Anti-semitism is alive today and we need to take note. The world is mounting against the Jewish people and as believers in Jesus we need to stand with the Jewish people. The Lord says in Genesis 12:3 - "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." We must take the Lord at this word. The Jewish people are our spiritual brethren and even in the most dire of times, even if the world is to rise up against them, we must stand firm and intercede for their protection. Will you join the Hope For Israel Relief Fund in praying against the anti-semitic spirit that exists in the world today?
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This article was originally written for the Jerusalem Post's online publications. It was written Haviv Rettig Gur.
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The Etz-Hayyim Synagogue in the Greek city of Hania on the island of Crete nearly burned to the ground overnight Tuesday after unknown arsonists set fire to a wooden staircase in the building.
The fire was set at around 1 a.m. early Wednesday, but a neighbor who was awake at the time noticed the smoke and called authorities and the synagogue's director Dr. Nicholas Stavroulakis.
The staircase led to the second-story women's section of the main sanctuary in the small seaside complex.
The Etz-Hayyim Synagogue was restored in the late 1990s after years of neglect in the wake of the Second World War. The nearly 300 members of the Hania Jewish community were shipped out by the Nazi invaders in 1944, and died when their ship was sunk in transit by an Allied torpedo.
It serves as a place for prayer, a museum and memorial, and a library recording the long and troubled history of Crete's Jews.
The walls of the synagogue's main hall were covered in soot, but the fire did not reach the Torah scrolls or the library, according to a congregant reached by phone who asked not to be identified.
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