By Staff Writers

Feast of Joy and Dancing

Discover the latest edition of Word from Jerusalem! Be inspired by highlights from ICEJ’s recent Feast of Tabernacles celebration in Jerusalem and explore two powerful Teaching excerpts from the Feast to deepen your faith and encourage your walk with the Lord. Do not miss this inspiring edition—there are many encouraging articles to read, including the ‘Inside the Embassy’ page featuring Israel’s first She Leads event!

This year’s Feast was unlike any other, with two afternoons dedicated to Schools of Prayer, led by Sergey Shidlovskiy and Suzette Hattingh. In addition to international Feast pilgrims, many local members of the Body of Christ in the land attended these sessions. The final night in Jerusalem also featured the Worship band SOLU Israel, led by Shilo Ben Hod, with hundreds of local youths joining the Feast. It was an incredible blessing to see the Feast venue hall packed with nearly 3000 Gentile and Messianic believers worshipping together.

Be sure to read the inspiring feedback from Feast pilgrims, volunteer Team members and an Israeli who was overwhelmed by seeing Christians showing their support for Israel. The Feast highlights are on pages 4–11.  Please mark your calendar for Sukkot next year in Jerusalem! Our 2027 Feast of Tabernacles will be held 15-20 October and is themed ‘The Tabernacle of God’, based on Revelation 21:3. We will inform you when registration opens for this life-changing event.

We also share how the ICEJ’s home for Holocaust survivors observed the High Holidays of Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, as well as a wonderful outing they enjoyed.

In the meantime, the ICEJ continues to help rebuild and restore the southern Gaza border region, with multiple projects still underway, and our newest project helping to restore the heartbeat of Kibbutz Nir Oz: its dining hall and kitchen, which were destroyed on that fatal day of 7 October 2023.  Read more about this project and other AID endeavours on pages 14-15.

In addition, Aliyah and Integration remain a key focus of the ICEJ.  Through your incredible support, every sponsored flight, Jewish youth camp and pre-Aliyah seminar represent a step on the journey of Jewish return to the Land of Israel. Discover more about the ICEJ’s recent Aliyah support for Bnei Menashe and Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, as well as our commitment to bringing Naale and Sela students to Israel, on pages 16-17.

Also, amid the rise of antisemitism in the nations, read how ICEJ branches are actively supporting Israel through conferences and pro-Israel rallies, including in Germany, the Netherlands and Vilnius, while Christians in the Central African Republic gathered to celebrate Sukkot with a special Feast watch party.

As 2026 draws to a close, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your faithful support of the ICEJ and for standing with Israel throughout the year. As you read through this Word from Jerusalem, be encouraged that our joint efforts are blessing and comforting the people of Israel.