When God called Abraham to become the father of the Jewish people, He made them a promise:
My heart’s desire is to make you into a great nation, to bless you, to make your name great so that you may be a blessing. My desire is to bless those who bless you, but whoever curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed (Genesis 12:2-3).
And yet, throughout all of history, no other group has been more persecuted than the Jewish people.
- The book of Esther tells of a concerted effort to annihilate the Jewish people in the Persian Empire in the 5th century B.C.
- In the Middle Ages, European church authorities blamed Jewish people for killing Jesus and even for spreading the plague, leading to widespread Jewish persecution and murder
- Jewish people repeatedly have been forcibly expelled from European countries — from France in the 12th-14th centuries, from England in the 13th century, and from Spain and Portugal in the 15th and 16th centuries
- Russian anti-Semitism denied even basic human rights to Jewish people for centuries, leading to genocide in the 1800s and the forced mass migration of Jewish people out of Russia and into Western Europe and America
- The Nazi Holocaust forced Jewish families into ghettos and extermination camps. There they were starved, tortured, worked to death, or executed. In all, the Nazis murdered about 6 million Jews — 63 percent of the Jews in Europe
And the persecution of Jewish people is still widespread. In fact, since 2000, anti-Semitism has been getting progressively worse worldwide.
A 2012 report by the U.S. State Department confirmed the dramatic global increase in anti-Semitism. It found that Holocaust denial and opposition to Israel were often used to promote blatant anti-Semitism.
As just one example, in the past year the United Nations (UN) adopted 20 one-sided resolutions against Israel — compared to only six resolutions addressed to the whole rest of the world combined!
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) passed a bizarre resolution listing all of Judaism’s holiest sites as being solely Islamic and denying any Jewish connection to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, Western Wall, and other historically Jewish sites
- UN Commission on the Status of Women condemned Israel as the world’s only violator of women’s rights, ignoring real abusers such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
- UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) astonishingly singled out Israel as the only violator in the world of “mental, physical, and environmental health”
- UN’s International Labor Organization (ILO) effectively called Israel the world’s only violator of labor rights
And such undeniable bias is not just coming from the United Nations. Independent studies confirm the rapidly growing connection between anti-Semitism and the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement — especially on American college campuses.
In fact, there is clear evidence that many BDS and anti-Israel protests — which nearly tripled from 2015 to 2016 — encourage violence against Jewish students.
As one professor who has closely researched this issue has said, “Instead of just boycotting Israel, the anti-Zionists are now boycotting Jewish students. Sadly, all too often it is not debate but hate. The lines between political discussions on Israeli policy and discrimination toward Jewish students are being blurred.”
And in an inevitable parallel, attacks against Jewish synagogues and Jewish people in both Europe and the United States have been on a dramatic increase for several years.
Clearly, something must be done. Such open hatred and prejudice cannot go unchallenged — especially by Christians who take seriously Jesus’ admonitions that we “love one another,” and even that we love our enemies.
That’s what Jewish Voice Ministries is all about.
Now in our 50th year, Jewish Voice is committed to providing physical and spiritual help to Jewish people, transforming lives and seeing all Israel saved.
To accomplish these goals, Jewish Voice quietly but effectively works to:
- Strategically use television, print, and digital media to counter lies and misinformation about Israel and the Jewish people
- Educate Christians about the Jewish roots of our faith, and about the need to support and pray for Israel and Jerusalem. This is based on our belief that the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland fulfills God’s millennia-old prophesies, and is an important milestone in God’s plan for the return of Yeshua the Messiah and the establishment of God’s eternal Kingdom
- Support vulnerable Holocaust survivors and members of scattered and impoverished Jewish communities
- Share the Gospel of Yeshua (Jesus) with Jewish people everywhere we are called to go
This last goal is the ultimate heart of our ministry. As the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 10:1, “Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.”
The work of Jewish Voice is critically important. But we can’t do it without help from those who already know the truth — that Yeshua is the Messiah. That’s why I’m asking you to send a gift to support the work of Jewish Voice.
Every gift goes to speak out against anti-Semitism, to help needy Holocaust survivors, and to meet the needs of impoverished Jewish people around the world.
As my way of saying thank you for a gift of any size right now, I’ll send you my booklet Why Satan Hates the Jews, which explores the spiritual roots of anti-Semitism.
And if you can give at least $50, I’ll send you the two-DVD set Unlocking the Prophetic Mysteries of Israel.
Please fight the evil of anti-Semitism and bring comfort and care to Jewish people in need by sending your most generous gift today. Thank you, and God bless you!
