JEWISH VOICE BLOG

July 10, 2014

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Messiah . . . – Colossians 4:2-3a UKRAINE: Early this year, with much excitement, we announced our 2014 “Hear O’ Israel!” Festival of Jewish Music & Dance location as Ukraine. Within weeks the situation there had escalated to a boiling point. In the months and weeks since then, we have monitored the situation closely, and ...

July 09, 2014

Here at Jewish Voice Ministries we’re encouraging all of our partners and friends to join us in praying for the people of Israel as the situation there becomes increasingly volatile and dangerous. Tensions between the Israeli people and Hamas, a terrorist organization, were already at the breaking point following the kidnapping and murder or three West Bank Yeshiva students by individuals tied to Hamas. This tragedy was followed by the news that a young Palestinian man had been murdered by a ...

July 08, 2014

We are so excited about our upcoming Hear O’ Israel! Festival of Jewish Music & Dance in Ukraine! This event and its timing, have the potential for a powerful impact on the nation of Ukraine. There are a number of things that make this event so significant: • This year marks 20 years since Jonathan Bernis held his first Festival outreach, and it was in Ukraine. Our return there is a remarkable way to celebrate all that God has done through these Festivals over the past two decades. It ...

July 08, 2014

The situation in Israel and Gaza is getting more volatile by the moment. Hamas has fired 130 rockets into Israel since midnight. Israel has called up 40,000 troops for a possible ground attack on Gaza in what it is calling “Operation Protective Edge.” Exponential violence between Israel and Gaza Israel responds to Hamas rockets from Gaza with an airstrike on Gaza City in rapid escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza. AP Images, July 8, 2014 Recent days have seen an extreme escal...

July 03, 2014

Last Tuesday was a national Day of Mourning in Israel as grief and anger gripped the nation over the discovery of the bodies of the three young Yeshiva students who had been kidnapped three weeks earlier. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis turned out for the boys’ funeral services. Protests also broke out across the country as many called out for a more aggressive response from the Israeli government. Speaking at the funeral of one of the young men, Finance Minister Yair Lapid said, “To bu...

July 02, 2014

Eldana is a tiny, fragile part of a “Lost Tribes” community that has been practicing distinctly Jewish customs and traditions for centuries. She faces a terrible decision. The sun has driven her to the reddish-brown mud hole at the edge of her village . . . her family’s primary water source. Eldana must decide if she is thirsty enough to dip her little plastic cup into the chalky brown liquid and drink. At three years of age, she knows the water smells bad. What she doesn’t know is th...

June 30, 2014

Our heartfelt prayers go out to the grieving families and friends of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers whose bodies have been located today, according to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). A spokesman for the IDF released the heartbreaking news that, after three weeks of searching, a volunteer search team has located the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, an American-born Israeli citizen, and his fellow classmates, Eyal Yifrach, also 16, and Gilad Shaar, 19, in a shallow grave in an open field ju...

June 26, 2014

Events are moving quickly in the Middle East, and in troubling directions. The extremist Islamist forces of ISIS have seized complete control of all border crossings between Iraq and Syria, and at least one border post between Iraq and Jordan. This vicious military force is perilously close to eliminating any meaningful border distinctions between those three nations. Even more troubling is the reality that instability in Jordan puts ISIS on Israel’s eastern border. This couldn’t come at ...

June 26, 2014

Jonathan Bernis on The Discovery Channel July 2nd • 8:30am ET, 5:30am PT Jonathan Bernis will be the special guest of Sid Roth on his TV show, “It’s Supernatural!” now airing on The Discovery Channel Are we in the End Times? How can I know for certain? What can I do to increase my faith? How can I receive healing? How can the powers of life and health be released for me? Learn the four key indicators that we are in the End Times right now! Jonathan Bernis shares these majo...

June 25, 2014

If you have been friends of Jewish Voice Ministries for even a short time, through our television program, “Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis,” our magazine, “Jewish Voice Today,” or any of our other broadcasts, publications or ministry expressions, you will no doubt be very familiar with Romans 1:16. This verse, which states, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile," so well encapsulates...