All posts tagged: Church and Israel

A strange omission at the ‘Museum of the Jewish People’ in Tel Aviv

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Israel Today reports on an interesting fact about the Museum of the Jewish People (ANU) found on the campus of Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel. The massive 72,000 square foot structure, which cost $100 million and took ten years to construct, is supposed to provide a history of the Jewish people. It reopened in 2021 after a major renovation. However, the museum that is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of Jewish people around the world does not include a single mention of arguably the most famous Jewish person of all time — Jesus Christ. This omission was noticed by a Christian Arab woman, Ruby Azraq, who lives in Old Jerusalem and recently visited the museum. It was a strange omission, because billions of people, including Jews and Gentiles, believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. And contrary to what many believe, likening Israel to an Olive Tree, the Apostle Paul teaches that God grafted the Gentiles into Israel (Romans 11:11-24). The church, which is made up of Gentiles and the Messianic Jews who …

Joseph and Mary traveling to Egypt by Gentile da Fabriano (1370-1427) Credit: jean louis mazieres/Flickr/Creative Commons

The Jewishness of Christianity

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Two recent articles speak to a divide, that exists in some parts of Christianity. The first involves the Mayor of the Norwegian town of Strand, Irene Heng Lauvsnes, who asked the Klippen Pentecostal Church to take down the star of David that was on display as part of its Christmas celebration in a local municipal park. The church has held ceremonies in the park for years and traditionally used the Star of David to symbolize the star that informed the magi of the birth of Christ. But this year, the mayor asked the church take it down because the Star of David symbolized the state of Israel and the Jews, and apparently some were offended. Writing for the Dagen Daily, editor Vebjorn Selbekk noted: “Municipal Christmas bureaucrats obviously do not want a Jewish or Israeli mark on their Christmas. Then we almost have to remind them of some key facts about why we celebrate Christmas at all. [Christmas] is marked by the fact that a Jewish boy was born to a Jewish mother in a …