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To truly understand the Feast of Purim, the story of Esther, and how close history came to erasing the entire biblical story—including the birth of Jesus—we must go back centuries to an unprovoked attack in Exodus. In this Shabbat Shalom devotional, ICEJ USA President Dr. Susan Michael explores how this ancient hostility first seen in Exodus re-emerged generations later through one man’s genocidal plot in Persia (modern-day Iran), threatening the very survival of the Jewish people—and with it, the future of the biblical story itself. This week’s devotional uncovers the spiritual thread connecting these events and the profound choice that still confronts humanity today: to oppose God’s purposes or align with them.
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Misunderstandings between Jews and Christians No One Talks About
3/3/2026
How Esther Saved the Jewish People—and Changed History Forever
2/27/2026
An Orthodox Jew’s Surprising Mission to Unite Jews and Christians
2/24/2026
What Is Shabbat?
2/20/2026
Jews and Christians Learning to Relate: Rabbi Shmuel Bowman
2/17/2026
What is Shalom?
2/13/2026
We are Christian leaders from across the United States. We come from many different churches and denominations with differing theologies, yet we stand united today to denounce the plague of antisemitism that has spread across our great nation. Sign the Declaration. Speak truth. Stand with the Jewish people.
We are Christian leaders from across the United States. We come from many different churches and denominations with differing theologies, yet we stand united today to denounce the plague of antisemitism that has spread across our great nation. Sign the Declaration. Speak truth. Stand with the Jewish people.
