Good Relations with Hamas Advance Moscow’s Desire for Involvement in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Moscow’s driving force is antagonism to America.
February 14, 2019
Remembering the Rabbi Who Brought Jews and Christians Together
Yechiel Eckstein.
Yechiel Eckstein, an American-born rabbi who did much to foster Jewish cooperation with evangelical Christians, died in Jerusalem last week at the age of sixty-seven. In 1991, his outreach to Christian groups led him to create the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, which remains one of Israel’s largest charities and has raised millions of dollars for needy Jews. While much of Eckstein’s public activities focused on Israel, he came to the idea of a Jewish-evangelical alliance when confronting American anti-Semitism, as Jonathan Tobin writes:
February 14, 2019
Why Is a Major Jewish Organization Hosting Al Sharpton?
An anti-Semitic agitator at the Religious Action Center.
Did Abraham Lincoln Tell American Rabbis That He Was of Jewish Ancestry? And If So, Why?
Reportedly, he also had a “Jewish countenance.”
Remembering the Rabbi Who Brought Jews and Christians Together
Yechiel Eckstein.
A New Exhibit Displays Some of the Oldest Extant Photographs of Jerusalem
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey.