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Bazyli & Anna Jocz book cover

Book on Jewish Christians of Holocaust now published

In 1943, Bazyli was forced to hide in a woodshed while his wife Anna passed as a Gentile Polish woman. But early the next year somebody betrayed them. The Gestapo had come looking for them.
1 day 21 hours ago
Jewish headstone with stones on top. Image by bernswaelz from Pixabay

CMJ Holocaust Memorial Service

With guest speaker, Susanna Kokkonen, former director of Christian Friends of Yad Vashem. Also presenting will be Kelvin Crombie on the Jewish Christians who died in the Holocaust. Watch archived recording.
4 weeks ago
Jocz family photo

Bazyli & Anna Jocz: Jewish Christian victims of the Holocaust

Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we share with you a talk about Bazyli and Anna Jocz, two Jewish Christians who suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Bazyli was killed by the Gestapo, and Anna was paralyzed after being beaten by a Nazi.
4 weeks ago
Christ Church full on Christmas Eve

Christmas services LIVE from Jerusalem

In lockdown this year? Not allowed to sing? Join our friends at Christ Church Jerusalem as they welcome the coming of our King!
2 months 1 week ago

From the archives

Christmas services LIVE from Jerusalem

In lockdown this year? Not allowed to sing? Join our friends at Christ Church Jerusalem as they welcome the coming of our King!
2 months 1 week ago

Video: Prepare the Way

Places in the Bible have significant importance. Events occur at certain locations, not by chance but because they provide added emphasis and meaning to the deep truths of God. Geography is theology. So a question arises as we begin the season of Advent:
2 months 1 week ago

What happened to the Wrath of God?

Twice recently I heard on national radio broadcasts interviews with prominent, well-known authors who in slightly different words proclaimed that God is not “a God of wrath” but a “God of love.” To my ears both displayed a tinge of Marcionism.
3 months 2 weeks ago

Love & relief for Lebanon

On Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 6:47 pm, while At the Crossroads partners were on an Isaiah 19 Zoom gathering with our Lebanese brothers and sisters, there was an explosion in Beirut that has devestated the city. Read how you can help.
6 months 2 weeks ago

Praying for Zion & others in song

We offer you two prayerful songs to contemplate today.
9 months 1 week ago

Report: Spike in anti-Semitic sentiments amid Coronavirus

anti-semitism in English-Hebrew dictionary
10 months ago

Passover video series by Shoresh Study Tours

Shoresh Study Tours shares a series of videos on Passover. In the videos, Aaron Eime, a deacon at Christ Church Jerusalem, talks about what Passover is, followed by a Passover Seder with his family.
10 months 2 weeks ago

Holy Week Services at Christ Church

Livestreaming on Facebook throughout Holy Week
10 months 2 weeks ago

Why do we fast?

The season of Lent, the forty days before Easter, begins this year on Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Traditionally it is a time of fasting, repentance and reflection in preparation for remembering the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. (Traditio
11 months 4 weeks ago

Paul and the Jews

Colossians 4:10 indicates that among Paul's co-workers at that particular time, only Aristarchus, Mark, and Justus were Jews. This brings to the foreground Paul’s reaction to the Jews and their slight response to the gospel.
1 year ago

Book Suggestions

Looking for books on Jewish history and culture? Here are a few I've read in the last few weeks.
1 year 1 month ago

Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism

Besides the terror attacks in the past few years at synagogues, the most recent attack at the JC Kosher Market in Jersey City, NJ, where three innocent people were killed was a cruel reminder of the rise of violent acts against Jewish people in the USA.
1 year 2 months ago
Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
Whose hands have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is the name of his son?
Surely you know!