To ensure that our pilgrims receive all the spiritual input they need, we take time at this ancient site to draw distinctions between the Roman worldview and the biblical paradigm. Folks wept as Myles recounted the cost that Yeshua paid for our eternal salvation. Beit She’an, a city in the North District of Israel, has […]
By Myles Weiss Yom Kippur ended last evening. The previous night, the cantor (singing rabbi) had recited the famous Kol Nidre, which means All Vows. This haunting prayer-song became part of the liturgy after the Spanish Inquisition. During that “long holocaust” of hundreds of years, many Jewish people were forced to convert to Catholicism
A Myles Memo by Myles Weiss Yom Yerushalayim — “Jerusalem Day” (May 8 this year) marked the day 46 years ago that Israel wrested the Old City of Jerusalem from the Kingdom of Jordan in the Six-Day War. For the first time in over 2,400 years, the entire city was under
By Myles Weiss Growing up in New York, it was not unusual for me to see numbers tattooed on the forearms of shopkeepers, deli-owners, and random friends and relatives. It seemed a silent but significant witness to us, the younger generation. We would look at the number, look up at the face watching us see
By Myles Weiss As Passover concludes around the world, I thought this photo of the original Southern Steps (they date from the time of Yeshua) makes a poignant statement of the Jewish historicity in the Land of Israel and Israel’s intimate connection to the Gospel. We found a rare, quiet moment to review the connection
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By Mordechai “Myles” Weiss Dickens spoke of the best and worst of times in his classic “A Tale of Two Cities.” A timeless phrase, it applies just as well now as it did in his 19th century Britain and France. It is a literary homage to Isaiah’s milenia-old aphorism, “Arise, shine for your light has
By Myles Weiss What a Day! We interviewed Jan Willem van der Hoeven, of the International Christian Zionist Center. With the city spread out behind us, he passionately appealed to the worldwide community of faith to stand with Israel. Pastor van der Hoeven was discipled by Corrie Ten Boom, author of The Hiding Place, and
Shalom from the City of David’s greater Son! We are in the ‘calm’ before the storm. The tour folks have dispersed, either to their homes or on to Petra. We have a day in Jerusalem to prep for the upcoming TV push. We are fired up about using the TV opportunity to make the case
By Myles Weiss Shalom from Jerusalem, the city of the Great King! As a precious gift to our group last night, we arrived to the tune of “Jerusalem of Gold” as our bus pulled into the Mt. Scopus overlook exactly at sundown and the beginning of shabbat. Orchestrated by Him, the sun dipped behind the
