The quest of the historical Jesus is turning out to be like my wife’s search for the perfect coffeemaker: unending. Albert Schweitzer traced the quest critically from the 18th century up to his own ...
A Times Square billboard proclaims "Jesus is a Palestinian." That sentiment is historically inaccurate — and also dangerous.
Twenty-four years ago this week, I was in Jerusalem to cover Pope John Paul II’s epic pilgrimage to the Holy Land for NBC. After going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray at the 11th and 12th ...
The golden age has been replaced by a grim new reality in which antisemitism is being normalized with terrifying speed.
Jews for Jesus has shifted a lot of its focus to Israel, where it now has 60 staff members. The organization’s new CEO, Aaron Abramson, served in the Israeli army. Aaron Abramson’s American upbringing ...
In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in progressive Christian social media circles as a pithy critique of those who voted for Donald Trump. But ...
Aaron Abramson’s American upbringing is apparent when he speaks Hebrew, the language he learned as a teenager after his hippie parents decided to move the family from Seattle to Israel and become ...