Ivanka Trump enjoyed a White House dinner with about a hundred evangelical Christian leaders, many of whom believe same-sex marriage is sinful, The Daily Beast reported. Jarod & Ivanka @ tonite’s White House dinner. pic.twitter.com/PEhm4vOSsF — Jim Garlow (@JimGarlow) August 28, 2018 Trump tweeted last June that she was “proud to support my LGBTQ friends…
The Education Ministry has begun to provide state funding for a Bible-based leadership training program developed by Christian evangelicals in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Israeli high school students will participate in this outdoor experiential program over the coming year, with the help of this funding. An Education Ministry spokeswoman…
One of Ryan Mills’ most powerful memories of his recent trip to Israel was the moment he gazed over a barrier wall at the Israel-Gaza border and saw what seemed like a Hamas lookout post. “It was kind of eerie,” Mills said about traveling so close to the heart of the long-simmering conflict less than…
For Donald Trump, the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem is a political victory. Big day for Israel. Congratulations! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018 But for evangelical Christians and some Jews, it is chiefly a religious victory. Monday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new embassy put Trump’s most loyal constituency —…
Around one-third of all Jewish immigrants to Israel get backing from evangelical Christians, the Associated Press [reported] Thursday. “After 2,000 years of oppression and persecution, today you have Christians who are helping Jews. This is an amazing thing,” said Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a group that raises…
Donald Trump is a modern American man, one of the most powerful people in the world, thrice married and not known for his meekness. The heroine of the Purim story, Esther, was an orphaned Jewess from ancient Persia plucked out of obscurity to be queen, remembered for her courage to speak truth to power. Hardly…
After the National Prayer Breakfast last week, Ivanka Trump went into a meeting with over a dozen major evangelical leaders. The meeting went well over it’s scheduled time limit, last for two hours, The Christian Post reported. The group included Paula White, Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham) and Texas pastor Robert Jeffress. “In 2017,…
Back in college, a rabbi of mine shared a story from a talk on the story of Joseph he gave to unaffiliated Jewish retirees. After the rabbi spoke at length about the biblical narrative and his brothers’ trials and tribulations in Egypt, an older woman raised her hand. “So, when did Joseph end up meeting…
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