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IFCJ targets Brazilian evangelists as Israel’s next great ally

view videoInternational Fellowship of Christians and Jews launches a new campaign to raise support for Israel among Brazil’s evangelical community, which is world’s largest following US.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has long sought to foster understanding between Jews and Christians in North America, and now in a new campaign it is looking south to Brazil’s growing evangelical Christian population.

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein at Baptist Church of Jardim Sao Paulo – Photo courtesy of The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

IFCJ founder and president Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein is currently in the middle of a two-week trip to a number of mega-churches throughout Brazil, in an effort to create new support for Israel and Jewish issues.
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New academic scholarships awarded to 40 Christian IDF veterans

 

By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

 

For the first time, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum will award academic scholarships to 40 Christians who served in Israel’s armed forces or performed national service.

Father Naddaf of Nazareth with Christian Israeli IDF soldiers at a Christmas party on December 21, 2015. - Photo: ISRAELI CHRISTIAN RECRUITMENT FORUM

Father Naddaf of Nazareth with Christian Israeli IDF soldiers at a Christmas party on December 21, 2015. – Photo: ISRAELI CHRISTIAN RECRUITMENT FORUM

The aim of the scholarship program is to continue to encourage the integration of young members of the Christian community into Israeli society, while reducing gaps and providing opportunities to acquire a higher education. Continue Reading »