The first official Israeli exhibit will debut at the Louvre Museum in Paris tomorrow – a 1,700-year-old mosaic discovered in Lod, Israel.
The impressive artwork was discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority during an archaeological excavation in 1996 and fully excavated and removed in 2009. The well-preserved mosaic floor measures about 180 square meters and includes detailed pictures of mammals, birds, fish, plants, and merchant vessels.
For the past four years, The Fellowship has supported Afikim, a group of eight centers that help impoverished families by providing after-school programing for at-risk kids as well as training for their moms and dads in parenting, home-management, and vocational skills. The Fellowship also provides these needy families with food cards to ensure that the children are receiving proper nutrition.
Manyak (14), Victoriya (11), and Georgy (10) live in a ramshackle cottage on the outskirts of a town in Russia. They barely have any furniture, and their main source of food is a nearby vegetable garden. There is no indoor plumbing, so they must use an outhouse. The children love to read, but they cannot afford books and there is no library nearby.
In response to the devastating tornado system that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday killing at least 51 people and destroying countless neighborhoods, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sent a letter to President Obama, offering support and condolences:
“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”—Numbers 8:2