CMJ USA Blog

Antisemitism is spiking around the world. It is imperative that Christians speak up on behalf of our Jewish neighbors. Education is a first step in preparing to speak out. Join David Pileggi in Poland as he looks at how hatred drove the Nazis to murder six million Jewish people, including followers of Jesus. He will also look at how Jews arrived in Poland and flourished there for 1,000 years.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we share some recent news reports and essays on antisemitism then and now, starting with a report from CBN on how Israelis are processing the October 7 atrocity.

CMJ USA founder Theresa Newell attends the March for Israel in Washington D.C. Jews thank Christians for standing with them in this time of rising antisemitism

The recent massacre of Jews by Hamas in Israel has revealed to us the face of this antisemitism in our government leaders and many church leaders, both in what they have said, justifying the actions of Hamas as a liberation struggle, and by what has been left unsaid, the silences.

Helene's family saw first-hand the devastating effects of antisemitism, and God lovingly pursued her throughout this journey.

Follower of Jesus, we must take seriously the fear and anxiety felt by our Jewish neighbors.

Researcher Kelvin Crombie shows background information and untold stories from Jewish believers who died in the Holocaust.

Video recordings of the lectures given at Christ Church Jerusalem for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023.

A review of Dara Horn's book People Love Dead Jews, looking at the effects of antisemitism and misinformation on our Jewish neighbors.

In the film, Steven Spielberg shares the joys and trials of his growing up. His antisemitic experiences should make Christians pause and consider how we can love our Jewish neighbors better.

In honor of the theme of Purim - Remember - Nadine looks back over her journey to becoming a Holocaust education volunteer to see how God has been working in her life.

It is telling that those who do not know any Jewish neighbors would not sense the threat of antisemitism.

In 2021, CMJ USA committed to writing about antisemitism in the United States throughout the year. We close with this meditation by artist Rick Wienecke. The ugliness of antisemitism bore the awful fruit of the Holocaust in the 20th century. What does Jesus have to say about this cataclysm? Rick and his wife Dafna created the Fountain of Tears , a sculpture that displays a conversation between the crucified Messiah and a Holocaust survivor.

If it weren’t for the victory over an evil regime bent on destroying the Jewish people and their heritage, the course of history would have been different. If Judaism had been wiped out, then arguably there would have been no Jesus of Nazareth born of a Jewish woman in the land of Judea, circumcised on the eighth day, presented at the Temple in Jerusalem, and raised as a son of the Torah.