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Finding the good (in daunting times)

In Amsterdam on December 17, 2025, two thousand Dutch Christians and Jews proclaimed publicly that they stand with Israel. _ A miracle took place on October 8, 2023. A nation came together in unity and thwarted the plans of a savage enemy. All the blather about Israeli divisiveness–the Left vs the Right, religious Jews vs. […]

Endless war

After Hizbullah’s rocket fire from Lebanon aimed at Israel was halted on November 27, 2024, and 12 days of battle in Iran ended last June 24, and after a ceasefire was declared in Gaza last October 10, and then the bombing of Israel by Yemeni missiles ceased, it was reasonable to assume Israel’s most recent […]

The price of silence

Malmö, Sweden; Toronto, Canada; Sydney, Australia; Swindon, England _ I opened my morning copy of The Jerusalem Post last November 25 and was startled by a page-four story. According to the report, Pastor Shaun O’Sullivan, 36, of the Awaken Ministry, an evangelical outreach in Swindon, England, had been arrested 16 times in the last five […]

Islamization is a one-way street

Funeral of murdered Christians in Nigeria _ Oren Cahanovitc, 65, is a licensed tour guide with a master’s degree in Israeli history from Haifa University. COVID and the Gaza War paused his career, so he began producing videos about Israel. With nearly half a million YouTube subscribers and many more on other social media, he […]

Their number is dwindling

111,000 Shoah (Holocaust) survivors live in Israel. _ Maciej Hunia, the Polish ambassador to Israel, invited my father, Dr. Herbert Hillel Goldberg, founder of LEMA’AN ZION, to speak to members of the Polish diplomatic staff and a group of Israeli high school students about his experiences during the Shoah (Holocaust). My father recounted the murder […]

A miracle in Gaza

Famine? A miracle in Gaza _ Every day, the news media still “report” about last year’s supposed famine in Gaza. When the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect on October 10, 2025, Cahanovitc recorded tongue-in-cheek video-commentary on the massive fraud that accused Israel of causing famine in Gaza. A transcript follows. –Ed.   Friends, […]

There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable

There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable, and it’s not what they say it is. They’ll point to politics, settlements, borders, and wars. But scratch beneath the outrage, and you’ll find something deeper. A discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is. A nation this small should not be this strong. […]

Still winds and a world asleep

Terrorists of the anti-Christian Islamist Boko Haram in Nigeria _ At the end of Shabbat recently, I drove to the Kotel (the Temple Prayer Wall). With me I had lists of people who had written us in the previous week asking for prayer. Returning to the car, I remarked to my son, Shimon: “There is […]

A life of blessing – 70 years and counting

Our founders, Leah (96) and Dr. Herbert Hillel Goldberg (95), celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary–a biblical lifetime–on December 18. _ After surviving the horrors of the Shoah (Holocaust), Hillel and Leah Goldberg were married a decade later. Early on, they had organized and led humanitarian relief work among tens of thousands of European refugees in […]

Remembering God in parliament

US President Donald Trump, Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the Israeli Parliament on October 13, 2025. _ The Knesset (Israeli parliament) was abuzz with Scripture on October 13. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid spoke, followed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and […]