Category: Focus on Israel

Arabs and Jews pay a high price for faith in Jesus. by Charles Gardner. Amid all the bad news emanating from the Middle East, the church there is growing and there has been a fivefold increase in Jewish followers of Jesus since 1998. Speaking to Christians in Doncaster on the importance of our Jewish roots, […]

Parashat B’reisheet: Starting Over With His Grace Shalom dear friends, Today we begin with the Shehecheyanu blessing: Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, shehecheyanu, vkiymanu, vhigiyanu lazman haze. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּהBlessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought […]

We are praying for the hostages to be healed from their terrible trauma. by Charles Gardner. On the anniversary of my dad’s death some years ago shortly after we touched down in Johannesburg in a bid to say our final farewells, I joined colleagues to pray about the fragile peace in Israel. It was also […]

Giving thanks to the Lord for release of the hostages. by Charles Gardner. My heart was breaking this time last week over the plight of hostage’s mum Ditza Or desperately holding on to hope for the release of her son Avinatan. I rejoice with her today. For our Scripture Union set readings, we are this […]

By Joseph Shulam.  A Message of Hope, Unity, and Divine Presence Finding Courage and Faith in these Times of Uncertainty! This Shabbat Chol HaMo’ed Sukkot, (Chol HaMo’ed Sukkot are the days between the first day of the feast and the last day of the feast. Read John 7 to understand the feast and its implications.) […]

A mum’s enduring love for her hostage son, and Yeshua’s love for Israel. by Charles Gardner. I had some heartbreaking moments as I read the paper today, October 7th, the second anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. The Daily Mail ran an exclusive story of how Ditza Or, the mother of […]

Jewish community in shock over synagogue terror attack. by Charles Gardner. The terror attack at the Manchester synagogue that left several people dead is a further stab in the back for Britain’s beleaguered Jewish community. In expressing his sympathies, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s words will have rung hollow with those who have accused him […]

Arab and Jewish musicians join up for a worship tour of France and Belgium. by Charles Gardner. Along with denouncing recognition of a Palestinian state by key Western leaders, there is also a great need to re-state the abiding truth that there is still hope for peace in the Middle East. That Arab and Jew […]

By Yehuda Bachana. Vayelech | Deuteronomy 31:1-30 | Hosea 14:2(1)-10(9) ** | Matthew 6:5-18 *** The Torah and Haftarah chapter/verse numberings are according to the Hebrew Bible (English chapter/verse numberings are within parentheses). ** Shabbat Shuvah: the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur which is named after the first word of the Haftarah reading from Hosea, […]

The West betrays the very people who gave them the basis of their civilization. by Charles Gardner. Well, it finally came. Recognition of a Palestinian state by Britain and other leading Western nations. A complete betrayal of the Jewish people, as predicted by the prophets long ago. To suggest this was about working towards a […]