Christian-Jewish Relations

March 14, 2024

Faith Group Leaders Visiting Israel: Pressure for two state solution “outrageous”

The evangelical delegation meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Credit: GPO, State of Israel. by David Isaac (JNS) — A delegation of leading American faith leaders visited the Jewish state to stand with Israel’s leadership against White House calls […]
February 28, 2024

Christian lawmakers head to Israel in biggest group since war began

The Israel Allies Foundation policy conference in Prague, June 2023. Photo: Courtesy. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — A group of more than 20 parliamentarians from around the world will gather in Jerusalem this weekend, in the largest political solidarity mission […]
January 15, 2024

Please Don’t Tell Me That God Is Punishing the Jews, Especially Today

by Michael Brown and Jonathan Feldstein There are many areas of agreement between Jews and Christians. For example, both emphasize the foundational important of loving God and loving one’s neighbor, as well as the importance of living by the ethical […]
December 24, 2023

Jewish group gives largest-ever gift to Righteous Gentiles

Righteous Among the Nations Garden at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Credit: Alexandre Rotenberg/Shutterstock. (JNS) — Each of 93 “righteous gentiles,” who saved Jews during the Holocaust, is slated to receive a $3,500 payment from the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous […]
December 19, 2023

Reclaiming the cross from the shameful Red Cross

Red Cross vehicles with released hostages arrive at the Gaza Strip’s Rafah Crossing with Egypt, on Nov. 30, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. by Jonathan Feldstein There are reports circulating Israel of high-level talks involving negotiations to release more […]
December 8, 2023

CUFI launches You Are Not Alone campaign

A billboard in Chicago that is part of the Christians United for Israel campaign “You Are Not Alone.” Credit: CUFI. (JNS) — Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has just launched a campaign to increase efforts in fighting anti-Jewish bigotry. “You […]
November 9, 2023

Christians choose to stand with Israel and the Jewish people

Pastor John Hagee speaks at the annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Summit in Washington on July 17, 2023. Credit: CUFI. by Liza Ashley (JNS) — In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre and the subsequent onslaught of […]
November 8, 2023

Friends and neighbors help Jewish, Israeli communities (literally) stop and smell the roses

A temporary memorial at the New Synagogue (Neue Synagoge) in Berlin to the victims of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel, photographed on Oct. 21, 2023. Credit: Achim Wagner/Shutterstock. by Melissa Langsam Braunstein (JNS) — In the month […]
October 28, 2023

Coalition of Christian groups urges churches to stand with Israel and Jewish community

Israel rally, co-sponsored by International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, in downtown Nashville on Oct. 27. Photo from ICEJ Facebook. A coalition of Christian leaders is urging churches, universities and the U.S. government to stand with Israel, oppose Hamas and stand against […]
October 28, 2023

Heritage Foundation president calls antisemitism evil, “not even human”

Kevin D. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation. Credit: Courtesy. (JNS) — The launch of a new group, the Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism, is “not just important and timely, but urgent and overdue,” Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage […]
October 26, 2023

Heritage Foundation president: ‘Antisemitism is not even human. It’s evil’

Kevin D. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation. Credit: Courtesy. (JNS) — The launch of a new group, the Coalition of Catholics Against Antisemitism, is “not just important and timely, but urgent and overdue,” Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage […]