Stories from Israel
Impact Stories
Stories of how ICEJ is making a difference in Israel, from rebuilding communities to caring for Holocaust survivors and bringing Jews home.
Featured Stories
Featured · August 18, 2026
Leave a Legacy for Israel’s Future: The Story of Kfar Aza’s New Music Center
It’s “Make-a Will” month. Read about one women’s choice to leave a legacy for Israel’s future that is blessing an Israeli community.
Featured · August 13, 2026
ICEJ Staff Pack Groceries for 1,000 Israeli Families
ICEJ staff helped 1,000 Israelis while handing each of them bags of groceries at a social welfare distribution site in Rishon LeZion.
Featured · August 6, 2026
Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors Summer 2026 Update
Residents at the ICEJ’s Home for Holocaust Survivors in Haifa endured the escalation in the long, intense war with Iran and Hezbollah this past spring and are now embracing the 2026 summer months, showing their creativity in art and blessings the community in special ways.
Featured · July 23, 2026
Kibbutz Be’eri: Rebuilding a Community, Restoring Hope
The rebuilding of Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel encompasses every aspect of life—restoring people emotionally, physically, economically, and more.
Featured · June 10, 2026
ICEJ USA Donates over 11.5K Medical Supplies to Israel
ICEJ staff helped renovate 10 Holocaust Survivor homes frequently impacted by missiles from Iran.
All Stories
-
Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Dejected Israeli Women
In the heart of Tel Aviv, hidden from the public eye, exists a women’s outreach center that offers much more than just food and shelter.
-
Helping Israeli Mothers Say “Yes” to Life
In a small hospital room in Jerusalem, a young Israeli mother cradles her newborn son. Her eyes are tired, and her body is weak, but her heart is full.
-
Rebuilding Be’eri: A Story of Resilience after October 7
In April, during ICEJ’s International Leadership Conference, I had the humbling privilege of standing in Kibbutz Be’eri—witnessing firsthand the work of rebuilding Be’eri—alongside several of my colleagues from the USA Branch and our global ICEJ family.
-
ICEJ Sponsors Largest Aliyah Flight of British Jews in 15 Years
In what marks another significant wave of Jewish immigration to Israel, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) recently sponsored a special group flight for 50 British Jews making Aliyah.
-
ICEJ Helping Rebuild Destroyed Communities in Southern Israel
A delegation of more than 50 global Christian leaders toured the Gaza border communities and broke ground on a new youth activity center to replace the one destroyed at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.
-
ICEJ Helps French Jews Come Home to Israel after War Ends
Recently, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) sponsored 40 Jewish immigrants (olim in Hebrew) from France on a special Aliyah (immigration) flight, which landed in Israel just hours after the 12-day war with Iran ended.
-
Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors: War Update
As Iranian missiles struck across the nation of Israel and sirens filled the night, life in the Haifa Home for Holocaust Survivors continued amid war.
-
Helping Israel During War: Latest Hands-On Tour Update
The ICEJ hosted another group of Christian volunteers on a Hands-On Serving Tour to Israel during wartime, taking part in practical aid projects to show love and care for the embattled Jewish State.
-
What It Means to Be a Mother in Israel
Israel observed Yom HaZikaron, the day of remembrance for those fallen in battle and victims of terrorism, beginning at sunset on April 29 through April 30.
-
ICEJ Helping to Rebuild Southern Israel Communities
After more than 16 months of war, the Israeli communities along the Gaza border are slowly starting to return to their homes and plan for the future.
-
The Beta Israel Community: A New Wave of Aliyah to Israel
In a remarkable turn of events, a new chapter in the story of Ethiopian Aliyah is unfolding even amid the current war in Israel.
-
The Story of One Kfar Aza Resident: Shattered Dreams, Renewed Hope
During our recent Envision pastors conference in Jerusalem, delegates visited the Eshkol and Sha’ar HaNegev regions in southern Israel, where they could still see evidence of the devastation left behind by the October 7 massacres.