CMJ USA News & Views

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.

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:

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.

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.

We offer you two prayerful songs to contemplate today.

Researchers find that anti-semitic expression rose last year, and that the coronavirus pandemic could stoke more hatred.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

In Genesis, the Lord said to Abraham, "I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you will I curse, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed" (Genesis 12:3). What will be the consequences of the rising wave of anti-Semitism?

CMJ USA's Daryl Fenton traveled with the Ancient Hebrew Scroll Project in March.

Is it 1938 again? Are we seeing a rise is a movement of hatred toward the Jewish people that is deeper and larger even than Hitler’s “Final Solution”?

A walk to the Mount of Olives

How was the Hebrew language revived after 2000 years?

A Petra Church Podcast about God's plan of redemption