1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. You have heard me 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: in the last few weeks talking a lot about the 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 1: International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and we've been talking 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: about giving to the organization, helping to support our brothers 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: and sisters in Israel. And so today I wanted to 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: bring in the president and the CEO. Her name is 7 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: yah El Extein, and she is going to talk to 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: us about what the organization does. But also we just 9 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: kind of want to get into what's happening in the 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: world right now too, because certainly we didn't think that 11 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: we would see a time when there would be such 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: open anti Semitism, and I think the fact that it's 13 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: happening in the United States has been incredibly shocking. So yeah, 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: I'll thank you so much for joining me today. I'm 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: so glad you're here. Just tell us a little bit 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,200 Speaker 1: about the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews. 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 2: Well, firstly, it's such an honor to be here with you, 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 2: so thank you for hosting me do such important work, 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: and your messages are just so profound. So I'm honored 20 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: to be our guest today. Thank you. Here in Jerusalem, 21 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: as you see the Jerusalem Stone behind me. The International 22 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Fellowship of Christians and Jews represents you and your listeners. 23 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 2: We are the largest philanthropic organization in Israel where we 24 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: represent Christians and Jews who stand with Israel, and today 25 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: that has taken on a whole new meeting as far 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 2: as all the different politics and policies. But the message 27 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: of the Fellowship has nothing to do with politics or policies. 28 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 2: It has to do with spirituality. It has to do 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: with the calling and the scriptures to pray for the 30 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 2: piece of Jerusalem and to bless Israel and the Jewish 31 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,040 Speaker 2: people the promise of Genesis twelve three. And so what 32 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: we do in Israel to everyone in need, we provide 33 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: them with food, we provide them with clothing, with shelter, 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: just as the Bible outlines. And we do that in 35 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: the name of millions of Christians who stand with and 36 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 2: pray for Israel. 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: What's happening over there right now, I mean, we've talked 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: a little bit about the bomb shelters and everything that 39 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: you are helping people with. I think that for some 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: of us who are here haven't been able to actually 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: go visit Israel, there is certainly a connection. There's a 42 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: heart connection and obviously there's a connection between our two countries, 43 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: but describe to us a little bit what it's like 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: on the ground and why this help is so needed. 45 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: Well, the situation Israel is on one hand terrifying. I'm 46 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 2: a mother of four, I have a daughter who's going 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: to the army in just a few months, and nieces 48 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 2: and nephews who are defending Israel right now as we 49 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: speak of both the northern and southern border, there's no 50 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: one in Israel who hasn't been affected by the October 51 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: seventh vicious attacks, where it was the worst attack on 52 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: the Jewish people since the Holocaust, Which just to stop 53 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 2: for a second and digest that in our days where 54 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 2: we value freedom and liberty, where we have been saying 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 2: for close to eighty years never again, that we stand 56 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: together against anti Semitism, that it's possible that right now 57 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 2: as we seek there are one hundred and thirty innocents 58 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: is ray Leis from one year old to eighty five 59 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: years year old in Gaza being tortured by terrorists, and 60 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 2: instead of the world turning to call for their release, 61 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 2: we're seeing protests, which we'll speak about soon, standing up 62 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: for the terrorists who are bringing this onslaught of war 63 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 2: and terror, not just on Israel, but on Europe, on America, 64 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: in the world, and so the Fellowship is here help 65 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 2: the people who are hurting, both to provide bomb shelters. 66 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: Like you said, we've provided thousands of bomb shelters and 67 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: most strategic locations that help school children and elderly who 68 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: need to take buses to the supermarket get food. Wherever 69 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: you go in Israel, you'll see a shelter donated by 70 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 2: the Fellowship. And whenever I see these, I always think 71 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: about in the Bible, how God says to be watchmen 72 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: on the walls, that the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 2: nor sleeves, And these are literally saving lives. Just last week, 74 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: I was actually down south and saw five bomb shelters 75 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: that were shot at that had trapnel holes in them. 76 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: These are Fellowship shelters that we least recently that saved 77 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: the lives of people inside. So we're literally saving lives. 78 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: And then for those who have lost their jobs, who 79 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: have been evacuated, we're bringing them food, We're bringing them 80 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: the basics, and even though they feel so forgotten, we're 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: telling them you're not forgotten. There are millions of people, 82 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 2: maybe what you would call the silent majority, who are 83 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 2: remembering you, who are praying for you, who are caring 84 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 2: for you, and that message is more powerful than anything 85 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: I could imagine. 86 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: Right now, it's hard for us here to actually understand 87 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: what it's like to be under this type of attack constantly. 88 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: And I remember, probably man, it was probably about seventeen 89 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 1: years ago. Now, I was on the plane next to 90 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: a gentleman who was a Israeli resident, and that was 91 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: a citizen. That's where he lived, and he was and 92 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: we were on gosh, it must have been like a 93 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: four hour plane ride, and the entire time he was 94 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: telling me, you just don't understand because you live here, 95 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: and you know, we are used to hearing the missiles 96 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: come overhead, We're used to hearing the explosions. And it 97 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: was so powerful to me because I was young, you know, 98 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: seventeen years ago, I was naive to what it was 99 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: really like to live overseas in a constant war zone, 100 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: which is what this is. And that's why I think 101 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: so important for people to understand what a really challenging 102 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: move it was to have the Abraham Accords signed under 103 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: President Trump and to have that moment of peace in 104 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: the Middle East, and we thought that that peace in 105 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: the Middle East would expand, and then this happened. When 106 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: you see this happening, do you think that this is 107 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: all based out of Iran and that's really where this 108 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: is coming from. 109 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: Wow, You've just now brought up so many important points, 110 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: and I'm going to start with what you were talking 111 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: about saying next to Israeli man, just talking about what 112 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 2: it's like with life in Israel. And on one hand, 113 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 2: life in Israel is happy and faithful, and we're the 114 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: most resilient nation in the sense of we were just 115 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 2: voted as the number fifth happiest country in the world, 116 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 2: and that was after the October seventh attacks. When they 117 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: come to Israel, you see people sitting at coffee shops 118 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: enjoying life because we rejoice in the Lord. We rejoice 119 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: in the goodness that God gave us, and if we 120 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 2: are here today, we're going to rejoice. But on the 121 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: other hand, there's a side of Israel that let me 122 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 2: paint it out for you. We were just talking about 123 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 2: how we both have four children and in Israel, different 124 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: parts of Israel, you have between fifteen seconds and ninety 125 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: seconds when a code red siren sounds fine, shelter means 126 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 2: a missile is on the way to exactly where you are. Now, 127 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 2: if you're driving in your car four children and you 128 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 2: have thirty seconds, you have to decide which child you're 129 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 2: going to unbuckle and bring to the shelter with you, 130 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 2: because if you try to unbuckle all four of them, 131 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: you're not going to make it the shelter in time. 132 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: What do you do as a mother when you're driving 133 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: to school in the code red siren blairs to choose? 134 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: Do you stay there, vulnerable with your children in the car, 135 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: praying that the missile won't hit you. Do you grab 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 2: one child and run to shelter that you'll make it 137 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: on time. That these are the type of situations that 138 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 2: every single parent has dealt with, And so that's why 139 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: the reality here is in a way of paradox. On 140 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: one hand, you would think that we would be an 141 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: angry people, we would be a sad people, we would 142 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: be a distraught people. But no, we're happy people that 143 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: live in faith because God provides, God protects us. But 144 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: it's also very important that within that part that cherishes 145 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: life and that seeks life and that enjoys life, you 146 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 2: have to still recognize the evil. And so that leads 147 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 2: to your question about the evil that we're seeing today. 148 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: We saw I was at the opening of the US 149 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 2: Embassy in Jerusalem that historic day where people thought that 150 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: it was going to start World War three. I remember 151 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,559 Speaker 2: I was there my friends Ralph Reid and Penny Nance 152 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: from concerning Women of America, and it was incredible to 153 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: be witnessing history and be part of history. And we 154 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: saw how that passed. Not only did not start World 155 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: War three, it started without any it started and it 156 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: ended without any attacks, without any wars. And with that, 157 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: I remember thinking at that moment, what we need against terrorists, 158 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: against Iran and Iranian proxies is to show strength that 159 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 2: we stand with the truth. We're going to do what's right, 160 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 2: We're going to do it just, and we're not going 161 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: to be bullied. And I was actually just reading today 162 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 2: that Saudi Arabia outlawed talking against Israel or a potential 163 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 2: peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. In Morocco, they 164 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 2: put a man in jail for five years for talking 165 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 2: bad about Israel. 166 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 3: Now, what did. 167 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: These countries understand that Colombia doesn't, that Yale doesn't, that 168 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 2: UCLA doesn't. They understand that there are a fine line 169 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 2: between criticizing Israel and everyone's allowed to be critical of 170 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: any specific policies, but criticizing Israel and the Jewish people 171 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 2: and calling for an antifada and saying from the river 172 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: to the sea, which means Israel she destroyed, and standing 173 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: with Hamas and replacing American flags with a hamask flag, 174 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 2: with the Palestinian flag, with the Hasbella flags. That is 175 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 2: the line that the Arab world understands. The moderate Arab 176 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 2: world that you're talking about, you can't cross. 177 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 178 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: a Tutor Dixon podcast. Well, I think it's interesting because 179 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: the modern air world has tried really hard to change 180 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: the opinion of other countries because they are looking for trade, 181 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: they're looking for tourism, and Saudi Arabia made some big 182 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: steps toward tourism. A few years ago. They said women can. 183 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: There was a lot of changes with the way they 184 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: were treating women. And it's funny because my daughter literally 185 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: was just learning about this in social studies that they've 186 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: really been trying to bring tourists into their country, but 187 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: Americans and people in the Western world look at the 188 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: culture and say, I don't know, am I safe there? 189 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: Should I bring my daughters there? Should I bring my 190 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: wife there? And that is kind of the gem of 191 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: Israel in the Middle East, because Israel is very much 192 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: a progressive nation. You go there and it is very 193 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: much like any city that you would see in the 194 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: United States. It's very free and very loving, and you're 195 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: very safe and people are very equal. That's not what 196 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: we see in other countries in the Middle East. But 197 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: I think some of those countries are trying to trend 198 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,199 Speaker 1: that way, and I wonder if that's why they've kind 199 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: of come to the support of Israel, saying, look, as 200 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: a world, we have to be able to have trade, 201 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: we have to be able to visit one another's countries. 202 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: And that hasn't historically been the way it's been for 203 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: the Western world. Going into the Middle East. It's kind 204 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: of been like, we're gonna wave off of that. 205 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, the verse that comes to mind as you're talking 206 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 2: is in Hebrew yeshuatashemkarifying redemption from the Lord can come 207 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: in the blink of an eye. We never would have 208 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 2: thought that we would have peace deals with all these 209 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 2: different Arab countries, even with Jordan, the country Jordan right 210 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 2: next to Israel shooting down Iranian missiles in order to 211 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 2: protect Israel, also to protect themselves, but standing on the 212 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: side with those Western allies like you say, I think 213 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 2: there's a lot of reasons for it, from tourism to 214 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,599 Speaker 2: trade to the mutual threat of Iran. What Iran is 215 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 2: trying to do is take over the world with radical Islam, 216 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: and the moderate Arab countries recognize that as a threat 217 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: just as much as Israel does. Interesting and so what 218 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 2: we're seeing is new bombs forming. Like you said, in Israel, 219 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 2: women could dress however they want. You go to Israel, 220 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 2: you feel like you're in the middle of I don't 221 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 2: know North Carolina or Florida or any of America's best cities, 222 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 2: that there's freedom. Something that many people don't know is 223 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: at in Israel. We have a twenty percent minority population, 224 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 2: which is mostly Bedouin Drew's Muslim, and you see them everywhere. 225 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,559 Speaker 2: They're completely integrated into society, the doctors at the hospital, 226 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 2: to the pharmacists, to the people in the kanesse, the 227 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 2: government workers and representatives that Israel is a free society, 228 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 2: and what we realize is there are evil forces that 229 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: find that as a threat. But it's the same evil 230 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 2: forces that find America threat, that find Europe a threat. 231 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,959 Speaker 2: And as they say, Israel's a little Satan, America is 232 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: a big Satan. First they go for the Saturday people, 233 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 2: then they go for the sun Lead people. 234 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: Right. Well, if you take a look at the history 235 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: of Iran, I think that's also very interesting in this 236 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: context because just a generation ago there were also women 237 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 1: who were able to wear whatever they wanted. It was 238 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: a much freer country. And so when you talk about 239 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: the fear of radical Islam taking over, and this is 240 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: being celebrated by Iran right now, let us be honest. 241 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: There have been news reports that Iran has come out 242 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: and said, hey, we are happy to see these protests 243 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: on college campuses, and we've seen all of the signs, 244 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: the posters they're holding up, they are all the same 245 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: across college campuses. There is someone funding this. They are 246 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: glad to see their propaganda being spread across the United States. 247 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: And it is a very different Radical Islam is unlike 248 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: any other culture, right, it's a very different culture and 249 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,839 Speaker 1: it's not welcomed in many areas of the world, as 250 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: you said, for when you look at the other parts 251 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 1: of the Middle East, they're not looking to be radicals, 252 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: they're not looking to be extremists, and so they don't 253 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: like the idea of Iran celebrating extremism. 254 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 3: But it happened so quickly there. 255 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: It was overnight that they threw out the ruler of 256 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: On and he fled in the night, and then all 257 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: of a sudden all the freedoms were taken away and 258 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: the people there live very oppressed. 259 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 3: Yeah. 260 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that everything that we're talking about here 261 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 2: points to the same to the same point that we 262 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 2: need to recognize evil. And as people of faith, we 263 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: are so often looking to the scriptures of turn the 264 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: other cheek or love your neighbor, and we want to 265 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: love everyone and give them the benefit of the doubt 266 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 2: and be there to help them and believe that everyone 267 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 2: just wants a good life and cherishes life, and if 268 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 2: they're given opportunity, they'll be able to develop that. And 269 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 2: what I look at is another biblical scripture that says 270 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 2: vashems Noura, lovers of the Lord, despise evil. That God 271 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 2: tells us when there's evil in your midst you are 272 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: commanded to despise it. And so what I really think 273 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 2: is that in the news we are seeing the radicals. 274 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 2: We are seeing the people who are screaming the loudness, 275 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: doing the mo most repulsive things, and they don't represent 276 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:11,359 Speaker 2: most Americans. There are polls after polls showing that Americans 277 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 2: stand with Israel, that they recognize Israel is aligned with 278 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 2: their values, that these protesters are not. But they're not 279 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 2: getting the voice, They're not getting the representation. And that's 280 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 2: exactly what International Fellowship and Christians and Jews does. We 281 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 2: gather hundreds of thousands of Americans who say, I am 282 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 2: no longer relying on my government represent me when it 283 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 2: comes to Israel. I am no longer relying on the 284 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: un represent me when it comes to Israel. I want 285 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: my voice heard. And so by having hundreds of thousands 286 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: of people to come together through the Fellowship, we are 287 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 2: the voice of Edna from Nebraska who otherwise wouldn't be 288 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: able to have a voice. And here in Israel we 289 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: go and we say, they might sound like everyone's against Israel. 290 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: It might sound like these college protesters represent the main 291 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 2: stace stream America. 292 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 3: But they don't. 293 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 2: This food box from EDNA in Nebraska is what represents 294 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: the mainstream Americans. This bomb shelter that's saving lives as 295 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: I Ran tries to attack and kill Israeli's this bomb 296 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 2: shelter donated by Chris and North Carolina. This is what 297 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 2: represents Americans. And so I think that grassroots choice that 298 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: the Fellowship represents is more important than ever. 299 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: That grossroots voice is also education and letting people know 300 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: exactly what has happened in the past and what is 301 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 1: happening now. And I think right now there's a lot 302 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: of confusion. We've talked quite a bit about what the 303 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: students are getting pulled into on college campuses, and we 304 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: don't actually even know how many students this is because 305 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: as they're pulling some of these people out of here, 306 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: we're finding out that these are people in their forties 307 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: that aren't college students, that aren't any have no affiliation 308 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: with the universities, but they're pulling these people in. How 309 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 1: well funded do you think this effort is against from 310 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: the research that you guys do and the protection that 311 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: you do for Christians and Jews. When you kind of 312 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: dig into what's happening in the United States right now, 313 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: How did this happen overnight? Has this been a plan, 314 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: has this been funded by someone? 315 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 2: Well, I think anti Semitism looks different in every generation, 316 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 2: and never do they come out and say we're anti Semis. 317 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: There's always a reason. There were the blood libels against 318 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 2: the Jews for many generations, and they said the Jewish 319 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 2: people are taking all the jobs or the Jewish people. 320 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 2: There were always different reasons from the Nazis to the 321 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 2: Communists to the Spanish Inquisition of why the Jews are 322 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 2: bad for that country. And so today we see Zionism. 323 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 2: That's what's become. That they're not saying the Jews, they're 324 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 2: saying Zionism, They're saying Israel. But we all know that 325 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 2: that is the same anti Semitism that we've seen throughout 326 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 2: history that just looks different in every generation, but leads 327 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,680 Speaker 2: to the same outcome, and that's violence, and that's killing, 328 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 2: and that's the Jewish people feeling threatened and actually being 329 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 2: threatened in many situations. And so I'll tell you what 330 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: looks different today to me than any time in the 331 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 2: past are two things. Number One, that the Jewish people 332 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,399 Speaker 2: have somewhere to protect them and that's Israel. There's one 333 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 2: Jewish country in the entire world. And as I see 334 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 2: the anti Semitism around the world rise, it to me 335 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 2: just builds a stronger case of why we need Israel. 336 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,880 Speaker 2: And the second thing is that we have millions. Johnny Moore, 337 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 2: Reverend Johnny Moore, who sits on my board, who's a 338 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 2: Christian leader, he says that there are seven hundred million 339 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: Christians around the world, from China to Korea, to South 340 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,680 Speaker 2: America to North America. Seven hundred million Christians around the 341 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 2: world who stand with Israel and pray for Israel. And 342 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: then we've all learned the stories of the Corey ten 343 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 2: Boons or the Oskar schin Learns during the Holocaust who 344 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 2: risked their life to save the Jews. But today what 345 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 2: we're seeing is the movement that we've never seen before 346 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,879 Speaker 2: of Christians standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel, with the 347 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 2: Jewish people and saying, never again will you be alone, 348 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 2: even when we are at risk for saying. 349 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: That, Well, when you go after the Zionists, I guess 350 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: you're going after the Christians and the Jews. And so 351 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: this is a larger attack, which means there is more 352 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: there are more people on the other side to protect. 353 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: I want to talk about the Holocaust for a minute, 354 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: because I do think that we learn it when we're kids. 355 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: We learn about it, but it is hard to emotionally 356 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: connect because it seems like something barbaric that happened decades ago. 357 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: You know, you can't even really connect to it. And 358 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: I will say that I've told the story before on 359 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: the podcast. It was probably twenty eighteen and we were 360 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: doing a little docuseries on Holocaust survivors and I went 361 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,679 Speaker 1: to South Florida and we were interviewing people and I 362 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: went into this couple's home and both the husband and 363 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: wife had been in concentration camps. The wife didn't speak 364 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: the entire time. The husband told us all of the stories, 365 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: and she sat there and she just seemed very standoffish. 366 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: And the only thing I will say is as I 367 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: walked out the door, she reached out and she grabbed 368 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: my arm and she looked at me and she said, 369 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: they hate the Jews. They've always hated the Jews, and 370 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: they'll do it again. And I remember at the time 371 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: thinking and I felt guilty about this, and I think 372 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: about it a lot these days. That was so long ago. 373 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: Everybody has learned it will never happen again. 374 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 2: You know. 375 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: I just thought, like, no one would ever do that today. 376 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: But I don't think we realized, and I don't know 377 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: that we teach enough how hated the Jewish community is 378 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,879 Speaker 1: and how hated the Christians are as well. It's like, 379 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: it's not just like you said. The evil is very 380 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: strong and it is powerful, this mind control that they 381 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: have over young people. I mean, I think it's shocking 382 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 1: when I see these young people saying death to America 383 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: and kill all the Jews. I'm like, wow, I can't 384 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,239 Speaker 1: believe how quickly this took cold. But I think of 385 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: that woman, and I'm like, she lived it. Why didn't 386 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: it strike me that she knows better than I do. 387 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 2: It's such a good point that I think all of 388 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: us feel. I'm the granddaughter of Holocaust survivor. My grandfather 389 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 2: all of his family, he was born in Germany, they 390 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: were all burned in the ovens of Outwitz. Only his 391 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 2: core family survived, and they adopted one cousin because it 392 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 2: was the only remaining survivor of their entire extended family, 393 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 2: and that cousin's parents and siblings were all killed. I 394 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 2: was raised on that. My father in law is a 395 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 2: Holocaust survivor. He's at our house every weekend, and every 396 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: weekend he tells my children the stories of the Holocaust 397 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 2: and our member that many years ago. I said, okay, 398 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 2: I said him, with this is too much. They don't 399 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 2: need to hear this all the time. We're in different 400 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: days today, it's different than it was in the nineteen thirties. 401 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 2: They don't need to be scared about this. And he 402 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 2: looked at me and he said, you think it's different, Well, 403 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,439 Speaker 2: then we've learned nothing. And that was so. It's like 404 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 2: your experience of seeing that woman who said, you know, 405 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 2: it could happen again, and a part of you said, 406 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 2: she's being hysterical. It can't happen again. I understand it 407 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 2: happened to you, but that was different. That was in Germany. 408 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 2: That was so long ago. We're more educated. We're all 409 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 2: about freedom, we respect diversity. There are laws in place, 410 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,520 Speaker 2: are social norms in place, and you know what, that's 411 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 2: all true. But as we've seen throughout history, that applies 412 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 2: to everyone but the Jews and today the Christians as well. 413 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: In many ways, the Nazis, they cared about animal cruelty 414 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 2: and the environment, but they had no problem burning six 415 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 2: million Jews and ovens. And so we have to differentiate 416 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,199 Speaker 2: between society becoming more advanced, more liberal, more aware of 417 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 2: diversity and the importance of seeing and affecting the other, 418 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 2: but always realize to learn from history so that it 419 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 2: doesn't repeat itself. Jews and now Christians who are standing 420 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 2: with the Jews are always, for whatever reason, looked at 421 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: as different than a people who deserve freedom. 422 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 423 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: a Tutor Dixon podcast. 424 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 3: So the fellowship, how do you know who needs help? 425 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,239 Speaker 3: How do you find these people? How do you make 426 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 3: sure you're taking care of the right people. 427 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 2: It's a great question because I think nonprofits have a 428 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 2: responsibility even more than companies who are giving their charity 429 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 2: and anyone else to make sure that every penny is 430 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: going to where it's most needed. And so, because we're 431 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 2: the largest philanthropic organization in Israel, because we represent millions 432 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: of Christians around the world, we work very closely with 433 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,439 Speaker 2: the government of Israel. So everyone who receives the aid 434 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 2: we work with through the Welfare Department of Israel, we 435 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 2: build the criteria elderly Haliquest survivors over eighty years old 436 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 2: living only on their pension. In Israel, pension is around 437 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 2: five hundred dollars a month. And so imagine living in 438 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 2: any you know, any city in America on five hundred 439 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 2: dollars a month. Except for housing, in Israel's around one 440 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 2: hundred percent more expensive. Cars are taxed one hundred percent. 441 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 2: Food is more expensive because we have to pay for 442 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 2: all of our military in order to make sure that 443 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 2: we're here tomorrow. So everything's very extensive in Israel, and 444 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 2: pensions are very low, and so the Fellowships creates the 445 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 2: criteria to know who's hungry and really means this food. 446 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 2: And we actually work with volunteers and local municipal social 447 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 2: workers to distribute the aid. So last year we helped 448 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 2: over two million people in needs. Wow, with the staff 449 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 2: of one hundred and twenty five people. 450 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: Amazing, That is so impressive. Well, and that's why I 451 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: want people to understand that their support is going to 452 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: a good place. And we've been talking about the Fellowship 453 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: and we've been asking for support, and so today if 454 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: they're supporting, I mean I know that you know, a 455 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: few years back, it was mostly about making sure people 456 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: had the food and the supplies that they need. 457 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 3: Has it changed a little bit since the attacks. 458 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 2: Well, there are two different areas that the aid is 459 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 2: so desperately needed right now. One is for the food. 460 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 2: We continue to help Jews both in Israel and across Ukraine. 461 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 2: There are still Holocaust survivors in Ukraine that within all 462 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 2: of the bombing and all of the war, they are 463 00:25:55,880 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 2: completely alone, completely forgotten that we have volunteers there on 464 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 2: the ground in the war zone of Ukraine bringing them 465 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 2: food boxes and telling them from Christians in America and 466 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 2: especially for the Holocaust survivors, a message that it sents Christians. 467 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 2: We go to the middle of a war zone to 468 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: provide Jewish elderly with food is something that despite the 469 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: darkness of the world, there's so much light and so 470 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: in Israel we also are of course providing food aid, 471 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,919 Speaker 2: food boxes, meals on wheels to those who need it. 472 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 2: And we're also very very focused on this verse comfort 473 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 2: comfort my people, by providing the bomb shelters, by providing 474 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,919 Speaker 2: all different security vehicles like bulletproof ambulances that are so 475 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 2: desperately needed, and saving lives every day. We see what's 476 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: needed and we implement the programs. We've distributed over five 477 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 2: thousand bulletproof helmets and black jackets to first responders on 478 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 2: the front lines. That it's daily that I get messages 479 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 2: from people who say, You're program saved my life. The 480 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 2: fact that whow distributed this ambulance, this flacket, the bomb 481 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 2: shelter saved my life. And there's no greater reward than that. 482 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: And so I think it's important for people who are 483 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: listening because as we've been talking about supporting the Fellowship 484 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: and getting that support out there, and they've been wondering, Okay, well, 485 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: what exactly is it doing. These people know that it 486 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: came from Americans who care and love them. 487 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, on every bomb shelter, it's very important to 488 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 2: us that it says donated with the love from people 489 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 2: in America. And so when imagine that that you go 490 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 2: into the bomb shelter. May you never know that situation, 491 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 2: but you have to rush into the bomb shelter with 492 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 2: your children, with your family members, maybe your elderly parents, 493 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 2: and you know that there are rockets on the way, 494 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 2: and you open up the radio and you suddenly hear 495 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 2: the EU against you, the UN against you, the Arab 496 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,479 Speaker 2: Union against you, even sometimes America calling for restraint and 497 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,879 Speaker 2: that you don't have right to protect yourself as rockets 498 00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 2: around the way, and then you look on the wall 499 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 2: as you're feeling so alone, so abandoned, and you see, oh, bat, 500 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 2: there are Christians, Jews, Americans have donated the shelter for me, 501 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 2: that they're praying for me right now. We're not alone 502 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 2: and so having that plaque, having that message is critical 503 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 2: to all of our projects because it's not just the 504 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 2: life saving aid, it's the message that goes with it. 505 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,639 Speaker 1: Definitely not alone, and it is so nice to know 506 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 1: that us feeling that way, that we're actually able to 507 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: put our resources into that message that is received in Israel. 508 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,639 Speaker 1: That means so much, and I'm so glad that you 509 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: came on today to talk about it again. For people 510 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: who want to help, it's support IFCJ dot org. Right, 511 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: that's where they go. Wonderful. Please make sure you do that. 512 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: You've heard today how important this is. You've heard what 513 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: it's like to live over there, so much different than 514 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: what we know here in the United States. If you're 515 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: listening from the United States, so support IFCJ dot org. 516 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: Please any donation you can make is going to help 517 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: people before I let you go really quickly. 518 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: You have your own podcast, don't you, Yes, I do. 519 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: I mean it's been such a joy listening to you. Honestly, 520 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm learning so much and 521 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: I just feel like people should. 522 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 3: Know that they have the opportunity to learn more from you. 523 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: So could you please share that with us as well? 524 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. So. Nourish your Biblical Roots is 525 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 2: my podcast that you can find on all podcast platforms, 526 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 2: and it includes different Bible studies, different thoughts on life 527 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 2: in Israel and around the world, and different really fascinating 528 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 2: interviews with Israeli leaders, Christian leaders from Prime Minister of 529 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 2: Israel to Christian pastors in America, just to get different 530 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: perspectives on their worldview and help retains to Israel. And 531 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 2: you can follow me on all social media platforms where 532 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:53,160 Speaker 2: I document my life in Israel, Yeah LSD and on Facebook, Instagram, 533 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 2: on LinkedIn that you'll feel a lot closer to the 534 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 2: Holy Land. 535 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,239 Speaker 1: Oh, it's been such a joy to talk to you, 536 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: and I think you have such a light about you 537 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: the way you talk about this. I mean, it's such 538 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: a dark subject and yet every time you brought it 539 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: back to and there's so much joy and there's so 540 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: much light. Yeah. 541 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 3: Well, it's been wonderful having you on. 542 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Thank you so much, so wonderful 543 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 2: speaking to you, and kiss those four girls from me. 544 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: Yes, and you take care of that daughter. I can't 545 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: imagine how stressful it must be for you. So we 546 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: will be praying for your family. Thank you so much, 547 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: and thank you all for joining us on the Tutor 548 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 1: Dixon Podcast. For this episode and others, go to Tutor 549 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: dixonpodcast dot com. 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