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Emergency Aid Israel 2023

Israel has been brutally attacked. As Christians for Israel, we want to provide help where ever it is needed. That …

Urgent Call to Pray for Israel

Rev. Willem Glashouwer, President of Christians for Israel International, shares about the situation in Israel and gives us biblical insight. …

We stand with Israel!

On this day of great trouble, as the enemies of Israel have taken counsel together against the LORD and His …

Israel under attack

This morning, terrorists in Gaza launched a massive surprise attack on Israel. Sirens sounded throughout southern Israel and rocket fire …

FH Update – At the Top of the Mountain

Aliyah is also about going up. We don’t say we come to or move into Israel. We make aliyah, which …

Helping in all Circumstances – Koen Carlier about the situation in Ukraine

Ever since the first nerve-racking weeks following the outbreak of war in Ukraine in February 2022, hopes for peace remain …

Letter from Naim and Elvira Khoury

We recently received a letter from Rev. Naim Khoury and his wife, Elvira, from Bethlehem, who have a remarkable a …

Time to say Goodbye and Welcome!

Dear friends, sorry for the long pause without any news or articles. Summer is a very busy time for the …

Time to say Goodbye and Welcome!

Dear friends, sorry for the long pause without any news or articles. Summer is a very busy time for the …

First Pesach in the First Home

“During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship …

FH Update – From Kolkhoz to Kibbutz

The wonderful story shared this time was found and written by FH-participant Nikita Aronov. He made aliyah with his family …

First Home Update – Tu Bishvat 2023

“How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to …

FH Update – Olim from Kibbutz Zeelim

“But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread… ” (Exodus 1:12). Finally, they are here! We …

Bring the Jews Home (Aliyah) – Ethiopia

“Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you, your sons come from afar, and …

First Home Update – Hanukkah 2022

“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). The final candle was lit Yesterday (December, …

Israel welcomed 70,000 new immigrants in 2022

This year, as many as 70,000 Jews from around the world settled in Israel. That is the highest number since …

FH Update – Flowers for Peace

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed …

On the Run Now That Winter Has Arrived in Ukraine

After our first trip to Kherson since the liberation of the city late last week, we travelled to Kherson again …

First Home Alumni Meeting 2022 – Hevel Eilot Regional Council, Kibbutz Yotvata

“The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will …

Interview with Benjamin Philip about Hineni Jerusalem

In 1995, Benjamin Philip got involved with the organization Hineni in Jerusalem. His goal is to help the poor, with …

A turbulent time in Ukraine

Since early October, we have entered a new phase of war in Ukraine. All over the country, large and smaller …

Coming Home to Israel from Ethiopia

As the rescue mission in Ukraine continues, another wave of immigration is taking place from Ethiopia. Families that have long …

The City of Zaporizhzhia is Burning

Last Thursday night the air-raid alert went off, as is the case regularly lately. Via broadcast towers people are warned …

The War in Ukraine is Never Far Away

We went on a working visit to the Jewish school in Bila Tserkva in the Ukrainian Kyiv Oblast. The school …

Let us wish “a good and sweet year” to one other

All Jewish people around the World are celebrating Rosh Hashanah – one of the main holidays in Judaism which name …

From devastated Mariupol to the Promised Land

From devastated Mariupol to the Promised Land. Christians for Israel staff visit Jewish elderly who recently made Aliyah from war-torn …

There is the “Sunrise” – FH Update August 2022

Today we have spent a calm night without missile attacks and alarms. We hope that tomorrow we will be able …

Update from Ukraine: Requests from Israel

We continue to bring Jewish refugees to Moldova, from where they leave for Israel. We also have a driver with …

News From the Fields – FH Update July 2022

Eighteen new kibbutzim have joined the Program and about one hundred new families will be accommodated there by the end …

First Independence Day in Israel – First Home Update

We have welcomed more than 120 families since the beginning of 2022. Families from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus celebrated their …

In the diaspora, or being brought home…

Being lost is something we surely all recognize and occasionally experience. Sometimes you feel completely lost. Especially during a war …

Jewish refugees from Ukraine keep asking us for help: “We want to go to Israel!”

Today is our last and final journey to Moldova this week. During the first two journeys it were mainly Jewish …

Not next year, but this year in Jerusalem!

The return of Jewish refugees or repatriants also continued during Passover. On the day before Seder night, during which the …

The Story of Lyuba Yolkina from Odessa – First Home Update

Lyuba Yolkina and her 2-year-old daughter Nastia from Odessa fled the war and found a shelter in kibbutz Mashabei Sade. …

‘God is bringing His people home and soon no one will be left behind’

We are traveling by bus from our shelter in Ukraine to the border with Moldova. We are bringing a group …

Update Ukraine: Creating Order in Total Chaos

Our team in Ukraine is working day and night to support Jewish refugees, provide shelter and evacuate them to neighboring …

Aliyah fieldworker Nataliya: “Joy instead of tears”

Our Aliyah fieldworker Nataliya shares: “The war has been raging in Ukraine for over a month. From the very beginning …

War in Ukraine has Devastating Effect on Jewish Communities

A week ago Ukraine looked quite different. The threat from Russia was present, but nobody foresaw that the situation would …

Refugee or Repatriant?

In the last few weeks we have kept you updated regularly about the work of Christians for Israel in Ukraine. …

Svetlana had to flee twice

Svetlana (66 years old) seems a bit quiet now that she is on her way to Israel, away from the …

Prayer is the fuel for our work in Ukraine

I am visiting Christians for Israel’s shelter in western Ukraine. It turns out to be a moment of reunion with …

Only now we feel better inside… – First Home Update

A week ago, we welcomed Olga Gordienko with her 12-year-old son Ruslan from Dneprodzerzhinsk who fled the war via the …

Katya and her little daughter fled Mariupol: ‘I’m still in shock’

Yesterday, two names on the list of refugees we were to accompany to Kishenov, the capital of Moldova, attracted attention. …

Update from our team in Ukraine: “A nerve-racking situation”

After our team meeting yesterday afternoon, where we prayed and went over the planning, I received one WhatsApp message after …

‘When the war is over, Christians for Israel will bring all the men to Israel’

When Viktoria (47) shares her story, tears flow. Only a few days earlier, she had to say goodbye to her …

Help us defend the Jewish State of Israel against the UN’s worst attack ever

In May 2021 the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) created a permanent Commission of inquiry (COI) to investigate all violations …

SOS Ukraine: video update from Koen Carlier

As Christians for Israel we want to comfort and stand with the Jewish people in good times, but especially in …

Jewish refugees: “It hurts so incredibly to have to leave them behind”

Bombed apartment buildings, burnt-out cars, a street strewn with smoking debris. It looks like a scene from an old war …

This is only the beginning… – First Home Update

Some time ago we were looking forward to accepting more and more olim from all over the world. Well, now …

‘I need to get rid of my fear first’

In the distance, the air raid alarm sounds. Ukraine. Since February 24, the scene of war and violence, resulting in …

First Home Update – Our parents are the roots, we are the flowers…

“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does …

Ludmilla’s Testimony

In this video Ludmilla from Ukraine shares her story. She fled from her hometown Charkov because of the war. Despite …

Fleeing from the Land of the North to the Promised Land

On Monday February 28 the war in Ukraine has been going on for four days already. We are driving a …

On eagles’ wings

To the unsuspecting passerby, the crowded little building in the village on the border of Ukraine and Moldova looks more …

First Home Update – New year of the Trees

How is the soil? Is it fertile or poor? Are there trees in it or not? Do your best to …

“I’m not a hero… I do what God asks me to do”

The war has been raging in Ukraine for two weeks. On Tuesday evening, Mendel Cohen came to stay with us …

Update Ukraine: “I felt like a refugee myself”

In the past nights I experienced something new. In the previous week I thought: I have probably experienced everything by …

Update Ukraine: We Don’t Leave Anyone Behind

Though our night’s rest was very short, when we got up in the morning, we felt good. We were expecting …

The first 150 Ukrainian Jews come home to Israel!

On Sunday, March 6, the first plane carrying 150 Jews from Ukraine arrived in Israel. Our team in Ukraine is …

On the Other Side of Aliyah

“May the Lord, the God who gives breath to all living things, appoint someone over this community to go out …

Ukraine Update: Aliyah continues to this day

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the many restrictions of the imposed quarantine, difficulties of applying for official documents, cancelled flights and …

From the Four Corners of the Earth – Part 2

Fear not for I am with you; from the east I will bring your seed, and from the west I …

Aliyah continues as ‘usual’: an update from Ukraine

A few days ago numerous minibuses brought olim (immigrants to Israel) from all over Ukraine for another ‘evacuation’ flight from …

Just a Week before Aliyah

Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot are over and we in Israel are still in lock-down due to COVID-19, but it’s a …

Rosh Hashana – New Life in a New Year

Rosh Hashana is one of the key religious holidays for Israelis. In the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Rosh …

A way in the wilderness

These are turbulent and uncertain times, and this doesn’t make our practical Aliyah work any easier. The Coronavirus is still …

The Frenkel Family

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm …

A long-awaited visa: Aliyah amidst the Corona crisis

I dialed Tatyana’s number from my Magdeburg home office. “Did you say Magdeburg? That is my city!” I heard a …

Israeli Ulpanim(*) Closed Until End of April – First Home Update

Shalom, dear Friends, During these tough times of uncertainty and stress, we want to send this message of encouragement to …

The story of a yellow suitcase

The military operations that started in eastern Ukraine in 2014 unexpectedly forced many to leave their homes and choose a …

Farewell to Elena

Early Tuesday morning, January 28, 2020, I received a phone call from Nataliya from Kiev: “Koen, we did it! Elena …

Bar Mitzvah across generations

Bar Mitzvah is a traditional ritual of becoming grown up, it’s a day of joy but also a day of …

Fresh air for Elena

The Almighty needs our hands! The Bible tells about us, the nations, that we will be involved in the return …

Shabbat In Siberia – End of November 2019

“Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land” (Proverbs 25:25). In Israel when it …

First Home Update – Back to School!

Here in the First Home it’s now time to take a deep breath after the busy summer days. What has …

Ambulance Wheelchair Minibus for Aleh

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13). You …

People of The Book

“Kniga” is a Russian word that means “book”. Today I will tell you a story of a Jewish family with …

43 Years of Prayer

Every Jewish family who goes to Israel leaves for different reasons. That’s why we always ask them what motivates them …

Jewish homeland promised by the UN – First Home Update June 2019

What if instead of following the prophecy and the gathering in of Israel, Jews would go somewhere else… let’s say …

Exodus from India

More than 3,300 years after the Lord delivered the Israelites from Egypt, a modern-day Exodus from India is coming to …

First Home: sweet greetings to the new classmates!

Shalom dear Friends, In the kibbutzim of the Jordan Valley, near the Sea of Galilee children make preparations for the …

Tending a Mass Grave

By Marijke Terlouw and Carmen Ullersma.. Rita Schweibes (picture below) was born 30 August 1936 in Tulchin, Ukraine. Many people …

Emergency appeal: inhabitants southern Israel

Last weekend, Israel suffered greatly from one of the worst rocket attacks from Gaza in recent years –by Hamas and …

Moshe and his Family

The project that Christians for Israel has been very actively supporting from the beginning is the Jaffa Institute which is …

First Home: The Exodus is going on!

Shalom dear Friends, A special feast of Passover is almost there. The Exodus from Egypt lies in the past, but …

Update from Ukraine: Aliyah continues

December is traditionally a busy month for our drivers, because many families want to leave Ukraine just before the end …

Meals for the Poor in Jerusalem

By Christians for Israel International.. Contrary to other countries in the world, Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, is not the …

Hanukkah 2018 in First Home in the Homeland

Shalom Dear Friends, Did you invent your own Hanukkiyah this year? Maybe we’ll inspire you now to do so! Hanukkiyah …

Black as ashes, white as flour

Drimia is an inconspicuous plant, one just sees a stalk with gentle white or pink small flowers, nothing special – …

A Small Exodus from Ukraine

The summer months leading up to the Jewish New Year (9-10 September) have been busier than usual. Why? There are …

‘I’m Not Alone’ Campaign Growing

By Ariella Bernstein.. More than a year ago, the Jerusalem Foundation embarked on the ‘I’m Not Alone’ campaign to support …

From chilly Siberia to a warm Kibbutz

Yullia Mazennikov was born in Siberia, but one year ago she decided to leave Russia and make aliyah. On the …

A week in the Shelter: news from Ukraine

“Shana tova!”. An older woman lets me in her apartment. I put the food parcel for her on the kitchen …

Aliyah – From Bila Tserkva to Acco

It’s Monday morning in Kiev (Ukraine), and due to the holidays, the streets are not as jammed as usual. This …

First Home in the Homeland: Escape Envelope

Vyacheslav and Tatiana Osipov made aliyah from Russia, Moscow, on 23 July 2018. They will participate in the program ‘First …

First Home in the Homeland: Break the silence

Dmitri, Ekaterina and Sasha Tomin made Aliyah from Russia, Moscow, on 23/07/2018 with help of Christians for Israel. They will …

Yahel – One More New Home In The Homeland!

“אִם אֶרְאֶה אוֹר כִּי יָהֵל וְיָרֵחַ יָקָר הֹלֵךְ” “If ever I saw the light shining, The moon on its course …

Aliyah From France

By Rachel Poot.. We are in Yakir, a small village in the northwest of Israel, on one of the hilltops …

Changing Lives in Bethlehem

Was your life changed by Vacation Bible School? It changes lives here in Bethlehem too! And what a difference those …

First Home in the Homeland – update June 2018

Shalom dear Friends, as promised we update you about our latest news from the Eshkol region. Yesterday (June 18, 2018) …

The Lord is my Shepherd

“The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not be in want”. Psalm 23 might have been written for the Ukrainian …

Opportunities in Israel

Last year Ilana and Alexander left their home in Charkov Ukraine and went to Israel. The couple is married and …

A tragedy in Hananit – Christians for Israel Reply

On the 22nd of February 2018 a Chairman of Christians for Israel Pim Van der Hoff visited the Hinanit settlement …

Remember and Educate

By Ariella Bernstein – Jerusalem Foundation.. On 27 January 2018, the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day when …

Emergency food parcel campaign for Ukraine

Shalom from the cold Ukraine! We are thankful that in the past few days we were personally able to bring …

“I’m Not Alone”- Greatest Act of Kindness for Holocaust Survivors

As we move farther and farther away from the horrific events of the Holocaust, more and more survivors find themselves …

Summer Camps in Bethlehem

Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to you from Bethlehem! We hope and pray this finds you well, as you seek …

Aliyah from Paris – Yael (22) makes a dream come true

Sitting across from me in a bustling Parisian brasserie, young French Yael shares with me about her dream of making …

Modern Era and Jewish Roots

50th Anniversary of Jerusalem’s Reunification – its meaning and connection to Jewish history and modern Jerusalem. There are a series …

Aliyah from Lille, Lyon and Marseille

The work that Ebenezer does in France, is not only limited to its capital as it may seem. Out of …

Aliyah from Paris: Looking back on 2016

The calm has returned to Paris. Sitting in the train on my way home, the headline of a Metro News-like …

Eyewitness report from Haifa

At ten thirty I looked outside again. We already had heard that the arsonists tried to set fire to the …

Projects brochure Christians for Israel International

Christians for Israel (C4I) is a non-denominational movement. We believe that Christians of all denominations and backgrounds should be united …

First Home Update – Dutch tulips arrived

On December 7, 2021, the First Home coordinator team had their annual meeting in Mashabei Sade. The results of 2021 …

Hanukkah 2021 – First Home in the Homeland

Shalom, dear First Home friends! As you know all Israelis are now enjoying Hanukkah. Today (December 1st) we are lighting …

Summer in Ukraine – Much-Needed Food Parcels

Also during the summer months, we in Ukraine earnestly continue in full to pack and distribute food parcels. These food …

Summer in Ukraine – On Summer Camp!

In the Netherlands children have six weeks of summer holiday, in Belgium they have eight weeks. Ukrainian children have no …

Summertime in Ukraine – Busy Working with Aliyah!

In the past days it has been very warm here, 35+ degrees Celsius. So, it’s really summer! Despite the warmth …

The captain is leaving

In the months July and August of 2021 nearly five hundred olim from Ukraine left for Israel for good. What …

The Day before the War

This is the story about a young couple from Belarus who made aliyah on the Jerusalem's Day and the day …

A Little Boy’s Heart: For Such a Time as This

As Israel releases a major study on the effectiveness of the vaccine, sharing some light and hope with the nations, …

Despite cancelled flights, 200 Jews return home!

The past few weeks our Aliyah work has been hectic. The Jewish Agency always shares the departure dates of olim …

ADI Offers Children a Chance

Everyone is familiar with it – and maybe even more so after working from home – that one chair which …

After years, a family becomes completely whole again…

The Bitao family has long suffered. Their nearly two decade long dream of making Aliyah joined with the dream to …

Against all odds

“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My …

First Home in the Eshkol area (South of Israel)

“For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and …

First Home in the Homeland

The Jewish people are returning home from the four corners of the earth. Once in Israel, it is important to …

Aliyah started after the fall of the Iron Curtain

Today Ukraine commemorates that it became an independent nation 30 years ago (1991 – 2021). We are reminded today that …

And the waters were divided…

Shortly before Passover, we welcomed four planes with olim families from Russia, Ukraine, the USA, Argentina and South Africa. It …

Hineni Experiences God’s Provision

The current work of Hineni humanitarian restaurant in Jerusalem can be described briefly: ‘creative problem solving’ and ‘miracles’. The management, …

Historic anniversary flight to Israel: 25 years of ‘Bringing the Jews Home’

It is Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 4.30 PM. 130 Ukrainian Jews will from this moment on call Israel their new …

Israel’s airport remains closed, however…

The date of Monday, January 25, 2021, is engraved in our memory! With all our available minibuses, we brought immigrants …

Welcome Home! – First Home Update

In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will …

Life beyond Russia in The Promised Land- First Home Update

This is the true story about a Russian family from Moscow who made aliyah in July 2020 and now lives …

Bnei Menashe have begun to arrive on Aliyah

In light of the dire situation in India due to Covid-19, the Government of Israel recently approved an urgent plan …

‘This I promise you’

On Wednesday morning, 17 November a few olim (immigrants) left Kiev airport and went to Israel permanently. We picked up …

Ukraine: despite rising tension, aliyah continues

There has been a lot of concern over the last few weeks. There was much speculation about the Russian troop …

Six Months in the Promised Land

We would like to tell you about three olim families, who made aliyah via the First Home on the Homeland …

Under the burning skies

Dear friends, I know you follow the situation in Israel and pray for all of us – we feel your …