CMJ USA News & Views

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.

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.

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!”

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.'

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Unfortunately, this Christian holy day has been fraught with anti-Semitism for centuries.

The Chosen presents Christians with a perfect opportunity to introduce friends and family to a truly awesome, and beautifully scripted, take on the life of Jesus, who is depicted as very down-to-earth and approachable - and clearly Jewish.

The Holiday of Easter is one of the most widely known celebrations of the Christian Faith. It is commonly taught that this was originally a pagan holiday baptized by the Christian people in the early centuries of the Church. However, the evidence paints a

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.

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.