A terrible tragedy happened late Thursday night. As tens of thousands of people were exiting a major prayer gathering at Mt. Meron to celebrate the Lag Ba’Omer festival, a bottleneck was created, a few people slipped and fell, and in a domino cascade hundreds were crushed and trapped. Forty-five people lost their lives that night, including children and teen-agers, and hundreds more were injured.
Beste vrienden, Ik ben op weg naar de VS! Het is meer dan een jaar geleden dat ik in een vliegtuig zat. Maar nu het Coronavirus in Israël ophoudt, kunnen we eindelijk reizen. Het is niet zonder een beetje angst dat ik mijn tickets heb geboekt en ben begonnen met het maken van afspraken. En … Read more
I was very excited to be able to visit the Samaria Regional Security Center and see for myself how the dedicated staff and volunteers of Samaria are protecting the men, women and children of the area.
Zionism was traditionally a Jewish issue. Beginning in the mid-19th century, Jews began to explore the idea of a modern return to the Land of Israel before Messiah’s arrival. Jews who advocated for this state and who sought to make their home in Israel, to “make Aliyah” were called Zionists. But can Christians connect to Zionism as well?
I first visited Alei Zahav more than 20 years ago. It was a small, rather sleepy, community, populated almost entirely by secular Jews. They had a strong connection to the Land of Israel and were proud of their community. A few years later, I visited again and encountered residents who had grown older and were … Read more
Tomorrow night begins Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day of mourning, of memory, of identification with the victims of the most heinous crimes in the history of humanity, the brutal murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany.
Liebe Freunde, Alles Gute zum 73. Geburtstag Israel! Am 15. April feiern wir den israelischen Unabhängigkeitstag. Jedes Land hat seinen besonderen Tag, an dem die Bürger ihre Unabhängigkeit feiern oder ihren Patriotismus gegenüber ihrem Land ausdrücken. Aber ich glaube nicht, dass es ein anderes Land gibt, für das der Unabhängigkeitstag ein heiliger Tag ist. Unserer … Read more
Beste vrienden, Gefeliciteerd Israël met je 73ste verjaardag! Op 15 april vieren we de Onafhankelijkheidsdag van Israël. Elk land heeft zijn speciale dag, waarop burgers hun onafhankelijkheid vieren of hun vaderlandsliefde jegens hun land uiten. Maar ik denk niet dat er een land is voor wie Onafhankelijkheidsdag een heilige dag is. De onze is een … Read more
Passover is one of the most loved and celebrated holidays in the Jewish faith. Easter is a particularly holy day for Christians as they celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But are these holidays connected in any way? They always fall very close to each other on the calendar – is that a coincidence?
On Passover, Jews celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, that defining moment in Jewish history when they went from a motley group of slaves to a nation of God. Freedom is an important theme of the holiday but what does freedom mean?
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