By Maxine Carlill “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand because of great age. The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets’.” (Zechariah 8:4-5) This prophetic word, […]
Read MoreBy Karin Lorenz The ICEJ’s German branch again marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, with this year’s commemorations especially important given that Germany is facing its worst surge of antisemitism since the end of Nazi rule. When reports of the Hamas massacres on October 7 first appeared, Arabs and Muslims danced with joy […]
Read MoreThe International Christian Embassy Jerusalem has responded to Israel’s current war crisis with numerous urgent relief and aid projects, including the donation of four new ambulances to help replace the dozens of Israeli ambulances destroyed during and since the Hamas massacres of October 7. The donated ambulances include an advanced, fully-equipped military ambulance to serve […]
Read MoreMany Christians have heard elderly Holocaust survivors tell their stories of suffering and loss, and also how they worry that people will forget or deny what happened to them. But at a recent church gathering in western Canada, an Israeli survivor of the Hamas massacres on October 7 shared his harrowing story of running from […]
Read MoreThe war ignited by Hamas on October 7 has been shocking and traumatic for everyone in Israel, and even more so for new Ethiopian Jewish immigrants already trying to overcome huge cultural differences and language barriers. This is especially true for the young students among them – ages 18 to 25 – who are part […]
Read MoreBy: Jonathan Parsons The ongoing war with Hamas has forced thousands of residents from towns near the Gaza border to evacuate and seek temporary housing across Israel. The Christian Embassy is doing all we can to help the more than 200,000 Israeli families who have been displaced by the fighting, including special grants to help […]
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