The Hebrew prophets not only foresaw many centuries ago the modern-day Jewish return to Israel, they also provided very specific geographic areas from where they will come.
I was deeply honoured to be a finalist from the 97 nominated for the National Esther Awards for Allyship to the Jewish Community, presented by The Governor General and NCJWA at Admiralty House Sydney.
Sukkot, Aliyah, and the living water. One river runs from a struck rock in the wilderness to a jetway at Ben Gurion, and it has not stopped flowing.
Before the Holiday of Rosh Hashanah ICEJ Homecare visits take on a special warmth. Along with practical assistance, Nurse Corrie van Maanen brings holiday greetings and small gifts, including the traditional honey associated with hopes for a sweet new year!
During a recent visit, ICEJ staff witnessed the youth activity centre taking shape, thanks to the generous donations we have received from Christians in 26 different nations. When families return next year, the building will once again echo with children’s laughter and become a place where new memories and lifelong friendships are formed.
The ICEJ’s Jerusalem Summit in 2026 included a track that looked back at Church History and especially the Council of Nicaea of 325 AD. This church council issued the Nicene Creed to unify the expanding Christian world around the divinity of Jesus but also steered the Church away from its Jewish roots.
Summer Aliyah timing blends practical necessity with deep aspiration. Families with school-aged children need housing secured, paperwork filed, and Hebrew absorption started before the academic year demands full attention.
We set foot on the freshly painted tarmac of Hatzolah Air’s new base in Jerusalem—the city’s first civilian medevac helipad—to dedicate a bomb shelter which will now allow it to operate in times of emergency.
From early morning until dusk, a group of Christian volunteers spent ten days traveling from one corner of Israel to another to help out local farmers in their fields, distribute food parcels to the needy, clean the homes of Holocaust survivors, and paint apartments for new Jewish immigrants.
As the ICEJ Arise young adults summer tour group was assembling for our flight to Tel Aviv, those of us in the check-in line in the Frankfurt airport were in for a pleasant surprise.
On Monday (the 3rd of August 2026), a group of 139 French Jewish immigrants were joyously welcomed by close relatives and well-wishers as they landed in Israel on an Aliyah flight chartered by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
Israelis have needed all the effort, sacrifice and resilience of the whole country to endure an unexpectedly prolonged war, starting from 2023. It is difficult to explain the lasting psychological toll of waking every few hours through the night to seek shelter as explosions from intercepted missiles rattle nearby windowpanes.
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