Thanksgiving Meeting

Thanksgiving Meeting

Leon Gersten spent Thanksgiving with Czeslaw Polziec a few years ago. Polziec’s family secretly sheltered Gersten in rural Poland for two years during World War II, after the Nazis rounded up 1,600 people in Leon’s hometown of Frystak, Poland –...
If We Bear Suffering

If We Bear Suffering

The history of the Jewish people through centuries of affliction and suffering could be the subject of countless films and novels.  Somehow, they have borne that affliction and have survived despite all odds.   Over the centuries, the Jews have...
I Will Bless Those Who Bless You

I Will Bless Those Who Bless You

The Bible clearly explains that God will bless those who bless the Jews (the Seed of Abraham) and will curse those who curse them. The message is that antisemitism has a price: when we harbor judgment and hatred against the Jews, we stand against God and work against...
Europe Jewish Population Decline

Europe Jewish Population Decline

“Europe’s Jewish population down 60% since 1970, as low as it was 1,000 years ago” This shocking headline caught my attention.  So much so, I stopped everything I was doing to read the entire article.  I did not realize the European...