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I will finish my work. (Isaiah 43:5-7)

Praying for Zion & others in song

We offer you two prayerful songs to contemplate today.
4 days 18 hours ago
Researchers find that anti-semitic expression rose last year, and that the coronavirus pandemic could stoke more hatred.

Report: Spike in anti-Semitic sentiments amid Coronavirus

anti-semitism in English-Hebrew dictionary
3 weeks ago
Passover table with matzah, hagaddah, seder plate

Passover video series by Shoresh Study Tours

Shoresh Study Tours shares a series of videos on Passover. In the videos, Aaron Eime, a deacon at Christ Church Jerusalem, talks about what Passover is, followed by a Passover Seder with his family.
1 month ago
Christ Church Jerusalem Holy Table

Holy Week Services at Christ Church

Livestreaming on Facebook throughout Holy Week
1 month 1 week ago

From the archives

Holy Week Services at Christ Church

Livestreaming on Facebook throughout Holy Week
1 month 1 week ago

Why do we fast?

The season of Lent, the forty days before Easter, begins this year on Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Traditionally it is a time of fasting, repentance and reflection in preparation for remembering the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. (Traditio
2 months 2 weeks ago

Paul and the Jews

Colossians 4:10 indicates that among Paul's co-workers at that particular time, only Aristarchus, Mark, and Justus were Jews. This brings to the foreground Paul’s reaction to the Jews and their slight response to the gospel.
2 months 3 weeks ago

Book Suggestions

Looking for books on Jewish history and culture? Here are a few I've read in the last few weeks.
4 months 1 week ago

Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism

Besides the terror attacks in the past few years at synagogues, the most recent attack at the JC Kosher Market in Jersey City, NJ, where three innocent people were killed was a cruel reminder of the rise of violent acts against Jewish people in the USA.
4 months 4 weeks ago

Anti-Semitism & Its Consequences in Our Day

8 months 3 weeks ago

Ancient Hebrew Scroll Project

CMJ USA's Daryl Fenton traveled with the Ancient Hebrew Scroll Project in March.
1 year 1 month ago

Anti-Semitism: Old and New

Is it 1938 again? Are we seeing a rise is a movement of hatred toward the Jewish people that is deeper and larger even than Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
1 year 6 months ago

A Voice in Ramah

1 year 6 months ago

Maundy Thursday Meditation

A walk to the Mount of Olives
2 years 1 month ago

Story of Modern Hebrew

How was the Hebrew language revived after 2000 years?
2 years 2 months ago

Ruth and Redemption (audio)

A Petra Church Podcast about God's plan of redemption
2 years 2 months ago
God's promise to Israel: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11