NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — Municipal officials in Bethlehem, Israel recently announced there will be no holiday display at Manger Square this year as an “act of solidarity” to Gaza. This cancellation comes in response to Israel’s retaliation against Hamas after the October 7th massacre. During the unwarranted attack, Hamas terrorists
LEXINGTON — Education or indoctrination? The culture war continues to heat up in the classroom. In school, students are always learning new things by heart, and in some cases without the parents’ consent. This past spring, parents attended a Lexington School Board meeting complaining their son was instructed to participate
EAST PALESTINE — Concerns still exist about air and water impacted by the release of toxic chemicals during February Third’s derailment and controlled burn of a Norfolk Southern train in Columbiana County. Relief efforts in the region this past weekend saw North Central Ohio with boots on the ground. With
ONTARIO — Recently retired Major General and former Knesset Member Eyal Ben-Reuven received applause and a warm reception from North Central Ohio. Last week Sar Shalom Center hosted the highly-decorated officer of the Israeli Defense Forces with open arms for a “Stand for Israel” event. “I am deeply humbled to
ONTARIO — It is often said that faith will move mountains, and some have just found that out. Several local residents attended a Congress composed of Jewish, Christian, and Messianic Jewish delegates from across thirty different nations and eleven states. The convocation was hosted in June by Kehilat Yovel, a
ONTARIO — This past weekend Sar Shalom Center hosted a “Stand with Israel” assembly sponsored by the Richland Community Prayer Network and the Israeli Leadership Institute (ILI). One of five scheduled events in the state, the gathering celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the rebirth of Israel and raised funds to
Voices were hushed, lights were low. The normal environment of Sar Shalom Messianic Congregation is one filled with the sounds of chatter, bursts of laughter and the occasional squeals from children. But this was not a normal evening. Tonight the congregation was recognizing the more than 6 million lives that
MANSFIELD — Tuesday, April 25th, Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed during a community gathering at Sar Shalom Messianic Congregation on 1650 South Main Street. The Holocaust was a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and World War II collaborators. The victims
MANSFIELD – Twenty-four pastors in Richland County endorsed Texas Senator Ted Cruz as their choice as president, days before Ohio’s primary election. Amie Mutti, Richland County chairperson for the Cruz Grassroots Effort, said the endorsement was part of a larger campaign in which clergymen from across the county wrote a letter citing
