Christians

Pro-Israel Christian student org. donates $100,000 to honor Majdal Shams victims

The funds were drawn from Passages' Israel War Relief Fund, launched by Passages Alumni following the October 7 massacre.

 Ambassador Mike Huckabee with Passages CEO Zach Bauer, Co-Founder and Board Member of Passages Rivka Kidron and COO Malcolm Fitschen.
 Maarat al-Numan, Syria.

1,500-year-old Christian burial complex discovered amid Syrian civil war ruins

 A general view shows part of the exterior of St. Catherine's monastery in south Sinai, Egypt, March 7, 2019.

Egypt, Greece agree to protect status of Mount Sinai monastery, after court ruling

Jews and non-Jews

Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors


Good for the Jews? Inside Christian Zionism: Standing united

On the final episode of the Good for the Jews podcast, hosts Yael Eckstein and Zvika Klein are joined by Pastor Allen Jackson.

 Pastor Allen Jackson and Yael Eckstein stand in the lawn of World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, during IFCJ's Flags of Fellowship event.

Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House

The underlying measure is among Republicans’ efforts this session to expand religion in public classrooms. Lawmakers voted Friday to send a bill to Abbott allowing prayer time in public schools.

 The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Project Esther has a bold strategy to combat American Hamas support – opinion

The Jewish community must stop being suspicious of our Christian allies and understand that pro-Palestinian protesters are anti-America and anti-Israel.

 STUDENTS HOLD signs reading, ‘There are no universities left in Gaza’ and ‘Free Gaza’ at last year’s Harvard University Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Heritage Foundation is going after campus radicals and Islamist sympathizers who glorify Hamas, says the writer.

Good for the Jews? Inside Christian Zionism: Is it kosher?

On this episode of Good for the Jews, Zvika Klein and Yael Eckstein speak with Rabbi Meni Even-Israel and Bishop Paul Lanier on how Jews and Christians should approach one another.

 A Jewish man wears a blue Kippah with a Star of David on it in Sao Paulo, Brazi

Christian Zionists in South Korea open country’s first Holocaust museum

“The growing extremism cannot go unanswered,” Song said, according to Ynet. “This museum is our response—it is a shield of knowledge, of values and of empathy.”

 Israel's ambassador to Korea, Rafi Harpaz, at the opening ceremony for the Holocaust Museum Korea.

A Christian student’s life-changing year at Hebrew U - opinion

Boycotting Israeli universities doesn’t just harm Israel; it deprives students worldwide of the opportunity to study at an outstanding institution in a beautiful, historic, diverse, and fair country

 THE WRITER pays one of his daily visits to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

New Pope, new era? Jewish leaders cautiously hopeful about Pope Leo - interview

David Michaels, B'nai B'rith's Director of UN and Intercommunal Affairs, spoke to the Jerusalem Post after his meeting with the new appointee in the Vatican.

 David Michaels, B'nai B'rith's Director of UN and Intercommunal Affairs,  visited the Vatican, 2025.

Faith over fear: Supporting and visiting Israel amid the Gaza war

There must be many remarkable stories out there just waiting to be told.

Erez Ginat, deputy CEO of Israel Support Bridge (far L), stands next to Debbi Winsett on the day her tour group volunteered at the organization, Oct. 2024.

Christian pilgrim chapel and Saint Salome inscriptions found in Judean cave

Study details fifth- to ninth-century conversion of a Second Temple tomb into a worship site, complete with apse, altar and multilingual graffiti.

 The courtyard of the Salome Cave.

African figurines illuminate Early Christian life in the Negev, Israel

Ebony and bone pendants carved in the likeness of African men and women have been documented in three sixth–seventh-century Christian graves at Tel Malḥata, south-east of Beersheba.

 African figurines illuminate Early Christian life in the Negev, Israel

Pope Leo invokes spirit of Nostra Aetate in hope of renewed Jewish-Catholic ties - editorial

Every year, Jews have an opportunity to "wipe the slate clean" - it seems that the new Pope is also taking the same approach.

 Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.