After years of responsibility and pressure during mandatory military service, countless young Israelis head to India and Peru in search of peace, meaning and God. That’s why Jews for Jesus sends out short term mission’s teams, called Massah (“journey” in Hebrew) to meet Israeli backpackers along those popular routes.
Read MoreJesus is full of surprises, and maybe we should be too. For example, John 4 tells how Jesus stopped at a well in Samaria as he was on his way to Galilee. For most Jewish people, Samaria was a place to avoid and was filled with people to avoid. There, Jesus stops to speak to one of those people: a woman marked by shame.
Read MoreFor thousands of years, the Jewish people have celebrated a harvest festival called Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks). It’s also known as Pentecost, which means 50, because God commanded Israel to observe it 50 days after Passover. According to Jewish tradition, Pentecost marks the day when God gave us the Torah from Mount Sinai. And for believers in Jesus, it marks the fulfilment of his promise.
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