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On Friday, November 6th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” hybrid Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Maria Guadalupe Navar of Iglesia Poder De Dios in Reseda, California. The event was attended in-person by approximately 130 people, in addition...
On Friday, November 6th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” Part 2 hybrid Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Damaris Rodriguez of Iglesia De Dios El Shaddai NOLA in Marrero, Louisiana. The event attended in person by approximately 40 people, in...
On Wednesday, November 4th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Ivan Zelaya of the San Francisco, California Section of the Central Pacific Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God. The event received...
On November 2nd, in Cantonment, Florida, CUFI Israel Trip Alumni Pastor, Michael Montgomery of Pursue Life Church and Pastor Robert Pooley of Coast Community Church gathered a group of pastors from their area for a CUFI Pastor’s Luncheon. Many pastors in attendance were able to hear the "Why Israel?" message for the first time! By the conclusion...
In November, Victor Styrsky was able to kick off the month with two services in person for the first time since COVID! Thanks to Zoom he was also able to give a "Why Israel?" message in two other states! He received the following from the pastor:
"The presentation was excellent and so well-received on Sunday. The follow up Q&A session was...
On Sunday, November 1st, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” bilingual event in Itasca, Texas. This event was hosted by one of our 2019 November Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni Pastor Noe Gonzalez. Approximately 50 people were in attendance, in addition to over 300 people who viewed this event on Facebook...
What an enthusiastic reception CUFI received at Elevate Church in Frankfurt, Kentucky. The congregation’s love and appreciation for Israel and the Jewish people was palpable through two services. Pastor Bobby Baker will accompany CUFI to Israel in 2021. Upon his return, the congregants will hear a heartfelt testimony of their pastor having gone...
During the month of October, our CUFI Field Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus based in the Dallas, Texas area, conducted four weekly Facebook LIVE and Radio programs with the La Nuestra 1130AM Radio Station in San Antonio, Texas. These programs were produced together with two of our CUFI San Antonio, Texas Leaders, Pastor Daniel Gonzalez and...
03/01/2021
Secretary of State Tony Blinken wrote that the Biden administration “enthusiastically embraces” the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, including its full list of examples.
In a letter to American Zionist Movement President Richard Heideman obtained by Jewish Insider, Blinken...
03/01/2021
First ever Emirati envoy to Jewish state presents letters of credence to Israeli President Rivlin
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first ever ambassador to Israel arrived Monday at the Jewish state for a three-day visit, and delivered a warm address in an official ceremony with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem....
03/02/2021
Holocaust survivor Miriam Linial celebrated her 100th birthday, with cakes flowers, friends, wishing to tell her life story to those willing to hear it.
Linial was born in the town of Kozminek in Poland in 1921 to a family of nine, with two parents, seven siblings, and one grandmother.
Synagogues in her area were closed down....
03/01/2021
Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have discussed expanding cooperation in facing common enemies, an Israeli official familiar with the matter said Monday.
The matter is being “informally discussed,” the source said, adding that the countries are US allies. All four believe a nuclear Iran would be a major...
On Thursday, October 29th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual Spanish event. This daytime event was hosted by one of our 2019 November Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Mary Helen Nuño of the Texas Gulf Hispanic District of the Assemblies of God in McAllen, Texas. The event received over 980...
On Thursday, October 29th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Joaquin Colon of the Southern Latin Hispanic District of the Assemblies of God in Marietta, Georgia. The event received over 570 views on his...
On Tuesday, October 27th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual English event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Alexa Pineda of Vida Church in Amarillo, Texas. The event received over 700 views on her church’s Facebook page within five days of the...
Our second joint venture webinar with CUFI UK was another great success packed with inspiring and interesting history. Historian Lee Pollak’s visual presentation on Winston Churchill and the Jews drew nearly a hundred attendees that tracked the world leader’s journey through World War I, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the rise and fall of Adolf...
On Sunday, October 25th, our CUFI New Mexico State Directors Pastors Barney and Sandi Carbajal, together with our CUFI On Campus Coordinator Cherith Runyon and our CUFI Field Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a New Mexico Night To Honor Israel in a hybrid format. This event occurred both in person and via live streaming on Facebook. It...
On Friday, October 23rd, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” Spanish hybrid event. This in-person and virtual event was hosted by one of our Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Damaris Rodriguez of Iglesia El Shaddai NOLA in Marrero, Louisiana. The hybrid event was attended in-person by approximately 50...
On Thursday, October 22nd, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Fernando Hill of the Convencion Bautista Hispana (Baptist Hispanic Convention) based in San Antonio, Texas. The event was viewed on the...
On Wednesday, October 21st, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual bilingual event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Congressional Liaison’s and Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Ruben Serrano of Light of the World Church in Rochester, New York. The event was viewed on the church's...
