Category Archives: Faith in Israel

Grave Wars in Jerusalem

By | October 21, 2012

From the Caspari Center Media Review: Segula, October 3, 2012 This eight-page feature article relates the history of the establishment of the first missionary hospital in Jerusalem, in 1842, by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. The conditions in Israel at the time were bleak: 80% of children born in the land… Read More »

Yad Hashmona Loses Same-Sex Lawsuit

By | September 14, 2012

From ICEJ News: Yad Hashmona, the Messianic Jewish Moshav near Jerusalem, was handed a devastating legal defeat on Wednesday when the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled that it had acted improperly in refusing to allow a lesbian couple to have a wedding reception in the Moshav events hall and ordered the Moshav to pay damages to… Read More »

September 14

By | September 14, 2011

I heartily concur with David Murray’s list of 10 Problems with Old Testament Teaching. Messianic Jews are being persecuted in Mevasseret Zion (the town where the closest mall to Yad HaShmonah is). That times have changed (on the computer) is clear from the fact that Google Desktop is being retired. TMC is ranked #2 again… Read More »

Article on Messianic Jews in Israel

By | August 16, 2010

Those readers of mine interested in Yad HaShmonah may be want to read this English summary of an article about Messianic Jews in today’s issue of a major Israeli newspaper, Yediot Ahronot.  The Caspari Media Review summary begins: Under the headline "Yeshua Superstar," Yoaz Hendel looked at the Messianic Jewish community in Israel as part… Read More »

Keeping Jews Out of Israel

By | October 8, 2009

From the Caspari Media Review: In an extremely lengthy article published in Haaretz (October 2), Yuval Azulai suggested that the Israeli Ministry of the Interior works hand in hand with the anti-missionary organization Yad L’Achim, making use of details and acting against Messianic Jews on the basis of information supplied by its members. The multi-headlined… Read More »

Yom Kippur

By | September 27, 2009

Yom Kippur begins at sundown, and if you ‘re interested in reading what the Bible says about it, read Leviticus 16.  It’s also mentioned in “God’s calendar” of appointed times in Leviticus 23.  What God desires and delights in fasting is given in Isaiah 58.  Of course, the final “day of atonement” is described in… Read More »

Gays Sue Yad HaShmonah

By | August 16, 2009

If Yad HaShmonah is not on your prayer list already, here’s another reason to add them: Several months ago, a same-sex couple petitioned the courts in Israel in an attempt to sue the religiously affiliated commune Yad Hadmashona for punitive damages. According to the petitioners, the moshav prohibited them from holding their marriage celebration on… Read More »

Messianic Jews Attacked in Rehovot

By | May 15, 2009

On Wednesday of this week, according to a source not friendly to believers, ynetnews: Messianic Jews took to the streets of the central city of Rehovot on Wednesday and handed out pamphlets of the New Testament in an attempt to convince passersby to convert. Ultra-Orthodox residents were outraged by the site and began beating the… Read More »

JPost Article on Messianic Jews

By | May 14, 2009

This article in the Jerusalem Post features a number of former neighbors at Yad HaShmonah, talking about their faith.  Like most religious Zionists, Aryeh Bar-David sees the hand of God in the establishment of the Jewish state and the Jewish people’s repeated victories against its enemies. Yom Ha’atzmaut has religious meaning as a tangible sign… Read More »