The Jewish gift this Christian family won’t give back
In March 2020, the Howell family sat down for their first Sabbath. They were not entirely sure what they were doing, but committed to stepping back from work from Friday night to Saturday night. It felt like a leap of faith. Within a few weeks, the entire world shut down.
Sanhedrin rules: shofar will sound on Rosh Hashanah, even though it falls on Shabbat
A beit din (rabbinic court) of three, led by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel on behalf of the nascent Sanhedrin, announced this week that it has renewed a ruling permitting the shofar to be blown on Shabbat when Rosh Hashanah falls on the seventh day of the week.
The Shabbat table that’s bridging Jews and Christians together in Efrat
This Friday night, August 7, eighty-five young Christian leaders will walk through the streets of Efrat as the sun sets over the Judean Hills, heading not to a hotel ballroom but to the dinner tables of dozens of Jewish families who have opened their homes for Shabbat.
A Shabbat in Austin, Built on Friendship
Rabbi Elie Mischel, Director of Education for Israel365, will lead a Shabbat afternoon Bible study for Jews and Christians at the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Austin, Texas
Trump reads God’s promise to Solomon while the world is watching Jerusalem
When President Donald Trump stood before a camera and read aloud the words God spoke to King Solomon, he was touching something Biblical and holy that connects the fate of nations to their relationship with the God of Israel. For many, his choice of that specific passage was no accident.
An American Shabbat
As we celebrate this national Shabbat together, we must also take pause and look at how America treats the Jews. There’s a dangerous and unprecedented increase in the permissiveness of widespread antisemitism, from Main St. to Sesame St., from Broadway to the boardrooms.
A national Shabbat: Why all Americans should mark the 250th
However, if we are to truly honor the essence of the Sabbath and the spirit of this milestone, that celebration must extend its reach. This Sabbath should not just be a Jewish event; it should be a clarion call to non-Jews across the nation.
Trump makes history: First U.S. president to call the nation to Shabbat
Donald Trump designated the period from sundown Friday, May 15, through nightfall Saturday, May 16, as a national Shabbat, dubbed “Shabbat 250”, in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Eyal Golan’s pre-Passover moment: Israel’s top singer observed Shabbat HaGadol
Eyal Golan, the biggest name in Israeli Mizrahi pop, a man who has filled stadiums for decades, posted a personal video message last Friday that no one expected.
Nashville’s historic synagogue welcomes Jews and Christians for Israel365’s fourth annual Shabbat
On a quiet street in Nashville, inside one of the city’s oldest synagogues, something unusual is happening this year. This weekend, Jews and Christians will gather around the same Shabbat table.