Ronit Shreyberg grew up in a religious Jewish home with an Orthodox Jewish mother and a Reform Jewish father. They liked to describe their home as “conservadox.” Eventually, her mother became less Orthodox and her father become more Orthodox, but they always kept a kosher home and remained proudly and happily Jewish. Ronit faithfully attended […]
In the cold winter of Jerusalem, amid the Festival of Lights, Yeshua stood in Solomon’s Colonnade on the eastern side of the Temple, surrounded by curious and confrontational listeners. The setting was Hanukkah (the Feast of Dedication), the festival commemorating God’s miraculous deliverance of the Jewish people from the persecution of the evil Seleucid ruler, […]
You have probably heard the claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. News pieces, social media posts, and protests around the world claim Israel is intentionally targeting innocent civilians in Gaza. South Africa took Israel to the International Criminal Court with these accusations, and Brazil’s president likened Israel’s motives to “when Hitler decided to […]
The Jewish apostle Paul once wrote, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Gentile” (Romans 1:16). This same Paul, a devout Pharisee and once a persecutor of Jewish followers of Jesus, eventually came […]
“There is much truth to the Palestinian claim of loss and displacement. Many innocent Palestinian Arabs did die in this war. And hundreds of thousands more did become refugees. But this nakba narrative glosses over one critical issue: causation. The fact is that this Palestinian tragedy was the direct result of Palestinian action.” –– David […]
You may have seen it: demonstrators line city streets holding signs such as “Free Palestine,” accusing Israel of xenophobia, racism, and apartheid. Amnesty International even published an official report accusing Israel of apartheid against Palestinians. But are these claims true? Is Israel an apartheid, racist state? Definitions of Racism and Apartheid First, let us begin […]
“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted” (Psalm 10:1, 12). Have you ever expressed similar questions and angst to heaven? Maybe you are in a place even now where you feel the […]
One morning, I sat looking out my window and noticed something that I had never seen before. A spider had caught a large fly in its web and was slowly making its way to its prey. The fly violently tried to escape, shaking the web, but to no avail. The spider eventually killed the fly, […]
This is one of the most important questions you could ever ask. If Jesus rose from the dead, then he is who he claimed to be—the Messiah of Israel and the Son of God. But if Jesus did not rise from the dead, then he should go down in history as just another false messiah. […]
This has been one of the most hot-button, emotive political topics since the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948. Emotions aside, we believe there is a solid biblical, historical, and legal case for Israel’s ownership of the land. Historically, the Jewish people have inhabited the land of Israel for thousands of years. […]