Two Caspari employees, Alec and David, in the Caspari Center library, holding a book called Facts and Myths About the Messianic Congregations in Israel

November 13 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 18 articles on the following subjects:   Political Issues Israel Christians in Israel Jewish Attitudes Concerning Jesus Anti-Semitism History Anti-Missionary Activity Anti-Missionary Attitudes Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues Iton Shacharit, November 3, 2017   Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu recently met with British Prime Minister Theresa May […]

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

November 8 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 30 articles on the following subjects:   Israel Interfaith Dialogue Christians in Israel History Jewish Attitudes Concerning Jesus Anti-Semitism Christian Tourism Miscellaneous Archaeology   Israel The Jerusalem Post, October 30, 2017   Rosario Murillo, Nicaragua’s vice president, recently told local media that Modi Ephraim, head of […]

man standing with his bible open and the city of Jerusalem in the background

November 1 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 25 articles on the following subjects:   Political Issues Israel The Pope and the Vatican Christian Zionism Anti-Semitism Anti-Missionary Activity Christianity Christians in Israel Christians and the Holocaust Sport Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues Mishpacha, HaDerech, October 19, 2017   The first article is a survey […]

How Jewish was the early Church?

In Matthew 15, we read the story of Jesus meeting a Canaanite woman. After initially dismissing her pleas for help, Yeshua (Jesus) ends up healing her daughter and acknowledging the woman’s faith. As one of the few encounters between Jesus and non-Jews recorded in the gospels, this passage has been interpreted as providing a model […]

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

October 23 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 24 articles on the following subjects:   Political Issues Israel Anti-Semitism Anti-Missionary Attitudes Jewish-Christian Relations Christian Zionism Christian Tourism Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues The Jerusalem Post, October 16, 2017   On Sunday, October 15th, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made several speeches and statements in defense […]

Facts & Myths

Nearly twenty years ago, the Caspari Center began an empirical endeavor to gather specific information regarding Messianic believers in Israel. Where did they gather? What did they believe? How big were their congregations? How were these congregations structured? How many Jewish believers were there in the Land? The Caspari Center survey entitled Facts & Myths […]

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

October 9 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 11 articles on the following subjects:   Jerusalem Anti-Semitism Jewish Attitudes Concerning Jesus Jewish-Christian Relations Christian Zionism Christian Tourism History Miscellaneous Archaeology   Jerusalem Yediot Yerushalayim, October 6, 2017   Last week, Eran Tzidkiyahu, a local tour guide, observed a Jerusalem municipality security guard attempting to […]

Two Caspari employees, Alec and David, in the Caspari Center library, holding a book called Facts and Myths About the Messianic Congregations in Israel

October 5 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 16 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Christians in Israel Israel Jewish-Christian Relations Christian Tourism Miscellaneous Archaeology   Political Issues The Jerusalem Report, September 27, 2017   This article discusses the rise of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party. Beatrix von Storch, deputy chairperson of […]

Yom Kippur and Jesus’ Sacrifice

Some have wondered why, if Jesus’ life was a perfect sacrifice, Jesus didn’t die on Yom Kippur instead of Passover. During the first decades after the resurrection, when the early Christian community was primarily Jewish, believers continued to participate in Yom Kippur and the rest of the yearly festival cycle, though their understanding of those […]

September 24 – 2017

During the week covered by this review, we received 9 articles on the following subjects: Political Issues Israel Jerusalem Messianic Jews (Organizations) Christian Tourism Book Reviews   Political Issues HaModia, September 14, 2017   During Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to South and Central America, he received thousands of World War II-era documents, including […]