Bible on the Big Screen: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You! (Videos)
The usual themes of today’s Hollywood movies falls somewhere in the categories of “sex, drugs, and rock n’roll.” However, this coming year, a shift is taking place in mainstream movieland. Major film studios are in the midst of producing big budget films centered around a new theme – the Bible. Noah Russell Crowe is staring […]
Christian Arabs to be Favored Over Muslim Arabs in New Legislation
Coalition Whip MK Yariv Levin (Likud) is set to propose a series of bills in the Israeli Knesset that would legally favor Israeli Christian citizens over Muslims. Over the last several years, the Christian Arab community in Israel has been making strides in differentiating themselves from the Muslim Arab population. Levin told Maariv: “My legislation […]
Pope Francis Announces Trip to Holy Land in May
This week, Pope Francis officially announced that he would be making his way to the Middle East in 2014, visiting Israel and Jordan. The trip is scheduled to take place May 24-26. In Israel, Pope Francis is to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem as well as make a stop in the West Bank. […]
Israeli President Calls for Renewed Prayer
President Shimon Peres, along with Interior Minister Gideon Saar, hosted a New Year’s reception for the leaders of various Christian denominations in Israel at his Jerusalem residence. Peres remarked upon various topics, including the recent price tag attacks against holy sites in Israel. He made clear that Israel would not stand for attacks on any […]
Christian Arabs Most Likely to Graduate High-School in Israel
A recent study published by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported that 161,000 Christians reside in Israel which makes up 2% of the total population. The majority of Christians in Israel, 79.8%, are Christian Arabs while the remaining Christian population is made up of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union who came to […]
Abbas Claims Jesus was Palestinian
“All the day they trouble mine affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil.” (Psalms 56:6) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a Christmas message Monday in which he suggested Israel persecutes Christians and claimed Jesus was a “Palestinian messenger.” Despite the confrontational tone of his message, he maintains he is committed to negotiations […]
President Peres Delivers Festive Greetings to Christians All Over the World
President Shimon Peres visited the Franciscan Catholic Church in Ramla in honor of Christmas. He was welcomed by children in Santa hats singing Christmas songs in English, Arabic and Hebrew. President Peres, accompanied by Ramla Mayor Yoel Lavi and the head of the church, entered the main hall which was decorated festively for the holidays. […]
Christian Congressmen Respond to Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
The heads of the bipartisan Congressional Israel Allies Caucus released the following statements condemning the boycott of Israeli academic institutions by the American Studies Association. “It is deeply ironic that the American Studies Association has chosen to launch an academic boycott on Israel — the nation with the highest number of scientists, technicians, engineers and […]
Jews Grow Christmas Trees in North Carolina
High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Chuck Lieberman sells around 200 hundred Fraser firs a year to families who drive up to his Swinging Bridge Farm to “choose and cut” a Christmas tree. Located in the small community of Deep Gap, it’s a seasonal business that Lieberman has learned to integrate […]
Knesset Establishes Committee to Encourage Christian Enlistment in IDF
“For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.” (Isaiah 14:1) The Knesset decided yesterday to establish a special committee to coordinate the integration of Israel’s Christians […]
