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Read about Jewish roots, how to fight antisemitism, and ministry updates.

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Without Hanukkah, there’s no Christmas

When Palestinians and their supporters claim Jesus as their own and deny his Jewishness, they help recreate the conditions for atrocities against Jews

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A group of CMJ USA supporters offered us a $75,000 Matching Challenge Gift to help us to reach or even surpass our goals. Partner with us for 2022!

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The Maccabees, Martyrs, and the Messiah

How the Hanukkah story inspired Jewish theology that explains how Jesus’ death atones for the sin of the world

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Live and serve in Israel

Long-term volunteers urgently needed in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Galilee

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The Infidel: The SS Occult Conspiracy

In the nearly 80 years since the Holocaust survivors were liberated, how many of us have considered the spiritual powers behind the hatred? John Scott Gruner compels us to consider that question in his novel The Infidel.

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Letter from our Patron

The Most Rev. Foley Beach, patron of CMJ USA, encourages Anglicans to support the work of CMJ.

Review on book about Joseph Schereschewsky, a Lithuanian Jewish boy, came to be an Episcopal bishop of Shanghai in the 19th century and the greatest Orientalist of his day, and perhaps of all times.

The Jewish Bishop and the Chinese Bible

Review on book about Joseph Schereschewsky, a Lithuanian Jewish boy, came to be an Episcopal bishop of Shanghai in the 19th century and the greatest Orientalist of his day, and perhaps of all times.

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Recovering Our Jewish Roots

I was regaling my mother with some of our Israel trip experiences. When I paused in my story to take a breath, she interjected, “Of course you enjoyed yourself there—your great-grandfather was a Jew!”

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Sukkot: The Water of Life

On the last day of this week-long feast, as water was being drawn to be poured on the altar in the Temple, Jesus of Nazareth made a now-famous pronouncement: ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.'

2 months 1 week ago

Screen capture of the soon-to-launch Arabic-language website by Christ Church Jerusalem.

Israel: The Lord Takes and He Gives. Blessed Be His Name

COVID-19 has been with us almost two years now and has caused financial strain on CMJ Israel’s infrastructure. Still, we cannot stress enough how aware we are that God is at work through the ministry in Israel.

2 months 1 week ago

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The High Holy Days: A Time to Pray

Continue to keep the Jewish people in prayer, as those who hate the Jewish people sometimes target their attacks during the High Holy Days.

3 months 1 week ago

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Hebrew word study: shuv – return, repent

As we enter the Jewish season of High Holy Days, the words “return,” “repentance,” and “turn back” are paramount.

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Christians Should Denounce Antisemitic Violence

When I wrote recently about the need for Christians to oppose the growing antisemitic violence in the U.S. and elsewhere, I did not imagine I was saying anything especially controversial.

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Christians should fight against antisemitism

If we are to love our neighbors as much as we love our own skins, our spouses, our innocent children asleep on a summer’s afternoon, we must take risks for them

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Invite Us for a Visit

If you would like to have a speaker from CMJ come to your church, please write to scheduling@cmj-usa.org. We are eager to share how learning about biblical holidays or studying in Israel can enrich our understanding of the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah.

4 months 1 week ago

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A Christian's Regret

Ten years ago the world woke up to the tragic news of the alcohol-fuelled death of pop star Amy Winehouse. One of Britain’s best-loved evangelists shares the equally tragic story of how he put off a clear call from God to visit and speak with her.

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Av: A Time of Sorrow and Comfort

We have entered the Hebrew month of Av, the fifth month in God’s calendar as instituted in Exodus 12:2. The month of Av has what may be the saddest day of the year for Jewish people, and yet this month of sorrow also speaks of God’s faithfulness and redem

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Loving our neighbor when anti-Semitism spikes

Anti-Semitic incidences – assaults, harassment, vandalism – increased 80 percent in the United States in the month of May.

5 months 1 week ago

Henry Aaron Stern preaches Messiah to Beta Israel.

CMJ in Ethiopia: A history of hope

How CMJ has ministered to Ethiopian Jews, then and now.

5 months 1 week ago

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How not to read the Bible anti-Semitically

Before the Church can speak out against anti-Semitism without, we must correct the anti-Semitism within. We must examine our exegetical methods for faulty assumptions that (perhaps unconsciously) lead us to anti-Jewish interpretations.

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Shavuot: Creating One New Man

The names Shavuot and Pentecost refer to God’s instructions to the Israelites to count seven full weeks – 49 days – from the waving of the omer on “… the day after the sabbath of Passover”; and on the next day – the 50th – to offer “the firstfruits of you

6 months 1 week ago

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Pray for the peace of Israel & Gaza

Many of you have surely been following the news of the recent events overtaking Israel and Gaza. We urge you to pray for our CMJ colleagues in the Land, and we offer some guidance to inform those prayers. The rocketing of the south and central parts of Is

6 months 1 week ago

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Remembering our own lost to war & terror

On Yom Hazikaron, Israel's Memorial Day, CMJ remembers staff and Christ Church Jerusalem members who were lost due to war and terror.

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak: The Warsaw Ghetto "Pan Doktor"

Books tell stories of many heroes among the Jews forced into the Warsaw Ghetto – some believers in Jesus and others not. Janusz Korczak was among those Jewish heroes, and he cared for hundreds of Jewish children there. Here is a bit of his story.

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And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Zechariah 12:10