Author name: Christine Foster

In honor of Israel’s upcoming 66th anniversary of independence and as a way to bless Israel, Heart to Heart has organized a new grass-roots initiative called Kids Kare for Israel/Kids’ Hearts for Israel. With a planned launch at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in February 2014, Kids Kare for Israel/Kids’ Hearts for Israel will engage children of all […]

An off-the-record meeting took place at the White House last week that is now very much on record, whereby four top leaders of American Jewish organizations met with National Security Adviser Susan Rice and other officials. The topic of the meeting seems to be about persuading these pro-Israel bodies to cease their lobbying of elected

Unless you experienced some significant event—like birth or marriage—on Nov. 2, it’s very likely the day passed as just another day of the year. However, on that date 96 years ago, Jews around the world had cause for celebration and breathed a collective sigh of relief following decades of political and diplomatic activism—and centuries of

What is behind Israel’s recent string of Nobel Prize winners? It could be that Israelis have a practical way of thinking and strong strategies for solving difficult problems, says Arieh Warshel, who earlier this month was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his role in developing computer programs that simulate “large and complex chemical

With the backdrop of positive steps on Jewish-Catholic relations under Pope Francis I, more than 50 leaders from both faiths gathered in Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 13 for the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee (ICJLC) summit to further religious cooperation. The ICJLC, the official Catholic-Jewish dialogue group, was formed in 1967 shortly after the Second Vatican

The Qatari body tasked with overseeing the FINA Swimming World Cup in Doha removed an Israeli flag from outside one of its venues, and state broadcasters whited out the Israeli flag on the swimming lanes as they were seen on TV, Doha News reports. Aspire Zone, a sporting complex in the Qatari capital, may have been responding

In Israel, scarcely a week goes by when there’s not an anniversary of a war or some terror attack that kills and maims Israelis.  We recall those killed nationally on Yom Hazikaron and anniversaries of wars and major battles. Those injured brace at the annual reminder, still bearing physical and psychological wounds.  For those who

Israel and Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) are engaging in negotiations refused for years by the PA. Yet only weeks ago, the PA minister of religious affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, delivered a paean to Shekih Ahmad Yassin, founder and leader of Hamas, the terrorist organization that has murdered hundreds of Israelis in scores of suicide bombings,

While media reports place Texas Governor Rick Perry’s visit to Israel this week within the context of his presumed bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the trip itself focused on economic development and Israel-Texas ties. During Perry’s meetings with Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, “never once did anyone ask him what his plans were for 2016,

On Sept. 13, 1993, the Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin—together with then Foreign Minister and now President Shimon Peres—signed the Oslo Peace Accords at the White House with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. In September 2000, seven years later, these peace accords would collapse, and they have been in survival mode ever since. In September 2013,