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Thoughtfully Standing with Israel

On By Aaron AllisonIn Current Events, Israel, United States of AmericaLeave a comment

It’s been over six months since Hamas made a cowardly attack on civilians because they wanted to start a war. Hamas set the predictable trap – creating an impossible situation through hostages and the embedment of Hamas militants in Gazan populations.

The Israeli army is not perfect and has taken responsibility for their grave mistakes. But, they have been honest. 

While the images of death and suffering in Gaza are unbearable and display the sin of war, the heaviness of these images will not sway my alignment with the Jewish people.

I stand with the Jews thoughtfully, not mindlessly. The Jews are a gift to the world, yet the anti-semitic spirit lives on in each generation.

Israel was provoked to respond. Though the gravity of the response may be debatable, the justification of a response is not. Israel must eradicate Hamas. I pray that as many innocent lives as possible will be spared as the evil of Hamas is dealt an irrecoverable defeat. 

French Jews Returning to Israel

On By Aaron AllisonIn Current Events, IsraelLeave a comment

ICEJ - French Aliyah

If you love the Jewish people and the nation of Israel as I do, you may be interested in what is happening among French Jews.  Yesterday, our partner ministry ICEJ distributed this information via e-mail:

France is home to the third largest Jewish community after Israel and the USA. There are about 550,000 French Jews. In the last five years more than 20,000 of them, mostly young people and families, made Aliyah (immigration to Israel). And more than 1 percent of this population, a record of 7,237 French Jews, came just last year. In 2014 France has become the number one source of immigration to Israel for the first time. And there is no end in sight. Israeli headlines dub this summer the “Summer of French Aliyah.” The Jewish Agency expects to bring home more than 3,000 French Jews. By the end of the year there might be 8,500 new French olim in Israel, a new record.