Indigenous Christians of IsraelVisit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and you are bound to notice a short ladder resting on a second story window ledge. You can also see it in old photographs in the exact same position it is today. Scratching the surface, we find that the ladder is a part of a wonderful story of endurance.
A guide to the perplexedI was asked by a friend recently to assist a Christian Zionist lady who had received some anti-Israel propaganda at her church and was perplexed and swayed by the opposing points of view she was reading. I have taken the liberty of using as my title the same one used in the great work of Moses Maimonides who clarified Jewish law during medieval times.
Sabastiya The origin of the name of the modern day village of Sabastiya is the Herodian city of Sebaste, founded in 25 BC by Herod the Great.
Connecting Pilgrims to their Jewish roots Growing up in the US I thought that pilgrims planted corn and hunted turkey; today I realize that all of us can become spiritual pilgrims on a religious voyage
A year in Israel It has been just about a year since I really “settled” in Israel. I was in and out before, but the past year was my first official year in Israel.
See Ashkelon and have a whale of a time! Were Jonah to have washed up in modern Ashkelon instead of Ninveh, he would have been forgiven for believing that he’d shown up at the home of the great whale. That’s because the city of Ashkelon is home to a new artistic project, the “Whales on the Beach.”
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