No Joke: Ukraine Becomes First Country Outside of Israel To Elect Jewish National Leader
Fact follows fiction as a comedian who played Ukraine’s president on TV was elected to the post.
New Immigrants Settle in Gaza Periphery While Rockets Fall
Thanks to a joint Jewish-Christian effort, 250 new Olim from Ukraine landed in Israel on Monday.
The Russians and the Kerch Bridge: What Would Reagan Do?
Every story has a starting point. Don’t start with the Russian capture this week of two (or three) Ukrainian ships and the injury to three (or six) Ukrainian sailors.
IFCJ Brings 330 Immigrants from Ukraine to Make Aliyah
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has brought 330 Jews from Ukraine to Israel. The olim (new immigrants) arrived against a backdrop of increasing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. A number of the immigrants have experienced economic hardship since fighting between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists broke out in 2014.
Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan: The Endless Wars
That might make these endless wars easy for most civilians to ignore, but it doesn’t decrease their importance.
Israel’s Tourism Boom Continues, Will it Welcome Record Number of Pilgrims?
It has been apparent for the last few years that Israel is experiencing a tourism boom – and the latest figures from the country’s Ben Gurion International Airport support this. According to Globes, August saw a record 2.7 million arrivals and departures – the airport’s busiest month in its history and a 10-percent increase on August 2017.
IFCJ Aids 400 Ukrainian Jews to Immigrate to Israel
The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ/The Fellowship) organized two flights this week from Ukraine to bring 400 olim (new immigrants) to a new life in Israel. It brings to more than 1,000 the number of new immigrants that the IFCJ has facilitated making aliyah (literally elevation).
Wrecking NATO
The Washington Post headline blared, “Trump is bent on wrecking NATO. Prepare for catastrophe.” The Post fears that President Trump’s diplomacy will benefit Vladimir Putin to the detriment of American and European interests.
“Widespread Self-Righteousness”
What happened to the Europe Americans loved to love? Ancient and modern, “like us” but not too much, clean, good food, low-crime, democratic, and friendly. Was it ever so?
Fellowship Bringing Christians and Jews Together In A Prophetic Mission
On Monday, 237 new immigrants arrived in Israel, some fleeing war-torn countries, thanks to the the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).
