ONE FOR ISRAEL invited a group of 15 young adults, mostly students, to go to Poland for a unique trip. “In Hebrew, it’s called Masa lePolin”, explained Dina Aweida, one of the team that were leading the group. “Masa” means journey, but coupled together with “Polin”, the Hebrew for Poland,
Defeating the odds and the tsunami of hatred against her as an Israeli, Nova survivor, Yuval Raphael just came second place at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel. More than that, according to Eurovision news Israel actually reached #1 in the televote in 13 of the countries taking part
Israel has been under fire lately, but God has been with us at every moment. Following the enemy’s attempts to rob us of our joy on the 77th anniversary of our Independence, stories of miracles have been coming up from the ashes. God has been with us the entire time.
There’s a period of time between Passover and Pentecost (the Feast of Weeks) known as “Counting the Omer” when the people of Israel were commanded to count the days. For fifty days after Passover, Jewish families do a countdown to the next festival: The Feast of Weeks, or in Hebrew,
Have you ever counted the days till an event you’re excited about? Time can go so slowly when you’re watching it. They say “a watched pot never boils” meaning that the more we pay attention to the time, the more conscious we are of it going slowly. God, unsurprisingly, is
Much of the world celebrates a new start as December 31st turns into January 1st, whereas Jewish people now celebrate their new year at the Feast of Trumpets. But according to the Bible, the new year starts on “The first day of the first month”. The ‘first month’ is the
Is there still something special about Israel, something unique in the eyes of God, or is the modern state of Israel just like all the other nations? What does God say on the matter? The Bible makes it very clear that Israel is indeed special and unique. Not better than
Isaiah 11 paints a beautiful picture of the coming redemption… but it also lays out some of the hard twists and turns it will take to get there. It seems like the world is speeding up somehow. With the Middle East taking dramatic twists and turns, powers rising and falling,
By Yonatan Granovsky There’s a Jewish liturgical poem based on Psalm 16 that goes like this: “We are happy [or blessed]. How goodly is our lot, and how pleasant is our fortune, and how beautiful our heritage!” It’s a very happy psalm, with words reflecting delight in God and all
How did Israel get the name Israel? And what does it mean? The answer is not so simple. The word “Israel” is mentioned 2362 times in the Bible, 2284 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 78 times in the New Testament as well. Where does the word come from and
You might have thought the word “hope” would appear in the Bible all over the place. Hundreds of times. But if you’re looking to find hope, the word itself is mentioned just over 80 in the 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures, and just under 80 in the 27 books
After outlining all the desperate straits that he and his countrymen are in, the book of the prophet Habakkuk ends on an extremely interesting and unusual note. The last verse says this: “God, the Lord, is my strength, and He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and He makes me to
A Yemeni ex-Muslim named John Ghanim has undergone the most extraordinary life transformation. So dramatic is his story that it went viral with over 16 million views from Yemenis watching in their dialect. He started life in a simple village in the Yemen, a country known for its deep devotion to
During the month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast and pray to get closer to Allah, our Arabic outreach team released a powerful video. It was the testimony of a man named Kareem who had trained as a terrorist, but came to faith in Jesus. His story garnered over a million
Nadia is an Israeli Arab from Haifa who has recently accepted Jesus as her Savior and Lord. Like many Arab Christians, she grew up with religion, but no real relationship with God through Jesus. Here she tells her remarkable story of how she had traveled halfway across the world before
Jesus’ genealogies are frequently said to be irreconcilable. They are not. They are an invitation to delve deeply into the history of both Israel and her Messiah, intended not to mystify but to edify. Guest blog by James Bejon The New Testament attributes two different genealogies to Jesus. One is
Does the New Testament turn a mere man into God? This is what New Testament critic Rabbi Daniel Asor thinks: “The Bible rejects pagan idolatry that revolves around human-like gods, men as gods.” Correct. In the pagan cultures of the East, gurus climb up a religious ladder until they get to the highest step of becoming a god. This is idolatry without
Over the last years, the rabbis in Israel have been working hard to challenge and attack the New Testament’s credibility. We decided to collect and summarize for you their ten most famous “contradictions”. Enjoy! Contradiction #1: Rabbi Yossi Mizrahi claims: “How can it be that
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