Law and Gospel

When a Protestant Christian meets a Messianic Jew, they often find that they use the most basic terms in very different ways and with very different meanings. At its best, these encounters may lead to a clearer understanding of faith on both sides if we are open to new questions and perspectives we have never […]

Domenico Gargiulo's painting of David carrying the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem

June 28 – 2016

During the week covered by this review, we received 15 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Anti-Missionary Activity Israel Jewish-Christian Relations Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues Yated Ne’eman, June 22, 2016 British premier David Cameron, speaking in reference to the June 23rd referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, told the Jewish community […]

The Alliance Church building in Jerusalem, premises of the Caspari Center

June 23 – 2016

During the week covered by this review, we received 12 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Anti-Missionary Activity Christian Zionism Anti-Semitism Israel Art Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues HaMevaser, June 14, 2016 The new foreign minister of Brazil has stated that “he intends to change his country’s view”—which currently supports the recent UNESCO declaration […]

“How did Germany treat you, Alec?”

That question was the opening of a casual email from a colleague the other day. Just a little over a week after Yom ha-Shoah—the day when Israel remembers the victims of the Holocaust—I was tempted to answer by writing something like, “Way better than it treated my people a few decades ago.” I was there […]

Domenico Gargiulo's painting of David carrying the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem

June 14 – 2016

During the week covered by this review, we received 12 articles on the following subjects: The Pope and the Vatican Anti-Missionary Activity Anti-Semitism Political Issues Christians in Israel Jewish-Christian Relations Film Conversion to Judaism   The Pope and the Vatican Haaretz, June 6; The Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2016 On Sunday, June 5, Pope Francis […]

The Alliance Church building in Jerusalem, premises of the Caspari Center

June 9 – 2016

During the week covered by this review, we received 9 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Interfaith Dialogue Anti-Missionary Activity Anti-Missionary Attitudes Anti-Semitism Christians in Israel Political Issues The Jerusalem Post, May 30, 2016 The parliaments of Slovakia and Lithuania are to open pro-Israel parliamentary caucuses this week, “as the result of an initiative […]

Messianic Jews and ‘Messianic Muslims’

The Messianic Jewish movement is a newcomer on the missiological scene: an “insider movement” that tries to plant a New Testament–based faith in the Messiah into Jewish tradition and to bridge the church and synagogue traditions. While Judaism in the first century was a pluriform tradition that included followers of Jesus, rabbinic tradition from the […]

Domenico Gargiulo's painting of David carrying the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem

June 2 – 2016

During the week covered by this review, we received 18 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Anti-Missionary Activity Christians in Israel Israel Zionism Anti-Semitism Messianic Judaism Political Issues HaModia, May 24, 2016 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and French Premier Manuel Valls recently met to discuss a French proposal for a conference to further negotiations […]