December 21, 2023

American friends help IDF with needed winter goods

Goods at Ben Gurion Airport. Photo by Ori Shemesh, courtesy of FIDF On Dec. 17, a five-week initiative by the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces in America culminated in the shipment of two planeloads of materials for Israeli soldiers, with […]
October 23, 2023

Alabama-Israel Task Force urges churches to advocate for release of Israeli hostages

Families of people held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip hold photographs of their loved ones during a protest outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. The Alabama-Israel Task Force is […]
October 12, 2023

CUFI urges churches to stand with Israel this Sunday

Christians United for Israel is calling for millions of Christians worldwide to observe Oct. 15 as Israel You Are Not Alone Sunday. The organization has a social media graphic for download, and urges social media activism with the hashtag #SupportIsrael. […]
July 19, 2023

Courage, combating antisemitism take center stage at CUFI’s ‘chai’ national summit

Pastor John Hagee speaks at the annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Summit in Washington on July 17, 2023. Credit: CUFI. by Melissa Langsam Braunstein (JNS) — More than 1,200 people gathered on July 17 in Arlington, Va., for the […]
July 18, 2023

Haley: Biden treating Netanyahu as badly as Obama did

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former ambassador and governor, speaks at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Washington Summit on July 17, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of Nikki Haley for President. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — Nikki Haley, former U.S. […]
July 18, 2023

Christians United for Israel heading to Capitol Hill

Pastor John Hagee speaks at the annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Summit in Washington on July 17, 2023. Credit: CUFI. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — This afternoon, 1,200 attendees of this year’s Christians United for Israel Summit will trek […]
March 30, 2023

IFCJ launches Passover welfare drive for those in need

Passover. Credit: Chava Goldstain/Shutterstock. (JNS) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is launching one of its most ambitious welfare distribution projects ever ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday. In the days leading up to the April 5 seder, […]
January 31, 2023

Latin American legislators pledge to support Israel, fight antisemitism

Pro-Israel legislators from across Latin America gathered in Miami, Fla., on Jan. 30, 2023, to show solidarity with the Jewish state. Credit: Courtesy. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — A group of pro-Israel legislators from across Latin America on Jan. 29 […]
January 18, 2023

New IDF fitness center honors Alabama’s Lenora Pate

Steven Brickman in front of Israel’s new Lenora W. Pate Fitness Facility by Richard Friedman When Birmingham’s Lenora Pate died in June 2021, the Jewish community and Israel lost a friend. A devout Christian, Lenora was married to Steven Brickman, […]
December 1, 2022

Star-studded gala benefits Paul Newman’s camp in Israel for children with serious illnesses

From left: LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Julia Roberts, Clea Newman and Samuel L. Jackson attend the SeriousFun New York City Gala at Lincoln Center, Nov. 14, 2022. Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SeriousFun Children’s Network. by Howard Blas (JNS) — […]
October 22, 2022

IAF honors former Canadian Prime Minister Harper

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper receives the Israel Allies Award. Credit: Israel Allies Foundation. (JNS) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper received the Israel Allies Award at a gala dinner on Oct. 20 in Whitby, Canada. The award […]