rabbi yechiel eckstein Archives

Remembering Yechiel Eckstein

Debra Nussbaum Cohen February 6, 2019

‘Rabbi-Averse’ biographer takes on rabbi who works with Evangelicals

Jonathan Kirsch November 19, 2015

“I should say, right off, that I am not generally an admirer of rabbis,” journalist Zev Chafets writes in “The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, An Authorized Biography” (Sentinel).

Interfaith group sending $1 million to secure Jews in Ukraine

Jewish Journal February 26, 2014

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews said it will send $1 million to assist the Jewish community in Ukraine amid the country’s political upheaval.

Project to lure Jews out of Iran proves unsuccessful

Karmel Melamed December 21, 2007

Following the revelation in October that $10,000 per person was being offered by a Chicago-based Christian-Jewish nonprofit to encourage Jews to leave Iran and immigrate to Israel, organizers of the project in Israel and the United States admitted to being disappointed with the lack of response to their efforts.