Caption transcript for “Israel’s First Responders”

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• 00:15 Joshua Colson: Hey, everybody.
• 00:16 I’m Joshua. Caleb Colson: And I’m Caleb.
• 00:17 Joshua: And we’re the bearded Bible brothers.
• 00:19 Did you know that recently we got a chance to attend
• 00:22 the National Religious Broadcasters conference?
• 00:23 And we had the opportunity to meet Israel’s first responders,
• 00:26 and we wanna share with you their efforts in serving the
• 00:28 nation of Israel.
• 00:29 Caleb: That’s right.
• 00:31 You know, the Jewish people have had tough past three years, ever
• 00:33 since the invasion of Hamas on October 7th; and they’ve been
• 00:36 fighting a seven-front war with Iran and it’s really affected
• 00:40 civilian life, with constant rocket attacks and even
• 00:43 cluster bombs.
• 00:44 Joshua: Magen David Adom is the Red Shield of David in Israel’s
• 00:47 national emergency medical, disaster, and ambulance,
• 00:50 blood bank service.
• 00:52 That’s a lot to say.
• 00:53 What does it mean?
• 00:54 Well, it may be shocking for you to know that
• 00:56 this is not a government agency.
• 00:57 It’s actually a nonprofit, and it is the only service mentioned
• 01:00 by the Knesset to respond to emergencies.
• 01:03 Now, this means that they rely on donations from people like
• 01:06 you, Christians and Jews, to support their lives.
• 01:09 Caleb: Now, let’s hear from the personal experiences of Uri
• 01:12 Shacham, who’s the deputy director and chief of staff of
• 01:15 Magen David Adom, as well as Yasmeen Mazzawi, who is a
• 01:20 paramedic who goes into some of the life-and-death situations on
• 01:23 a daily basis that Magen David Adom deal with.
• 01:27 Here’s their interviews now.
• 01:30 Uri Shacham: Like many in Magen David Adom, I started up at the
• 01:32 age of 15.
• 01:33 I was–yeah.
• 01:34 Each 10th grader in the state of Israel has to do a
• 01:37 community service.
• 01:39 So they told me, “Listen, you can go and help other kids do
• 01:42 their homework.”
• 01:43 And I was saying, “Listen, I’m not doing my own homework.
• 01:45 Why should I go and help others do their homework?”
• 01:48 And they said, “Listen, you can also volunteer for Magen
• 01:50 David Adom.”
• 01:52 And I said, “It sounds cool.”
• 01:53 Ambulances, sirens, going fast, so–it sounds great, especially
• 01:57 for a 15-year-old boy.
• 02:00 But you know what?
• 02:01 After like a month or 2 month, I just fell in love with
• 02:05 the mission.
• 02:06 When you see the face of a person who you just provided
• 02:11 medical attention, provided comfort, or just help in any
• 02:15 way, this is something that goes into your heart.
• 02:18 And I knew that I want to continue doing this.
• 02:22 Yasmeen Mazzawi: This is the 911 in Israel; 24 hours, 7 days a
• 02:26 week, trying to be in every spot in the country in order to get
• 02:30 to patients as fast as possible because every minute matters.
• 02:34 Unfortunately, we see lots of emergency cases that are very
• 02:39 difficult to see.
• 02:41 I’m talking about accidents–car accidents, emergencies with kids
• 02:46 and young people, elderly people.
• 02:48 Throughout the war, we were also in the forefront from south to
• 02:52 north, everything.
• 02:55 Uri: The war with Iran on June 2025 was something new.
• 02:59 For 30 years, since Gulf War in 1991, Israel wasn’t attacked
• 03:04 with ballistic missiles.
• 03:05 It’s one thing when you have a rocket of several dozens of TNT
• 03:10 falling in a neighborhood than having, like, 1,000-pound
• 03:13 ballistic missiles.
• 03:15 Each and every Israeli has to go into the shelter.
• 03:18 Magen David Adom has to go out of the shelter.
• 03:20 But you know what?
• 03:22 They provide because they have compassion in their heart.
• 03:26 Yasmeen: It’s based on volunteers, 35,000 volunteers
• 03:30 and then 350 employees, I guess.
• 03:34 Like, for every one employee we have ten volunteers.
• 03:37 Uri: We had to man the entire 2,000 ambulances.
• 03:40 We had to make sure that we have enough equipment, that the teams
• 03:45 are trained.
• 03:46 So Magen David Adom was stressed to its limits, but this made us
• 03:52 understand how much the support that we get from Christians in
• 03:57 the States is important.
• 03:58 Caleb: Y’all don’t get any government funding for Magen
• 04:01 David Adom?
• 04:02 It’s all from donations?
• 04:04 Yasmeen: It’s all from donations.
• 04:05 Tools and the equipment we use cost a lot of money.
• 04:08 The vehicles, the ambulances, motorcycles, and the cars that
• 04:11 we use, they cost a lot of money.
• 04:14 Medicines that we have–
• 04:15 Uri: If it wasn’t for the Christian communities, we didn’t
• 04:19 had ambulances, we didn’t had ambulance stations, we didn’t
• 04:23 had medical equipment or the ability to train not only our
• 04:27 people but communities around Israel.
• 04:30 Caleb: Some people think, you know, you give to ministries and
• 04:32 stuff and that money never gets to them.
• 04:34 It goes directly to Yagur, is–it really helps.
• 04:36 Uri: Exactly.
• 04:37 Samaritan Purse was generous–so generous to give us
• 04:42 42 ambulances.
• 04:43 Now, I just checked the numbers.
• 04:45 The ambulances–only the ambulances donated by Samaritan
• 04:48 Purse and Harvest Fellowship, they saved the lives of 25,000
• 04:54 Israelis, 25,000 Israelis.
• 04:58 Now, we are speaking about 25,000 injured and sick people.
• 05:02 What about their families, okay?
• 05:04 So those ambulances directly influenced at least 100,000
• 05:09 people, if not more.
• 05:11 What about generations to come?
• 05:13 You know, if somebody was saved in Be’er-Sheva or in Tel Aviv or
• 05:17 in Haifa from a ballistic missile, think–to an ambulance
• 05:21 donated by Christians, think about generations to come that
• 05:25 were saved thanks for somebody who is thousands of miles away
• 05:30 just caring for Israelis and doing this.
• 05:34 Yasmeen: We work all together, Jews, Christians, Muslims all
• 05:37 together for one goal of saving lives.
• 05:39 This is our mission at the end of the day.
• 05:42 So now when we get to patients, we never ask about gender, race,
• 05:45 color, background, religion, anything.
• 05:48 We treat every patient no matter who they are, just because
• 05:51 they’re humans.
• 05:53 Caleb: And that should be.
• 05:54 There shouldn’t be politics.
• 05:55 There shouldn’t be the question of ethnicity when it comes to
• 05:57 saving lives.
• 05:59 It shouldn’t be a question of, “Oh, can they pay for the
• 06:02 services, or can we afford the equipment?”
• 06:05 Because they’re human, they deserve to be treated with
• 06:08 dignity and respect.
• 06:09 Yasmeen: And compassion.
• 06:11 Caleb: And compassion.
• 06:12 And I just wanna thank you, Yasmeen, for all that you do.
• 06:15 It’s very sacrificial, and I know how traumatic it can be
• 06:18 working day in and day out seeing the kind of situations
• 06:23 you see.
• 06:25 It could scar people emotionally, it could make
• 06:26 people grow callous, but you’re just radiating with love and
• 06:30 compassion, and it’s just amazing.
• 06:31 Yasmeen: The light of our heavenly Father that I try all
• 06:34 the time to spread, even in the emergency cases and to my
• 06:39 patients as well.
• 06:40 Caleb: And I know you share that with them and I know that’s
• 06:42 gonna change their hearts, not just change their physical
• 06:46 situation that they’re dealing with.
• 06:47 Yasmeen: Amen. Thank you.
• 06:50 Uri: When people in the States support Magen David Adom, they
• 06:53 actually support the resilience of Israelis because Magen David
• 06:57 Adom is the backbone of Israeli resilience.
• 07:01 So it’s not only supporting an organization,
• 07:04 it’s supporting Israel.
• 07:05 Caleb: This is a call to action because we can directly help the
• 07:08 Jewish people.
• 07:10 We can directly help save lives by donating to a cause that is
• 07:13 not political.
• 07:15 It’s not any kinda manipulation or it’s not pro this or
• 07:18 pro that.
• 07:19 It’s just about human decency, and that’s what you guys
• 07:21 are about.
• 07:22 How can we or our viewers get a hold of Magen David Adom?
• 07:26 How can they donate?
• 07:27 How can they find out what y’all are doing?
• 07:28 Uri: So go now to
• 07:30 savinglivesinisrael.org, savinglivesinisrael.org.
• 07:35 Learn about the organization.
• 07:37 Learn about the diversity of 35,000 Christians, Jews, and
• 07:42 Muslims working together for the sacred mission of saving lives,
• 07:46 see what the needs are, and support as much as you can
• 07:51 because your support means everything to us.
• 07:55 This is something that is beyond and above any grateful word
• 08:00 that I can say.
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• 08:31 Caleb: The need in Israel is great, especially for the IDF,
• 08:34 Israel Defense Forces, in which a majority of the country is
• 08:38 serving actively or as reservists for the IDF.
• 08:41 This means when they are away risking their lives to fight
• 08:44 terrorists, no one is at home working and supporting
• 08:47 their families.
• 08:48 Joshua: Next, we’re gonna hear from Bram Haas from the Friends
• 08:50 of the IDF, the FIDF.
• 08:52 Bram heads up a new department of the Christian Friends of the
• 08:54 IDF that reaches out to believers in Yeshua to help
• 08:58 support and provide the needs of the IDF soldiers.
• 09:00 They even help the wounded and disabled soldiers who can no
• 09:03 longer provide for their families.
• 09:04 Caleb: Then you’ll see an interview with Pamela Azaria,
• 09:07 international resources development manager for
• 09:10 Chimes Israel.
• 09:11 They are a nonprofit group that helps to provide counseling,
• 09:14 care, resources, and training for children and adults with
• 09:19 mental and physical disabilities.
• 09:20 Joshua: That’s incredible.
• 09:22 Well, first, here’s Bram Haas with the FIDF.
• 09:25 Bram Haas: With the Friends of the IDF, we actually started
• 09:30 about 40 years ago by a group of Holocaust survivors who saw the
• 09:34 importance to basically start an organization to help
• 09:37 IDF soldiers.
• 09:39 They saw the suffering of the IDF soldiers but also
• 09:41 their families.
• 09:43 Where we really step in is that PTSD treatment, so the mental
• 09:47 health treatment; and that’s something that we’ve really seen
• 09:51 rise since October 7th.
• 09:53 A lot of the soldiers that come off the battlefield and–it’s
• 09:58 wounds that you don’t see, right?
• 10:00 It’s those wounds.
• 10:01 They seem fine on the outside, but on the inside they’ve–they
• 10:05 completely broken and they can’t function in life anymore.
• 10:08 So since October 7, we actually started a new PTSD treatment and
• 10:13 built facilities for them.
• 10:15 So we have seven mental clinic facilities around Israel about,
• 10:21 like, 10, 20 minutes away from a soldier and so they get to go
• 10:26 to, like, a clinic right around the corner from them.
• 10:28 That is something that Christians can step in
• 10:31 to support.
• 10:33 You know, that need is overwhelming.
• 10:35 So many reservists were called up.
• 10:38 So there were actually a lot of American Israelis that chose to
• 10:42 go to Israel and to fight.
• 10:45 And a lot of them have actually come back now, but they
• 10:49 suffering from PTSD, and we are helping them here on US soil.
• 10:54 Caleb: Counselors in Israel, who have told us that 75% of the
• 10:58 country is dealing with PTSD.
• 10:59 Today I’ve spoken with people who said, no, it’s 100%.
• 11:02 Everybody in some form or manner has trauma, emotional trauma,
• 11:06 mental trauma, from dealing with the constant rocket barrages and
• 11:10 terrorist activity.
• 11:12 But these soldiers in particular, they’re seeing the
• 11:15 most heinous of war crimes.
• 11:17 What they go through to avert civilian casualties is insane,
• 11:22 but it puts their own lives at risk, doesn’t it?
• 11:24 Bram: Yeah, it does because they kinda have to see, like, “Hey,
• 11:27 is the coast completely clear, you know?
• 11:29 Are there no civilians.”
• 11:31 And often it’s in–for the risk of their own life, and that is
• 11:34 impacting to see.
• 11:36 Multiple generations are in the IDF serving at the same time,
• 11:40 you know.
• 11:42 So you can imagine what kind of stress also, pressure it
• 11:44 actually puts on entire society, you know.
• 11:48 So–and that is something–another thing that we
• 11:51 are doing, you can adopt a brigade.
• 11:53 So–and what that looks like, families that are serving and
• 11:59 some they are coming from low-income families.
• 12:02 And even though the government, they–pays them, but it’s not
• 12:05 enough, so–and that’s where we step in.
• 12:08 So we give them financial aid, we give them food vouchers, but
• 12:11 we do it in such a way that it’s not shameful way, you know.
• 12:16 It’s like a credit card that they can just use at, like, the
• 12:19 grocery store.
• 12:20 Caleb: So they don’t feel ashamed of having to take
• 12:22 a handout.
• 12:23 Bram: No, you know.
• 12:24 So–and that is really rewarding and is–and that also gives
• 12:26 dignity to them in that way as well, you know.
• 12:28 And it’s amazing how we can help in so many different areas.
• 12:35 Caleb: How can people get a hold of Christian Friends of the IDF?
• 12:37 Bram: Yeah, so we actually have two websites.
• 12:39 So one is blessisraelsoldiers.org.
• 12:42 So that’s one of them.
• 12:44 And then the other one is fidf.org.
• 12:46 So Friends of the IDF, fidf.org.
• 12:48 Caleb: We have a choice whether we
• 12:50 wanna join our military or not.
• 12:51 It is mandatory in Israel, so every family in Israel has
• 12:55 someone who has to go and join the IDF.
• 12:58 I know every one of you have asked us online or in
• 13:01 person, “How can I give to Israel?
• 13:03 How can I really make a difference?”
• 13:05 This is a direct action that you can be a part of that will
• 13:09 literally save lives.
• 13:13 Caleb: I’m here with Pamela Azaria from Chimes Israel,
• 13:17 a nonprofit.
• 13:18 Can you share with our audience what y’all do?
• 13:20 Pamela Azaria: We help people with disabilities. We
• 13:23 help ensure that they have quality of life, dignity, and
• 13:28 inclusion in society.
• 13:29 The way we do that is we have 27 centers throughout Israel, and
• 13:34 we serve people from ages 6 months to elderly.
• 13:38 Anyone who lives in Israel who needs our services can get our
• 13:42 services and for free.
• 13:44 The people with disabilities are the invisible victims of the war
• 13:48 because they’re less able to communicate, they’re less able
• 13:51 to say what they need and what they’re going through.
• 13:55 When you discover your child has a disability at a very young
• 13:59 age, it’s a very overwhelming situation.
• 14:02 Just to have a child is overwhelming at first, but then
• 14:05 to find out your child has a disability it’s scary.
• 14:08 So we created a model where under one roof a child with
• 14:13 disabilities can get diagnosis, therapy, daycare, healthy
• 14:19 homemade food; and the parents get guidance from us of how to
• 14:24 continue the rehabilitation at home.
• 14:27 They’re amazing places.
• 14:28 It’s about three adults to one child.
• 14:31 No one has ever seen such great care.
• 14:33 It’s amazing.
• 14:35 A lot of the parents are dealing with trauma from the war
• 14:39 from October 7th.
• 14:40 A lot of our parents are soldiers in the reserves and
• 14:43 they’re going through stuff.
• 14:44 And when you’re going through stuff yourself, you can’t really
• 14:48 take care of your child the way that you should.
• 14:51 We’ve created a program where we go into the family’s homes.
• 14:55 We help each family individually with whatever their issues are:
• 14:59 communication, transitions from playtime to bedtime to meals,
• 15:07 the way the house is configured, everything they need.
• 15:10 And it’s been a miracle program.
• 15:13 One mother said that her husband had been not able to interact or
• 15:22 communicate with their child at all and the social worker that
• 15:26 came in taught him how to connect with his child and it
• 15:31 made such a huge difference in their life.
• 15:33 We have come up with a number of very innovative programs that
• 15:38 are not funded by the state.
• 15:41 We help with after-school programs in the special needs
• 15:45 schools, vocational college so that people with disabilities
• 15:48 can choose their path in life, nursing daycare where we care
• 15:52 for people who have very severe disabilities.
• 15:56 Women with disabilities and girls are 40% more likely to be
• 15:59 sexually abused.
• 16:01 We teach women and girls about their bodies, about society.
• 16:05 And it’s also a self-empowerment project.
• 16:08 We’re trying to teach people to love themselves because
• 16:10 everybody counts, and we’re all–we’ve all been put on this
• 16:14 earth for a reason.
• 16:16 Caleb: It’s amazing the work you do and powerful of a focus that
• 16:19 it is.
• 16:21 That’s a blessing, and that’s what’s needed.
• 16:22 How can our viewers get a hold of Chimes Israel?
• 16:25 How can they donate?
• 16:26 How can they be a part of what you’re doing?
• 16:28 Pamela: It’s chimesisrael.org.il.
• 16:32 The il is for Israel.
• 16:34 And then you can just click on the English and we have a whole
• 16:38 beautiful English website there.
• 16:40 Caleb: As Christians, we’re called to share the love of God
• 16:43 by doing whatever we can.
• 16:45 And I pray that others who are watching this interview will be
• 16:48 stirred in their heart to do something, to take action and to
• 16:51 help with what you’re doing because it sounds amazing; and I
• 16:54 know you have an amazing heart as well.
• 16:55 Pamela: Thank you.
• 16:57 What we’re doing on the ground cannot exist without help.
• 17:00 And so anyone who does donate, they are really helping.
• 17:05 They are really giving, and it’s like they’re doing the
• 17:09 work themselves, so it’s–
• 17:11 Caleb: Same blessing, I believe, in heaven.
• 17:13 Pamela: I do, too. Thank you.
• 17:15 Caleb: Thank you so much.
• 17:18 Joshua: We hope that you’ve been saving the contact info in all
• 17:20 of these amazing nonprofits that actively serve and support the
• 17:23 nation of Israel.
• 17:24 Our final nonprofit is Vision for Israel.
• 17:27 It’s run by none other than Barry Segal, longtime friend of
• 17:30 Zola Levitt Ministries.
• 17:32 Caleb: Barry and Batya, his wife, used to perform, singing
• 17:36 while Zola played his musical instruments on our television
• 17:39 show “Zola Levitt Presents.”
• 17:41 Now, Vision for Israel, they raise funds and build bomb
• 17:44 shelters, donating supplies, food, diapers; anything for
• 17:48 people in need in Israel.
• 17:49 Joshua: So if you didn’t know, it’s time to learn, learn about
• 17:52 this amazing outreach and what they do for the land of Israel.
• 17:56 Caleb: I have a very special pleasure today to introduce what
• 17:59 I would call the OG Messianic Jew, this–the godfather of
• 18:03 Messianic Judaism connected to Zola Levitt Ministries.
• 18:07 Barry Segal, thank you for joining us today.
• 18:09 Barry Segal: Shalom, and thank you.
• 18:10 It’s great to be with you guys.
• 18:12 Caleb: Your nonprofit organization Vision for
• 18:15 Israel–could you tell our audience really what does Vision
• 18:18 for Israel do?
• 18:19 Barry: Well, Vision for Israel today is a nonprofit
• 18:23 organization both based in the United States and Israel,
• 18:26 Israel’s the central place, and three other nations as well
• 18:29 where we have branch offices.
• 18:31 But the real story behind it is in 1993 the Lord really
• 18:35 impressed upon my heart, on my chest, in my mind, in a vision
• 18:40 and I realized the Lord is–wants to do something
• 18:44 with us.
• 18:45 And I was reading in Proverbs and it says without a vision the
• 18:48 people perish, and that struck a chord in me.
• 18:51 And so the spring of 1994 we finally settled the issue.
• 18:55 We established a nonprofit in Israel and simultaneously in the
• 18:59 United States.
• 19:00 So at first we were helping lone soldiers ’cause I had been one
• 19:04 who had no family in Israel and I served in the IDF, and then
• 19:08 the other was new immigrants who was–all sorts of new
• 19:11 immigrants, particularly from the former Soviet Union
• 19:14 countries coming in.
• 19:16 And so at that point, that’s how we started from the basement of
• 19:19 our home.
• 19:21 But two years later in February 25th, I think it was 1996, we
• 19:26 came back from a music ministry tour of South Africa and we got
• 19:30 into the taxi early in the morning and he turned on the
• 19:33 news and a bus number 18 in Jerusalem on Jaffa Road had just
• 19:37 been blown up by a Hamas suicide bomber.
• 19:40 Well, on–that bus was the bus our older daughter usually took
• 19:44 towards her high school in the morning.
• 19:47 So we raced home, just pressing the driver, “You know, do your
• 19:51 best to get us home.”
• 19:53 Raced upstairs, and thank God she never left the house
• 19:57 that morning.
• 19:58 She was waiting for us.
• 19:59 But three of her fellow students from school, they were all in
• 20:02 the same high school class, were all murdered that morning.
• 20:06 About 24 people were murdered that morning on that bus and
• 20:09 over 40 injured.
• 20:10 Two weeks later, another bus number 18 that ran through our
• 20:14 neighborhood, same thing happened and another friend of
• 20:16 our daughter’s was murdered.
• 20:17 So from then on we decided that’s it.
• 20:20 We’re somehow going to reduce our presence in the business
• 20:24 world and we’re pressing forward with humanitarian aid and giving
• 20:28 it everything we can.
• 20:30 And so we began to visit the victims of terror attacks, the
• 20:33 families who had suffered, who were survivors of many of
• 20:36 these attacks.
• 20:37 Ever since then, of course, the work has grown.
• 20:39 In 1998 we opened the first actual warehouse in the Judean
• 20:44 Hills around Jerusalem.
• 20:46 Within the next two years after that we had three warehouses all
• 20:49 next to each other, and one was specifically for medical and
• 20:53 emergency aid.
• 20:55 We opened up in 2018 the new facility called the
• 20:59 Millennium Center.
• 21:01 Somebody asked me, “Why do you call it the Millennium Center?”
• 21:04 I said, “Well, it says that Yeshua is coming back.
• 21:07 He’s gonna rule and reign in the millennium period, and I wanna
• 21:10 present this building as a gift to him so that God, whoever he
• 21:15 chooses will be able to dispense humanitarian aid to the ends of
• 21:20 the earth.”
• 21:21 And so that’s what our vision is.
• 21:22 That’s what we’re doing.
• 21:24 And so now to sum up our project, basically we’re working
• 21:28 together with the Holocaust survivors.
• 21:30 There’s only 115,000 left alive in Israel and–
• 21:34 Caleb: That’s more than I thought.
• 21:35 Whoa.
• 21:36 Barry: They’re passing away rapidly, you know, and–because
• 21:39 they’re in their upper 80s, 90s, and some over 100 years old.
• 21:43 But their resilience is amazing.
• 21:45 And then working with victims of terror attacks.
• 21:48 In just a couple of weeks we’re going to have another Purim
• 21:53 party for about 400 victims of terror attacks.
• 21:56 We do this every year.
• 21:58 For us, like, a serious event, and we totally changed the whole
• 22:03 demeanor of the place.
• 22:05 It’s really fun, you know.
• 22:06 And to be with kids who just love to hug on you and, you
• 22:10 know, you just–it brings me to tears basically because that’s
• 22:13 exactly what we’re supposed to do.
• 22:15 It says, “Faith without works is dead.”
• 22:17 True religion before God and the Father is this, to take care of
• 22:20 the orphans and the widows in their time of need.
• 22:23 And there are so many other Scriptures.
• 22:24 Job 29 talks about being the feet to the lame and to being
• 22:30 eyes to the blind and to causing the widow to jump for joy.
• 22:35 When I see the Holocaust ladies dancing, I mean, they dance
• 22:38 really well actually, you know, it’s amazing.
• 22:42 It just brings tears.
• 22:44 And we have a pack-to-school project where we’ve already
• 22:47 provided for over 300,000 children in Israel brand new
• 22:51 school packs with their supplies.
• 22:53 We just finished installing 500 bomb safety shelters in Israel
• 22:58 across the northern and southern borders; and we’ve donated many
• 23:02 ambulances, emergency vehicles; and we’re feeding the poor and
• 23:06 the needy and providing lots of financial assistance
• 23:09 through vouchers.
• 23:10 Every year we also now give back to the victims of terror
• 23:15 attacks, especially the younger people, college grants in the
• 23:19 form of finances, and this year was more unusual than ever
• 23:23 before because 60% of our recipients were all survivors of
• 23:28 the Nova Festival in the south and one guy lifted his shirt and
• 23:33 you saw the bullet wounds because he’s–had bullets that
• 23:37 had gone into him.
• 23:38 And somebody else came, her brother was murdered there
• 23:42 by her.
• 23:43 Another one still had the bullet in his leg.
• 23:45 Our greatest needs, of course, is providing for the reservists,
• 23:50 who some have served over 200, 300, 400, 500 days.
• 23:55 Recently, one lone soldier, like I was when I came to Israel,
• 23:58 committed suicide.
• 24:00 He had been in serving over 500 days, but you have to imagine
• 24:04 the emotional toll.
• 24:05 So I believe October 7th, 2023 was a radical quantum shift in
• 24:11 the spiritual psyche and soul of the Jewish people in Israel.
• 24:15 I think something is changing from inside.
• 24:17 God is doing open-heart surgery right now.
• 24:20 Caleb: We wanna know how we can help, how our audience can help
• 24:23 Vision for Israel.
• 24:24 How can we get a hold of your ministry and donate?
• 24:27 Barry: We have a website, visionforisrael.com.
• 24:29 People can donate online.
• 24:31 They can see the projects we’re doing.
• 24:33 I really believe the principle of Genesis 12.
• 24:37 You know, “I will bless those that bless thee and curse those
• 24:39 that curse thee.”
• 24:41 And even though we’re Jewish, I still feel we have a
• 24:43 responsibility to be the leaders in doing that very thing.
• 24:48 I think this next decade will really show us an incredible
• 24:53 amount of God’s mercy and his love being poured out, that
• 24:59 we’ll see the hearts of the nation of Israel melt
• 25:02 before him.
• 25:04 Both Jews and Arabs and our Jews neighbors and everybody around
• 25:07 us, we wanna see them all saved.
• 25:09 Joshua: If you’ve ever wondered, “How can I tangibly
• 25:11 help Israel?”
• 25:12 ‘Cause we–obviously prayer is at the heart of everything.
• 25:15 But if you have a tangible desire to help Israel and you
• 25:18 wanna see something that’s physically happening, bomb
• 25:21 shelters, feeding, all the different things, this is the
• 25:23 ministry to do so.
• 25:24 So make sure you visit that website and be a part of
• 25:26 changing Israel today.
• 25:28 Caleb: Thank you, Barry, so much for joining us today.
• 25:30 Barry: Bless you. Shalom, shalom.
• 25:33 Joshua: We’ve seen some amazing individuals and organizations
• 25:36 today, and now you know how you can reach out and help the
• 25:39 Jewish people.
• 25:41 They’re struggling with daily needs for food, water, shelter,
• 25:43 survival in the land of Israel right now.
• 25:45 We’re asking you to pray and ask the Holy Spirit how you can be a
• 25:49 part, whether it’s prayer, donating your time, whether it’s
• 25:53 you donating your funds to these organizations.
• 25:55 You can always donate to Zola Levitt Ministries directly
• 25:58 because we support these many organizations with our
• 26:01 benevolence funds as well.
• 26:02 Caleb: That’s right.
• 26:04 And as the “Bearded Bible Brothers,” we do more than just
• 26:05 physically and emotionally supporting the people of Israel.
• 26:08 We wanna support them spiritually by leading them
• 26:11 to Yeshua.
• 26:12 That’s really our heart’s desire, is to declare the gospel
• 26:15 to the nations of the earth, to the Jew first and then to
• 26:18 the Gentile.
• 26:19 Now, Matthew 28:19-20 says, “Therefore go and make disciples
• 26:22 of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
• 26:26 of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
• 26:29 to obey everything that I have commanded you.”
• 26:31 And we love to speak the truth in love, and that’s why we have
• 26:34 our broadcast television program “Bearded Bible Brothers.”
• 26:37 We reach out on social media.
• 26:40 We do everything we can using the advanced technology that God
• 26:43 has given us to reach the world with the message of love and
• 26:47 hope in Yeshua our Messiah.
• 26:49 Joshua: So that’s what we want.
• 26:50 We want people to know Yeshua.
• 26:52 We want them to make him their Lord and Savior.
• 26:55 So to be a part of this ministry, it’s super easy.
• 26:57 We’ve got every kinda technology you can think of.
• 26:59 Go to beardedbiblebros.com.
• 27:02 You can donate there.
• 27:03 Call 1-800-WONDERS.
• 27:04 You can donate there.
• 27:06 Did you know that you can go any of these different places on
• 27:08 social media and contact us in how you can be a part of joining
• 27:11 this ministry to lead people to Yeshua?
• 27:15 Time’s coming to a close.
• 27:16 We don’t have all this time that you may think you have.
• 27:19 No. The end is near.
• 27:21 And in this last times, the harvest that we bring in for
• 27:23 Yeshua, that last person, it’s worth every bit of effort that
• 27:28 you could possibly make.
• 27:29 So as we go, don’t forget to sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim.
• 27:32 Caleb: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
• 27:37 male announcer: Our resource this week, the book “What Should
• 27:40 We Think About Israel?”
• 27:41 How do you separate fact from fiction in the Middle
• 27:44 East conflict?
• 27:45 Theologian, archaeologist, and research author Randall Price
• 27:49 provides objective facts about Israel’s past, present,
• 27:52 and future.
• 27:53 Look past the heated debates and discern for yourself what is
• 27:56 important to know about Israel and how that affects you today.
• 28:00 Contact us and ask for the book “What Should We Think
• 28:04 About Israel?”
• 28:06 Joshua: Did you know the “Bearded Bible Brothers” is an
• 28:08 outreach of Zola Levitt Ministries?
• 28:10 That means we are entirely donor-funded.
• 28:12 Consider giving at levitt.com.
• 28:14 You can also join the Bearded Bible Bonanza to access
• 28:17 additional content at Patreon.com/BeardedBibleBonanza.
• 28:21 Please support our mission to spread the gospel of Yeshua by
• 28:23 subscribing to our social media and sharing our online messages.
• 28:27 As always, pray for the peace of Jerusalem.