This is, in a sense, a guest post.  After nine years of serving as content and research director for JewishIsrael, I have opted for a much needed sabbatical (which began in March 2016). 

For 25 plus years I've struggled with and explored the written word and the world of activism in a sincere, but not always successful, attempt at defending the Land of Israel,…

Dear fellow Israeli Jews, your children are being tackled by missionaries. JewishIsrael states this both figuratively and literally.

Israel National News (INN) reports that the Judean Rebels team just defeated Tel Aviv’s Hotel Gilgal…

In the most recent Musaf Shabbat supplement of the Hebrew language newspaper, Makor Rishon, two articles were published, regarding Israel’s and the Jews’ relationships with the Christian world.

The first article, titled…

IDF VS CHRISTIANS?  For the record, JewishIsrael did not come up with those rather antagonistic headlines.  The popular messianic publication "Israel Today" plastered those words over a screenshot of Christian Messianic Israeli YouTuber Hananya Naftali and his recent clip,…

By Shannon Nuszen

[This is an op-ed piece in response to the February 22nd Jerusalem Post article:  Int’l delegations converge on Friends of Zion museum]

I’ve heard stories about FBI stings to monitor and catch pedophiles…

Algemeiner is carrying Judy Lash Balint's fascinating and very telling interview with Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of…

Two statements, one Papal and one Rabbinic, addressing the status of Christian-Jewish interfaith relations emerged with great fanfare last month, only to cause confusion, denial, debate, and some embarrassment among Catholic and Jewish sources. A number of evangelical leaders also weighed in with critical reviews.

The December 10th  Vatican statement,…

Dr. Yoram Hazony, a prominent Jewish scholar in the fields of philosophy, theology, and political theory, has written a critical analysis of the recent Vatican document on Catholic-Jewish relations which was misrepresented and misinterpreted in a virtual media blitz.

The article,…

Billionaire Bishop Edir Macedo, head of the Brazilian mega-church Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), will be laying a cornerstone in a ceremony to take place tomorrow, December 17^th, at Machaneh Gilgal, located in the Jordan Valley, near…

Tablet Magazine has a lengthy article by Rabbi Dr. David Berger which assesses the impact of ‘Nostra Aetate’ on Jewish-Christian relations.  Included in the Tablet article, Vatican ll at 50, is a…

"They should say 'nostra maxima culpa' – in plain Hebrew- hatanu - for rushing in where angels fear to tread" ---Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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The Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC), under the direction of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, has published a new "historic"…

JewishIsrael has been closely monitoring the continued radical interfaith activities associated with the Center for Jewish Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC), founded by the Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Shlomo Riskin.

A comprehensive report, as well as a statement from JewishIsrael Rabbinic Director, Rabbi Sholom Gold,…

Joel Rosenberg a missionary leader who actively encourages the conversion of Jews in Israel and the Diaspora, made banner headlines in the Jerusalem Post online edition on November…

"Suddenly, the music swelled again as the worship team led the gathering in a contemporary version of a very ancient creed: 'We believe in the crucifixion; we believe in the virgin birth; we believe in the resurrection, and that He is coming back to earth!'… the worship team kept singing: 'Make me a house of prayer.' These were the same words that Jesus cried out upon his…

Last month JewishIsrael posted a community update on the Elav missionary conference and concert which took place this year at Jerusalem’s First Station. Sponsored by the Succat Hallel ministry, the annual event openly calls for…

With significant numbers of Christians and church organizations joining the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) anti-Israel movement, pro-Israel evangelicals are mobilizing to fight what is being termed as "global genocidal anti-Semitism".

This Tuesday, August…

Diane Weber Bederman has taken no prisoners in her stark unveiling of the truth published in  CIJ News

Excerpt from Post-modern anti-semitism: proselytizing

"I’m a very sensitive secular Jew adamantly opposed to proselyting. One doesn’t have to be a Torah observant…

(Please see follow-up report:  MDA Draws Blood at Elav Missionary Conference in Jerusalem)

Tonight, during the…

The 2015 summer edition of B'nai Brith Magazine has an article about Christian Zionists in Israel. Its author, Hillel Kuttler, takes an up close and personal look at Christian friends living in Israel, but also reports on the disturbing trend of increased missionary…

If you can't read it, then watch it and weep.

While numerous Christian Zionist leaders continue to deny any proselytizing or a conversionary agenda connected with their "pro-Israel" involvement, it has become increasingly evident that a great number of devout evangelicals can't help but "fish" for vulnerable Jewish souls by "sharing" the gospel,…