Israel

Holocaust Memorial and Documentary about the Warsaw Ghetto

April 24, 2017 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

Last evening Holocaust memorial ceremony, PM Netanyahu spoke about the lesson we have learned through the Shoah (Holocaust) and still face all the time, that in our world the weak have little chance to survive. “That we have to defend ourselves by ourselves. The ones who are planning to annihilate us will themselves be destroyed…It’s the only way to ensure our future and we have the ability to do it…I say it in the name of all the generations of Israelis who have and are building Israel, and in the name of Holocaust survivers here, together we have made this incredible CHANGE from a HELPLESS and DEFENSELESS people to a POWERFUL nation able to defend itself …in less than 70 years we are now one of the strongest nations in the world, and we continue to develop our military, intelligence and technological abilities…”

Today Israel is observing the memorial of the Holocaust. Here is a short clip from a documentary I am watching. My mother escaped from Warsaw Getto and all her family were killed there…

And here is a beautiful memorial ceremony:

From: FJC – Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS – FSU

Israel is Burning – Raging fires throughout the land

November 24, 2016 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

Three days ago, due to unusually hot and dry weather and strong winds throughout the land of Israel, over 200 fires broke out in many parts of the nation; beginning on Tuesday in the area of Latrun, not far from Jerusalem Mountains. Residents have been evacuated from their homes in many areas where the fire is spreading.

On Wednesday massive blazing fires broke out in Zichron Yaakov and Gilon in the lower Galilee. They were controlled during the night, allowing some evacuated residents to return to their homes.

In the Jerusalem area, firefighters battled flames all night in the forest while trying to protect nearby villages, the main highway to the Tel Aviv area and vital installations of the Israel Electric Corporation. On Thursday, with winds blowing and weather still dry (temperatures have dropped some) firefighters and emergency services worked hard on the third straight day to gain control over the fires across the land. In the city of Haifa, fires are being spread through many neighborhoods causing evacuations. About 60,000 people were evacuated, among them many elderly and disabled. Some houses were burned to the ground and property lost, but lives have been spared. Most of the injuries are light, the result of smoke inhalation.

In his address to the nation, Israel PM Netanyahu gave praise to the firefighters working around the clock to extinguish the fires. “I salute the firefighters and the pilots, both Israeli and those from abroad,” he said. Currently 14 firefighting aircraft have been sent to Israel from Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, the UK, Italy, Croatia and the US. Some have already helped in the fight against the fires. Netanyahu and Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh visited the fire departments’ command center in northern Israel Wednesday evening, and were briefed on the investigation into the fires.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, told reporters: “Almost 50% of the fires are apparently arson.” He said the police department was bolstering deployment in open areas nationwide to generate deterrence and to help fire detection efforts. “We need to prepare for a new type of terror,” he said on Thursday evening. “The terrorism of arson, which also comes from incitement on social media networks. We will be opening a special unit of investigation into the incidents,” stating that a number of arrests had already been made.

An initial investigation by the Fire & Rescue Authority on Thursday raised a suspicion that at four areas of Haifa the fire was a result of arson. They said that 60-70 percent of the cases were arson and that there was physical evidence, while the rest were a result of negligence fueled by the dry strong winds. Earlier in the day, Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh said some of the cases of arson were likely nationalistically motivated.

In the Arab social media there were posts of rejoicing over the fires that are devastating the land of Israel with headlines like: “The Zionist entity is burning”, and of people gloating over Israel’s recent disaster. However, the Palestinian authority offered their help to Israel, knowing that many of the residences of Haifa are Arabs.

Please pray with us about this critical and dangerous fire situation across the land, especially for Haifa, the largest city in Northern Israel.

Father God in heaven, we call on you for help. We desperately need your help for the leaders who are in charge, for all Fire Fighters and all who help. Please Lord send rain to the Land of Israel to put out fires. We thank you, in Yeshua’s Name, Amen.

We’re Still Jews!

August 13, 2016 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

For I am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham,” …of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews…(Roman 11:1, Phil. 3:5)

One of the most important and misunderstood issues in witnessing to Jews and Israelis about faith in Yeshua is: “Are we still Jews now that we believe in Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach)
Unfortunately, Jewish history is filled with hate crime, persecution, liable, pogroms, expulsions and forced conversions (baptisms) to Christianity committed against Jews by “so-called” Christians and “The Church”. Today in Israel, Israeli Jews see themselves as Jews mainly according to Rabbinical Judaism that rejects Yeshua as the Jewish Messiah, and considers anyone who has trusted their life to Yeshua and was baptized, as being no longer Jewish but Christian. The Israeli government has adopted this point of view and has ruled in the precedent case of “The Beredsfords” that Jews who have converted to Christianity are no longer Jews and don’t have the right of return to the Land of Israel as citizens; a privilege all Jews enjoy.
Of course, as Jewish believers in Yeshua, the Body of Yeshua in Israel doesn’t agree with this ruling, and sees itself as part of the Jewish people. We find it very important to explain this important issue to those with whom we share the Gospel.
Recently, an article in the Jerusalem Post newspaper stated that there are four streams of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionists)…In response, an Israeli Messianic leader of a congregation wrote a letter to the Post Editor-in-Chief. Amazingly it was published in the paper and reached about 15,000 readers, some of them very influential. The Messianic leader also sent a copy of the letter to other Messianic leaders encouraging them to send letters to the Post stating our position and belief.
We pray that more Israelis will become familiar with this issue and know the truth according to the Word of God.
Below are excerpts from the letter sent to the Jerusalem Post on May 25 (btw, the paper came up with the title):

25 May 2016 Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Yaakov Katz

We’re still Jews!

“…Certain people have concluded that when a Jewish person believes in Yeshua as the Messiah, he or she is no longer Jewish. This is absolutely wrong. If you ask any Messianic Jew if he or she is Jewish, that person will say: “Of course I am. I was born Jewish and I will die Jewish. I believe in a Jewish man who fulfilled the prophecies of the…Messiah from the Jewish scriptures. The idea that this makes me a non-Jew is absurd!”
” …take the case of Rabbi Akiva. He proclaimed that Bar-Kochba was the Jewish messiah. Today, we know otherwise. Not only was Akiva mistaken, but his mistake brought enormous catastrophe upon the Jewish people. But do people say he was not a Jew? So how is it that a Jewish person who believes in Yeshua as the Jewish messiah, even if he or she is wrong, is no longer a Jew?”
“…we live in a country where freedom of belief and freedom of the press still exist. One of the more prominent streams of Judaism today is the Chabad movement. Many of its adherents believe that their late Rabbi is the Jewish Messiah. I believe this is wrong, but I have no doubt that these people are still Jewish.”

TERRI MOREY Poriya Ilit

PLEASE PRAY WITH US AND THE BODY OF YESHUA IN ISRAEL for the Truth of Yeshua, The Messiah to take root in the hearts of Israelis. Pray that they understand that He is the Savior sent by God, “to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Gentile.) Romans 1:16