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Grapevine, February 13, 2026: An anti-aggression alliance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Prof. Ofer Merin, IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, and Prof. Jonathan HaLevy.
A boy plants a flag in memory of the victims of October 7.

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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'

Hosted by Zvika Klein and Yael Eckstein, Good for the Jews? Inside Christian Zionism takes a look at the relationship between Christians and the Jewish people and state.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

“We will not stop until every single person in Israel who has a need for food receives the basics that they deserve," said Yael Eckstein, the president of IFCJ.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

MAY 1, 2020BySPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Leonid Cherniakov and his wife, Yeva, in Kyiv, Urkaine two days before making aliyah

IFCJ takes extraordinary measures to help Israel fight coronavirus

The current crisis has forced American Jewish organizations to focus tremendous additional resources on the severe and growing needs facing their communities and their vital networks of institutions.

MAY 1, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Fellowship has contacted thousands of seniors in order to map the urgent needs and is coordinating a network of assistance in joint ventures with other aid organizations operating at national and local levels.

IFCJ grant enables soup kitchen deliveries for Israelis during lockdown

As Israel’s social welfare systems struggle to keep up with extraordinary demand due to coronavirus, the IFCJ implements measures ‘above and beyond’ the aid they’ve provided to Israel for decades.

MAY 1, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An emergency grant by The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews enables soup kitchen meal delivery to help those who can no longer come to them for aid

IFCJ brings crucial aid to Israel's hospitals fighting coronavirus

With the resources of U.S. Jewish organizations stretched to the limit to help people locally, The Fellowship is the largest international charity that is focused exclusively on helping Israel.

MAY 1, 2020BySPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
An empty hospital bed at Hasharon Hospital

IFCJ investment in bridge building pays off for Israel amid coronavirus

Fostering Jewish-Christian relations during ordinary times, an integral part of The Fellowship’s founding vision, proves vital for Israel during these extraordinary times.

MAY 1, 2020BySPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR
Yael Eckstein now leads The Fellowship and carries on Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein’s legacy of building bridges between Christians and Jews

Yael Eckstein provides steady hand to helm of IFCJ amid global crisis

“My father planted the roots, and we have been able to water it and see it grow.”

APRIL 26, 2020ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Yael Eckstein delivers food and sanitary products to Yelena Meirovitz in Hadera, Israel, one of 30,000 elderly The Fellowship is serving during the coronavirus pandemic