This week, we finish our year-long march through the Torah. We have followed the Jewish reading calendar throughout the entire year, without fail, and now we have arrived at the last two chapters of Deuteronomy. In synagogues, as soon as the final words of Deuteronomy are read, a second scroll is opened to read the…
This week on the Red Alert Report, we meet with Reverend Tom Burden of CMJ Israel—an organization with nearly 200 years of history serving the people of the Holy Land. After more than a year serving in Jerusalem, Rev. Tom offers a thoughtful and moving look at the Jewish community’s long history in the city,…
This week’s Torah Portion covers Deuteronomy 32:1–52. This is our second-to-last reading in Deuteronomy, which means we are almost to the finish line in our goal to read the first five books of the Bible in one year. The portions are getting shorter each week because we are also in the middle of the High…
This week, we are taking a brief pause from our regular Torah reading portion. This Friday evening and Saturday mark the eve and celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Because of the festival, synagogues around the world set aside the regular weekly reading in Deuteronomy to focus instead on holiday readings. In the…
This week’s Red Alert Report features a powerful and timely conversation with returning guest, journalist and author, Paul Calvert. Paul joins us from Bethlehem to share firsthand insights into the challenges facing both the Christian and Jewish communities in Israel and the UK. Paul discusses recent security incidents in Bethlehem, pressures facing local believers, and…
This week we are reading a double Torah portion. The reading portions are called Nitzavim and Vayelech, and together they cover Deuteronomy 29:10–31:30. They capture Moses’s final charge to the assembled Israelites as his life nears its end. For the last time as their leader, Moses exhorts them to commit themselves to an enduring covenant…
In this week’s Red Alert Report, we introduce you to our 2027 Hebrew University Scholarship Recipient, Ruby Zimmerman—a remarkable young woman whose journey reflects faith, courage, and a deepening love for Israel. Ruby grew up in a traditional conservative family where her father’s many trips to Israel sparked her early interest. But everything changed when…
By Shelley Neese This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 26:1 to 29:8. It takes its name, Ki Tavo, from its opening Hebrew words, which mean “When you come” or “When you enter.” The commandments that follow are for when Israel crosses the Jordan River, takes possession of the land, and settles into its new national…
This week’s Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report features a powerful conversation with Yael Shavelson, a Pepperdine University master’s student whose story reveals how Jewish identity is being challenged—and strengthened—on today’s college campuses. Yael’s journey reflects a growing struggle for Jewish students nationwide and invites both Jews and Christians to consider how we support those facing…
We are nearing the end of our yearlong Torah reading cycle. Over the last ten months, we have worked our way through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. Now, we only have nine chapters left in Deuteronomy. This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19. It is named Ki Tetze, which translates to “When you go out.”…
This week’s Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report features a compelling conversation with Israeli historian Doron Sapir, whose work examines one of the most pressing questions of our time: How do identity, nationality, and the stories we were taught growing up shape how we understand history? Doron shares how his own journey — from studying electronics…
This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 16:18 to 21:9. The portion takes its name from its opening command: “You shall appoint judges (shoftim) and officers within all your gates” (16:18). In this portion of Moses’s final address, he lays out the structural foundations of a just society. As he establishes the leadership framework that will…
By Amy Zewe— This week’s Jerusalem Connection Red Alert Report features a fascinating conversation with Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, author, Israel365News journalist, and longtime friend of our ministry. Shelley Neese joins me for this lively conversation with Eliyahu to explore his newest book, The Ketoret, the history of the Qumran Project, and the anticipation of the…
This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 11:26 to 16:17. The Torah portion is called Re’eh, which is the imperative to look. It begins, “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse” (11:26). Until now, many of the laws of the covenant have seemed abstract. They were instructions for purging idols from…
This week on The Red Alert Report, Amy Zewe speaks with Pastor Regan King about a growing concern within the global church: the rise of antisemitism and the spread of misinformation surrounding the controversial Kairos II document (GKJs_response_Final.pdf). Pastor King, originally from Arkansas and now serving in London, shares his personal journey toward understanding the…
This week’s Torah portion is called Eikev, and it covers Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25. The name Eikev translates to “because” or “as a consequence of.” Much of its message is about the cause-and-effect relationship between Israel’s obedience and God’s blessings and her disobedience and God’s curses. The portion starts: “If you pay attention to these…
This week’s episode of The Red Alert Report features Dr. Gerald McDermott discussing his recent Christian Post article, co-authored with Dr. A.J. Nolte and Dr. Jules Gomes: “The Israel Genocide Delusion of the Church of England.” Join us to unpack the Church of England’s controversial General Synod vote that accused Israel of genocide and settler…
This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11. It is called Va’etchanan, which translates to “I pleaded,” because it begins with Moses pleading with God for permission to cross the Jordan River. Deuteronomy 3:22–25 records Moses saying: At that time, I pleaded with the Lord: “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand.…