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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Friday, October 3, 2025
Don’t be caught looking too Jewish or Christian. Cookie Schwaeber-Issan, All Israel News
Don’t be caught looking too Jewish or Christian
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Would you be shocked to discover that in the year 2025, looking too Jewish or sounding too Christian could immediately relegate you to a disenfranchised status?
Well, you shouldn’t. This is the new iteration of progress in a world which seems to be going backward rather than forward. Instead of learning from the mistakes of history, so as not to repeat their tragedies, we seemed to be unable to overcome our worst tendencies.
Sadly, we are witnessing the return of intolerance against Judeo-Christian beliefs playing out right before our eyes.
Only a few days ago, a local Christian minister was told by the Muslim mayor of Dearborn, MI that he wasn’t welcome in his own community.
Pastor Edward “Ted” Barham probably never imagined that publicly registering his complaint, at a city council meeting where a discussion took place concerning the naming of street, in honor of a controversial Arab American publisher by the name of Osama Siblani, would result in his vilification.
The pastor quoted a Siblani speech stating, “We are the Arabs who are going to lift Palestinians all the way to victory whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Jenin. Believe me, everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others fight with planes, drones and rockets.”
Protesting what sounded as a call to violence, Barham felt a moral obligation to acknowledge the publisher’s long record of whitewashing terror.
One example was a 2003 Washington Post comment stating, “Mr. Bush believes Hezbollah, Hamas and other Palestinian factions are terrorists, but we believe they are freedom fighters.”
It’s not surprising that Abdullah Hussein Hammoud, Dearborn’s first Shia Muslim mayor would show hostility toward the pastor, because that Islamic sect does not legitimize Christianity. On the contrary, their position is that the salvation of one’s soul is only attainable through submission to Islam.
By his highly offensive and intolerant response, the mayor apparently believes that deference should already be afforded to the large Muslim population who voted him into office, relegating the sensitivities of others to a place of no importance or consideration.
The mayor went on to suggest that the pastor leave his city, so that he could celebrate his departure. That statement reflects a deliberate and blatant disenfranchisement of an American Christian from his own hometown.
In essence, unless he accepts the decision to honor a violent Muslim, he is being told that he has no place in the community where he has always lived. To question or show any measure of disapproval is met by an invitation to exit the city. In short, it comes down to approve or move!
This is what’s happening in the heartland of America, but, perhaps, it’s indicative of things are changing faster than we know.
Just a year ago, a similar incident occurred when a Jewish man, wearing a kippa (traditional skullcap) tried to cross the street, in the City of London. Told to leave the area where a pro-Palestinian march was underway, he was told that he would be arrested if he didn’t comply. The reason given by the police was that he looked too Jewish.
While some might commend the police officer for his concern over the man’s safety, the bottom line is that anyone whose appearance identifies them as a Jew, may no longer have the freedom of movement in certain areas.
Another 2024 incident involved a Jewish man who was told to “get out of a comedy gig in London which took place at the Soho Theatre, featuring comedian Paul Currie.”
In last week’s Jerusalem Post newspaper, there was yet another shocking report a Gothic shop in Flensburg, Germany whose owner hung a sign on the door which read, “Jews are banned from entering here.”
A few hours later, a pizza shop in Furth, Germany similarly posted a sign warning that Israeli customers were banned in that establishment.
All of these occurrences are deeply disturbing, because each one highlights a growing apprehension towards Jews, shared by Americans, Brits and Europeans, all of whose countries have sizeable Muslim communities which have elected municipal leaders who happen to adhere to Islam.
In the case of Germany, these prohibitions appear to have been made by local citizens who have decided that Jews and Israelis are not worthy customers to patronize their shops.
These examples point to the liability of either speaking out as a Christian, who is against honoring violence, or being told that looking too Jewish will result in the loss of your freedoms. The thought of Jews being banned from businesses is all-too reminiscent of the dark days of Germany when it bitterly turned against its Jewish community without fighting against injustice and intolerance.
What we are witnessing, this time, is the commonality of persecution, amongst Jews and Christians, both hated by radical Muslims as well as Woke Progressives. The aligned bigotry of these two groups coincidentally serves their particular ideologies.
Possibly the worst statement was one just made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who just a week ago “warned that white Christian are responsible for so much damage.” How will such a comment be met by anyone who already hates Christians?
If the goal is to marginalize Jews and Christians, it’s likely that these incidents will only multiply, testing the limits of how far religiously observant people can be disqualified from full participation in society.
Will governmental leaders take up this fight against the religious persecution of Jews and Christians? If not, it will simply embolden others to further oppress and deprive them from the same rights and privileges enjoyed by others.
Of course, the alternative is to keep silent or surrender to abandoning one’s lifestyle in favor of their safety. Many of us have heard stories of friends and family members who are wearing baseball caps in public places rather than a kippa.
Reminded, yet again, that these despicable attacks occur at our holiest places and on Yom Kippur, two Jews were murdered just outside of a Manchester UK synagogue.
Will Christians begin to experience similar incidents?Jews and Christians share the misfortune of being targets of ethnic and religious persecution. If this is not met with resistance by political leaders and ordinary people, the ugliness of history will, indeed, repeat itself again.
A former Jerusalem elementary and middle-school principal who made Aliyah in 1993 and became a member of Kibbutz Reim but now lives in the center of the country with her husband. She is the author of Mistake-Proof Parenting, based on the principles from the book of Proverbs - available on Amazon.
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Thursday, October 2, 2025
Am Yisrael Chai
The phrase “Am Yisrael Chai” can be translated as “The People of Israel Live” or “The Nation of Israel Lives,” and has both Jewish and Zionist meanings. Today it’s also used as a patriotic phrase, as an equivalent of “Long Live Israel.”
The word “Chai” – meaning life, living, or alive – itself has a very special meaning and long history as a Jewish symbol.
Standing solid with our friends in Israel,
Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Dennis McLeod from New Zealand - "Chapter One and Chapter Two"
Dennis McClead and Steve Martin at the Billy Graham Library, May 31, 202,5 in Charlotte, North Carolina
Hi y'all, the common phrase from Texas, I even have the hat to prove it.
Yes, they may speak another language over there. A report will be forthcoming regarding the trip to the conference, but in the meantime, here is a thought from one of my many.
Flights, from 50 minutes to 17 hours. No wonder I came down with a cold oncI was e ho;e, the elderly body may have needed a rest.
Blessings to All,
Dennis McLeod
Chapter One and Chapter Two
During my recent trip to the Christian Friends of Israel conference in America, I sat next to a young secular Jewish man on one of the many flights. We spoke about the Bible, and something he said gave me something to think about. He referred to the Old and New Testaments, as we call them, as chapters one and two. Through this statement, I thought of the general novel one reads, and who reads. The second chapter ignores the first.
In the modern church, there are a lot of people who totally disregard Chapter One as irrelevant; in fact, a lot of the rioting called peaceful protests, as stated by the MSM, are being carried out by people who claim to follow God's word. I can make this statement, as I have spoken to several on the protesters' line, who claimed to be Christians. In fact, I have come to the realization that the very reason many of these protests are carried out on Saturday is because many of those who are downvoting Israel on Saturday go to church on Sunday!
A similar occurrence has happened before in my life; eighty years ago, the same thing was happening. When a lady in a meeting says, the Jewish people have been suffering under the persecution of Christians, since the time of Jesus, we can't deny that this has taken place. A man who survived the Sobibor Death camp and the large escape, when a few hundred desperate people fled the horrors of the camp, was later murdered by the Polish Underground, just because he was Jewish.
On my first visit to the Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem. I heard a young tour guide speaking to a large group of Israeli youth.
As I listened, I heard several discourses about how the Christians had done this and how they had done that, none of which could be refuted. Many Jewish people who survived the Holocaust camps told of how the guards murdered their people in the chambers one day, then followed this up the next day with Christmas carols as they continued with their lives as if nothing had taken place.
Many of these atrocities have taken place because the church has failed to teach from the Word of God to bring the people into a Biblical understanding of the truth, instead directing the people into a world view of what you need to claim, and live a good life. However, to be good, there must be a standard by which to judge our morality and actions, of course. Even the true Bible Believer, this standard is the life of Jesus. However, in the modern age, people are always looking for someone to blame for the ills of their lives.
Instead of directing the congregation to raise themselves to work to the standard of the positivity of Jesus.
We have been taught to look down from our Ivory Tower to where our troubles have started and who possibly could have caused them. To cite a more recent example, this is what was done in Rwanda and Cambodia, and we are all aware of the consequences. Of course, we are saved by grace, but surely the words of Jesus should always be a focal point, as in p'ases such as 'take up your cross'and follow Me.' This should be a reminder to nevWorldok back [Luke 9:62] to the world, remembering whaLot'spened to Lot's wife when she did. [Genesis 19:26]
Yes, the reason we are here at this point in time is that we have been more than encouraged, in fact, we have been told, in many cases, to totally disregard the first chapter of the bookWhoeverer reads chapter 2 of a novel without reading the opening chapt, er whichlays typicallys out the introduction and plot of the story.
But that is precisely what the church has done over the centuries.
They have not only convinced the church population that chapter one is not essential, and even unnecessary, that everything in the chapter is bad, including the people, with stateme'ts tha' they 'killed' Jesus, and because of their disobedience, God has discarded them. Which could not be further from the truth, [Jeremiah. 31:35-3 31:35-3Thereere are far too many references to the contrary to list.
Becausdon'tthis, we don't just have the attacks on the Jewish people today, we have many within the church rising up calling for the annihilation of a total race of people, just as Haman did in the time of Esther. [Esther 3:1-]
Chapter one gives the rules and regulations on how to live and behave, preparing us for Chapter two. Chapter Two presents the very God'susion of God's plan and direction, preparing us for what is to come. We start with the beginning of the promise, if only we would follow the word in Chapter 1, which is followed by the fulfillment of the promise in Chapter 2.
We have to God'sw all of 'od" word as 'All' Scripture is essential, not just the second chapter. [2 Timothy 3:16] To defeat the evil world, life, in society, and the World.
How else can we be ready to speak of the hope we read about within the scripture, which is a light unto our path and a lamp unto our feet, [Psalm 119:105] which is written in Chapter One.
We need to put on the whole armor of God, not just half of it! [Ephesians 6:10]- The cry in much of the world today is, they will destroy first the Saturday people and then the Sunday people. We are called, both Jew and Gentile, the people of the book. Arafa claimed that the PLO flag would fly from every Synagogue and Church.
We need toWorld the word up high for all thWorldld to see, Jew and Gentile together as one new man [Ephesians 2:15-16] with the dividing wall destroyed, divided we will fall, But walking arm in arm towards the Messiah as Messianics ready to applaud Him as He descends on to the Mount of Olives, will give us the strength to finish the race to receive the prize. [1 Corinthians 9:24]
As laid out in both Chapter One and Chapter Two of the Bible.
Amen
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Rings of the Lord
I bought these rings in Jerusalem, Israel, two weeks ago. The ones who now wear them (my sister and her grandson) really like their rings. I bought all the Messianic One New Man rings David Saidian (my 84-year-old friend Abraham’s oldest) had in his shop on Ben Yehuda Street, near Danny Boy’s shop and Uri’s.
I bought eight for $28 each. I didn’t want a discount, but he gave me one anyway. I am supporting my Jewish friends in Israel as much as I can.
Steve Martin
Love For His People Ministry
May 26, 2025
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(L-R) Steve Martin, Josh Martin, Avraham Saidian
Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, Israel
Monday, March 12, 2018
30 Jewish and Arab Pastors attend conference: "A Dangerous Calling!" - ONE FOR ISRAEL
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