South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Religion News During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing the war zone, but political repression […]
Leaders from around the world have spoken out against appropriation of the term “apartheid” from its historical South African context with the goal of defaming and isolating Israel by portraying it as a racist entity. At a conference at the end of Junes, co-hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), […]
By Tali Feinberg — Originally published in South African Jewish Report Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has called on South African Reverend Professor Dr Jerry Pillay to “retract statements accusing Israel of apartheid and calling for a boycott of the Jewish state” after Pillay was elected general secretary of the […]
Originally published in CBN News Seventy marches in 15 nations are taking place this year to honor the memory of the Holocaust and speak out against anti-Semitism. One of those took place in Texas recently, where more than 120 Jews and Christians gathered at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas […]
Gateway News UK correspondent Charles Gardner reflects on the complicated historical relationship between Israel and the Church and argues that it is time for the hearts of many Christ followers to change Much of the blame for the current Middle East conflict should be laid squarely at the door – […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent I sense we are entering a season of repentance in the Church, which is both timely and encouraging, because we are called to lead the way in the nation. For judgment begins at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17). It was 75 years ago […]
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was initiated by the UN on January 27 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. (This day is separate from Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day — Yom HaShoah) — on the 27th of […]
In less than two weeks the United Nations will be hosting an event in New York to mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban World Conference Against Racism. So far, 13 nations have said they will not attend the so-called Durban 4 conference because of its antisemitic agenda. Vivienne Myburgh […]
The Church of England is due to offer an apology for the role of English churches in the expulsion of Jews in the 13th Century. Speaking at a meeting of the general synod, Anglican leaders announced plans for an “act of repentance” to apologise for historic antisemitism within churches across […]
By Janet Brann-Hollis and Dawn Barkhuizen While it is fashionable in some quarters to vilify Israel, those who draw parallels between it and apartheid South Africa ignore thousands of centuries of history as well as more recent pertinent facts. They also ignore the command in Scripture for believers to pray […]