Israel

May 17, 2019

It’s no secret that Iran has backed and supported terror organizations for decades. Especially those who seek the utter destruction of Israel. Most specifically, today, terror groups like Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. And while all of us have been skeptical of reports that indicate Iran’s compliance with nuclear sanctions, the reality that Iran has removed any attempt of hiding its violent intentions has made the threat even more significant. Iran’s Nuclear Declaration Should Mo...

May 10, 2019

Violence Erupts Along The Gaza Strip As Israel Comes Under Attack Violence erupted over the weekend along the Israel-Gaza border. And the death toll continues to rise. Years have passed since this area has seen such devastation and intense assaults. Within 24 hours, Palestinian militants reportedly fired more than 600 rockets into southern Israel. At least four Israelis have been killed. The number wounded is at 234 as of this writing. And as the alarms sounded in Israel, border roads w...

May 03, 2019

Gunman kills one and wounds three at California synagogue: How should we respond? Last Saturday, in a disturbing reminder that the U.S. is also a target to the rising tide of anti-Semitism around the globe, a gunman walked into the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California and shot a woman dead. Three others, including the congregation’s rabbi, Yisroel Goldstein, were wounded. Just hours before he attacked, the 19-year-old gunman had reportedly published an online manifesto, in ...

April 30, 2019

Standing with Israel on Yom HaZikaron – Israel’s Memorial Day “You’re doing the right thing, son,” his mother said as they stood at the door. The young man left his home in England and headed for what was still called the “British Mandate of Palestine.” Since 1922, the British had been responsible for the area and were charged with helping establish a Jewish homeland there. In 1947, they turned the matter over to the United Nations. Until it gained sovereignty, the would-be State of Is...

April 30, 2019

If you look into the eyes of Ze’ev, you can almost see the horrific images that have etched themselves deeply into his memory. Ze’ev was just 14 years old when World War II broke out. He and his family were dragged from their home by the Nazis - and confined in a Jewish ghetto. That wretched place can only be described as a death trap. Still barely a teenager, Ze’ev witnessed executions, brutal torture and many other things that are simply too terrible to write about. That wretched pl...

April 30, 2019

Holidays can be especially lonely for Holocaust survivors who have no relatives nearby. But many members of this unique generation have found a family in the community of fellow survivors brought together by JVMI’s ministry partners in Israel who conduct Bible studies, home visits and special events for them. Recently, one such event took place when Holocaust survivors were invited to a Passover Seder. They enjoyed a delicious Passover meal and dined to live music performed by a Messianic wor...

April 30, 2019

Remembering the Holocaust with Israel on Yom HaShoah One way each of us can fight anti-Semitism is to make sure the Holocaust is not forgotten. The generation of people who survived the Holocaust more than 70 years ago is dwindling. What will happen when they are gone? Many of them fear that the very real and horrific things they went through will fade from public awareness after they are no longer around to remind us. We must make sure that doesn’t happen. That’s why we join with Isr...

April 26, 2019

Benjamin Netanyahu survives tight election, but the future of Israel’s government remains uncertain. Last week Israeli voters reelected Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of Israel. After an election cycle steeped in controversy and a victory of slim margins, Israel – and even the world – is watching as Prime Minister Netanyahu builds his new coalition and what that may mean for the future of Israel’s government. Many in Israel are predicting a similar coalition as the Prime Minister’...

April 22, 2019

.declaration figure{width:30%;} It was supposed to be a secret. Three hundred and fifty invitations had been sent for the momentous occasion held at a Tel Aviv museum. But word spread, and crowds gathered outside, singing in the streets. They sang words written some 70 years before, words that had become a part of their very lives and were the passion of their hearts. They sang of a specific hope. Hatikvah (The Hope) As long as in the heart within The Jewish soul yearns And toward t...

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...