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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]