JEWISH VOICE BLOG

April 20, 2019

God Hears and Understands In the Passover Seder, the unleavened bread is called The “Bread of Our Affliction.” It is to remind us of how the people of Israel suffered during their slavery in Egypt. They bore painful sorrows in their hearts and heavy burdens on their backs. Today, our physical burdens may not be as substantial as those of Israel in Egypt, but each one of us bears burdens of the heart. Loss, illness, rejection, physical pain, sorrow – there are plenty of “afflictions” to go ...

April 19, 2019

Israel made history last week when its Beresheet spacecraft came just short of a soft landing on the moon. An engine failure kept the braking system from working, and the spacecraft crashed to the surface. As the world’s first privately funded mission to reach lunar orbit, Beresheet was historic despite the less than perfect landing. “We are the seventh country to orbit the moon and the fourth to reach the moon’s surface,” said Opher Doron, general manager of the Israel Aerospace Industries s...

April 19, 2019

God Saves On that long ago night when God’s final plague swept through the land of Egypt, the angel of death came to take the firstborn of all families. But when he saw the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorframes of the Jewish homes, he passed over and spared them the sorrow of death. Only those homes not covered by the sacrificed blood endured death. What a vivid picture this is of how Yeshua’s (Jesus’) blood, poured out and sacrificed for us, covers our sin and protects us from sp...

April 18, 2019

God Searches and Cleans We are in the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread that follows Passover night. For seven days, Jewish people are to eat nothing containing leaven (such as yeast and baking soda). The day before Passover, Jewish people search through the entire house to remove all leaven. Every cupboard, drawer, nook and cranny is examined, and some families have even used a feather to clean out every last crumb. In the New Covenant, leaven is a metaphor for sin. “D...

April 18, 2019

As I write this, there is a grim, devastating reality every citizen living in Israel must face – They are surrounded by enemies who are determined not to rest … until they have destroyed Israel. Israel’s security services have thwarted hundreds of terror attacks in the last year alone. The attacks are far away from any place where tourists visit. But they continue in the border areas. Shira Ish-Ran knows this, as only a mother can. Last December, Shira and her husband, Amichai, were ...

April 17, 2019

What would it have been like to be in Egypt thousands of years ago on the night of Passover? Every Jewish person alive at that time had been born into slavery, as were their parents and grandparents. Generation upon generation knew only the bitterness of forced labor and mistreatment. But then, out of the desert comes an 80-year-old Jewish man, who was raised by Pharaoh’s daughter and had left 40 years ago. He has come back to deliver a message to Pharaoh from the God of Israel Himself. “Let...

April 17, 2019

Thank you for providing the care Hannah needed … when she needed it the most A deadly infection took her eyesight and threatened to kill her Hannah’s* terrified shrieks echoed across the crowded compound. She was frightened, badly frightened – and in intense, excruciating pain. Her swollen right eye bulged grotesquely from its socket. It was bloody, brown with rot and crusted over with ugly scabs. For months, perhaps years, this little girl and her family had suffered. Hannah’s eyesi...

April 16, 2019

Pray with us – because He is worthy! Leading up to Pesach (Passover), during the week of April 15–19, the staff of Jewish Voice will have a special week of focusing on the Lord through worship, prayer, and fasting. We will have corporate times of intercession for the places we go, the people we minister to, our fellow team members, and for you, our dear partners. Our theme for the week is “He is Worthy.” And He is! He is worthy of our worship and attention, and of all our efforts to bring...

April 12, 2019

Tuesday’s general election has given Benjamin Netanyahu the distinction of becoming Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, according to media reports on Wednesday. Netanyahu is Israel’s ninth prime minister and leader of the Likud party. He is now set to serve his fifth term. He is the only prime minister in Israel's history to be elected four times in a row. He has served the last 10 consecutive years, and previously served three years in the 1990s. This surpasses the previous record of ...

April 05, 2019

Not since 2014 have so many sirens terrified the Israeli communities that border the Gaza Strip. Last week’s “accidental” missile launch from Gaza – while horrific and tragic for the seven people who were injured – was a symptom of a bigger problem. Iran has Israel surrounded ‒ and its leaders are obsessed with eliminating Israel. Iran is ‘On Israel’s Doorstep’ The Trumpet recently reported, “Iran has exploited the conflict in Iraq, the civil war in Syria and the political strife in Leb...