The International Fellowship of Christian and Jews

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

More than 350 churches, universities, schools and synagogues throughout the US and Canada took part in the ‘Flags of Fellowship’ project.

 The Israeli flag flying above Jerusalem's Old City.
 IFCJ distributes medical bags to Israel's northern communities.

IFCJ readies Israel's North for escalated conflict with emergency medical supplies

Dedication of Food Truck Highlights Multi-Agency Partnership In Fighting Hunger

IFCJ partners with Leket to combat food insecurity in Israel

Yael Eckstein Mobile Emergency Response Center.

IFCJ offers Passover support to victims of October 7, families of injured soldiers


First state-of-the-art building for lone soldiers breaks ground in Israel

The home will provide housing for 222 courageous lone soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) beginning in December 2024.

 An illustration of what the completed lone soldier building will look like..

IFCJ head Yael Eckstein receives Humanitarian Award at 'Post' Conference

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has been active in the Former Soviet Union for forty years.

  Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of IFCJ received the Jerusalem Post Humanitarian Award at the Celebrate the Faces of Israel conference at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, April 27, 2023.

After rocket fire in Israel's North, IFCJ builds new shelters

IFCJ made another large donation recently, doubling the number of shelters in Tiberius and adding 10 more in the Maale Yosef region of Western Galilee.

 IFCJ new shelter

Pope pleads against violence in Israel, appeals to Russians on Ukraine in Easter message

A carpet of 38,000 flowers donated by the Netherlands bedecked the square for the most important and joyous date in the Church's liturgical calendar.

 Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and the World") message at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican, April 9, 2023.

This week in Jerusalem: Hiding the gold

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

Jews stuck in Ukraine like ‘insects living in the darkness’

Whether in Odesa or Mykolaiv, many Jews have been left behind in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion, including the elderly and Holocaust survivors.

 Elena Kuklova

Tel Aviv, IFCJ open new shelter for Israel's homeless

HaGagon's goal is to "provide a home for addicts living on the streets while maintaining a sense of human dignity," the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality said.

 A homeless person sleeps in the street on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on September 23, 2020, during a nationwide lockdown

Rock of Israel: Ethiopians fly home to the Jewish state

Surviving war, famine and the pandemic, Ethiopians make aliyah and come to Israel.

 Azanu Girmay Melese and her extended family kiss the ground at Ben-Gurion Airport on July 4.

Refugees on the Ukraine-Moldova border: Beauty, horror, hope

Since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the Fellowship has given $6.5 million for support of refugees.

 UKRAINIAN BOY in UN van window on the border of Ukraine in Palanca, Moldova.

When Passover and Good Friday fall on the same day - opinion

"Jews and Christians around the world will have their collective eyes set on Heaven."

Yael Eckstein

Ukrainian Jews emerge from the shadows

A Christian-Jewish fellowship established to foster interfaith dialogue found that bringing Jews to Israel spoke louder than words.

 TOUCHING DOWN in Ben-Gurion: New olim arrive from Ukraine.