities. Once this happens,
- [Direct conflict with Israel 'could make Iran regional superpower'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/direct-conflict-with-israel-could-make-iran-regional-superpower/) - By Neta Bar, Israel Hayom--- Hardline Iranian daily Kayhan on Sunday called on Tehran not to delay in exacting vengeance for the assassination of the country's nuclear mastermind last month. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, who headed Iran's military nuclear program, was assassinated Friday in a drive-by shooting in the city of Damavand, east of Tehran, on
- [Israel moves closer to election as bill to disband Knesset passes in plenum](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-moves-closer-to-election-as-bill-to-disband-knesset-passes-in-plenum/) - By Gil Hoffman, JPost--- The short term of the 23rd Knesset came one key step closer to completion on Wednesday, when MKs from the opposition and Blue and White passed Knesset dispersal bills. Bills sponsored by Meretz and Yesh Atid-Telem passed by a vote of 61 to 54. Bills sponsored by Yamina and the Joint
- [Amid pandemic, Chabad’s largest Hanukkah campaign yet to reach 8 million](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/amid-pandemic-chabads-largest-hanukkah-campaign-yet-to-reach-8-million/) - By Dovid Margolin, Chabard.org--- One night in early November, Vienna exploded with the sharp cracks of automatic gunfire. An Islamist terrorist had struck the Austrian capital. By the time police neutralized him, he had murdered four and injured 23, leaving the cobblestone streets of old Vienna stained with blood. The gunman had marked all Austrians
- [Red Alert: What are the Current Goings On?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-are-the-current-goings-on/) - By Amy Zewe--- Thank you to all who stepped up on Giving Tuesday yesterday and gave an extra boost to our cause. If you missed it, you can still go to our website or any of our social media sites and click to help!| This week I’d like to update you on a few goings
- [Weapons used in hit on nuclear program chief were made in Israel, Iranian TV says](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/weapons-used-in-hit-on-nuclear-program-chief-were-made-in-israel-iranian-tv-says/) - By Shahar Klaiman and Reuters, Israel Hayom--- Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami pledged Monday that the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who headed Iran's military nuclear program, "will not stop the progress of Iran's nuclear program but will only accelerate it." Speaking at Fakhrizadeh's funeral, Hatami warned that Tehran would not leave the killing unavenged.
- [The Killing of a Nuclear Scientist May Save Countless Lives](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-killing-of-a-nuclear-scientist-may-save-countless-lives/) - By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute--- With unfailing predictability, EU external affairs spokesman Peter Sano as well as other European Iran-appeasers rushed to condemn the targeted killing on November 27 of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. In doing so they exhibited shocking disregard for the death, destruction and suffering likely to be inflicted by the totalitarian
- [Biden Should Heed the Concern of Israel and Arab Nations Regarding Iran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/biden-should-heed-the-concern-of-israel-and-arab-nations-regarding-iran/) - By Jonathan Schanzer, The Dispatch--- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia last week to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). The summit was historic, and could yield a long-sought normalization deal between the only Jewish state and the cradle of Islam. But the meeting reportedly did not focus on bilateral
- [Red Alert: Thankful For How You Can Help!](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-thankful-for-how-you-can-help/) - Thanksgiving 2020 is our time to be thankful for how we can help support Israel and the Jewish people. Our new book, The Casualty of Contempt, identifies the increase in antisemitism among the age group of 18-30, particularly within the Christian Community. Read esteemed authors’ assessments and analysis as well as solutions to combat antisemitism
- [Parashah Hayei Sara](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/parashah-hayei-sara/) - Genesis 23:1–25:18 By M.H. Boli--- This parasha serves as a bookend to the life of Abraham and his story which spans 13 chapters of Genesis. Much of Abraham’s story centers around two covenants God makes with him, each one repeated five times. Five times God tells Abraham that one day Canaan, the promised land, will
- [A Watershed Moment for the Middle East](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-watershed-moment-for-the-middle-east/) - By Shoshana Bryen, inSIGHT--- Israel's new agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, new agreements for airline overflights of countries with which Israel has no new peace or economic pacts, a new aviation agreement with Jordan and general Saudi and Egyptian approval have brought what many are calling a "watershed moment." That "watershed"
- [Articles At a Diplomatic Crossroad, it is Time for Israel to Act](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/articles-at-a-diplomatic-crossroad-it-is-time-for-israel-to-act/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- Three diplomatic events transpired this week. Together they describe the crossroads before which Israel now stands following the US presidential elections. First, on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority announced it is renewing its security coordination with the IDF after suspending it six months ago. The PA also expressed willingness to accept tax
- [Iran, the Palestinians, and the Future of U.S. Middle East Policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iran-the-palestinians-and-the-future-of-u-s-middle-east-policy/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Most Americans are unaware that the nation of Iran has the United States in its crosshairs. They’re oblivious to the chilling truth that this trigger-happy Middle Eastern country considers us the “Great Satan” and wishes us harm. Israel, however, is all too aware of this ongoing threat. They are
- [Red Alert: How Can YOU Help?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-can-you-help/) - By Amy Zewe--- How can you fight antisemitism and BDS and get a few holiday tasks completed? Simple! The Jerusalem Connection has several ways you can fight antisemitism, bring comfort to Israel and the Jewish people, and check off some of your to-do list. Pat Hutchens’ collection of paintings titled “Auschwitz Album Revisited” is now
- [Present Ideas for this Season: Bethlehem in A Box](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/present-ideas-for-this-season-bethlehem-in-a-box/) - Experience the Holy Land and the city of Bethlehem this Christmas We love Israel and are always looking for ways to bring a part of our experience home with us. When our first Artza box arrived, we LOVED it! Each curated box includes exclusive and high-quality products for you and your loved ones to
- [Have France, Spain and Ireland agreed to fund Palestinian terror organizations?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/have-france-spain-and-ireland-agreed-to-fund-palestinian-terror-organizations/) - By Maurice Hirsch, Palestinian Media Watch--- In August 2019, Palestinian terrorists detonated a bomb at a water spring, murdering 17-year-old Rina Schnerb and seriously injuring her father and brother. The investigation of the attack led to the arrest of dozens of terrorists from the internationally designated terror organization the Popular Front for the Liberation of
- [Make the Palestinian Issue Central Again?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/make-the-palestinian-issue-central-again/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, "Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative" According to a November 12, 2020 OpEd by Nabil Amr, a confidant of Mahmoud Abbas, published by the leading Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat : "Ballots with Biden's name would have filled the boxes if placed in Ramallah…. [The Palestinian Authority] bets are that Biden's victory
- [Palestinians Boast of Helping Biden Defeat Trump](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-boast-of-helping-biden-defeat-trump/) - By Israel Today--- The Palestinians have for years expressed frustration and even jealousy over Israel enjoying the kind of political support from Christians abroad that can put a president in the White House. Now it seems the Palestinians and their apologists might’ve gotten a little revenge. “I can confirm that the Palestinian community not only
- [The Struggle for Palestine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-struggle-for-palestine/) - By Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies--- In his 1974 book Palestinians and Israel, the late Yehoshafat Harkabi wrote that following the Six-Day War, The collision with the Palestinians is presented as the essence of the conflict, for this is allegedly a struggle for national liberation. Arabs explain, especially to foreigners, that the antagonism
- [The United Nations Attempt to Delete Israel’s Ancient History](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-united-nations-attempt-to-delete-israels-ancient-history/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBNISRAEL--- Imagine waking up one morning to news that the Eiffel Tower is no longer considered French. That the pyramids are not Egyptian. And that the Statue of Liberty is not a beloved symbol of the United States. Your reaction would be astonishment. Yet, here’s a fact that is barely a
- [Former Trump advisor: Israel may act against Iran before Biden admin.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/former-trump-advisor-israel-may-act-against-iran-before-biden-admin/) - By Cody Levine, JPost--- Former National Security Advisor Gen. H.R. McMaster for the Trump administration said in an interview with Fox News Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden should not rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal upon taking office in on January 20. McMaster said to Fox host Bret Baier that then-Secretary of State John Kerry
- [Malawi announces plans to be first African country in decades to open embassy in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/malawi-announces-plans-to-be-first-african-country-in-decades-to-open-embassy-in-jerusalem/) - By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post--- The majority-Christian nation of Malawi in southeastern Africa has announced plans to open an embassy in Israel and place it in Jerusalem by the summer of 2021. Malawi, whose president is a former pastor in the Assemblies of God denomination, will be the third country to open an embassy in
- [Enews: The Point of Biblical Archaeology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-the-point-of-biblical-archaeology/) - Archaeology is the study of material culture which is left from previous civilizations. Therefore, biblical archaeology is traditional archaeology, but it is conducted in the lands of the Bible: Egypt, Jordan but primarily Israel. I see biblical archaeology as any excavation or study of epigraphic materials that shed light on the biblical narrative or broaden
- [Red Alert: What Now?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-now/) - Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. This is what I have had written and rewritten on my heart since last Tuesday, Election Day in the US. No matter whom
- [Iran: Mullahs Celebrate What They Hope Will Be the Return To Their Nuclear Bomb](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/iran-mullahs-celebrate-what-they-hope-will-be-the-return-to-their-nuclear-bomb/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- The Iranian regime has excitingly announced former U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden's possible victory in the US presidential elections and is celebrating that the next US administration will, they hope, be from the Democrat Party. Iranian authorities view the chance that Biden might take over the White House as a definite
- [Copy-Paste: How Israelis Dealt With News of Biden’s Victory](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/copy-paste-how-israelis-dealt-with-news-of-bidens-victory/) - By Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today--- One would think that with him being so unprecedentedly pro-Israel, Trump’s loss in the US election is Israel’s loss. But these days “pro-Israel” is understood quite differently by rival Israeli political camps. The Right still thinks that to be pro-Israel means a president should support traditional Zionist convictions, such as
- [UK’s former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks passes away at 72](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/uks-former-chief-rabbi-jonathan-sacks-passes-away-at-72/) - By Times of Israel--- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media appearances commanded a global following among Jews and non-Jews alike, died Saturday morning. Sacks, 72, was in the midst of a third bout of cancer, which he had announced in October. Sacks was among
- [The Rain That Becomes a Forest; Elegy of Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-rain-that-becomes-a-forest-elegy-of-lord-rabbi-jonathan-sacks/) - By Inna Rogatchi © Rain, rain, rain, the rain of tears Unwalled tears know no ceiling. Rain, rain, rain, the rain of sighs Bottomless sighs filling the air. O soul of Ya’akov Zvi ben David Arieh, You left the body of Jonathan Sacks On the early morning of Shabbes. It is a privilege that
- [Will Biden Pivot On Iran?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/will-biden-pivot-on-iran/) - By Ilan Berman, Newsweek--- How will a Biden administration handle the Middle East? Now that the results of the hotly contested U.S. election are (mostly) known, foreign policy experts and officials alike are turning their attention to that question. Over the coming weeks and months more particulars will emerge, as will the personalities who will
- [The Palestinian Appropriation of Black Pain](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-appropriation-of-black-pain/) - By Joshua Washington, Times of Israel---- In the early 1980s, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Clayborne Carson published a paper called “BLACKS and JEWS in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: The CASE of SNCC.” In this paper, Carson gives much needed clarity
- [The Five Twenty Age of American Digital Propaganda](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-five-twenty-age-of-american-digital-propaganda/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels--- We are living in an up-side-down world. In Isaiah 5:20, the brilliant prophet describes our culture today, “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness...” Propaganda is an ugly word that most Americans avoid using but it’s time to abandon
- [Jesus’ Overlooked Statement That Could Have Changed Jewish History](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/jesus-overlooked-statement-that-could-have-changed-jewish-history/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- Is it possible that overlooking one of Jesus’ most profound declarations could have been a leading cause of the cancerous spread of anti-Semitism in churches and communities throughout the world? This cancer has endured for centuries, and the diagnosis is clear: It’s a malignant melanoma. Left untreated, this cancer is
- [Working Definition of Antisemitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/working-definition-of-antisemitism/) - By International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)--- The IHRA is the only intergovernmental organization mandated to focus solely on Holocaust-related issues, so with evidence that the scourge of antisemitism is once again on the rise, we resolved to take a leading role in combatting it. IHRA experts determined that in order to begin to address the
- [Palestinians Call for Boycotting Israel, Then Ask Israel To Save Their Lives](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-call-for-boycotting-israel-then-ask-israel-to-save-their-lives/) - By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute--- Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat spent the past two decades calling for the boycott and isolation of Israel. In the past few months, Erekat, a PLO leader who previously headed the Palestinian negotiating team with Israel, came out against the agreements to normalize relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates
- [Documentary: The Story of the Ethiopian Jewish Community Searching for a Way Home](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/documentary-the-story-of-the-ethiopian-jewish-community-searching-for-a-way-home/) - By ICEJ--- The road to reach Jerusalem for the remainder of Ethiopia’s Jewish community has been a long and hard-fought effort. As God brought Israel out of Egypt through the Red Sea so we are able to live in this exciting time as God, once again, clears every obstacle to bring His people back to
- [Netanyahu, Rivlin express ‘total solidarity’ with Austria following Vienna terror attack](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-rivlin-express-total-solidarity-with-austria-following-vienna-terror-attack/) - By JNS--- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday expressed the Jewish state’s strong support for Austria in the wake of the terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday. “Israel condemns the brutal attack in Vienna and stands in total solidarity with Austria. Civilized peoples everywhere must unite to defeat the savagery
- [Netanyahu prepared for Biden prevailing](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-prepared-for-biden-prevailing/) - By Gill Hoffman, JPost--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has understood American politics since his teen years living in the swing state of Pennsylvania. True, he clashed with Democratic presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republican politicians in the US have said they see Netanyahu as a mentor. But Likud officials said the prime minister
- [Red Alert: Why are young Christians tolerating and even participating in antisemitism?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-are-young-christians-tolerating-and-even-participating-in-antisemitism/) - On October 24, 2020, Amy Zewe was a guest on Aaron Fruh’s radio show Israel and You: Bringing the Jewish people and Israel into Focus. This aired on American Family Radio (AFR.net) and local stations nationwide. The goal of this discussion was to focus on the increase in antisemitism, particularly among young people aged 18-40,
- ['The Palestinian Authority is seizing hill after hill while Israel does nothing'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinian-authority-is-seizing-hill-after-hill-while-israel-does-nothing/) - By Hezki Baruch, Israel National News--- MK Gideon Sa’ar of the Likud party visited the communities of Amichai and Shilo, in the Binyamin region, on Sunday. The focus of his visit was on ongoing attempts by the Palestinian Authority to seize control over open areas near Israeli settlements. Following his tour, Sa’ar told his hosts,
- [The Transformation of Israel’s Mossad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-transformation-of-israels-mossad/) - By Yochanan Visser, Israel Today--- Yossi Cohen, the current director of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, has earned himself a reputation as an out-of-the-box thinker and a highly intelligent man who has restored the agency’s allure. The Mossad was responsible for the spectacular operation in Tehran in which much of Iran’s secret classified nuclear
- [The Real Netanyahu (and Trump) Dilemma](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-real-netanyahu-and-trump-dilemma/) - By Caroline Glick, Jpost---- The Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision to award the prize to the World Food Program this year assuaged the fears of elitists from New York to Paris and Berlin. The Abraham Accords, which include bilateral peace treaties between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and most recently Sudan, and Israel have fundamentally
- [Dave Rubin: Why I’m no longer an atheist](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/dave-rubin-why-im-no-longer-an-atheist/) - By Erik Strandness, Patheos--- Dave Rubin is one of the bright lights of the intellectual dark web. He occupies that unique niche inhabited by the likes of Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray, where the sacred and secular rub shoulders. Tired of living in a contentious world of non-overlapping magisteria, these men seek a parley. They
- [Israel Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency Until Jan 3](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-extends-covid-19-state-of-emergency-until-jan-3/) - By JNS News Service The Israeli Cabinet has approved the extension of the COVID-19 State of Emergency by 60 days, from Nov. 5 until Jan. 3, 2021. The measure was approved Thursday via conference call and will take effect upon approval by the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, according to a joint statement of
- [PA: Balfour the devil has horns and fangs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pa-balfour-the-devil-has-horns-and-fangs/) - By Palestinian Media Watch--- Today, on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the PA portrayed Arthur Balfour as a devil with horns, fangs, and large red ears. In 1917, Arthur Balfour, then British Foreign Secretary, wrote the letter stating that Britain was in favor of “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the
- [When the Third Temple is Built, These Temple Priests Will be Ready to Serve](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/when-the-third-temple-is-built-these-temple-priests-will-be-ready-to-serve/) - By Rivkah Lambert Adler, Israel 365--- Along with the prophets Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Zephaniah, Rabbi Amichai Cohen of Tzfat in the Galilee is a descendant of Aaron, the first High Priest of Israel. These male descendants are known as kohanim. I hereby take your fellow Leviim from among the Israelites; they are assigned to you
- [Enews: First Temple Period Finds](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-first-temple-period-finds/) - It is month old news but so much has been happening lately that I never mentioned the big new find that was announced last month by the Israel Antiquities Authority. On September 3rd, the IAA had a special reveal of three complete limestone proto-Aeloic capitals that date to the First Temple period. In case your
- [Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Macron, Muhammad cartoons; 3 arrested](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/hundreds-protest-at-temple-mount-against-macron-muhammad-cartoons-3-arrested/) - By Times of Israel--- Hundreds of people protested at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Friday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad, with three arrested after scuffles with police. The protestors chanted, “with our souls and with our blood we sacrifice for our prophet, Muhammad,” and what Israel
- [Video: Anne Graham-Lotz: 'Time to Turn to God and Thank Him'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/video-anne-graham-lotz-time-to-turn-to-god-and-thank-him/) - The Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast (JPB) is a prayer movement initiated and chaired by Knesset Member Robert Ilatov, and co-chaired by U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Each year the JPB brings together government leaders and influential Christian leaders from all walks of society for a gathering in Israel’s capital city to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
- [Israel begins mass-producing coronavirus vaccines ahead of human trials](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-begins-mass-producing-coronavirus-vaccines-ahead-of-human-trials/) - By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel--- Israel has begun mass-producing a potential coronavirus vaccine ahead of its human trials and plans to distribute it to both Israelis and Palestinians if it is approved for use, officials said Monday. The Defense Ministry on Sunday announced that the first human trials of its coronavirus vaccine will
- [The Future of Arab Normalization with Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-future-of-arab-normalization-with-israel/) - By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute--- Now that the Sudan has joined the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in normalizing relations with Israel, the future seems bright for even more Arab countries to make peace with their former enemy. The big prize, of course, would be Saudi Arabia, and already we are hearing rumors from
- [High Court hears if Netanyahu can be forced to resign as alternate PM](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/high-court-hears-if-netanyahu-can-be-forced-to-resign-as-alternate-pm/) - By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post--- The High Court of Justice on Tuesday heard arguments whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on several corruption counts, could be forced to resign when he swaps roles with Blue and White’s Benny Gantz in November 2021 and takes up the position of alternate prime minister.
- [Red Alert: Who Hears Your Voice?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-who-hears-your-voice/) - By Amy Zewe
- [Arab-Israeli politicians against peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arab-israeli-politicians-against-peace/) - By Ruthie Blum, JPost--- An overwhelming majority of Israeli parliamentarians, including those in the opposition, voted on Thursday to ratify the US-brokered Abraham Accords. With 80 members of 120-seat Knesset in favor of the treaty with the United Arab Emirates and 27 in absentia, the remaining 13 lawmakers were unable to block the historic peace
- [Netanyahu: Lockdown to be exited gradually, but reimposed if cases rise](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-lockdown-to-be-exited-gradually-but-reimposed-if-cases-rise/) - By Hannah Brown, JPost--- The easing of coronavirus restrictions will be less than nine stages, but will proceed at a gradual pace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the coronavirus cabinet meeting, adding that restrictions could be reimposed should the situation begin to worsen. "When we approach the [coronavirus cabinet], we must
- [Why Palestinians Will Not Accept Advice from Arabs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/why-palestinians-will-not-accept-advice-from-arabs/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute---- Shortly after Mahmoud Abbas was elected president of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005, Egypt's then President Hosni Mubarak was asked what advice he would give Palestinian leaders. Mubarak, in an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network, replied: "There has to be a new thinking about the Palestinian issue.
- [Red Alert: How about a few headlines?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-about-a-few-headlines/) - By Amy Zewe Weekly I report on various news topics from progress in fighting BDS and antisemitism to setbacks and horror stories about the suffering resulting from BDS and antisemitism. This week I’d like to share a few headlines: Newsweek published an opinion article, “Are Bill De Blasio and Andrew Cuomo Targeting New York City's
- [The Palestinians’ Most Dangerous Enemy Is Archaeology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-palestinians-most-dangerous-enemy-is-archaeology/) - By Stephen M. Flatow / JNS.org A 2,000-year-old mikvah (ritual bath) was recently uncovered in the Lower Galilee. Most people probably would never have heard about the discovery if not for the dramatic photos of the entire structure being carried by truck to a nearby kibbutz for preservation. The remarkable sight of a truck-borne mikvah,
- [The political split over Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-political-split-over-israel/) - By Yossi Kuperwasser and Asaf Romirowsky, Jewish News Service--- With the 2020 presidential elections in high gear, and following normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, a deeper look at the platforms of both parties is required. It is clear that American Jews and Israelis are called upon to exhibit "moral fiber"
- [Israel to advance plans for 4,400 new settlement homes, mostly outside blocs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-to-advance-plans-for-4400-new-settlement-homes-mostly-outside-blocs/) - By Times of Israel--- After nearly eight months without meetings, the Defense Ministry body responsible for authorizing settlement construction is slated to advance plans for over 4,400 Israeli homes in the West Bank next week. The Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee will meet next Monday to sign off final approval for around 2,500 units, according
- [Red Alert: Do you want the good news or the bad news?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-do-you-want-the-good-news-or-the-bad-news/) - By Amy Zewe--- How about we start with the good news! To Follow up to my report two weeks ago about an education bill in California mandating that state university college students take a certain “ethnic studies” course, we have some good news. This bill mandated a so-called ethnic studies course whose curriculum specifically targets
- [Defense Ministry releases color footage from Yom Kippur War](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/defense-ministry-releases-color-footage-from-yom-kippur-war/) - By Anna Ahronheim, JPost--- Forty-seven years to the day that the Yom Kippur War broke out, the Defense Ministry has released new archival material showing never before seen in-color footage of the deadly 1973 war. The Yom Kippur War project in color includes many scenes, including rare photos of excellent quality from the Suez Canal,
- [Following peace deal, UAE erects first-ever public sukkah in the heart of Dubai](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/following-peace-deal-uae-erects-first-ever-public-sukkah-in-the-heart-of-dubai/) - By Itamar Eichner, YNetnews--- Weeks after the formal signing of the normalization agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain in Washington, a public sukkah was erected in the Gulf state’s city of Dubai on Sunday, in a first-of-its-kind sign of solidarity. The traditional hut, which was built in coordination with Dubai’s local
- [Sukkot: Jesus Tabernacled And Paul Made Tents](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sukkot-jesus-tabernacled-and-paul-made-tents/) - By One for Israel--- The Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot as it’s known in Hebrew, is a God-ordained feast with a fantastic point behind it. Or perhaps a range of very meaningful points. There’s the mysterious command of the four species of plant required, the aspect of inviting guests (ushpizin) into your sukkah, the harvest
- [‘We don’t know if rotation will happen’ says FM amid political tension](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/we-dont-know-if-rotation-will-happen-says-fm-amid-political-tension/) - By Jeremy Sharon and Gil Hoffman, JPost--- Amid mounting political instability and the resignation of a government minister over the prime minister’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said threats by the premier about elections were a threat to the public, not the Blue and White party. Ashkenazi was speaking following the
- [Enews: Sukkot 2020](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-sukkot-2020/) - We are in the middle of the High Holidays on the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have come and gone and Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, begins tonight, October 2nd. According to Jewish tradition, on the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, Deuteronomy 32 is read as a community. I
- [Success! California Vetoes Anti-Semitic ‘Ethnic Studies’ Public School Curriculum](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/success-california-vetoes-anti-semitic-ethnic-studies-public-school-curriculum/) - By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel--- Following a public outcry over a proposed “ethnic studies” curriculum that was full of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel messaging, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. In July, United with Israel asked its readers to contact California school officials and demand they stop the
- [IDF reveals additional intelligence on Hezbollah sites in Beirut](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/idf-reveals-additional-intelligence-on-hezbollah-sites-in-beirut/) - By Anna Ahronheim, JPost--- Days after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hezbollah is storing precision missiles at three sites in a residential neighborhood in Beirut which led the terror group to show off the site to journalists, the IDF has used footage from the tour to identify machines used to manufacture precision missiles.
- [True Happiness is Found in the Feast of Ingathering](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/true-happiness-is-found-in-the-feast-of-ingathering/) - By Zac Waller, The Heartland Report--- Sukkot is commonly known as “Z’man Simchateinu” - “Season Of Our Joy.” This title was given by the sages of Israel based on Leviticus 23:40 and Deuteronomy 16:14-15, where God commands Israel to rejoice during the feast of Tabernacles. Happiness is one of the most desired emotions. We all
- [Oops! Hezbollah Fails to Hide All Evidence of Secret Beirut Missile Factory in Media Visit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/oops-hezbollah-fails-to-hide-all-evidence-of-secret-beirut-missile-factory-in-media-visit/) - By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency, Jewish Press--- As fast as Hezbollah prepared, they couldn’t hide all the evidence in time for the visit by reporters. Responding to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu disclosure on Tuesday of a secret Hezbollah missile factory in the heart of a Beirut neighborhood, Hezbollah invited reporters to inspect the site.
- [National Mall Comes Alive with Songs, Shofars, and Speakers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/national-mall-comes-alive-with-songs-shofars-and-speakers/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- September 26, 2020, in Washington, D.C., is a day that will join history-making prayers from the last few centuries, when tiny groups of Christians and big prayer movements changed nations and advanced missions worldwide. Events like the 1738 New Year’s Eve prayer meeting convened by Charles and John Wesley,
- [Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/sukkot-feast-of-tabernacles-guide-for-the-perplexed-2020/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger--- 1. Jewish national liberation is the 3rd Jewish pilgrimage holiday (following Passover and Shavou'ot - Pentecost), which has been celebrated for the last 3,300 years. Sukkot commemorates the Exodus, the 40 years of wandering in the Sinai Desert, the construction of the Holy Tabernacle and the victories along the way
- [Red Alert: How do we know what we don’t know?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-how-do-we-know-what-we-dont-know/) - By Amy Zewe May of our followers and supporters here with The Jerusalem Connection Report are open to learning and are already aware of issues such as antisemitism, Arab-Israeli tensions and violence, the need to support the Jewish people worldwide as well as the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland, and the need for
- [Nobody is ignoring the Palestinians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/nobody-is-ignoring-the-palestinians/) - By Stephen M. Flatow, Israel Hayom--- The common refrain heard from media pundits and left-wing critics of the Gulf kingdoms' recognition of Israel is that it ignores the Palestinian Arabs. Here is how New York Times' correspondent Michael Crowley began his article following the recent signing ceremony: "Israel and two Arab nations signed agreements at
- [Netanyahu: Preemptive strike against Iran still an option](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-preemptive-strike-against-iran-still-an-option/) - By Jerusalem Post--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel has not ruled out a preemptive strike against Iran, during a memorial service on Tuesday for those who fell in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. “A preemptive strike is a difficult thing to do,” said Netanyahu. “I know that if Iran wants to base itself
- [Knesset votes 9-6 in favor of limiting anti-Netanyahu protests](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/knesset-votes-9-6-in-favor-of-limiting-anti-netanyahu-protests/) - By Gil Hoffman, Jerusalem Post--- The Knesset Law Constitution and Justice Committee voted nine to six on Tuesday morning to approve changes to the Coronavirus Law that would limit protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The amendments, which must still pass in the Knesset plenum, would limit the protests during the current lockdown to people
- [PA starts steps towards international peace conference](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pa-starts-steps-towards-international-peace-conference/) - By Elad Benari, Israel National News--- The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday started diplomatic steps to hold an international conference at the beginning of 2021 for the peace process with Israel, a senior official said, according to the Xinhua news agency. The PA mission to the United Nations has begun the preliminary steps with UN
- [2,000-year-old Inkwell Found in Khirbet Brakhot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/2000-year-old-inkwell-found-in-khirbet-brakhot/) - By Jonathan Laden, Biblical Archaeology Review--- A rare intact inkwell was found in a large Second Temple period building. It is a clay cylinder with a round handle. The discovery of this inkwell supports the hypothesis that writing, and therefore literacy, was practiced by more than the administrators among the ancient Israelites. As Alan Millard
- [The Lev Project](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lev-project/) - By LARRY AND DEDE. LEV PROJECT--- Make a Special Donation Today to The Lev Project. Shalom! We are Larry and Dede Miller with The Lev Project. After 12 years of living and volunteering in Hungary, and a 5-month experience in Israel working with holocaust survivors, The Lev Project was born. (Lev in Hebrew means, “heart”)
- [Palestinian Leadership Responds to the Abraham Accord](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinian-leadership-responds-to-the-abraham-accord/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- Evangelical Christians have long venerated President Harry Truman for his boldness as the first world leader to recognize Israel’s statehood in the United Nations vote on May 14, 1948. Now, 72 years later, another momentous decision has taken place. When President Trump and a trio of Middle East leaders signed
- [Yom Kippur 2020](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/yom-kippur-2020/) - By Shelley Neese Yom Kippur occurs this year on September 27th and 28th. Yom Kippur is the holiest day on the Jewish Calendar. It is the Sabbath of Sabbaths, requiring total rest and fasting. The theme of the day is repentance and atonement. In the days of the Tabernacle and Temple, there was strict emphasis
- [Time to hold the PLO accountable for its crimes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/time-to-hold-the-plo-accountable-for-its-crimes/) - By Caroline Glick--- Earlier this month, the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government announced that PLO Executive Committee Chairman Saeb Erekat has been hired as a senior fellow for the school's Future of Diplomacy Project for the 2020-2021 school year. This week, former senior Justice Department official, attorney Neal Sher sent a letter to US Attorney
- [Yom Kippur Dialogues](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/yom-kippur-dialogues/) - By Dr. Inna Rogatchi, Israel National News--- The significance of various periods in our Jewish calendar makes our life thoughtful, reflective and meaningful. But there is nothing like a special time of those ten days in Tishrei between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur when many of us are awaiting anxiously the High verdict for each
- [Corona, coronation and Yom Kippur](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/corona-coronation-and-yom-kippur/) - By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post--- In a year quite unlike any other, it is hardly surprising that the High Holy Days have gotten off to an unparalleled start. All the usual trappings, such as packed synagogues on Rosh Hashanah or large gatherings of family and friends, were markedly and painfully absent. And even as socializing
- [Tighter lockdown to deal Israeli economy NIS 35B blow](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tighter-lockdown-to-deal-israeli-economy-nis-35b-blow/) - By Eran Bar-Tal and Hili Yacobi-Handelsman, Israel Hayom--- Clamping down on economic activity as part of a tighter lockdown is projected to cost Israel an estimated NIS 35 billion (over $10 billion), Finance Ministry Chief Economist Shira Greenberg said on Wednesday during a meeting of the so-called coronavirus cabinet during which stricter measures were discussed
- [Gov't approves total coronavirus lockdown starting Friday](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/govt-approves-total-coronavirus-lockdown-starting-friday/) - By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JPost--- The country is heading back into a complete lockdown, which is to begin Friday and is likely to last until at least the end of the holidays. After eight hours of deliberations, the coronavirus cabinet made its recommendations, which were brought to the full cabinet for a late-night vote. By 6:30
- [Red Alert: Why Is the EU such a stick-in-the-mud? And who else is covered dirt?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-why-is-the-eu-such-a-stick-in-the-mud-and-who-else-is-covered-dirt/) - By Amy Zewe Why Is the EU such a stick-in-the-mud? And who else is covered dirt? Serbia and Kosovo have agreed, thanks to the Trump administration’s brokering, to seek peace with each other and recognize Israel. Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem and Kosovo will establish one in Jerusalem. This peace between Serbia and
- [Gantz orders IDF to build field hospital for virus cases as hospitals fill up](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/gantz-orders-idf-to-build-field-hospital-for-virus-cases-as-hospitals-fill-up/) - By Aaron Boxerman, Times of Israel--- Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday ordered the military to prepare to establish a field hospital for coronavirus cases as hospitals overflow across the country. “Gantz has ordered staff to begin preparations to build an army field hospital that would contain about 200 beds,” a statement from the Defense
- [Trumping Palestinian lies and Tehran’s agenda](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/trumping-palestinian-lies-and-tehrans-agenda/) - By Rutie Blum, Jpost--- One of the most noteworthy avowals that US President Donald Trump made during his speech on Tuesday, prior to the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords, went by virtually unnoticed by champions and critics alike. Perhaps this had to do with the fact that he said it early in his address,
- [Iran's Missile Violations: Where is the International Community?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/irans-missile-violations-where-is-the-international-community/) - By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute--- Not even a word of condemnation has been issued by either the United Nations or the European Union on the Iranian regime's latest violations and acceleration of its threatening ballistic missile program. Instead, the UN and the EU are still committed to lifting the arms embargo on Tehran and keeping
- [What the U.S. Can Do to Advance Israeli-Palestinian Peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/what-the-u-s-can-do-to-advance-israeli-palestinian-peace/) - By Andrea M. Berlin, J. Andrew Overman, The National Interest--- Against the backdrop of normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and more recently Bahrain, are continued condemnations by Palestinian leaders. Palestinian president Abbas called the moves a "stab in the back," "despicable," and a "betrayal." Even so, rumors regarding Saudi normalization continue to
- [Enews: What is Rosh Hashanah?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-what-is-rosh-hashanah/) -  By Shelley Neese Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Friday, September 18. So I want to give you a quick summary about this important Jewish holiday. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. In the Hebrew calendar, the holiday falls on the first and second days of the month Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah represents the
- [A Tale of Two White House Signing Ceremonies](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-tale-of-two-white-house-signing-ceremonies/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- Washington: Attending the White House signing ceremony on Tuesday of the Abraham Accords – which normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – was both moving and jarring. Standing at the South Lawn, just meters from the Rose Garden where the Oslo Accord were signed 27 years
- [Arabs: Israel Is Not Our Enemy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/arabs-israel-is-not-our-enemy/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- A growing number of Arabs, particularly those living in the Gulf, say they finally understand that Israel is not the enemy of the Muslims and Arabs. This change of heart manifested even before the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed peace agreements with Israel during a ceremony at the
- [Embassy of Israel- Briefing: Abraham Accords](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/embassy-of-israel-briefing-abraham-accords/) - By The Israel Embassy--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed, and Foreign Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, signed the Abraham Accords at the White House. The Abraham Accords, brokered by President Trump and
- [Red Alert: Who is standing up for the Jews?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-who-is-standing-up-for-the-jews/) - By Amy Zewe Genesis 12:3 tells us God’s promise, “I will bless those who bless you,” referring here to Israel and its people. Isaiah Chapter 40 tells us, “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed….” Last week I relayed a
- [The cultural genius of the Abraham Accords](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-cultural-genius-of-the-abraham-accords/) - By Michael Sussman, Israel Hayom--- The Arabic concept of balance ("mu-wazana") plays a critical role in virtually every aspect of life in the Arab world. Unlike its Western version – "keeping up with the Joneses" – mu-wazana does not have a negative connotation. Rather than depicting the need to amass material goods to match the
- [Rosh Hashanah (New Year) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/rosh-hashanah-new-year-guide-for-the-perplexed-2020/) - By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” The evening of September 18, 2020 will launch the 5781th Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah). 1. Annual reminder. The Hebrew word Rosh (ראש) means head/beginning and Hashanah (השנה) means the year. The root of the Hebrew word Shanah is both "repeat" and "change." It constitutes
- [Netanyahu: ‘We Simply Have to Act’ on a Lockdown](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/netanyahu-we-simply-have-to-act-on-a-lockdown/) - By Hana Levi Julian, JewishPress.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis in a brief address to the nation Sunday night that once again there will have to be a total lockdown, because the number of red zones has skyrocketed from 30 to 70. “We simply have to act,” he said bluntly. Netanyahu said in answering
- [Donate or Volunteer for 2021 Shiloh Dig](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/shilohdig/) - Dear Friend and Partner of The Jerusalem Connection, The Jerusalem Connection has spent the last two decades putting a tremendous focus on Aliyah, pro-life efforts in Israel, and assisting Israel’s poor. We affectionately call them Operation Aliyah, Operation Life, and the Elisha Fund. These three ministries remain our top priorities as we plan how Jerusalem
- [Archaeology Proves Israel is the Jewish Homeland](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/archaeology-proves-israel-is-the-jewish-homeland/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- No one questions the historic legitimacy of Egypt’s Sphinx, Italy’s Pantheon, or Greece’s Acropolis—nor the indisputable claims to their ancient heritage. Yet many individuals and organizations attempt to submerge Israel’s history and liquidate its claims to their ancient Jewish homeland. Yet, ancient discoveries once again serve as proof for
- [The 'Merchants of the Palestinian Issue'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-merchants-of-the-palestinian-issue/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- Palestinian leaders are continuing to show contempt for other Arabs, including those who for many years provided them with financial and political aid. Some Palestinian leaders are even indirectly inciting their people to carry out terrorist attacks against Gulf countries that engage in normalization with Israel. On September 3,
- [Red Alert: Who’s Still Pointing at the Jews?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whos-still-pointing-at-the-jews/) - So many its hard to count this week. Here are just a few: New York City’s Mayor De Blasio is still targeting Jewish communities and criminalizing their gatherings not just for worship but for weddings and funerals—all the while store fronts and streets are inundated with crime, vandalism, and human contamination during so-called peaceful protests
- [Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/martin-luther-king-jr-malcolm-x-and-the-jews/) - By M.H. Boli-- In the 1960s there were two very different black social justice movements. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of civil rights. A movement centered around peaceful demonstrations, speeches, and small gestures of civil disobedience, with the goal that, “one day... little black boys and black girls will be able to join
- [The Stones Cry Out](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-stones-cry-out/) - By Chris Knight, Standing With Zion--- One of my favorite sites to visit while in Israel is the ruins of King David, just southwest of the old city. Many times, I have gazed upon the stones of the ancient City of David at the bottom southern slope of Mount Moriah. Imagine king David walking along
- [PM: Kosovo to establish ties with Israel, open Jerusalem embassy along with Serbia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pm-kosovo-to-establish-ties-with-israel-open-jerusalem-embassy-along-with-serbia/) - By Ynet-- Israel and Kosovo have agreed to establish diplomatic ties and Kosovo, along with Serbia, will open embassies in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday. Kosovo, a predominantly Muslim country, has never before recognized Israel nor has Israel recognized Kosovo. Netanyahu's statement came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump made a similar
- [Malawi to move embassy to Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/malawi-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/) - By JNS--- Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera said on Saturday that his country intends to establish an embassy in Jerusalem. The country in southeastern Africa will be the first African nation to establish an embassy in Jerusalem. Chakwera, who promised reforms after taking office in June, said in his announcement on Saturday that “the reforms will
- [PM slams opposition leaders for 'encouraging anarchy'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/pm-slams-opposition-leaders-for-encouraging-anarchy/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted Opposition leaders, accusing them of "leading to anarchy" due to numerous calls to ignore government directives in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The comments came in response to comments by Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman, who called on the public to rebel against the government's
- [Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel: The Power of Faith Based Diplomacy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/titus-trump-and-the-triumph-of-israel-the-power-of-faith-based-diplomacy/) - Josh Reinstein is the Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus and President of the Israel Allies Foundation, a nongovernmental, not for profit organization formed in January 2004 by Yuri Stern to encourage faith-based support for Israel among elected members of legislatures and parliaments worldwide, with an emphasis on faith-based, Christian support of Israel. Josh
- [Davidic dynasty symbol found in Jerusalem: Once in a lifetime discovery](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/davidic-dynasty-symbol-found-in-jerusalem-once-in-a-lifetime-discovery/) - By Tzvi Joffre, JPost--- Archaeologists from the City of David did not expect to find anything this special when they began digging near what is now the Armon Hanatziv promenade. A “once in a lifetime” find is how the City of David described three immaculately preserved 2,700-year-old decorated column heads or capitals from the First
- [A Great Step Forward for World Peace - and Who Seems Determined to Ignore It](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/a-great-step-forward-for-world-peace-and-who-seems-determined-to-ignore-it/) - By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute--- This week, we witnessed a symbol of perhaps the greatest step forward in world peace for decades. The first-ever direct passenger flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates flew down the length of Saudi Arabia's airspace. After Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, the UAE has become the
- [Trees for Alex](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/trees-for-alex/) - By Shelley Neese This has been a very traumatic year for the world and the nation. We have felt it on a very personal level here at The Jerusalem Connection. In January, our long-time videographer and close colleague Bill Lee passed from this world after a terrible car accident. In March, our fearless leader Jim
- [Red Alert: What’s the Significance of an Airline Flight?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-whats-the-significance-of-an-airline-flight/) - Two days ago, on Monday, August 31, a historic event took place: An Israeli commercial airliner took off from Tel Aviv Israel, flew over Saudi Arabian airspace, and landed in the UAE. This flight is the first tangible outcome of the Israeli-UAE peace agreement. It was met with fanfare for some, disdain from others, and
- [Resisting God's Will](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/resisting-gods-will/) - By House of David Ministries--- It is written, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height
- [UAE: We Are Not Traitors; Palestinian Leaders Are Corrupt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/uae-we-are-not-traitors-palestinian-leaders-are-corrupt/) - By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute--- As Palestinian leaders continue to condemn the United Arab Emirates for its agreement to normalize relations with Israel, Emiratis have responded by dismissing charges that the UAE betrayed the Arabs and Muslims, as well as Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem and the Palestinian issue. The main message the Emiratis and other
- [The Start of a New Era](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-start-of-a-new-era/) - By Israel National News--- Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered an address to the nation Monday evening following the arrival of the official Israeli delegation in the United Arab Emirates. Netanyahu called the arrival of the first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi "the beginning of a new era." "I saw our flags raised
- [The Return: A Prayer Rally in Washington D.C. on September 26th](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-return-a-prayer-rally-in-washington-d-c-on-september-26th/) - On Saturday, September 26th we will gather in Washington, D.C. to worship and pray for our nation. Please join us! Check out the website below. THE RETURN https://thereturn.org/live-event/ Also, we are inviting 120,000 believers around the globe to be part of a time of seeking God from September 19-28 by doing four (4) things: 10 DAYS CONSECRATION CHALLENGE September 19-28 2020 1 - 10
- [Enews: Gentle Whispher](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/enews-gentle-whispher/)
- [New RJC digital ad features Jewish Democrats supporting Trump](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/new-rjc-digital-ad-features-jewish-democrats-supporting-trump/) - By Jacob Kornbluh, Jewish Insider--- The Republican Jewish Coalition is launching a new digital ad targeting Jewish voters in key swing states ahead of President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. The ad, titled “Wake Up Call,” features four lifelong Jewish Democrats who are supporting Trump’s reelection, according to
- [UAE Cancels Trilateral Meeting with US, Israel ‘Till Further Notice’](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/uae-cancels-trilateral-meeting-with-us-israel-till-further-notice/) - By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press-- The United Arab Emirates has canceled an official trilateral meeting scheduled between Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan, US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, and UAE Ambassador to the UN Lana Zaki Nusseibeh. The cancellation is allegedly due to the Emiratis’ concern over Israel’s objection to the US sale
- [Lebanon Must End its Poisonous Political Relationship with Hezbollah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/lebanon-must-end-its-poisonous-political-relationship-with-hezbollah/) - By Con Coughlin, Gatestone Institute--- The conviction of a senior Hezbollah terrorist for assassinating Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has provided the hard-pressed Lebanese people with incontrovertible proof of the malign influence Iran exerts over their political system. Following an investigation that has lasted for more than a decade and cost a staggering $1 billion,
- [Red Alert: BDSers Beware! What the UAE-Israeli Peace Deal Reveals.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-bdsers-beware-what-the-uae-israeli-peace-deal-reveals/) - By Amy Zewe--- The recent, historic, and largely overlooked news story of Aug 2020 is the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Of course, when the announcement came out, Jews, Zionists, Christians, and many others including many Arabs, blew up social media with positive reaction—mostly because mainstream American news organizations did not
- [Elections avoided day before deadline, Netanyahu accepts compromises](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/elections-avoided-day-before-deadline-netanyahu-accepts-compromises/) - By Gill Hoffman, Jpost-- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced he will not seek a November election that would have been initiated automatically on Monday night if the budget deadline extension bill had not passed in the Knesset Finance Committee. The budget deadline extension bill passed its final readings in the Knesset Finance Committee
- [Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Push for Deepening Ties Between Israel and Sudan During Mideast Trip](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-to-push-for-deepening-ties-between-israel-and-sudan-during-mideast-trip/) - By Algemeiner Staff-- The Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, is traveling to the Middle East and Africa starting Sunday, and will meet with Sudanese leaders in order to push for closer relations between Sudan and Israel. The State Department issued a statement saying that Pompeo will travel to Israel, Sudan, Bahrain,
- ['This is the time for unity - not new elections'](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/this-is-the-time-for-unity-not-new-elections/) - By David Rosenberg, Arutz 7--- Israel is pursuing peace deals with additional Arab states, following the agreement with the United Arab Emirates earlier this month, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday. In a press conference Sunday evening, Netanyahu said Israel is working to reach deals normalizing the country’s relationship with additional Arab states, and predicted
- [Renewal and Revival, Ten Days, September 19 to 28th](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/renewal-and-revival-ten-days-september-19-to-28th/) - By 10 DAYS OF PRAYER--- Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” Vision: Uniting the Body of Christ in a set-apart season to “Stop Cities” forming a “global
- [Is the Palestinian Veto Alive or Dead?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/is-the-palestinian-veto-alive-or-dead/) - By Caroline Glick, JPost--- Since Israel was established, the Palestinian veto doomed all efforts to forge peace between the Arab world and the Jewish state. The Palestinian veto rests on a toxic proposition that Israel’s right to exist is contingent on its satisfaction of Palestinian claims against it. So long as the Palestinians say they
- [Rashida Tlaib Slams UAE-Israel Peace, Opposes Normalization](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/rashida-tlaib-slams-uae-israel-peace-opposes-normalization/) - By Atara Beck, United with Israel--- US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) slammed the historic peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel announced Thursday at the White House. “Huge breakthrough today,” US President Donald Trump tweeted. “Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!” Israel and several Gulf
- [Can the Temple Mount be a trading card to entice the Saudis?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/can-the-temple-mount-be-a-trading-card-to-entice-the-saudis/) - By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost--- US President Donald Trump didn’t even pause when asked by a reporter in Washington if Saudi Arabia would follow the United Arab Emirates, which last week signed a peace deal with Israel to normalize ties. “I do,” he said on Wednesday. Trump was so eager to answer that question from the
- [The Quest of Elul](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/the-quest-of-elul/) - By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel--- Before the New Year, For the New Year The significance of various periods in our Jewish calendar makes our life thoughtful, reflective and meaningful. With regard to the inner denotation of Elul, it is an unparalleled time in Jewish calendar. On Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Pesach, Hanukkah, Purim, Shavuot, our
- [Brokered by the U.S. the Abraham Accord Goes Modern](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/brokered-by-the-u-s-the-abraham-accord-goes-modern/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN--- Ancient history is once again surfacing in modern times. Several generations have passed since the first of a series of world-changing events occurred—when Israel was reestablished as a modern state in 1948. Later, the Israeli-Arab peace treaties of 1979 and 1994—followed by the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem in 2018—also
- [From Israel and the Emirates, a lesson in Middle East diplomacy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/from-israel-and-the-emirates-a-lesson-in-middle-east-diplomacy/) - By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe--- RIGHT AFTER news broke of the peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel came reports that a similar deal with two other Gulf states, Oman and Bahrain, might be in the works. Israel's intelligence minister told an interviewer he expects diplomatic ties to be established with Sudan
- [DeSean Jackson and Edward Mosberg](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/desean-jackson-and-edward-mosberg/) - By M.H. Bolí Over the July Fourth holiday, which came in the middle of the current outcry from the African American community, Philadelphia Eagle’s star wide receiver, DeSean Jackson, posted an anti-Semitic quote falsely attributed to Hitler. In it, he claimed that Jews are “blackmailing America” to keep secret that “the Negroes are the real
- [Red Alert: What Just Happened in Canada?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/red-alert-what-just-happened-in-canada/) - By Amy Zewe--- I have reported in the past that Canada, who has a long history and reputation of being friendly, free loving, accepting, and welcoming as shown some colors that are not consistent with this assumption. And, I have many Canadians friends who are the epitome of what I just described. I am praying
- [US exploring ways to make Trump peace plan binding](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/us-exploring-ways-to-make-trump-peace-plan-binding/) - By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom--- The US administration is examining the possibility of issuing a document that would commit future governments to President Donald Trump's peace plan, Israel Hayom has learned. The idea has been presented to senior White House officials and is under discussion. At this stage, it is still unclear how understandings between
- [McCollum introduces bill prohibiting US recognition of Israeli annexation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/mccollum-introduces-bill-prohibiting-us-recognition-of-israeli-annexation/) - By JNS---- Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) introduced a bill on Friday that would prohibit the United States from recognizing Israel’s application of sovereignty over Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The Israeli Annexation Non-Recognition Act would also prohibit U.S. assistance to areas where Israel has applied sovereignty. It is co-sponsored by Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.),
- [Israel Offers Aid to Lebanon Amid Catastrophe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/israel-offers-aid-to-lebanon-amid-catastrophe/) - By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel--- Once considered the “Paris of the Middle East,” Beirut has been in decline for decades. When 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate were recklessly stored (and then neglected) for years in a port warehouse, it was a recipe for disaster. And on August 4, a massive explosion blasted a 141-foot-deep
- [Huge Kingdom of Judah Complex Discovered Near U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/huge-kingdom-of-judah-complex-discovered-near-u-s-embassy-in-jerusalem/) - By Steven Law, Patterns of Evidence--- Near the new US embassy in Jerusalem, another impressive administrative building has recently been uncovered. This one is 2,700 years older, dating to the time of the last kings of Judah. Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made the discovery in the Arnona neighborhood, less than two miles
- [Palestinians part of intl. system despite rejecting every peace plan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/palestinians-part-of-intl-system-despite-rejecting-every-peace-plan/) - By Jonathan Schachter and Jonathan Schanzer, Jerusalem Post-- Last week's announcement about the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE appears to have put annexation plans on ice. But the debate was revealing. The hand-wringing in America about annexation struck a stark contrast to Israelis and Palestinians, who have been more concerned about the
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- [The Auschwitz Album Revisited Booklet](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/the-auschwitz-album-revisited-booklet/) - This booklet brings together all the Auschwitz Album Revisited paintings in one place alongside each of the black and white photographs that inspired them. The Nazi photographer who took the pictures may have had motives to dehumanize his subjects, but quite the opposite is achieved in this work. Thanks to the cooperation of Christian Friends
- [Irene Fogel's family waiting in the grove](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/irene-fogels-family-waiting-in-the-grove/) - The undressing rooms of Crematorium IV and V were not sufficient for the masses of Hungarian Jews who arrived in the Spring of 1944. Therefore, the Jews had to wait until the undressing rooms were ready to absorb them. The common waiting place was the grove behind Crematorium IV. The Jews were asked to sit among the trees, "to have a rest," and wait for further instructions. Here waiting in the grove for their last moments before being lined up for the gas chambers is Laja Vogel and her sons, Reuven and Gershon. Her daughter, Iren Fogel Weiss, was only 13 at the time but because she looked older, she was sent to the "fit for work" line, stripped, shaved, and worked as a slave laborer. She survived WWII when Auschwitz Berkenau was liberated.
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- [We were soldiers once, and young](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/we-were-soldiers-once-and-young/) - These two handsome young teenagers were the siblings of Lili Jacobs, a woman who survived Auschwitz. After the liberation of the camp, Lili was trying to find a warm coat when she found the Auschwitz Album, a small book of photographs taken by Nazi Guards, probably for record keeping. It is the only record found so far that details the entire perverted processing of Jews--from the time they arrived by cattle car at Auschwitz right up to when they were slaughtered. Lili found a picture of her two brothers in the small album. They had been killed shortly after arriving because they were too young and were not considered "fit for work." I was especially moved by the photo of these fine, smart, disciplined young boys, remembering the joy and pride we had when our own son went to the United States Military Academy at West Point. There he had a very fine-looking uniform. Sril (Israel) and Zeleg were the cream of the crop, but were cut down without having a chance to live--all the preparing to serve their country and their people. It is hard to fathom the depths of the horrors of this vicious, shameless and cowardly crime. These soldiers were "killed in action" and should be recognized and rewarded posthumously in Hungary and in Israel with earned medals and full military honors.
- [Waiting for Zyklon B](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/waiting-for-zyklon-b/) - Jews selected as “fit to work” were taken from families, given meager-bread rations and weak soup, then forced into back breaking work until they died. They sorted clothes and belongings of family and friends hauled from Hungary. One evil aspect of Auschwitz - Jews had to put their own people into crematoria, collect them, haul them to ovens, or watch while soldiers shot naked women and children, pushed them into the pits and set them on fire. This beautiful little orthodox Jewish boy was one of those gassed by Zyklon B - the crematoria is behind him. Out of 8,000 Nazi SS members who served at Auschwitz, only 800 went on trial – 90% were never held accountable.
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- [He Ain’t Heavy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/he-aint-heavy/) - This obviously much older woman is carrying her grandson, a handsome young child with a beautiful camel hair coat, emblazened with a yellow star so all would know he is Jewish. Any young mother knows how hard it is to bear the weight of a big strong toddler. However, here the older woman appears to be holding him up without any strain. No doubt, she is helping his mother, perhaps her own daughter, or maybe even a granddaughter. Or the child’s mother may have been selected “fit to work,” while Granny and the toddler were sent to the “not fit for work” line and death If asked to help carry him, she would reply, “It’s okay. He ain’t heavy. He’s my grandson.”
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- [Even the Trees Weep](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/even-the-trees-weep/) - Genesis teaches God created all that exists - the heavens, earth and all that has life. Mankind was special, different from the rest of creation, because mankind (men and women) were created in GOD’S IMAGE. “Has not ONE God created us?” (Mal. 2:10) It is not only against God and God’s Image, but against nature to plot to kill a whole body of people. That is what Hitler did. This is what some call for in our time against the Jewish people. Today many are more concerned about a species of animals, birds or fish than they are about Israel and Jews, God’s Covenant people. This is in fact, “contrary to nature.” In this painting, even the trees know that and weep.
- [Rabbi Leib Weiss from Tacovo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/rabbi-leib-weiss-from-tacovo/) - For a period of time, Jews in Hungary were better off than in some countries, but German high leadership invaded Hungary on March 19, 1944 and the annihilation of Hungarian Jewry came about almost immediately. Hitler's own words were that "the Jewish parasites should be treated like harmful bacteria and annihilated." Jews were ordered to wear a yellow star. Later personal property was confiscated, but they were promised anti-Jewish directives would be in effect as long as the war lasted and Hungarian Jews evidently believed they would be spared the fate of neighboring countries. It was not to be so. Isolation into ghettos was started and then finally transports from Hungary to Auschwitz began in May of 1944. Rabbis, like Rabbi Leib Weiss from Tacovo, Hungary, were humiliated by cutting their beards and payot (side locks). Here Rabbi Weiss has withstood the long, suffocating ride on cattle trains and was immediately chosen for the line headed for the gas chamber. The star on his jacket spoke to me of an angel accompanying him, pointing the way forward.
- [Humiliation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/humiliation/) - Concentration camps for women were especially diabolical. Women and girls endured unbelievable processes of humiliation, including exposure, crude body cavity searches, painful shaves of all body hair, daily mocking or beating, forced prostitution, multiple rapes, rapes with instruments and group molestation. No doubt the three women had experienced one or more before being herded out in the line called "fit to work." Degrading defenseless women not only became easy for tough men without a conscience--many of the Nazis found great pleasure in it. What human beings are capable of doing and justifying is a stern warning to all of us to keep our hearts sensitive to God. It is also an indictment of the shameful reality of a worldwide tolerance of humiliation and prostitution of women and girls in our own time.
- [From Cattle car to Crematorium](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/from-cattle-car-to-crematorium/) - According to figures supplied in 1943 by the Central Construction office, four crematoria could incinerate 4,416 bodies within 24 hours; 1,440 bodies in crematoria II and II each and 768 bodies in crematoria IV and V each, while plans were made to build more crematoria! "Only Jews from transports from various European countries were subject to immediate extermination in the gas chambers." After being unloaded on one of the ramps, being seperated by male and female, being pronounced, "not fit for work," almost all Jews were immediately taken to be gassed and burned. There 438,000 Hungarian Jews (these two mothers and children were part of that ethnic cleansing) were slaughtered. Prisoners of war, anyone who disagreed with Hitler's schemes, millions of Polish Christians, and prisoners of many nationalities died in Auschwitz, but Jews were almost always the first in line. Think on that while seeing these beautiful, innocent children.
- [Narcissus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/narcissus/) - The beautiful Spring flower got its name from the Greek word, narke, meaning numbness or stupor and a Greek myth. The myth is about Echo, a woodland nymph who could not verbalize her love for Narcissus. Still she waited endlessly for him to love her. Narcissus, however, was enamored with himself in the water's reflection and Echo became just that--an echo in the distant mountains. Narcissus was banished to become a short-lived Spring flower, beautiful but with a poisonous bulb. Why this flower when considering this beautiful family reduced to ashes at Auschwitz? All the way from their homes to the gas chambers, they were lied to. They were told to pack their family pictures and any items that they wanted to keep. They were told they were going to "resettle" for work. They were told when the children were taken that they would see them again. Lies after lies! What they were given, like the deadly Narcissus, turned out to be full of poison at the very root.
- [End of the line](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/end-of-the-line/) - Oil Painting by Pat Mercer Hutchens from the series Auschwitz Album Revisited. The Jerusalem Connection is offering archival prints (giclées) of these original paintings for a suggested donation of $75. One hundred percent of your donation goes to help support the work of The Jerusalem Connection. Measure of all artwork in this series is 10″x
- [If only we'd gone to Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/if-only-wed-gone-to-israel/) - Imagine how people grieved bitter tears of regret right up to the moment of death. If only they had immigrated to Zion. If only we'd gone to another country when we could have. If only we'd seen the signs of the times. If only we'd listened. With countless warnings from history, it is hard to grasp how anyone remained hopeful in hostile places. Yet even today Jews in many countries, European and otherwise, are surrounded by growing attitudes similar to the 1930s. Even in our beloved America, we see open anti-Semitism and some "liberal" American Jews think "it can't happen here." It can happen anywhere. Jews are often the first target of blame for stock market problems, unemployment, and crime. Some main line churches, yes, and even synagogues, join in calls for boycott and divestment of Israel.
- [Fit To Work](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/fit-to-work/) - Once these women arrived, to Aushwitz everything they had brought with them was taken away and thrown into huge piles. Men were separated from the women and children. Women were then divided into ‘fit to work’ and ‘unfit to work’ lines. Their hair was crudely chopped off. They were sent in groups to shower rooms. They were deloused by having lime poured over their whole body. They were given sack dresses and scarves. These three women were standing among a large group waiting for the next orders. The first one is obviously pregnant and traumatized. The second appears to be praying. The third clutches the top of her blouse as if to recover some degree of dignity while she stares around in unbelief. Measure of artwork is 9” x 9”. Copyright 2010 by Pat Mercer Hutchens.
- [Sophie's Choice](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/sophies-choice/) - A mother stands in the "not fit for work" line with her little girl and young boy. The pale, frightened girl munches on a piece of bread. The young bow cowers and looks down. If someone, even a child, looked in the eyes of a Nazi or asked him a question, he was often shot. This boy appears to already know to look down and be careful not to draw attention. Of course, both children will be among the first to be killed, but Mom does not know that yet. On the spur of the moment, some evil guard may approach and pretend to give her a choice between the children - first of all for sport, but secondly, in order to draw her into his evil. As in the movie, Sophie's Choice, there was no way out.
- [Is my dolly jewish?](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/is-my-dolly-jewish/) - A quarter of a million Jews were crammed in a ghetto in Lodz, Poland at the start of the Nazi’s war. By the time the war was over only 800 survived, including 12 children. The story of one of those children– Sylvia Perlmutter Rozines– is presented in a new book by Jennifer Roy entitled Yellow Star. Reading it, I was moved by something Sylvia said as a little child during the roundup by the Nazis. She asked, “Mommy, is my dolly Jewish?” That is the title of this painting of women and children standing in front of one of the smoking crematoria in Auschwitz. Among them I placed little Sylvia and her dolly, both with yellow stars.
- [Son of Aaron](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/son-of-aaron/) - This young boy, quietly standing alone holding onto his mother’s coattail and almost hidden among several well dressed women, is no ordinary child. Impeccably dressed in what looks like a tailor-made coat, he has a clean shaven haircut and sidelocks (payot). As soon as I saw him, I felt sure this child was either a gaon (genius), a child prodigy, or born in the Aaronic line of the Priesthood. I chose the latter and named him Ben-Aharon (Son of Aaron). He will be among the first to be gassed and burned.
- [Hamotzei Lechem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/hamotzei-lechem/) - Imagine whole families being dragged at gunpoint from their homes, marked with yellow stars, herded into a train, and only to arrive at the killing fields of Auschwitz. In large canvas-like bags hanging heavy from their shoulders, were probably some pictures and a few treasures, but more likely what a mother would never forget – food for the children. Here a mother and her beautiful little girl are eating a piece of bread, while the young boy fearfully peers out from behind. Even in this moment of fear, the mother no doubt said the HaMotzei Lechem (prayer for blessing bread) before they took a bite.
- [Slaughter of the innocents](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/mother-and-babies/) - A young mother, frightfully looking to her right side, sits with her precious baby girl in her lap. Innocently, her little boy, sits by her side. They have already been ‘selected’ by the Nazi SS for the ‘not fit for work’ line; thus, they are headed straight for death. They will be shot or gassed, then burned in either the ovens or the mass burial fire pits. Because of the insane time in which we live, when people actually have the gall to deny the horrors of the Holocaust, the artist feels absolutely compelled to present evidence to the contrary. These innocents sitting among the crowds of the Nazi-condemned, these real life women and children stir our hearts and conscience.
- [My God is able to deliver me from the fiery furnace, but even if He does now...](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/my-god-is-able-to-deliver-me-from-the-fiery-furnace-but-even-if-he-does-now/) - When Lili Jacobs accidently discovered the Auschwitz Album at the close of WWII, the very first person she saw when she looked inside was Rabbi Naftali Zvi Weiss, the chief rabbi of Bilke, her Rabbi from her home town. He is the man on the left in this painting. The man on the right is not yet identified but obviously is a fellow orthodox Jew. These spiritual leaders of Zion would quickly have their beards and payot chopped off by the Nazis and their hats removed – just for sport – to bring more humiliation and shame a few minutes before they were murdered. I was struck by the Yellow Star on the Rabbi’s jacket; it actually appears to be cringing. (Click here to view original photo)
- [Little Pink Rose of Hungary](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/little-pink-rose-of-hungary/) - I was so struck, smitten by this beautiful baby girl. She represents the myriad of babies and small children murdered immediately upon arriving at Auschwitz. Here she hangs her arm peacefully over her mother’s back while being held close, safe and warm at her mother’s breast. This child hasn’t a care in the world and has no idea of what is soon to happen. While another young child and the mothers huddle and gaze at distant dangers, she feels completely safe with her Emma (Mommy). How many times I used to pull the sleeves down over the arms of my babies because I had no gloves to keep their little hands warm. The longer I painted on this artwork, the more I wanted to reach out and raise her as my own. I so longed to be able to save this Little Pink Rose of Hungary, but must settle for making her precious little face known, remembered and never forgotten.
- [Brought As Lambs to the Slaughter](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/brought-as-lambs-to-the-slaughter/) - In the Spring and Summer of 1944 alone, 450,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered in Auschwitz. Of that group, 75% were women and children and upon arriving were sent to their death immediately. From the time they got off the cattle cars until they were stuffed into the gas chambers was usually no more than one to two hours. This mother appeared to me to be saying, “These, my beautiful children, are being brought as lambs to the slaughter!” (Isa.53) Scripture point to a future judgment for these evils: “Woe to whoever causes one of these little ones to stumble – it would be better if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.”(Matt.18.6)
- [Four of 12,000 Gassed Today](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/four-of-12000-gassed-today/) - It is impossible to estimate the numbers killed in WWII by the Nazis. Commandant Rudolph Hoess at his trial said 2 ½ Million Jews were killed at Auschwitz and half a million died “naturally.” This number has been estimated differently, but the number of Jews who died in the entire war has been estimated at 6,000,000 and the number of Poles, mostly Catholic Christians 3,000,000. The estimate for the entire war is over 56,000,000. Gypies, dissidents, religious and civil leaders who did not support Hitler were also killed. The crimes against Jews were unique – they were the only people in WWII marked for complete genocide, for “ethnic cleansing.” The Nazi goal was to erase their name from history. (Click here to see view original photo)
- [Stay Close to your Elder Brother](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/stay-close-to-your-elder-brother/) - These children are in a long line of special needs children. They did not realize they were being sent immediately from the train to the gas chambers. The small boys on the left and right are lead along by the older brother. Small children are not easily herded alone, so Nazi guards selected older, even healthy ones, to go with them. As she had no doubt done many times before, I am sure their mother counted on her big, strong, healthy son. After all, he was their Elder Brother. He could take care of them. She had no idea at that time that all three of them would walk straight into the gas chamber and die together. (Click here to view original photo)
- [Elder of Zion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/elder-of-zion/) - Appelplatz is a German word meaning place (platz) of roll call (appel). Incoming prisoners were made to stand for hours morning and night, regardless of the weather, while thousands on the roll were counted. It was a time of humiliation and beating. Many died in the rigors of the roll call. On the appelplatz, surrounded by electric barbed wire, Jews gathered for Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). Thousands repeated “Baruch Ata Adonai, Melech HaOlam…” Elie Wiesel wrote, “I listened as the officiating inmate’s voice rose; it was powerful yet broken, amid the weeping, the sobbing, the sighing of the entire ‘congregation.’” The distinguished, faithful Elder of Zion never made it to such a service; he was among those who endured the long train ride in cattle cars, but immediately was herded off after being selected for the category "not fit for work." It is hard to believe, but this handsome gentleman was photographed to document what the Nazis call the "negative characteristics of the Jews." Within approximately an hour , he would be disrobed, either gassed or shot and then burned. He still has his prayer book and tallit (prayer shawl) in his hand. Because I could not see the hand on the photograph very well, my husband, Jim Hutchens, posed with his hand--a very moving experience for us both.
- [Like Sheep Before their Shearers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/like-sheep-before-their-shearers/) - Here was the Nazi process: round up Jews all over Europe, herd them into ghettos, round them up again and stuff them into cattle cars, take them on the long trip to Auschwitz (many died on the train), divide them by male and female, “select” those who would die, or live and be worked to death. Those selected to die were sent immediately to the gas chambers and burned in the ovens or fire pits. Those selected to live were sent to a shower, undressed, (gold teeth pulled), hair was chopped off crudely, delousing powder was poured over them; they picked out an old dress and boots and got in line to work. These three young shorn and shocked women stood in a line of hundreds. (Click here to view the original photo)
- [Woman in black](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/woman-in-black/) - Many of these precious victims no doubt tried to be positive and keep on believing something good or someone would eventually come and save them. Most could not even grasp the degree of The Evil confronting them and thereby continued to go forward. However, at some point on the long path to slaughter, all but the innocent babies and toddlers would have seen what was coming. There were those, however, who “knew” from the beginning, either by intuition or from rumors back in the ghetto of mass murders of Jews by the Nazis. Or just from being one who “knows.” Whenever the time came for her, this woman now knows. She has no naïve thoughts left. She makes no effort at hope. She has pulled her black shawl over her head and now grasps it with a strong hand. She walks straight toward the storm. Perhaps she is already at the door of the fake “showers” and hears the screams of those being gassed. Perhaps she knows the smell of the burning flesh coming from the crematoria. Perhaps she passed the Fire Pits of ’44 and saw babies being tossed in alive, clothes and all. Whatever the reasons, the woman in black now knows. The small Album photo did not give a clear picture of her hand, so I painted my strong Irish hand as her own, symbolically giving a sister in death the hand which I could not give her in life – thereby bonding our destinies.
- [Mother and children ready for Shabbat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/two-moms-with-two-round-challahs/) - So many of the moms appear to have some hope that what has carried them though in normal life will surely be sufficient here. The mother in the front appears to be moving out with her children, and two beautiful round loves of Challah bread for Shabbat. She could not even imagine what they were to face. It is totally out of her experience in life to face the kind of evil that she is literally walking into with her children in hand. For sure the children will be killed by night fall. She may be spared to work, but could end up in Block #24 (a brothel). The slow step by step introduction to the very pit of hell cannot be understood by someone who has not seen it. We can only weep and pray. (Click here to view orginial photo)
- [Lama Li, Emma? (Why me, Mommy?)](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/lama-li-emma-why-me-mommy/) - The full statistics of how many little ones perished in the Holocaust is impossible to calculate, but it has been estimated that 1.5 million were murdered. That would include those who died from starvation, exposure, lack of adequate clothing and shelter, those who perished in the ghettos or suffocated on cattle cars en route to various concentration camps, those shot for looking at a guard or asking a question and all those sent to be gassed and burned immediately after arriving at a death camp. At Auschwitz, the children were either separated or sent with their mother or siblings to waiting fields called “not fit for work.” Thinking they were going for a shower, they were then made to undress and crammed like sardines into gas chambers. When the doors were locked, Zyklon B was dropped in from above. Witnesses tell of hearing screams for up to 20 minutes before they finally died. As Hitler’s plan sped up, many children were thrown, clothes and all, into fire pits. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of a “Voice heard in Ramah, Lamentations and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted because they were no more (Jeremiah 31).” Although nothing could ever replace a single slaughtered precious child, in that same passage in the Hebrew Scriptures, the LORD promised Israel a future, a hope and a return to their Homeland, Eretz Israel. “Your children will come again to their own borders.”
- [Because they called you an outcast](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/because-they-called-you-an-outcast/) - There will be accountability for the countless young lives of these precious children who were cut off before their time. In the Sovereign LORD is hope, justice, and redemption. Notice the young boy is carrying a flashlight in his right hand and the older boy at the left in uniform stands with his little brother (also in uniform) and holding his little sister with the red shoes. The look and stance of the little toddler at the right is haunting. The Scripture that keeps coming to me regarding these children who were literally taken from the cattle cars at Auschwitz and murdered within minutes is this: “All they who devour you shall be devoured; all your adversaries, everyone one of them shall go into captivity; they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon you will I give for a prey. For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh, because they called you an Outcast, saying, ‘This is Zion, whom no man seeks after or cares about’….I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents and have mercy….and out of them shall proceed thanksgiving….and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few…their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me…and you shall be my people and I will be your God.” (Jeremiah 30:17f)
- [Good night, you prince of Judah, you king of Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product/good-night-you-prince-of-judah-you-king-of-israel/) - Many times I heard my mother say,”Always remember when you speak to a child – you never know who you are talking to.” She would go on to say something like “You may be speaking to a child who will find the cure for cancer, or a child who will grow up and save your life – or your child’s life. You may be looking at a great pastor or teacher or leader of people.” When I saw this child I immediately thought of her words. I also remembered the old doctor in Cider House Rules who, just before bedtime and lights out, lovingly called out to the young orphans, “Good night you princes of Maine, you Kings of New England.” This little one represents the countless babies and children whose lives and destiny were snuffed out before their time. Below is an adaptation of part of the prayer that a Cantor chants in memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust: God, full of mercy, Who dwells on high, grant proper rest under the wings of the Divine Presence in the lofty levels of the holy and pure ones, who shine like the glory of the firmament – for the soul of our little brother, this innocent child of the Jewish people, who fell at the hands of murderers, whose blood was spilled in Auschwitz, who, with his mother, brother and sister, was slain, slaughtered and burned. May they repose in their resting place With God as their inheritance. (Click here to view original photo)
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- [baby](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/baby/)
- [balfour](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/balfour/)
- [Balfour Declaration](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/balfour-declaration/)
- [bananas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bananas/)
- [bar mitzva](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bar-mitzva/)
- [Barry Rubin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/barry-rubin/)
- [BDS](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bds-2/)
- [bedoin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bedoin/)
- [Beinar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/beinar/)
- [Ben Gurion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ben-gurion/)
- [Ben-Simon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ben-simon/)
- [Benghazi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/benghazi/)
- [bennet](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bennet/)
- [Benny Elon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/benny-elon/)
- [Berger](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/berger/)
- [berkley](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/berkley/)
- [Bethlehem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bethlehem/)
- [Bible](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bible/)
- [biblical](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/biblical/)
- [biden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/biden/)
- [Blessings](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blessings/)
- [blockade](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blockade/)
- [blood and treasure](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blood-and-treasure/)
- [blood moons](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blood-moons/)
- [Bomb](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bomb/)
- [Book](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/book/)
- [booker](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/booker/)
- [borders](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/borders/)
- [boston](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/boston/)
- [boycott](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/boycott/)
- [Brandeis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brandeis/)
- [Brazil](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brazil/)
- [breakfast](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/breakfast/)
- [brennan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brennan/)
- [Bret Stephens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bret-stephens/)
- [britain](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/britain/)
- [brochure](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brochure/)
- [building freeze](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/building-freeze/)
- [bulgaria](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bulgaria/)
- [bunker busters](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bunker-busters/)
- [bush](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bush/)
- [CAIR](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cair/)
- [cake](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cake/)
- [Cal Thomas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cal-thomas/)
- [campus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/campus/)
- [Canada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/canada/)
- [Capital](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/capital/)
- [caroline glick](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/caroline-glick/)
- [Cartoon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cartoon/)
- [Catholic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/catholic/)
- [Cave of the Patriarchs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cave-of-the-patriarchs/)
- [ceasefire](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ceasefire/)
- [chicken](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chicken/)
- [chickpea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chickpea/)
- [chief rabbi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chief-rabbi/)
- [china](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/china/)
- [Chris Matthews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chris-matthews/)
- [CHRIST AT THE CHECKPOINT](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christ-at-the-checkpoint/)
- [Christian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian/)
- [Christian Arab](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-arab/)
- [christian left](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-left-2/)
- [christian palestinian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-palestinian/)
- [christian persecution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-persecution-2/)
- [christian rights](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-rights/)
- [Christian zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-zionism/)
- [Christian Zionists](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-zionists/)
- [Christianity](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christianity/)
- [Christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christians/)
- [Christians in Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christians-in-israel/)
- [christmas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christmas/)
- [circumcision](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/circumcision/)
- [clinton](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/clinton/)
- [college](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/college/)
- [college campus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/college-campus/)
- [colleges](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/colleges/)
- [colors](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/colors/)
- [commando](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/commando/)
- [Congress Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/congress-israel/)
- [construction](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/construction/)
- [Convert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/convert/)
- [Copper Scroll barfield](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/copper-scroll-barfield/)
- [Copper Scroll on Facebook](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/copper-scroll-on-facebook/)
- [Copper Scroll Project](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/copper-scroll-project/)
- [coptic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/coptic/)
- [coptic christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/coptic-christians/)
- [corn](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/corn/)
- [council of nicea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/council-of-nicea/)
- [Cox](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cox/)
- [crossing the line](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/crossing-the-line/)
- [cucumber](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cucumber/)
- [Curses](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/curses/)
- [D.C. Events](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dc-events/)
- [Daniel Hershkowitz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/daniel-hershkowitz/)
- [daniel mccabe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/daniel-mccabe-2/)
- [daniel pipes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/daniel-pipes/)
- [Danny Ayalon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/danny-ayalon/)
- [date](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/date/)
- [dates](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dates/)
- [David Ignatius](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/david-ignatius/)
- [David Isaac](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/david-isaac/)
- [dead sea scroll](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dead-sea-scroll/)
- [death](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/death/)
- [defensive umbrella](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/defensive-umbrella/)
- [delta](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/delta/)
- [democrat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/democrat/)
- [Democrats](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/democrats/)
- [demographic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/demographic/)
- [derek leman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/derek-leman/)
- [Dershowitz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dershowitz/)
- [desert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/desert/)
- [diaspora](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/diaspora/)
- [dip](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dip/)
- [diplomacy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/diplomacy/)
- [disengagement](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/disengagement/)
- [divestment](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/divestment/)
- [DNC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dnc/)
- [dome of the rock](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dome-of-the-rock/)
- [drill](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/drill/)
- [drone](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/drone/)
- [Dry Bones](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dry-bones/)
- [dry bones cartoon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dry-bones-cartoon/)
- [Dubai](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dubai/)
- [earl cox](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/earl-cox/)
- [easter](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/easter/)
- [economic peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/economic-peace/)
- [economy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/economy/)
- [ed Koch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ed-koch/)
- [eggplant](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/eggplant/)
- [egypt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/egypt/)
- [election](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/election/)
- [Elections](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/elections/)
- [Ellison](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ellison/)
- [embassy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/embassy/)
- [emergency](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/emergency/)
- [End Times](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/end-times/)
- [England](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/england/)
- [Erdoga](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/erdoga/)
- [Erdogan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/erdogan/)
- [Erekat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/erekat/)
- [Esther Pollard](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/esther-pollard/)
- [EU](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/eu/)
- [EU resolution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/eu-resolution/)
- [Europe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/europe/)
- [evangelical](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/evangelical/)
- [evangelical sisterhood of mary](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/evangelical-sisterhood-of-mary/)
- [evangelicals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/evangelicals/)
- [Exodus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/exodus/)
- [Exodus 18](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/exodus-18/)
- [Exodus 21](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/exodus-21/)
- [Exodus 30](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/exodus-30/)
- [Facebook](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/facebook/)
- [faith lessons](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/faith-lessons-2/)
- [Fatah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fatah/)
- [feast and festival](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/feast-and-festival/)
- [feast of tabernacles](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/feast-of-tabernacles/)
- [feasts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/feasts/)
- [feasts and festivals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/feasts-and-festivals-2/)
- [festivals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/festivals/)
- [feta](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/feta/)
- [fire](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fire/)
- [fish](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fish/)
- [flatilla](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/flatilla/)
- [flotilla](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/flotilla/)
- [Fogel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fogel/)
- [for kids](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/for-kids-2/)
- [For the Record](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/for-the-record/)
- [Foreign Policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/foreign-policy/)
- [Fox news](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fox-news/)
- [france](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/france/)
- [free gaza](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/free-gaza/)
- [freeze](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/freeze/)
- [Freund](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/freund/)
- [Friedman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/friedman/)
- [Gaffney](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gaffney/)
- [garden tomb](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/garden-tomb/)
- [garlic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/garlic/)
- [gas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gas/)
- [Gates](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gates/)
- [Gaza. Hamas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gaza-hamas/)
- [gaza. world press](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gaza-world-press/)
- [Gefilte Fish](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gefilte-fish/)
- [Generai Haig](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/generai-haig/)
- [generals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/generals/)
- [geneva](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/geneva/)
- [gentiles](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gentiles/)
- [Germany](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/germany/)
- [Gershon Salomon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gershon-salomon/)
- [Gilad Shalit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gilad-shalit/)
- [Glick](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/glick/)
- [God](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/god/)
- [gog and magog](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gog-and-magog/)
- [Golan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/golan/)
- [Golan Heights](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/golan-heights/)
- [gold](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gold/)
- [Goldstone](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/goldstone/)
- [ground zero](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ground-zero/)
- [hagel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hagel/)
- [Haiti](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/haiti/)
- [Haj Amin al-Husseini](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/haj-amin-al-husseini/)
- [Hama](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hama/)
- [Hamas Media Watch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hamas-media-watch/)
- [hannukah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hannukah/)
- [Hanukkah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hanukkah/)
- [Hardball](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hardball/)
- [Harper](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/harper/)
- [Hassan Yousef](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hassan-yousef/)
- [hate](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hate/)
- [Hatred](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hatred/)
- [Hazor](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hazor/)
- [hebrew](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebrew/)
- [Hebrew roots](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebrew-roots-2/)
- [Hebron](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebron/)
- [Helen Thomas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/helen-thomas/)
- [Herod](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/herod/)
- [Herodian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/herodian/)
- [Herzliya](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/herzliya/)
- [Hezballah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hezballah/)
- [Hezbollah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hezbollah/)
- [Hezekiah's tunnel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hezekiahs-tunnel/)
- [hillary](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hillary/)
- [Hillary and Barak](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hillary-and-barak/)
- [hillary clinton](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hillary-clinton/)
- [history](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/history/)
- [history of the jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/history-of-the-jews/)
- [Hitler](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hitler/)
- [Hizballlah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hizballlah/)
- [holidays](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/holidays/)
- [holocaust](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/holocaust/)
- [Holocaust Remembrance](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/holocaust-remembrance/)
- [Holy travel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/holy-travel/)
- [homeland security](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/homeland-security/)
- [housing units](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/housing-units/)
- [Huckabee](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/huckabee/)
- [human microchips](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/human-microchips/)
- [Humus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/humus/)
- [Hurva Synagogue](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hurva-synagogue/)
- [IAEA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iaea/)
- [iaf](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iaf/)
- [ICEJ](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/icej/)
- [iceland volcano](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iceland-volcano/)
- [IHH](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ihh/)
- [Illinois](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/illinois/)
- [immigrants](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/immigrants/)
- [independance day](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/independance-day/)
- [india](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/india/)
- [indirect talks](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/indirect-talks/)
- [Innocence of Muslims](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/innocence-of-muslims/)
- [Inquisition](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/inquisition/)
- [insult](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/insult/)
- [Interview](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/interview/)
- [intifada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/intifada/)
- [IOC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ioc/)
- [Iram](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iram/)
- [Iran Nuclear](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iran-nuclear/)
- [Iran's announcement](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/irans-announcement/)
- [Iran. Obama](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iran-obama/)
- [Iraq](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iraq/)
- [Iron Dome](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iron-dome/)
- [isaiah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/isaiah/)
- [ISIS](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/isis/)
- [Islamic Jihad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/islamic-jihad/)
- [ISNA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/isna/)
- [Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel/)
- [Israel Allies Caucus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-allies-caucus/)
- [Israel attack](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-attack/)
- [Israel Economy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-economy/)
- [Israel Initiative. Land](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-initiative-land/)
- [israeli arab](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-arab/)
- [Israeli Arabs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-arabs/)
- [Israeli Christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-christians/)
- [Israeli doctors](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-doctors/)
- [israeli politics](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-politics-2/)
- [israeli solution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israeli-solution/)
- [Italy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/italy/)
- [j street](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/j-street/)
- [Jacoby](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jacoby/)
- [James Jones](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/james-jones/)
- [jerusalem connectin peace plan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jerusalem-connectin-peace-plan/)
- [Jerusalem not a settlement](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jerusalem-not-a-settlement/)
- [Jesus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jesus/)
- [Jethro](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jethro/)
- [Jewish democrats](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-democrats/)
- [Jewish Left](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-left/)
- [Jewish vote](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-vote/)
- [Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jews/)
- [Jews betrayed](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jews-betrayed/)
- [Jews in Egypt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jews-in-egypt/)
- [Jihad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jihad/)
- [Jim Barfield](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jim-barfield/)
- [Jim Barfield. Travel Channel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jim-barfield-travel-channel/)
- [JINSA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jinsa/)
- [john kerry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/john-kerry/)
- [Jonathan Pollard](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jonathan-pollard/)
- [Jonathan Sussman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jonathan-sussman/)
- [Jonathan tobin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jonathan-tobin/)
- [jordan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jordan/)
- [Jordan Valley](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jordan-valley/)
- [José María Aznar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jose-maria-aznar/)
- [Judaism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/judaism/)
- [judea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/judea/)
- [Kairos Palestinian document](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kairos-palestinian-document/)
- [Kassam](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kassam/)
- [Katz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/katz/)
- [Keith Dayton](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/keith-dayton/)
- [kerry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kerry/)
- [Kfir Brigade](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kfir-brigade/)
- [kidnap](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kidnap/)
- [kids](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kids/)
- [knesset](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/knesset/)
- [Koch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/koch/)
- [Koenig](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/koenig/)
- [koran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/koran/)
- [kosovo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kosovo/)
- [Krauthammer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/krauthammer/)
- [kugel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kugel/)
- [kurds](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kurds/)
- [Kuttab](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kuttab/)
- [lady gaga](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lady-gaga/)
- [lamb](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lamb/)
- [lance lambert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lance-lambert/)
- [lapid](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lapid/)
- [lauder](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lauder/)
- [Lebanon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lebanon/)
- [lentils](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lentils/)
- [Letter to EU](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/letter-to-eu/)
- [letter to obama](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/letter-to-obama/)
- [libel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/libel/)
- [Liberal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberal/)
- [liberal jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberal-jews/)
- [liberal media](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberal-media/)
- [liberals](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberals/)
- [liberatio theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberatio-theology/)
- [Liberation Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/liberation-theology/)
- [Libya](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/libya/)
- [lies about israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lies-about-israel/)
- [Lion of Judah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lion-of-judah/)
- [Livni](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/livni/)
- [london](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/london/)
- [Louis Farrakhan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/louis-farrakhan/)
- [Magazine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/magazine/)
- [Mahdi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mahdi/)
- [Mahmoud al-Mabhouh](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mahmoud-al-mabhouh/)
- [mandela](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mandela/)
- [Maoz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/maoz/)
- [map](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/map/)
- [Maramar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/maramar/)
- [Mariam](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mariam/)
- [Mark Tooley](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mark-tooley/)
- [Market Capitalism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/market-capitalism/)
- [marmara](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/marmara/)
- [Martin Indyk](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/martin-indyk/)
- [Martyr](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/martyr/)
- [matzah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/matzah/)
- [Media](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/media/)
- [media watch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/media-watch/)
- [memorial day](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/memorial-day/)
- [MEMRI](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/memri/)
- [Menachem Begin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/menachem-begin/)
- [Messianic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/messianic/)
- [Methodist](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/methodist/)
- [middle east](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/middle-east/)
- [Middle East Council of Churches](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/middle-east-council-of-churches/)
- [middle east policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/middle-east-policy/)
- [Mideast Peace](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mideast-peace/)
- [Migron](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/migron/)
- [Mike Pence](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mike-pence/)
- [Mitchell](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mitchell/)
- [money](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/money/)
- [moroccan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/moroccan/)
- [Morsi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/morsi/)
- [Morsy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/morsy/)
- [Mosab](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mosab/)
- [Moses](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/moses/)
- [mosque](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mosque/)
- [Mossad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mossad/)
- [Mount Sinai](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mount-sinai/)
- [Mullen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mullen/)
- [Munich](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/munich/)
- [Music](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/music/)
- [music video](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/music-video/)
- [Musliim Brotherhood](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/musliim-brotherhood/)
- [Muslim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/muslim/)
- [Muslim congressmen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/muslim-congressmen/)
- [myth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/myth/)
- [nasrallah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nasrallah/)
- [NATO](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nato/)
- [natural gas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/natural-gas/)
- [nazi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nazi/)
- [Nazis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nazis/)
- [nazism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nazism/)
- [negev](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/negev/)
- [Negotiations](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/negotiations/)
- [netanyahu obama meeting](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/netanyahu-obama-meeting/)
- [new intifada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/new-intifada/)
- [New Magazine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/new-magazine/)
- [NIE report](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nie-report/)
- [nigeria](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nigeria/)
- [no press](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/no-press/)
- [Non-Proliferation Treaty](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/non-proliferation-treaty/)
- [North Korea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/north-korea/)
- [Northern front](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/northern-front/)
- [norway](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/norway/)
- [NPT](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/npt/)
- [Nuclear](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear/)
- [Nuclear Non-Poliferation Treaty](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear-non-poliferation-treaty/)
- [nuclear proliferation threats](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear-proliferation-threats/)
- [Nuclear weapons](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear-weapons/)
- [nuclear-free Middle East](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear-free-middle-east/)
- [NY times](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ny-times/)
- [Obama and Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/obama-and-israel/)
- [Oil](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/oil/)
- [Olmert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/olmert/)
- [Olympics](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/olympics/)
- [one-state](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/one-state/)
- [Operation Brother's Keeper](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/operation-brothers-keeper/)
- [Oren](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/oren/)
- [orthodox](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/orthodox/)
- [Oslo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/oslo/)
- [PA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pa/)
- [Painting](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/painting/)
- [Palestine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestine/)
- [palestinian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-2/)
- [palestinian authority](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-authority/)
- [palestinian christian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-christian/)
- [palestinian liberation theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-liberation-theology/)
- [Palestinian media watch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-media-watch/)
- [Palestinian Refugees](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-refugees/)
- [Palestinian State](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-state/)
- [Palestinian TV](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-tv/)
- [palestinians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinians/)
- [party](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/party/)
- [Passion of the christ](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/passion-of-the-christ/)
- [passover](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/passover/)
- [passover guide](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/passover-guide/)
- [Pat Hutchens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pat-hutchens/)
- [patients](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/patients/)
- [PATV](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/patv/)
- [Paul Ryan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/paul-ryan/)
- [PCUSA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pcusa/)
- [Peace Plan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/peace-plan/)
- [Peace Process Two state solution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/peace-process-two-state-solution/)
- [pear](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pear/)
- [pepper](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pepper/)
- [Peres](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/peres/)
- [Perry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/perry/)
- [persecution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/persecution/)
- [petition](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/petition/)
- [Petraeus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/petraeus/)
- [phillipines](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/phillipines/)
- [phone call](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/phone-call/)
- [phonecall](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/phonecall/)
- [photo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/photo/)
- [PLO](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/plo/)
- [Policy Paper](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/policy-paper/)
- [political cartoon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/political-cartoon/)
- [poll](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/poll/)
- [Pollard](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pollard/)
- [Pope](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pope/)
- [Position on Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/position-on-israel/)
- [potato](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/potato/)
- [power prayer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/power-prayer/)
- [Prager](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prager/)
- [Pray for Jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pray-for-jerusalem/)
- [prayer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prayer/)
- [Prayer pionts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prayer-pionts/)
- [prayers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prayers/)
- [Presbyterian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/presbyterian/)
- [Presbyterian Church USA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/presbyterian-church-usa/)
- [president](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/president/)
- [presidential peace plan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/presidential-peace-plan/)
- [pressure](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pressure/)
- [Priest](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/priest/)
- [priestly blessing](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/priestly-blessing/)
- [Print](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/print/)
- [prints](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prints/)
- [prisoner release](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prisoner-release/)
- [prisoners](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prisoners/)
- [pro-Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pro-israel/)
- [prophecy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prophecy/)
- [Psalm 83](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/psalm-83/)
- [Purim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/purim/)
- [putin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/putin/)
- [Qeunelle](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/qeunelle/)
- [quot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/quot/)
- [quote](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/quote-2/)
- [Rabbis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rabbis/)
- [Rachel's tomb](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rachels-tomb/)
- [Radical Islam](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/radical-islam/)
- [Rahm Emanuel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rahm-emanuel/)
- [ramat sholomo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ramat-sholomo/)
- [reactor](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/reactor/)
- [Rear Admiral](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rear-admiral/)
- [recipe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/recipe/)
- [Record breaking](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/record-breaking/)
- [red line](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/red-line/)
- [refugee](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/refugee/)
- [refugees](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/refugees/)
- [Reggie White](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/reggie-white/)
- [rehabilitation of refugees](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rehabilitation-of-refugees/)
- [replacement theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-2/)
- [Replacmeent theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacmeent-theology/)
- [Replacment theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacment-theology/)
- [republican](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/republican/)
- [Rescue Operations](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rescue-operations/)
- [Resolution 242](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/resolution-242/)
- [resurrection](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/resurrection/)
- [reuters](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/reuters/)
- [reuven rivlin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/reuven-rivlin/)
- [Rham Emmanuel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rham-emmanuel/)
- [righteous gentile](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/righteous-gentile/)
- [rogatchi](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rogatchi/)
- [Romans](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/romans/)
- [Romney](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/romney/)
- [Ronald Reagan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ronald-reagan/)
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rosh-hashanah/)
- [rosh hashannah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rosh-hashannah/)
- [rouhani](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rouhani/)
- [rowhani](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rowhani/)
- [Rubin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rubin/)
- [Rumsfeld](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rumsfeld/)
- [Russia and China](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/russia-and-china/)
- [Ryan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ryan/)
- [sabbath](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sabbath/)
- [Sabeel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sabeel/)
- [salad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/salad/)
- [Salam Fayyad](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/salam-fayyad/)
- [samantha power](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/samantha-power/)
- [Samaria](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/samaria/)
- [san remo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/san-remo/)
- [Sanctions](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sanctions/)
- [satan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/satan/)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/saudi-arabia/)
- [Schalit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/schalit/)
- [Scott Brown](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/scott-brown/)
- [scripture](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/scripture/)
- [Sderot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sderot/)
- [seabed](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/seabed/)
- [Seattle](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/seattle/)
- [senate](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/senate/)
- [Sephardic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sephardic/)
- [sephardim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sephardim/)
- [September 11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/september-11/)
- [serbia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/serbia/)
- [settlement](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/settlement/)
- [Settlement freeze](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/settlement-freeze/)
- [Settlemenths Myth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/settlemenths-myth/)
- [settlements](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/settlements/)
- [seven species](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/seven-species/)
- [shabbat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shabbat/)
- [Shabbat Shalom](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shabbat-shalom/)
- [Shalit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shalit/)
- [Shapiro](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shapiro/)
- [Shariah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shariah/)
- [sharon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sharon/)
- [shavuot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shavuot/)
- [shekel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shekel/)
- [Shelley Neese](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shelley-neese/)
- [shema](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shema/)
- [Shimon HaTzaddik](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shimon-hatzaddik/)
- [shirt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shirt/)
- [Shmuel Katz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shmuel-katz/)
- [shofar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shofar/)
- [Siloam channel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/siloam-channel/)
- [Sinai](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sinai/)
- [Song of the Sea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/song-of-the-sea/)
- [soros](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/soros/)
- [soup](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/soup/)
- [south africa](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/south-africa/)
- [South America](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/south-america/)
- [Spain](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spain/)
- [Special Issue](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/special-issue/)
- [species](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/species/)
- [spies](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spies/)
- [spinach](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spinach/)
- [Spot Report](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spot-report/)
- [Spy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spy/)
- [Spying](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/spying/)
- [stalin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/stalin/)
- [State Department](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/state-department/)
- [Steny Hoyer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/steny-hoyer/)
- [Stephen Harper](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/stephen-harper/)
- [Stephens](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/stephens/)
- [strangelove](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/strangelove/)
- [strawberry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/strawberry/)
- [strike](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/strike/)
- [Sudan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sudan/)
- [sukkot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sukkot/)
- [Sultan Knish](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sultan-knish/)
- [Surrealism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/surrealism/)
- [Sweden](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sweden/)
- [Syria](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/syria/)
- [t-shirts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/t-shirts/)
- [Taliban](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/taliban/)
- [tax dollars](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tax-dollars/)
- [tea](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tea/)
- [technology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/technology/)
- [Tehran](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tehran/)
- [Temple Mount](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/temple-mount/)
- [Temple Mount Faithful](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/temple-mount-faithful/)
- [Terror](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/terror/)
- [terrorist](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/terrorist/)
- [The Last Israelis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/the-last-israelis/)
- [Third Temple](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/third-temple/)
- [timeline](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/timeline/)
- [tomato](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tomato/)
- [tombs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tombs/)
- [Torah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/torah/)
- [Torah Portion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/torah-portion/)
- [Tourism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tourism/)
- [Travel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/travel/)
- [Travelujah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/travelujah/)
- [treatment](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/treatment/)
- [trip to israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/trip-to-israel/)
- [Tufts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tufts/)
- [two jerusalems](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/two-jerusalems/)
- [Two State](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/two-state/)
- [Two state solutin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/two-state-solutin/)
- [two-state solution](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/two-state-solution/)
- [u.s.](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/u-s/)
- [ukraine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ukraine/)
- [UN](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/un/)
- [uneasy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/uneasy/)
- [UNHCR](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/unhcr/)
- [Unity government](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/unity-government/)
- [University](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/university/)
- [UNRWA budget](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/unrwa-budget/)
- [US](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/us/)
- [US foreign policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/us-foreign-policy-2/)
- [US-Israel Relations](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/us-israel-relations/)
- [Venezuela](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/venezuela/)
- [Vespasian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/vespasian/)
- [vestment](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/vestment/)
- [Video](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/video/)
- [violence](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/violence/)
- [virginia](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/virginia/)
- [Voigt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/voigt/)
- [walnut](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/walnut/)
- [war](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/war/)
- [war and peace index](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/war-and-peace-index/)
- [war on jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/war-on-jerusalem/)
- [watchman on the wall](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/watchman-on-the-wall/)
- [watchmen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/watchmen/)
- [wcc](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wcc/)
- [we con the world](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/we-con-the-world/)
- [weapons to Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/weapons-to-israel/)
- [Weekly scripture](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/weekly-scripture-2/)
- [west bank](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/west-bank/)
- [west bank GDP](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/west-bank-gdp/)
- [west jerusalem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/west-jerusalem/)
- [western wall](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/western-wall/)
- [what is your peace plan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/what-is-your-peace-plan/)
- [White House](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/white-house/)
- [white house meeting](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/white-house-meeting/)
- [Wikileaks](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wikileaks/)
- [Will](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/will/)
- [Wish I'd said that](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wish-id-said-that/)
- [world council of churches](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/world-council-of-churches/)
- [world jewish congress](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/world-jewish-congress/)
- [world trade center](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/world-trade-center/)
- [wounded](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wounded/)
- [Ya'alon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yaalon/)
- [Yad Vashem](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yad-vashem/)
- [yahweh](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yahweh/)
- [Yale](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yale/)
- [yemen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yemen/)
- [Yoel Schwartz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yoel-schwartz/)
- [yom hazikaron](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yom-hazikaron/)
- [yom kippur](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yom-kippur/)
- [Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/zionism/)
- [zucchini](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/zucchini/)
- [Zuckerman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/zuckerman/)
- [DNA](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dna/)
- [Sharpe](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sharpe/)
- [joseph farah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/joseph-farah/)
- [Blood moon eclipse](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blood-moon-eclipse/)
- [Jeremiah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jeremiah/)
- [Zephaniah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/zephaniah/)
- [CUFI](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cufi/)
- [Hagee](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hagee/)
- [Challenging Christian Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/challenging-christian-zionism/)
- [Naim Ateek](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/naim-ateek/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-3/)
- [Church of the Holy Sepulchre](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/church-of-the-holy-sepulchre/)
- [Ladder](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ladder/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-4/)
- [Symbols](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/symbols/)
- [Wandering Jew](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wandering-jew/)
- [the trinity](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/the-trinity/)
- [Amillennialism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/amillennialism/)
- [end time scenarios](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/end-time-scenarios/)
- [Postmillennialism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/postmillennialism/)
- [Premillennialism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/premillennialism/)
- [Preterism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/preterism/)
- [Paul](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/paul/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-5/)
- [jewish people](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-people/)
- [repentance](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/repentance/)
- [dwight pryor](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dwight-pryor/)
- [romans 11](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/romans-11/)
- [jacques b doukhan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jacques-b-doukhan/)
- [rejection](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rejection/)
- [epistle](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/epistle/)
- [hebrews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebrews/)
- [post-hebraic](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/post-hebraic/)
- [martin luther](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/martin-luther/)
- [supersessionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/supersessionism/)
- [future](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/future/)
- [messiah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/messiah/)
- [redemption](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/redemption/)
- [chuck misler](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chuck-misler/)
- [kingdom](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kingdom/)
- [Millennium](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/millennium/)
- [Imitation of Christ](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/imitation-of-christ/)
- [Thomas Kempis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/thomas-kempis/)
- [aleph-bet](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/aleph-bet/)
- [goyim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/goyim/)
- [one tree](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/one-tree/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-6/)
- [Rugrats](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rugrats/)
- [cookie](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cookie/)
- [dessert](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dessert/)
- [Matthew 21](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/matthew-21/)
- [rejection of Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rejection-of-israel/)
- [early Christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/early-christians/)
- [Nabion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nabion/)
- [Signs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/signs/)
- [wars](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/wars/)
- [arab states](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/arab-states/)
- [Daniel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/daniel/)
- [Seven](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/seven/)
- [prophecy abuse](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prophecy-abuse/)
- [British Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/british-zionism/)
- [Darby](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/darby/)
- [J.C. Ryle](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/j-c-ryle/)
- [Truman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/truman/)
- [Charles Spurgeon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/charles-spurgeon/)
- [definition](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/definition/)
- [jewish virtual library](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-virtual-library/)
- [Derek Prince](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/derek-prince/)
- [Hebrew roots](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebrew-roots-3/)
- [Siege](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/siege/)
- [Christians and Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christians-and-jews/)
- [Interfaith zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/interfaith-zionism/)
- [pray like a puritan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pray-like-a-puritan/)
- [Devotion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/devotion/)
- [Humility](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/humility/)
- [Knowledge](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/knowledge/)
- [Christian Zionist](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-zionist/)
- [Orde Wingate](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/orde-wingate/)
- [rebuilt temple](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rebuilt-temple/)
- [The Great God](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/the-great-god/)
- [Inordinate Affections](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/inordinate-affections/)
- [Reading the Scriptures](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/reading-the-scriptures/)
- [Biblical Territory](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/biblical-territory/)
- [Divine Zionist Roadmap](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/divine-zionist-roadmap/)
- [Joshua](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/joshua/)
- [Judaism and Christianity](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/judaism-and-christianity/)
- [Ezekial 38](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ezekial-38/)
- [False Doctrine](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/false-doctrine/)
- [Revelation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/revelation/)
- [Ezekial 37](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ezekial-37/)
- [Covenant](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/covenant/)
- [Patriarchs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/patriarchs/)
- [Brian McLaren](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brian-mclaren/)
- [Emergent Church](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/emergent-church/)
- [John Grauel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/john-grauel/)
- [William Hull](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/william-hull/)
- [drought](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/drought/)
- [Menachem Kohen](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/menachem-kohen/)
- [brag](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/brag/)
- [pride](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pride/)
- [vain](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/vain/)
- [abraham lincoln](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/abraham-lincoln/)
- [zionist](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/zionist/)
- [kathy ireland](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/kathy-ireland/)
- [king solomon temple](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/king-solomon-temple/)
- [God's Name](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/gods-name/)
- [biden visit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/biden-visit/)
- [miracles](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/miracles/)
- [nissan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nissan/)
- [Hebraic Roots](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hebraic-roots/)
- [tradition](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tradition/)
- [betrothal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/betrothal/)
- [bride price](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bride-price/)
- [jewish wedding](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-wedding/)
- [Seder](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/seder/)
- [egged bus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/egged-bus/)
- [CMEP](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cmep/)
- [lent](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lent/)
- [Evangelical Left](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/evangelical-left/)
- [movie](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/movie/)
- [With God on Our Side](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/with-god-on-our-side/)
- [Steven Haas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/steven-haas/)
- [bless those who bless you](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bless-those-who-bless-you/)
- [dennis prager](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dennis-prager/)
- [genesis](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/genesis/)
- [Jabotinsky](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jabotinsky/)
- [John Henry Patterson](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/john-henry-patterson/)
- [Mule corps](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mule-corps/)
- [Trumpeldor](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/trumpeldor/)
- [Tsavo](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tsavo/)
- [cheese](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cheese/)
- [dairy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dairy/)
- [blintz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blintz/)
- [raisin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/raisin/)
- [Lentil](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lentil/)
- [vegetarian](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/vegetarian/)
- [Artichoke](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/artichoke/)
- [curry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/curry/)
- [main dish](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/main-dish/)
- [patmos](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/patmos/)
- [John Nelson Darby](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/john-nelson-darby/)
- [Pre-trib](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pre-trib/)
- [rapture](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rapture/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-7/)
- [Ephraim](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/ephraim/)
- [Manassah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/manassah/)
- [Two house](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/two-house/)
- [Corrie Ten Boom](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/corrie-ten-boom/)
- [Tribulation](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tribulation/)
- [baklava](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/baklava/)
- [Egg](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/egg/)
- [butternut squash](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/butternut-squash/)
- [couscous](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/couscous/)
- [main meal](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/main-meal/)
- [vegetables](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/vegetables/)
- [Tisha B'Av](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/tisha-bav/)
- [chickpeas](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chickpeas/)
- [squash](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/squash/)
- [stew](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/stew/)
- [pasta](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pasta/)
- [pine nuts](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pine-nuts/)
- [appetizer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/appetizer/)
- [meat](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/meat/)
- [goat cheese](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/goat-cheese/)
- [pizza](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pizza/)
- [sweet potato](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sweet-potato/)
- [broccoli](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/broccoli/)
- [side dish](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/side-dish/)
- [rice](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rice/)
- [beef](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/beef/)
- [apple](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/apple/)
- [fruit](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fruit/)
- [Day of Prayer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/day-of-prayer/)
- [peppers](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/peppers/)
- [Rance Cook](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rance-cook/)
- [Lunch](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lunch/)
- [Yogurt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yogurt/)
- [Replacement Theology](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/replacement-theology-8/)
- [cauliflower](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cauliflower/)
- [onion](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/onion/)
- [carrot](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/carrot/)
- [Order](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/order/)
- [Passover Seder](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/passover-seder/)
- [charoset](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/charoset/)
- [mortar](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mortar/)
- [celery](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/celery/)
- [fun](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/fun/)
- [recipes](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/recipes/)
- [Matzah man](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/matzah-man/)
- [Game](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/game/)
- [Memory](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/memory/)
- [bread](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bread/)
- [barley](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/barley/)
- [pine nut](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pine-nut/)
- [asparagus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/asparagus/)
- [mint](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/mint/)
- [honey](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/honey/)
- [orange](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/orange/)
- [grill](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/grill/)
- [chocolate](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chocolate/)
- [bedouin](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bedouin/)
- [Coloring Pages](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/coloring-pages/)
- [Games](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/games/)
- [Quiz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/quiz/)
- [Omer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/omer/)
- [Third Intifada](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/third-intifada/)
- [truth](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/truth/)
- [United Methodist Church](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/united-methodist-church/)
- [Hannukkah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/hannukkah/)
- [maccabeats](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/maccabeats/)
- [security council](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/security-council/)
- [Palestinian statehood](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-statehood/)
- [ICC](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/icc/)
- [cnn](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cnn/)
- [statehood](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/statehood/)
- [shoah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/shoah/)
- [council of churches](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/council-of-churches/)
- [Lausanne](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lausanne/)
- [World Vision](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/world-vision/)
- [Yehovah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/yehovah/)
- [Boehner](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/boehner/)
- [Sizer](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sizer/)
- [Jehovah](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jehovah/)
- [Lev Project](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/lev-project/)
- [DVD](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dvd/)
- [Dahlan](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/dahlan/)
- [jager](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jager/)
- [netanyahu red line](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/netanyahu-red-line/)
- [jewelry](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewelry/)
- [Rubio](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/rubio/)
- [Egpyt](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/egpyt/)
- [bennett](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bennett/)
- [Israel elections](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-elections/)
- [Baker](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/baker/)
- [Win](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/win/)
- [Cruz](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cruz/)
- [2016](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/2016/)
- [Aramean](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/aramean/)
- [Nadaaf](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nadaaf/)
- [Human Rights](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/human-rights/)
- [Pesach](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/pesach/)
- [U.S. Foreign Policy](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/u-s-foreign-policy/)
- [Universities](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/universities/)
- [American Jews](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/american-jews/)
- [Christian Arabs](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/christian-arabs/)
- [Palestinian Christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-christians/)
- [1973](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/1973/)
- [Sharansky](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/sharansky/)
- [Armenians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/armenians/)
- [AFDI](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/afdi/)
- [Bachman](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/bachman/)
- [Chamberlain](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/chamberlain/)
- [2016 Election](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/2016-election/)
- [Carter](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/carter/)
- [Iran Assets](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/iran-assets/)
- [evangelical support](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/evangelical-support/)
- [Jewish Home](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/jewish-home/)
- [Israel Government](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-government/)
- [Cahn](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/cahn/)
- [United States Government](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/united-states-government/)
- [Nuclear agreement](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/nuclear-agreement/)
- [US Iran relations](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/us-iran-relations/)
- [Coalition](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/coalition/)
- [Blood Moon](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/blood-moon/)
- [Military](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/military/)
- [Anti-Zionism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/anti-zionism/)
- [Israel on Campus](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-on-campus/)
- [young Christians](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/young-christians/)
- [Israel Experience](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/israel-experience/)
- [Young Leaders](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/young-leaders/)
- [Support for Israel](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/support-for-israel/)
- [Prevention](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/prevention/)
- [Against Antisemitism](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/against-antisemitism/)
- [Palestinian population](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/tag/palestinian-population/)

## Product categories

- [Prints](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product-category/prints-3/)
- [Auschwitz Album Revisited](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product-category/prints-3/auschwitz-album-revisited-prints-3/)
- [Uncategorized](https://thejerusalemconnection.us/product-category/uncategorized/)