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Tikvat Israel offers articles of historical and theological importance. We hope you enjoy reading some of our articles that have been written by Rabbi Jamie Cowen and other Jewish scholars.

The First Four Centuries

The Church Fathers Speak to the Relationship of Israel to the Church

Crusades, Inquisition, Pogroms and the Holocaust are emotionally laden terms for the Jewish Community. They convey to most Jews that Christianity is blatantly anti-Semitic, and these terms are often used as proof-texts to support the allegation that Yeshua (Jesus) is not the long awaited Jewish Messiah. All of the aforementioned events were in some part motivated by religious factors. But how do the following Scriptures comport with reality?

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THE UNTOLD STORY

The Role of Christian Zionists in the Establishment of Modern-day Israel

The church is rightly criticized for centuries of Christian anti-Semitism, but what is overlooked is the pivotal role British Christian Zionists played in the establishment of modern-day Israel. Almost all books written about the Zionist movement focus on the early Jewish leaders, their creativity and courage in making the impossible a reality, i.e., the restoration of a Jewish state in the land. But Jewish involvement in modern Zionism did not begin until the mid to late 1800's, whereas British Christian leaders were advocating the restoration of a Jewish state in the land for the prior 200 years. The theology of British Puritans with regard to God's plan for the Jewish people so influenced British public opinion that governmental leaders in the 19th century began maneuvering international events towards the re-establishment of a Jewish Israel, culminating, of course, in the issuance of the Balfour Declaration in 1917 establishing Palestine as the homeland for the Jews.

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