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Featured Articles From The Pastor's Connection
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MY PERSPECTIVE
Our Sacred Season
Many Christians express to me their desire to learn more about the Jewish roots of their faith. I know that you, as a church leader and friend of The Fellowship, have a special interest in doing so. With this in mind, today I’d like to discuss with you the holiest time on the Jewish calendar, a time that is fast approaching — the High Holy Days.
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A WORD FROM…
A Conference to Remember
Rev. Jerry Clark
When neo-Nazis threatened to march in Skokie, Illinois, in the late 1970s, Holocaust survivors around the world were shocked. They realized that despite their desire to leave the past behind, they could no longer remain silent. The Illinois Holocaust Museum was birthed out of those perilous days. This important location will be the site of the 2011 Fellowship Holocaust Educational Conference, Tour and Luncheon, an event designed to educate, engage, and energize Chicago-area pastors…
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THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING…
The Fallout of the Arab Spring
Amichai Farkas reporting from Jerusalem
The "Arab Spring" revolts currently sweeping the Arab world have caused great concern for the Israeli public. While the upheavals in some countries — say, Tunisia — don’t promise to adversely affect Israel’s security, the situation in Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown earlier this year, has sent shockwaves through Israel’s diplomatic and defense establishments.
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PROJECT REVIEW
A Home for Israel’s At-Risk Boys
Many children in Israel live in such dangerous home environments that they have to be removed. The Ministry of Welfare helps place these children in boarding schools, but they don’t have enough funding for all those in need. As a result, many children are forced to stay in harmful situations because they have no place to go. Thankfully, Fellowship-funded Ohr Simcha, a boarding home for 300 boys at risk from ages 6 to 14, accepts children even if the government can’t offer any funding.
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Promoting understanding between Jews and Christians and broad support for other shared concerns.
