OpinionOp-Eds

Why do some Jews in Israel spit on the cross?

Last summer, I was visiting a friend at his antique and souvenir shop, located on the demarcation line between the Armenian and Jewish Quarters inside the walls near Zion Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. A tourist and his wife, both religiously observant Jews, entered the shop to buy souvenirs for their children in the U.S. The wife asked my friend to show her examples of the Jewish menorah and the Star of David, which he did. Suddenly, her eyes fell on a cross made of olive wood, and she bega

Already a subscriber?Log in here

This story is FREE for you...

Create a free account to access this and four more articles, and get more sent to you with our e-newsletter.

Or, subscribe now for unlimited access
By submitting your email address you agree for Hairenik Association, Inc. to send you communication by email.

Gaby Kevorkian

Gaby (Kapriel) Kevorkian is a physician from the Old City of Jerusalem, graduating from the Yerevan State Medical Institute in 1975. He is a family physician, health educator and researcher, having served in Jordan, the West Bank and Jerusalem. In 1992, Dr. Kevorkian was awarded a joint British Council-WHO scholarship to study Community Mental Health at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, U.K. Dr. Kevorkian currently works as a medical journalist and co-administers the "Armenians from Jerusalem" Facebook group.

2 Comments

  1. Yet Zionist American Evangelicals blindly support Israel despite these provocative anti-Christian attacks by Zionist Jewish zealots, who don’t return their love. There is hardly any condemnation from the Zionist Evangelical camp. I wonder why?

  2. Thank you Dr. Kevorkian for your reporting of what is going on in the old city. Clearly the settlers, orthodox jews, and the tourist mentioned in the article are hate filled individuals. They are truly sick people who would greatly benefit by Jesus’s ministry promoting love. Who knows, perhaps they are the descendants of the mob who called for Jesus’s crucifixion when Jesus was brought before Pilate.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Back to top button