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Christian group honors October 7 victims with sweeping flag campaign

From October 2-8, over 1 million Americans across the United States will plant over 1.5 million Israeli flags, and participating institutions will have their own display fields of 1,200 flags.

A boy plants a flag in memory of the victims of October 7.
 President and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Yael Eckstein speaks to Zvika Klein, Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post

Jerusalem Post, IFCJ launch new podcast series 'Good for the Jews? Inside Christian Zionism'

 IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

Israeli High Court: National Food Security Initiative budget to be doubled

 The Israeli flag flying above Jerusalem's Old City.

‘Flags of Fellowship’: IFCJ campaign commemorates October 7 in new campaign


Jewish, Christian faith leaders discuss Evangelical role in UAE deal

For many Evangelical Christians, and many others in America, there is one core value that unites them – support for the State of Israel.

IFCJ head Yael Eckstein and US President Donald Trump's faith adviser Reverend Johnnie Moore, The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference.

140 new olim from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport

The new immigrants were met by Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata and IFCJ president Yael Eckstein.

A new oleh from France is seen kissing the ground at Ben-Gurion Airport on August 3 after disembarking

IFCJ head: We responded to COVID-19 challenge immediately

Eckstein noted that more and more people are turning to the Fellowship for assistance with basic living expenses, because many other non-profit organizations do not have sufficient resources.

Yael Eckstein, President of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews

40% of Israelis financially struggle with basic needs amid pandemic

“Having one or two members of a family dismissed from their jobs or put on unpaid leave creates an economic crisis that affects the whole family."

An Israeli family sits on the steps outside their apartment building in Jerusalem, as they stay at home with their children during a nation-wide quarantine, on March 31, 2020.

IFCJ had immediate, life-saving impact in Israel during coronavirus crisis

“Thanks to The Fellowship, we can do things we never dreamed of.”

Alon Davidi with Fellowship founder, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein z”l,  at the Sderot Conference for Society and Fellowship in 2014

Despite pandemic, 97 olim arrive from former Soviet Union

The Jewish Agency and The Fellowship worked for several months to bring the groups, despite their aliyah being postponed due to the pandemic.

IDF soldier helps new oleh onto an airport shuttle and on her way to her new home in Israel

IFCJ provides Passover meals to families worldwide during coronavirus

“The IFCJ announced they are dedicating $3 million to help more than 215,000 Jews observe Passover in Israel, in poverty-stricken regions of the former Soviet Union, and elsewhere around the world."

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Undertakes Historic Effort to Provide Passover Meals for 215,000 Worldwide During Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus: IFCJ rallies volunteers to help Israel’s isolated elderly

“If you can help people with a phone call, to show that you are interested in them, it is like giving them oxygen.” – Zvi Ortenberg

Zvi Ortenberg and wife, Dvora, volunteering with The Fellowship to check in on lonely elderly in Israel

Shared values enables IFCJ to bridge gaps between Jews, Christians

Passing those values to the next generation is key to maintaining that vital bridge.

Yael Eckstein, President and CEO of The Fellowship, the largest provider of humanitarian aid in Israel, 2019

Holocaust survivor who came to Israel on IFCJ aliyah flight reflects on life

Leonid Cherniakov, an 88-year-old survivor from Ukraine now living in Jerusalem, talks about his past suffering, the harsh reality of antisemitism in the former Soviet Union, and life in Israel.

Leonid Cherniakov and his wife, Yeva, in Kyiv, Urkaine two days before making aliyah