The NRB convention has become one of the most important annual gatherings shaping Christian media, culture, and public life in America. Every year, thousands of Christian leaders, broadcasters, pastors, and activists come together to talk about faith, influence, and the future of the West. Immediately after NRB ends on February 20–21, something very different begins. The noise fades. The schedules stop. Phones are put away. And Jews and Christians who stand unapologetically with Israel enter into 25 hours that are not about messaging or branding, but about obedience, faith, and covenant.
On Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21, 2026, Israel365 will host its Fourth Annual Jews and Christians United for Israel Shabbat at Congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville, immediately following the NRB Convention. For twenty-five hours, faith leaders, media voices, and supporters of Israel will step away from the noise and enter a space devoted to rest, learning, prayer, and conversation..
Israel365 was founded to strengthen the bond between Israel and Bible-believing Christians by grounding that relationship in Scripture, truth, and shared responsibility. Based in Israel, Israel365 works daily to bring authentic Jewish voices to a Christian audience that wants more than slogans. The goal has always been clear: connect Christians to the land, the people, and the Bible of Israel without dilution or apology. The Shabbat Experience is the most powerful expression of that mission because it is not a lecture or a conference. It is lived Judaism, opened honestly to Christian friends who want to understand what God built into the rhythm of creation itself.
For twenty-five hours, Shabbat creates space to slow down, listen, and reconnect with what matters most. Faith deepens. Friendships form. Shared commitments are renewed.
This year’s Shabbat carries added weight. The gathering will honor the memory of Charlie Kirk, whose love for Israel and deep respect for Shabbat shaped many within the Christian Zionist world. Charlie spoke openly about how Shabbat reordered his priorities, strengthened his faith, and brought clarity to his life. He understood that Shabbat was not a Jewish lifestyle accessory but a biblical commandment with national and civilizational consequences. His support for Jewish-Christian partnership was not theoretical. It was personal, committed, and courageous.
The Israel365 Shabbat Experience brings together leading voices from Israel365, including Rabbis Tuly Weisz, Elie Mischel, Pesach Wolicki, Rami Goldberg, and Mark Fishman, alongside prominent Christian Zionist leaders. Participants share meals, prayers, learning, and conversation in a fully Shabbat-observant environment. The food is kosher, the atmosphere is warm, and the discussions are serious. There is no attempt to blur distinctions between Jews and Christians. There is also no retreat from the shared belief that the Bible means what it says and demands loyalty.
Shabbat is introduced not at Sinai but at creation, before there was a Jewish people. “And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God created to do” (Genesis 2:3). Shabbat is embedded into the structure of the world. It is a divine act of separation between sacred and profane, work and rest, man and God. Long before commandments were given to Israel, Shabbat was established as a fixed point in time that belongs to God alone.
The Sages taught that Shabbat is a testimony. By observing it, a person testifies that God created the world and continues to rule over it. This idea is not mystical or abstract. It is practical and confrontational. One day a week, Shabbat declares that human productivity is not the highest value. God is.
Later, the Bible is explicit that Shabbat is not limited in its moral scope to Jews alone. In the Ten Commandments, Shabbat rest is commanded not only for Israelites but for servants and even the stranger within Israel’s gates. “The seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son, your daughter, your servant, your maidservant, your animal, and your stranger who is within your gates” (Exodus 20:10). Shabbat is social, national, and ethical. It creates a weekly reset that restores human dignity and family structure.
Israel365 has written extensively about the biblical responsibility of the nations, often described as Bnei Noach, the children of Noah. The Sages understood that while Israel has a unique covenant with God, the nations are not exempt from divine expectation. Shabbat stands at the center of that expectation as a recognition of God’s sovereignty. When Christians choose to honor Shabbat, they are not becoming Jews. They are aligning themselves with the Bible’s moral architecture.
At the Israel365 Shabbat Experience, participants do more than hear about these ideas. They live them. The experience is modeled after a real Friday afternoon in a Jewish home. Challah is braided by hand, with its symbolism explained clearly and without romanticism. As the sun sets, the transition from weekday to holy day is felt physically. Conversation slows. Meals become deliberate. Prayer becomes central. Shabbat songs are sung, not as performance, but as inheritance.
This is not nostalgia. It is resistance. The modern West is unraveling because it has rejected limits. Families are fractured because there is no protected time. Faith is mocked because nothing is sacred. Shabbat stands in direct opposition to that collapse. It forces a society to stop, to remember, and to submit to something higher than politics or profit. Shabbat builds strong families because it demands presence. It builds faith because it removes distraction. It builds nations because it teaches restraint.
NRB brings together voices trying to influence culture. The Israel365 Shabbat Experience reminds participants that culture is shaped first in the home, at the table, one day a week.
The gathering takes place immediately after NRB but is not part of the official convention. Attendance can be for the full Shabbat or for individual sessions, including Friday night dinner, Shabbat lunch, afternoon learning, a light meal, and Havdalah, the ceremony marking the separation between sacred and ordinary time. Space is limited, and the setting is intentionally intimate.
This is not an abstract conversation about Shabbat. It is an invitation to enter it.
Shabbat has preserved the Jewish people for thousands of years. It can also help restore a Christian civilization that has forgotten how to stop. The Israel365 Shabbat Experience does not sell inspiration. It offers discipline, structure, and truth rooted in the Bible and lived daily in Israel.
For those serious about standing with Israel, honoring God, and rebuilding what the modern world is tearing down, this Shabbat is not optional. It is necessary.
If you will be in Nashville for NRB or live nearby and want to take part in something meaningful, you are invited to join.
Space is limited, and registration is required.
Israel365 Shabbat Schedule
- Friday, February 20
- 5:15pm – Welcome & Shabbat Candlelighting
- 5:25pm – Friday Night Service
- 6:00pm – Opening Words from Rabbi Tuly Weisz
- 6:25pm – Festive Shabbat Dinner with Special Guest Speakers
- 8:15pm – Fighting Back – Jews, Christians, and the Battle Against Hate: A Conversation with Dr. Moshe Glick and Bishop Robert Stearns
- Shabbat, February 21
- 11:00am – Shabbat Service Keynote Address
- 11:30am – Community Lunch & Fellowship
- 2:00pm – Panel Discussion – Universal Zionism or Anti-Zionism: Where Is American Christianity Headed?
- 2:45pm – Pick Your Bible Study – For Such a Time as This: Purim and the Book of Esther
- Tuly – From Shushan to Jerusalem: Purim’s Blueprint for Universal Zionism
- Elie – “Who Do You Love More?” – Esther, American Jews, and the End of Comfortable Ambiguity
- Pesach – The War on Amalek in the Book of Esther
- 3:30pm – Panel Discussion – Digging Up Truth: What Archaeology Is Revealing About Judea, Samaria, and the Temple Mount
- 4:15pm – Panel Discussion – Drifting Away: Are Young Christians Turning Away from Israel?
- 5:00pm – Afternoon Reception & Networking
- 5:40pm – Personal Testimony: How Shabbat Changed My Life
- 6:25pm – Musical Havdalah Ceremony
