Late next week, the Jewish people in Israel and all around the world will begin celebrating the Passover holiday. This is a major biblical festival based on the story of the great Exodus of Israel from bondage in Egypt and their journey to the Promised Land. It is centered around the Pessach seder meal, when Jewish families worldwide come together to eat unleavened bread and recall their hasty flight into the Wilderness. Now Christians will also soon be observing Easter, which is based on the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross as our Passover lamb. Many Christians know there is a close connection between Passover and Easter. But there are so many rich parallels and insights between the two holidays that are often overlooked. So just what are the links between the Passover celebration and the Christian holiday of Easter? How did the early followers of Jesus mark Passover in the New Testament? How do Jews keep the Passover today? And what can Christians learn from these Jewish traditions? Passover and the Church! That’s our focus this week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll have a look at the meaning and relevance of Passover for Christians today and its parallels with Easter. Our special teaching will come from Dr. Juergen Buehler, the Executive Director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
The Passover season has arrived, and Jews in Israel are busy cleaning their homes of all leaven and preparing for the big Passover seder meal in just a few short days. So we’re going to take a look at this important biblical feast and its meaning and relevance for the Church today. What can Christians learn about Jesus, our paschal lamb, from the original Passover story? Here with today’s teaching is Dr. Juergen Buehler, Executive Director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
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The Passover holiday is just around the corner and in our next segment, we’ll hear about the Christian Embassy’s efforts to help needy Jewish families in Israel to celebrate this important biblical festival. So how can Christians like you help?
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The recent Israeli elections ended in a surprisingly strong win by Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. But it seems US President Barack Obama is trying hard to turn his victory into a defeat. The sharp criticisms and diplomatic threats from the White House towards Netanyahu have even many Democrats in Washington crying, ‘Enough!’ Now the Obama administration insists that Bibi’s election-eve rhetoric about Arab voters and his supposed abandonment of the two-state solution both call for a “reassessment” of the US-Israel relationship. This is a familiar threat to those who follow the Middle East closely, and it signals that the frayed ties between Washington and Jerusalem sure could use some healing. But just why is Obama so upset with Netanyahu? Is it fair criticism or payback for something else? What does the White House mean by a reassessment? What steps does the US Administration have in mind to punish Israel? And what should both sides be doing to resolve their differences? Mending the US-Israel Rift! That’s our focus next week here on Front Page Jerusalem. We’ll have an update and analysis on the recent tensions between Washington and Jerusalem and what we can expect in the weeks ahead. Our guest analyst will be Dan Diker, a strategic affairs expert at the InterDisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
