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For over a year, Israel has been attacked on seven fronts: Hezbollah in Lebanon; Hamas in Gaza and Judea and Samaria (the West Bank); Houthis in Yemen; the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iraq and Syria; and directly by the Iranian regime. Against all odds, Israel endures.
Despite the horrific events of October 7, 2023, the rising death toll of soldiers who have fallen defending the nation of Israel and the ongoing crisis of 101 hostages remaining in Gaza under the torturous control of Hamas, Israel is pressing forward with victory and success in crushing its enemies. Behind this clear power of military might and brilliant strategic intelligence lies the true source of power: the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob! Israel will be victorious because the God of Israel defends His covenantal nation, as Psalm 83 passionately declares.
However, there is an eighth front against Israel and the Jewish community that many people have not considered: the daily attacks and calls for violence against the Jewish people in the nations. Painted with the same distorted, hateful brush that comes against Israel, Jewish communities worldwide are under attack, whether through rhetoric, marches, social media or outright violence.
Recently in Amsterdam, Netherlands, hundreds of radical Muslims attacked Israeli football fans, beating them with clubs, bars and fists. The mob chased the Israelis through the streets, kicked them to the ground until they stopped moving, hounded them on trams and launched fireworks at their hotel windows. They cornered people demanding, “Are you Jewish?” They then proceeded to terrorize everyone suspected of being Israeli. This immediately prompted Israel to send rescue planes and medical staff from Magen David Adom (Israel’s national emergency and ambulance service) to assist the bloodied Israelis who showed up at the Amsterdam airport the next day and airlift them back to Israel.
In Montreal, Canada, thousands of protesters wearing masks and keffiyehs while waving Palestinian flags charged through the city center burning cars, smashing windows and chanting slogans about slaughtering Jews. Caught on film, protestors gave the Sieg Heil (Nazi salute) or called for the Final Solution against the Jewish community, a reference to the 1942 policy of Nazi Germany’s Third Reich to annihilate all Jews. The Nazis implemented this policy with terrifying success. By 1945, two out of every three European Jews had been murdered—over six million Jewish people in total.
Video after video has shown Jews—whether in North America or Europe—being told that their presence on city streets will “incite violence” as rabid, antisemitic protestors bay for Jewish blood and the destruction of Israel.
One of the key functions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is to bring war criminals who live in nations with failed, corrupt judicial systems to justice. Yet the ICC recently demonstrated its immoral, antisemitic depravity by issuing arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This hearkens to the Scripture found in Judges 17:6b, “…every man did what was right in his own eyes” (NASB).
Amidst the turmoil, millions of Christians are at the forefront, declaring with a resounding voice, “Israel, you are not alone!” I recently spoke at Bridges for Peace Canada’s annual fundraising gala and this was the theme of the evening. Before a hall filled with Jews and Christians, I told them of how Bridges for Peace has donated ambulances, thousands of bags of food and clothing, trauma care support for survivors, appliances for members of displaced communities and much more as we respond with compassion to a traumatized nation.
I reminded them of the love and prayers of Christians from all around the world who stand with them, attend rallies to free the hostages and prayer vigils, speak up in their communities, share from pulpits in churches, take to social media and so much more. Through tears, I recounted the dark days following October 7, 2023, and reminded them of what God is doing in our world as He draws us together for His glory. I pray that my words of love and support, along with those from our teams worldwide, are a deep source of comfort and hope for Jewish people everywhere.
Yet it is no secret that Jewish people throughout the nations feel vulnerable, alone, hated and afraid. As we move into 2025, Israel is expecting a spike in aliyah (immigration to Israel), as thousands from countries such as France, Russia, the UK and the USA are expected to return to the Land of their promise. As Christians, we need to count the cost of siding with Israel. We need to stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters in the nations with support, love and solidarity. History will not forgive us if we abandon them in their time of need. For the sake of our nations, our faith in Jesus (Yeshua), our being grafted into the olive tree of Israel (Rom. 11) and biblical truth, we cannot fail by being silent in the face of evil. We have seen the cost of silence throughout history. Never again is now!
God is calling out to the Church to discern truth and push back the darkness of antisemitism. God is regathering His people to His Land, just as He promised through the prophet Isaiah (11:12) and He is demonstrating His wonders every day. The prophets foretold of righteous non-Jews who worship the God of Israel and attach themselves with love to the Jewish people (Zech. 2:10–13). Will this be you? Please give to our Project Rescue fund and help the Jewish people return to their ancestral homeland.
With shalom,
Rev. Peter J. Fast
International CEO
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Your contribution to this fund will be used to support the educational and operational costs of running Bridges for Peace.
This fund gives us the flexibility to meet needs not covered by our regular projects and to respond quickly to urgent needs.
“If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall dawn in the darkness…” (Isa. 58:10)
The BFP food bank in Jerusalem oversees the distribution of over nine tons of food every week. The food is heading to the homes of Israel’s needy. Purchased in Israel, the food meets the kosher requirements and contributes to the GDP.
New immigrants benefit, as well as those who have been here for a longer time. Holocaust survivors, poor children—both in the Jewish and Arab sectors—orphanages, and Jewish community centers are all on our list of recipients. Let us turn your contribution into much-needed food.
Through our Adoption Program, you have an opportunity to sponsor a Jewish family or individual in Israel for a year, helping them through a critical time in their lives. We provide much needed emotional support as well as a large food package (fruits, vegetables, chicken, milk products, canned goods, and paper products), bus tickets, and financial assistance for special needs.
Those who benefit from the program are new immigrants to Israel; native Israeli families suffering from terror attacks, major medical crises, or loss of a job; Holocaust survivors; and college students who are alone in Israel. We are friends helping friends get on their feet, so they can live productive lives.
Sponsors receive a picture and a profile about the person/s they sponsor, and close relationships are established through letters, which our staff translates for both parties. As you change a life, you too will be changed!
Thousands of Israeli school children live below the poverty line and cannot afford to buy lunch, even at a subsidized cost. Your sponsorship for a one-year commitment will provide the following: a hot lunch every day at school, gifts on their birthday and holidays, help to purchase school books, a backpack filled with supplies, and funds for special needs during the summer.
“‘The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when men will no longer say, “As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,” but they will say, “As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where He had banished them.” For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers. But now I will send for many fishermen,’ declares the Lord, ‘and they will catch them’” (Jer. 16:14–16a, NIV)
Many of the neediest Jews in the countries of the former Soviet Union are unable to come to Israel because they simply cannot afford the cost of passports, exit visas, ground transportation, and lodging for their trip home. We send “fishermen” who search for hopeless Jews who long to go home to Israel. Without help, they cannot move to Israel.
With your assistance, we can literally rescue our Jewish brothers and help them fulfill God’s Word. Thus far, we have helped rescue over 80,000 Jews.
Bring home one immigrant to Israel for $400
Our educational programs enable us to fulfill our God-given mandate. Helping the Church understand Christianity’s Hebraic roots, modern Israel’s prophetic significance, historic and current events is critical to building a worldwide network of Christians who love and support Israel. Donations will facilitate the creation and implementation of programs globally.
Bridges for Peace sponsors 23 Israeli towns—from the Galilee to the Negev—that are experiencing severe economic hardship. Working through the mayor’s office and the social welfare network, we give food to needy families, many of them new immigrants. Sponsors give a monthly donation (for a one-year commitment) and receive a frameable, full-color biographical sketch of the community they “adopt.” We arrange visits to the communities for sponsoring church groups visiting Israel.
This project reaches out to many Jewish people in the former Soviet Union who either will not or cannot immigrate to Israel. Many are elderly or in poor health. Most are destitute; many are Holocaust survivors.
Increasingly, we are finding Jewish people who are starving and don’t have heat in the winter. Some have died from exposure. We have established soup kitchens to feed them, so they receive one hot, nourishing meal each day. We also purchase heaters and meet other needs as possible.
In Matthew 25 Jesus (Yeshua) says we will be judged according to how we treated the “least” of His brothers (v. 40, 45). God’s heart of compassion to care for the vulnerable is a consistent theme in the Bible. In fact, Deuteronomy 10:18 describes God as the champion of the “fatherless and the widow.” Moreover, He invites us to partner with Him to “defend the fatherless” and to “plead for the widow” (Isa. 1:17).
Our Widows and Orphans Fund helps care for those who are often unable to care for themselves. Our food parcels help make ends meet and put food on empty tables. Will you join us to partner with God in defending the fatherless and caring for the widows in Israel?
Our International Headquarters is the hub where we work to connect the Church to Israel and Israel to the Church. Located in the heart of Jerusalem, it serves as the base for our education and international outreach initiatives and resources, including our publications, marketing, video and media departments. Your generous gift to this fund enables us to spread the message of what God is doing in and through Israel to the nations of the world.
A quarter of the nearly 200,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel live in poverty, which means that many of the precious elderly men and women who lived through some of the worst atrocities in recent history now spend their final years facing bare cupboards, lack and often loneliness. Bridges for Peace reaches out a hand of love to these survivors, who receive regular food gifts and visits from our Christian volunteers. However, what we do is about so much more than the food. Many Holocaust survivors believe the atrocities they experienced were perpetrated by Christians. Now, after the hurt, it is our privilege as Christians to carry sunshine with our food parcels into their meager apartments to bring unconditional love, comfort and companionship. Will you give generously today to ensure that we can continue to fill these precious Holocaust survivors’ final years with provision, light, love and joy?
Bless a new immigrant family and let them know that they are welcomed in Israel by Christians who believe God’s promise to bring His people back to His Land.
We give a generous gift package: a copy of the Tanach (Gen.–Mal.) in Hebrew alongside Russian or Spanish, blankets, school kits for the children, and a set of new pots and pans, utensils, and a cutting board.
This one-time gift is a great help to immigrants who most often come from their home countries with very little.
This fund enables us to meet needs of new immigrants as they come to the land of Israel in fulfillment of Bible prophecy. Those needs vary greatly as each person has unique challenges.
“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted…” (Isa. 61:1)
Our cheer basket is filled with delicious cookies, candies, dried fruit, nuts, flavored teas, and several other items that are specifically selected to bring hope and encouragement to Israel’s shut-ins, elderly, and anyone else who is discouraged and needs a tangible expression of God’s love.
A cheer basket is also given to immigrants on the Adoption Program for birthdays, including special ones for the children. This is often the only birthday present many receive.
“And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name, welcomes Me.”(Matthew 18:5)
This kit contains many needed school items, including pens, pencils, sharpener, glue, scissors, markers, a carrying case, and more. We not only distribute these to new immigrant children but make them a part of the school supplies we give to our Feed a Child students.
“Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.” (Isa. 58:12)
God has blessed us with skilled construction workers. Teams are busy renovating homes of the poor and elderly; some of them are Holocaust survivors. Many of these homes are one-room hovels in buildings over 100 years old. We fix leaky plumbing, replace broken windows, paint, plaster, rewire, repair or install cabinets, put on new roofs, and do general fix-up work.
Some of our workers have told us that this is the best job they have ever had in their lives. They get many hugs, plus a lot of tea, coffee, and cake from very appreciative Jerusalemites. Your gifts supply the raw materials to get the job done.
“He has sent me…to comfort all who mourn…” (Isa. 61:1–2)
We minister to anyone touched by war or terrorism, delivering special cheer baskets to the wounded in hospitals after a suicide bombing and to the bereaved. Special needs, such as wheelchairs, food vouchers, and financial assistance for medical bills are provided for those in long-term rehabilitation.
Israeli health insurance does not cover dental, 100% of the cost of prescription medications, or medical apparatuses such as wheelchairs. Often the needy, many of them immigrants, must choose between vital health needs and food. We can bring a smile to the faces of those who suffer.
Crisis Assistance Fund: Your gifts enable us to respond quickly to crisis situations. These may include critical needs, such as bomb shelters, ambulances or to extend help for emergency situations such as terror arson attacks, and more.
There are many needs in the Christian Arab community. This community is becoming smaller as many choose to reside in the West rather than being a small minority in the predominantly Muslim Arab communities. Increasingly, they face persecution from their Muslim neighbors. Your gift helps us to minister the love of the Lord as we give them food.
Are you zealous for Israel? Pass the fire to the next generation (ages 18–30)! Help them catch the vision by bringing them to Israel on tour! Each summer Zealous8:2 hosts a tour. It is a life-changing experience, and you can help make it happen.
Living in Israel can be very expensive. With additional funding, our team members are enabled to continue their work in Israel. We also draw from this fund to subsidize special activities from time to time for our volunteer staff. This is your opportunity to bless those who have sacrificed much to live and work far from home.
You can also support a specific team member through this fund. When you do so, your donation is passed on to that person to meet their particular needs.
Bridges for Peace has national offices in eight countries that are staffed by sincere and dedicated individuals working selflessly on behalf of Israel. By reaching out to the Church with information and educational opportunities, building relationships with local Jewish communities, advocating for the nation of Israel, and raising the funds necessary for us to continue our projects in the Land, our national offices are the hands and feet of Bridges for Peace the world over.
Often working on a shoestring, their efforts are foundational to our ongoing work of building bridges to the Jewish people through practical expressions of Christian love. Your gift to the national office of your choice helps to insure that their work of blessing Israel and the Church, at home and in the Land, can continue.
We have several vans to help us do our work: for home repair, for pick-up and delivery of food both food in Jerusalem and around the country, and for postal pick up and other administrative needs. When they wear out, we draw from this fund to purchase or lease new ones, which is very expensive in Israel.
Our newest project partners with Magen David Adom National Blood Services to save Israelis in need, whether during surgery or hurt in a car accident, terrorist attack, or war. Your gift helps keep the hearts of this beloved nation beating. Save a life today!
The Bnei Menashe (literally “Sons of Menashe”) are descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel living in northeastern India and have steadily been fulfilling their dream of many generations to return to the Land from which they were exiled more than 27 centuries ago. Bridges for Peace helps the Bnei Menashe turn this dream into reality. We offer financial support for the preparation and the journey from the land of their birth to the Land of their promise, and once in Israel, we help them through the challenging period of settling into a new country and culture, learning the language and finding a job. The Bnei Menashe have come to know Bridges for Peace as the people who help and will turn to us in times of crisis.
By supporting the Bnei Menashe, you can tell these new immigrants who returned to Israel in fulfillment of God’s prophecies that they are not alone, that Christians around the world stand with them.
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