Jewish Belief In Israel

Many surveys are conducted in Israel. There, in the flow of new information regarding what Israelis think about an attack on Iran, whether they trust the prime minister, and where they would prefer to live, there is also a survey that calls for greater attention from those who are interested in work among Jewish people. […]

Jews On The Road To The East

Lisa Loden For many Israelis, Judaism has failed to bring inner peace, answers to the Mideast conflict, or meaning to the chaos of the world. For these people, the religions of the Far East have a strong power of attraction. Israelis (and Jews) can be found throughout the Far East, where they take part in […]

Was The Cross Mark A Jewish Symbol?

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a […]

The Lion And The Lamb

Alexander Goldberg “The power of prayer depends almost entirely upon our apprehension of who it is with whom we speak.” (Andrew Murray) June has been a month of much driving: I’ve been to Haifa 6 times, teaching at the Haifa Theological Institute. Four hours of driving (at best) for the sake of three and a […]

Spirituality on the Street

Heidi Maskell A walk on the streets of downtown Jerusalem quickly reveals the diversity of religious and cultural expressions. So where better a place to come on a spiritual quest. Lisa from LA, a girl with Jewish roots, came to explore the Holy Land and find some way of tangibly connecting her faith teachings with […]

The Burden for the Next Generation

Joel Goldberg, has  much experience in youth ministry and is also the founder and leader of ‘Netivah’ – an organization that focuses on youth. The following is an interview with Joel. What drew you to youth ministry? I realized the need for ministry to youth while still in my teen years, watching friends of mine […]

“Who Am I?”

Workshop for Teenage Girls It is a truth universally acknowledged that one of the most important – and challenging – tasks of the teen years is learning to fit in with peers. For Messianic youth in Israel, this is compounded by the fact that their peers, average Israeli teenagers, don’t know much (if anything) about […]

Passing Over

In Israel, Passover and the week of matzot (unleavened bread) is over, and the country is back to normal. In fact, it is only Jerusalem that gets filled with people (tourists) that week, while the rest of Israel’s cities become half-empty. This year, for the first time ever, I stayed in Tel-Aviv for the Feast […]

Jesus the Jew – A Light to the Nations

10-Day Missiology Course taught in Jerusalem, November 12-23, 2012 Jesus was Jewish and he preached almost exclusively to other Jews, making his message mostly Jewish. Despite this fact, his message spread throughout the ancient world very quickly, and to this day, more and more different peoples around the world have heard and responded to this […]

Singles Event: Learning to “Live At the Well”

Once again, singles from all over Israel – from as far South as Beer Sheva and as far North as Haifa and Tiberias – made the trek to Jerusalem on a Thursday evening to enjoy fellowship with other singles and to be challenged and encouraged. Once everyone had arrived and settled in, they had the […]