Jerusalem post christian edition

Passages – ‘Birthright’ for Christian college students

"The majority come because they are committed Christians, they want to see the Bible come alive."

|ByHERB KEINON
American Christian college students in Israel as part of a program aimed at Christian students, called Passages, visit the holy site of the Mount Precipice in the Galilee town of Nazareth.
Sen. Marco Rubio speaks with reporters in Washington in July

Rubio calls to help displaced Christians in the Middle East

"Words alone are hollow unless action follows," said Sen. Mark Rubio.

|ByBENJAMIN GLATT
US Vice President Mike Pence waves to the crowd at a UN event in New York marking 70 years since the Partition Plan was approved

Support for Israel extends beyond Jewish world, ECI says

Pence: It is impossible not to see hands from heaven in 1947 partition vote.

|ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Jacob Damkani

One Israeli man's mission to bring 'gospel back to Jewish people'

A Jew? A Christian? A "Jew for Jesus"? Jacob Damkani isn't as focused on his own mission as he is on challenging replacement theology.

|ByLESLIE CRISS / NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL - TUPELO

Today in History: The first Jewish Olympics

Maccabiah athletic competition brings Jews from around the world to experience Israel.

MARCH 28, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
The Maccabiah games' first poster

Today in History: Winning Eilat with an ink flag

Israeli soldiers took the city without a battle, but forgot to bring the national banner

MARCH 10, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Raising the ink-drawn flag in Eilat. Picture by Micha Perry, an officer in the Negev Brigade, March 10, 1949

Today in History: Antoninus and the heroes of Beitar

Roman emperor "came like a blessing" to the Jews after the Great Revolt.

MARCH 7, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Bust of Antoninus Pius, ca. 150

Today in History: From Battle of Shiloh to Ben-Hur

Lew Wallace wrote bestseller to strengthen his faith.

FEBRUARY 15, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Film rendition of Ben Hur.

Pro-BDS Presbyterian church set to lose 400,000 members

The Layman is the publication for the Presbyterian Lay Committee, an advocacy group supporting conservative positions in the denomination.

FEBRUARY 9, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Man holding a bible

‘So I went to Prat’

More than amazing landscape, pilgrims to the desert stream can see the Holy Land’s first monastery.

JANUARY 31, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
The first monastery built in the Holy Land at the Prat Stream in the Judean Desert

Bible Study: Jethro’s U-turn

The priest of Midian had the courage to say "I made a mistake."

JANUARY 28, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
An ancient burial cave in the moshav’s biblical gardens

Estate Sale of Jerusalem’s Hidden Mega Pastor, Lance Lambert

A colorful cross-section of society came out to bid on his wares, but no one wanted to talk about it.

JANUARY 27, 2016ByNOGA TARNOPOLSKY/THE MEDIA LINE
Jerusalem residents prepare for Christmas

Today in History: Zionist Texans

Lone Star State championed Israel, helped Jewish refugees.

JANUARY 20, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
exas Gov. Allred (center) with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Representative Lyndon B. Johnson in Galveston, Texas, on May 12, 1937.

Today in History: Benjamin Franklin and the Bible

Benjamin Franklin wanted Exodus to be official seal.

JANUARY 17, 2016ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Interpretation of the first committee's seal proposal, made by Benson Lossing in 1856, almost 100 years after Franklin's proposal.