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This past OctoberâOctober 10, 2023 to be exactâYael Eckstein planned to welcome Dean Michele Bachmann to the podcast to discuss the dean joining the board of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, as well as her lifelong love of Israel and her time spent there. Of course the Hamas attacks of October 7th changed those plans, and in the months since, Israel and those who support her have been busy simply meeting the needs of the Israeli people.
But in those long, hard months, Dean Bachmann has proven to be what she has always beenâa true blessing to Israelâas she helps lead The Fellowship during these days when The Fellowship is needed, more than ever on the ground in the Holy Land.
A recent solidarity trip to Israel found Dean Bachmann and the rest of The Fellowshipâs board visiting not only the sites of unimaginable violence and devastation left in the wake of Hamasâ attacksâincluding the kibbutz where Dean Bachmann once lived and worked as a teenagerâbut also some of the projects that The Fellowship and our faithful donors support, projects that are saving lives.
She shares about wounded IDF soldiers whose dedication to life gives her hope. She shares about elderly survivors of the Hamas attacks who have been given hope. She gives us all a glimpse into how Christians are blessingâand being blessed byâGodâs people.
Listen now to learn about the current situation on the ground in Israel, and to learn what Christians in AmericaâChristians like Michele Bachmann and like youâare doing to bless Israel.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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âIn Israel, we actually say, âMagen David Adom is Israel.ââ
This is what Uri Shachamâchief of staff for Magen David Adom, Israelâs emergency servicesârecently told The Fellowship when he sat down to discuss his organizationâs history, from the earliest days of Israel until October 7th and the difficult days since.
Founded 94 years ago in 1930, in the wake of anti-Semitic riots against the pre-state Jewish population of the Holy Land, Magen David Adom has fulfilled its mission of preparedness and compassion for the people of Israel ever since.
And when Hamas terrorists overran southern Israel on October 7th, killing 1,200 and wounded thousands more, Magen David Adom emergency personnel and ambulance crews were prepared for the unthinkable, rushing into harmâs way to rescue those in need and putting their own lives at-risk, some even making the greatest sacrifice.
Listen to this conversation with Uri Shacham, chief of staff for Israelâs national emergency service, about how Magen David Adom has served Israel for more than nine decades, and continues to serve Israelâs people in their time of need.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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In todayâs special Passover episode, host Yael Eckstein explains the unique and sometimes unusual traditions for the Passover seder that teach us to ask questions. In fact, the telling of the Exodus story begins not with facts and explanations, but with questions.
As Yael explains, this time-honored tradition of asking questions during Passover is an annual reminder that God wants us to be lifelong seekers. By asking God our questions and entering Passover with a spirit of curiosity, we are more open to learning, rediscovering, and recommitting to Him on our journey of faith, ultimately, growing ever closer to Him.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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As we approach the holy season of Passover, host Yael Eckstein is joined on the podcast by Bishop Paul Lanier, Chairman of the Board for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and pastor of Hope Community Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., to discuss the relevance today of the ancient and timeless Exodus story for both Christians and Jews.
In this profound conversation, Bishop Lanier shares how the Passover celebration rallies people of faith around the table and reminds us of who we are in God. Through Passover, Bishop Lanier says, we find a message of hope that speaks across all generations, reminding us that God is with us amidst our afflictions and sufferings, bringing us His redemption.
Learn more about the Passover celebration at our Learning Center.
For more information on todayâs episode, visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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As he sat down with The Fellowship recently, Jordan Marcellino quoted Isaiah 58:12 when telling how God called his family back to Israelâto live, to work, and to restore the beautiful Holy Land he calls home.
âYour people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.â
And today, the holy work of rebuilding, repairing, restoring, and raising up the Holy Land is being done through the Beautiful Land Initiative (BLI), founded by Jordan and his wife Hillary in 2015. With a wide array of projectsâfrom voluntourism cleanups to beachside bins, from education to archaeology of the land of the BibleâBLI connects those who stand with Israel to the Holy Land that they love, making it even more beautiful in the process.
Jordan chatted with The Fellowship at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN, sharing of Israelâs beauty, of Godâs call to him, and how the Beautiful Land Initiative is inspiring and empowering all of Godâs people to appreciate and take ownership of His Holy Land.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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âOctober 7th was such a wake-up call for us.â
These are the worlds of Adele Raemerâan Israeli, a mother, a grandmother, a kibbutz resident near Israelâs border with Gaza, and a survivor of the Hamas attacks of that day.
Adele spoke with Fellowship President and CEO Yael Ecksteinâfrom the war-torn Holy Landâin the weeks after the attacks. And she recently traveled from her temporary home in Israel to join The Fellowship at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN, to tell Americans of faith her story.
After hosting a special media event that featured a conversation with Governor Mike Huckabee, she sat down to share with us her experiencesâbefore, during, and since the terrorist infiltration into southern Israel, including her longtime home in Nirim.
Listen to this important and uplifting conversation.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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For listeners of this podcast, Dr. Alveda King has been a favorite guest, sharing about her familyâs legacy and her own faith.
And so it was with great excitement that Bishop Lanier and The Fellowship welcomed Dr. King at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN.
This author, professor, civil rights pioneer, and dear friend of Israel and of The Fellowship was gracious enough to share an inspiring conversation that we know will inspire you, as well.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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This month, Jews around the world celebrate one of the most joyous holidays on the Jewish calendarâPurim, which commemorates the events written about in the Book of Esther. During this celebration, Jewish people host parties, share holiday treats with friends, and dress up in costumes and masksâa lot like Halloween. But unlike Halloween, people go door to door in order to give treats, not receive them. And the costumes have nothing to do with ghosts or gore.
As weâll discover on todayâs special Purim episode with host Yael Eckstein, this is because the message of Purim is that things arenât always as they seem. We must look beneath the surface to see God in everything, and behind the masks we often wear to see God in every person.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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âAnu is the Hebrew word for we or us.â
Thatâs how Grace Rapkin explains the name of ANUâMuseum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, which she serves as Marketing Manager.
The âweâ that this museum serves includes all of usâall people of faith. And the crowd that was able to watch this podcast live was certainly made up of such faithful folks, at the recent National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN.
Ms. Rapkin sat down with The Fellowship to talk about this very special museum in the Holy Land, and its many exhibits that teach about millennia of Jewish worship, tradition, and cultureâincluding the Codex Sassoon, which many of you might have heard about recently as the oldest Hebrew Bible in existence.
From this priceless example of Godâs Word to items donated by the likes of Steven Spielberg and Bob Dylan, from art made in the wake of the October 7th attacks to an interactive exhibit that teaches Jewish recipes from across the globe, ANU: Museum of the Jewish People shows us the influence that Judaism has had on the world, from Bible times to today.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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For Christian music fans, the name Reba Rambo certainly evokes fond memories and emotions. Her music, and her familyâs musical legacy, have provided the soundtrack for the lives of countless people of faith. One of these fans, Fellowship Board Chair Bishop Paul Lanier, even recalls Rebaâs classic album, Lady, playing in his college dorm room.
And so it was with great excitement that Bishop Lanier and The Fellowship welcomed Reba Rambo to the podcast recently at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN.
Reba was gracious enough to share some time with us as she discussed her Hall of Fame career, the musical legacy passed down from her parents, her lifelong musical ministry, and her love for Israel.
Listen to this uplifting conversation with trailblazing Christian singer, songwriter, and artist, Reba Rambo.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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âEverything that I embrace as a Christian is rooted in the promises that God gave to the Jewish people.â
Of the many Christian friends of The Fellowship and of the Jewish state of Israel, none has a passion and calling stronger than that of Governor Mike Huckabee. His accomplishmentsâ44th governor of Arkansas, presidential candidate, ordained Southern Baptist pastor, and TBN hostâcertainly show him to be a man of action and a man of God.
Gov. Huckabee recently put his godly heart for Israel into action by joining with The Fellowship at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention in Nashville, TN. Before hosting a special media event that featured a conversation with an Israeli survivor of the October 7th attacks, he sat down with Fellowship Board Chair Bishop Paul Lanier to discuss his heart for Israel and what he experienced in a recent visit to the Holy Land.
Of this fellowship of faith between Christians and Jews and between America and Israel, Gov. Huckabee says, âThis is a biblical mandate, and we need to stand on it and recognize that we should never ever allow the Jewish people to feel that theyâre alone again.â
Listen to this important and uplifting conversation.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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In the months since October 7, Israel hasâfor better or for worseâbeen a regular feature in international news. And while much of the world voices its opposition against (and hatred for) the Jewish state, there are voices who are speaking out for Israel.
On this weekâs podcast, Yael welcomes one of the Holy Landâs voices to the world. Eylon Levy has been serving as official Israeli government spokesperson since the beginning of the ongoing war in Gaza. In this role, he has become one of Israelâs most recognized faces.
Eylon has done this in many ways. As a journalist and news anchor, he can provide the cold, hard facts to the worldâshowing the truth about Israel and the threats the nation faces in a way that so many media outlets refuse to. One story he shares is that of another podcast guestâRachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh is still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The job can be difficultâmuch like life has become harder for all Israelisâbut Eylon shares how he keeps his cool in the hardest situations, as well as why he works so hard to share âwhat Israel is about.â
Besides his work as a talking head and giving press conferences, Eylon also excels in the media landscape of the 21st centuryâas much a new media content creator as he is a government spokesperson. A recent video he sharedâhis grandmotherâs hummus recipeâis a perfect example of this.
By presenting the truth about Israelâin traditional, as well as new and exciting ways, Eylon Levy is truly a light in the darkness that Godâs people are facing. You wonât want to miss Yaelâs conversation as he shares both the hard facts of what Israel is facing, as well as the hope he sees for the people of Israel.
Listen now.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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In the wake of the Hamas attacks of October 7, life changed for all the people of the Holy Land, one of whom is this weekâs special podcast guest. But Tommy Waller wasnât born in the Jewish state, and isnât even Jewish. Tommy is a Christian from AmericaâŠ
After rising through the ranks of the American work world, God called Tommy and his wife to make a change in their lives. First, they moved their family to a farm in Amish country and learned to live off the land. And then God called them to Israel!
For nearly 20 years, Tommy and Sherri Waller have run HaYovel in Israelâs heartland, providing Christians from abroad the opportunity for a ârenewed sense of purpose, a strengthened faith, and a zeal for Godâs worldwide plan of restoration that began with Abraham,â as they volunteer in the vineyards and fields of biblical Judea and Samaria.
Tommy shares with Yael his story of coming to the Holy Land, what heâs experienced there over the past two decades and in the past months of war, and he even surprises her with a special story of his own meeting of her father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, of blessed memory.
Listen now as Yael talks with a Christian from America about his life in Godâs Holy Land.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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Join host Yael Eckstein, President and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, as she pays tribute to her beloved father and mentor, Fellowship Founder Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who unexpectedly passed away five years ago on February 6, 2019. Yael celebrates her fatherâs extraordinary life with a special guestâBeryl Eckstein, her fatherâs younger brother.
In this very personal and emotional podcast, Beryl recalls growing up with Yechiel, walks us through the early, painful days when his brother was ostracized by the Jewish community for his work reaching out to Christians, and honors the lasting legacy of Rabbi Ecksteinâs historic bridge-building work.
You wonât want to miss this inspiring tribute to a man whose vision literally changed the course of Jewish-Christian relations.
For more information on todayâs episode, visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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This week, host Yael Eckstein comes to us from the Holy Land with two very special guests, both of them Israelis, both of them strong, proud Jewish women, and both of them survivors.
Born in Poland before WWII began, Sarah survived the Holocaust, unlike so many of her loved ones, among the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis. And, on October 7th, this precious 88-year-old woman again survived an attack on Godâs people, at her kibbutz home in the Holy Land.
Noa also survived the attacks of October 7th. A 23-year-old Israeli, she was attending the Nova Festival near the Gaza border with friends, enjoying the beauty and serenity of the Holy Land she calls home. Noa survived that horrific day, unlike many of her friends, and unlike more than 1,200 others.
Listen now to these two incredible survivorsâ stories, as we once again are reminded that we must âNever Forgetâ lessons from historyâboth distant and more recentâso that such horrors âNever Againâ happen in our world.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Dayâobserved every January 27, the day the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated in 1945âis a day to remember one of the darkest times in history, a time that resulted in the horrific murder of six million Jewish souls.
While it is a somber day to remember the lives lost at the hands of the Nazis, it is also a time for us all to remember the lessons of the Holocaust. It is a time when we renew the pledge that the Jewish people adopted after this catastrophic event: Never Forget. Yet as host Yael Eckstein reminds us, it is not enough to just remember; we also must take meaningful action.
In todayâs powerful podcast, Yael shares two valuable lessons we can learn from the Holocaustâthe value and importance of saving even one life and how just one person can make a tremendous impact on the world. Listen now!
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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In the aftermath of the Holocaust, in which six million Jewish men, women, and children perished at the hands of the Nazis, the Jewish people vowed, âNever forget.â Yet, as host Yael Eckstein and her special guest Elisha Wiesel discuss on the podcast, an alarming number of adults today know nothing about the Holocaust.
Elisha brings a unique perspective to the conversation as the only son of Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Holocaust survivor, and author of Night, the renowned memoir of survival in the Nazi death camps. Wiesel shares on the podcast his fatherâs legacy, not only as a passionate humanitarian, but as a proud Jew, who wanted to bring light to the dark places in our world.
Listen now to this important and insightful conversation as we remember the lives lost during the Holocaust, honor those who survived, and vow, "Never again."
For more information on todayâs episode, visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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As we prepare to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., host Yael Eckstein welcomes to the podcast Dr. Alveda King, daughter of slain civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King, and niece of Dr. King.
Throughout her life, Alveda has carried on the legacy of the King family, passing on the message of love for and dignity of each human being as a champion for life from âthe womb to the tomb.â
Dr. King shares with Yael, âAs I was brought up by my Daddy, my Granddaddy, and my Uncle ML, we must know that we are all one race, and we must work together for human dignity⊠anywhere and everywhere we are on this planet.â
You wonât want to miss this fascinating message that will inspire each of us to promote Godâs goodness wherever we are. For more information on todayâs episode, visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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This week, host Yael Eckstein comes to us from the Holy Land with a very special guest. Adele Raemer is a mother, grandmother, blogger, teacher, hospital clown, and an Israeli.
After growing up in the U.S., Adele made aliyah to her Jewish homeland after the Yom Kippur War of 1973, and has for decades made her home on a kibbutz in southern Israelâa green, beautiful home that she says was always â95% heaven.â
But all of that changed on October 7th. Like so many kibbutzim living near Israelâs border with Gaza, Adele found herself and her loved ones under attack by Hamas terrorists. Unlike so many of their neighbors and countrymen, Adele and her family survived. But like so many survivors of the attack, they have yet to return to their little slice of heaven, the home that they love.
Listen now as Adele talks to Yael about life in the Holy Landâbefore October 7th, during that horrific day, and in the hard but hopeful days since.
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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Did you know that Moses wasnât the first person to see the burning bush in the desert?
According to Jewish tradition, many shepherds had walked by, but none of them bothered to stop. Maybe they were distracted or didnât want to deal with the fireâor they were simply too busy to take the time to look. But Moses saw the fireâand because he went over to check it out, Moses was present to the miracle that was happening right before his eyes.
In todayâs powerful episode, host Yael Eckstein shares the lesson of how we must tryâeven in a world full of distractionsâto live in the present moment, just like Moses. If we do, weâll not only strengthen our relationship with God, but also witness more beauty and miracles all around us! Are you ready?
For more information on todayâs episode visit mybiblicalroots.org.
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