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November 28, 2019

Judea Samaria Chamber Head Welcomes Evangelical Investment in Israel

Photo courtesy CUFI. By Richard Friedman  There are many reasons Evangelical Christians often dedicate themselves to Israel and support the country’s well-being with their prayers, visits and philanthropic dollars.  Among them are a love for Israel as the land […]
November 27, 2019

Commentary: A Day of Premeditated “Rage”

Palestinians burn an Israeli flag during a “day of rage” riot at Qalandiya checkpoint near Ramallah in the West Bank, March 16, 2010. Photo by Issam Rimawi/Flash90. By Jonathan Feldstein (Nov. 27, 2019) — If you heard about the Palestinian […]
November 27, 2019

With frequent traumatizing rocket attacks, Israeli children don’t want to leave their shelters

An Operation Lifeshield shelter By Richard Friedman As we go about our lives with many of us living in tranquil and secure communities, it’s easy to forget the deadly threats Israeli parents and children face almost daily in the southern […]
November 26, 2019

It’s Time To Rekindle Black-Jewish Solidarity

From Left To Right: Dr. Martin Luther King, Rabbi Dr. Maurice Eisendrath and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel march in Selma in 1965. By Joshua Washington On July 17, 2014, in New York City, Eric Garner was murdered by a police […]
November 24, 2019

Relations between Christians, Jews: Painful past can lead to promising future

Detail from a painting depicting blood libel in St. Paul’s Church in Sandomierz, Poland. Wikimedia Commons. By Richard Friedman  The Times Of Israel posted a story recently, headlined “Church of England report admits Christian anti-Semitism helped lead to Holocaust.” It […]
November 22, 2019

Meet the South Carolina politician who laid the foundation for the new U.S. policy on Israeli settlements

South Carolina State Rep. Alan Clemmons addressing a pro-Israel rally outside of the state house. Source: Alan Clemmons via Twitter By Sean Savage (JNS) — The announcement on Nov. 18 by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United […]
November 22, 2019

Opinion: While right-wing antisemitism is deadly, left-wing antisemitism is corrosive long-term

by Larry Brook, editor (This column is the lead editorial in the November 2019 issue of Southern Jewish Life.) There has been a lot of talk about antisemitism lately, and a heated debate on where it comes from and what […]
November 21, 2019

A Letter to Pro-Israel Students On Campus

Courtesy Students Supporting Israel To Pro-Israel Students: These past weeks weren’t easy for many of the students on campus. What started with a large anti-Jewish vote at Illinois Urbana-Champaign declaring that, “anti-Zionism is not a form of anti-Semitism,” began a […]
November 18, 2019

American firefighters volunteer in Israel during Gaza rocket attacks

Emergency Volunteer Project Deployment director Eitan Charnoff (center) and volunteer U.S. firefighters Spencer MacWilliams (left) and Jake Papageorgio at a fire station in Jerusalem. Photo courtesy EVP. By Gary Schiff (JNS) — As rockets fell on southern and central Israel […]
November 17, 2019

Yael Eckstein is putting her own mark on building bridges between Christians and Jews

Yael Eckstein standing on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. As the new head of the International “Fellowship” that helps 1.5 million people a year, she has taken what her father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, built and […]
November 15, 2019

Two Days Under Fire

By Jonathan Feldstein Under normal circumstances, most kids look for excuses to stay home from school, at least once in a while. This week in Israel, 300,000 kids stayed home from school a few days in a row. Under the […]