Category: Focus on Israel

By Joseph Shulam January 4th 2024. Welcome to the year of our Lord 2024, Israel is in the middle of a harsh and difficult war with a bitter enemy who has no limit to his hate and cruelty. An enemy that is driven by no objective but  hate, a deep hate based on totally mythological […]

December 23rd 2023. By Joseph Shulam. The last weeks of readings in the book of Genesis deal with the relationship between Joseph and his brothers.  The story of Joseph is one of the longest sagas in the Hebrew Bible.   Our Torah reading this Shabbat is Vayigash:The reading is from Genesis 44:18 – 47:27.  Some of […]

Return to me with all your heart, says the Lord (Joel 2:12). by Charles Gardner. We were amazed the other day as we watched a social media update on the Israel-Gaza war from the Aliyah Return Centre, who help Jewish immigrants to settle in the land. Their spokesman, an officer of some standing, was being […]

By Joseph Shulam. The last Torah portions of the year are bringing us closer to one of the most fascinating and important short novels in the Holy Bible.  The story of Joseph has all the nine elements of a perfect novel even by modern western standards.   The readings are:  The Torah Portion Miketz: Genesis […]

Do British Christians understand what they are singing? by Charles Gardner. As churches prepare for Christmas here in Yorkshire, the atmosphere has been enriched by that great hymn, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel. How apt for today with the Jewish nation under vicious attack, and many of their people still held […]

December 7, 2023. By Joseph Shulam. Day 62 since the war in Gaza started and it has spread to the North of Israel. Day 62 of horror and hate and cruelty and beastiality by humans that are acting like devils.  Even Beasts don’t do what these people did to innocent young men and women.  As disciples of […]

How Hanukkah prepared the way for Israel’s Messiah. by Charles Gardner. The prodigious and insightful author Rabbi Jonathan Cahn asks the question, “Who is the most famous person to attend the annual Festival of Hanukkah?”1 The answer, as too many perhaps don’t realise, is Yeshua. For in the Gospel of John, the apostle records: “Then […]

Jewish army doctor turns to Jesus after witnessing patient’s extreme courage. by Charles Gardner. A Jewish army surgeon was amazed by the courage of a young soldier badly wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War (1861-65). Dr Max Rossvally was forced to amputate both a leg and arm in a bid […]

A hymn of praise out of the depths of despair. by Charles Gardner. Amidst the searing loss of life in Israel today, it is well to recall the biblical message of solace that can come out of suffering. Isaiah prophesied of a time when those living in a land of “deep darkness” – he was […]

The call to keep watch over God’s chosen people. by Charles Gardner. Back in the late summer, I was prompted by the Lord to re-visit the remarkable story of Corrie ten Boom and her family, so I bought a copy of her book, The Hiding Place, at a Christian store in Berkshire. It was only […]