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COVID surge and lack of vaccine threaten to overwhelm healthcare systems in the West Bank and Gaza “The situation is really very scary in Gaza.” — Suhaila Tarazi, director of Ahli Arab Hospital Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported this week that hospitals in the West...

Recently bishop-coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, the Rt. Rev. Hosam Naoum, joined some of his American friends to talk about the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf and other ministries of the Diocese. Despite the challenges brought by the pandemic and the ongoing...

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.Proverbs 17:17 Last year on this date I was visiting the Diocese of Jerusalem schools and hospitals you so generously support. No one knew what lay ahead in 2020. None...

Updates from the West Bank, Gaza, and Zarqa, Jordan Episcopal Vocational and Technological Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah “We are glad to let you know that despite all the challenges that the world is facing through this pandemic, we at ETVTC are managing with full...

Three weeks.  That’s the time it took for the clergy and concerned members of St. John’s Norwood Church in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to raise more than $114,000 to fully fund a critically needed 4D ultrasound machine for St. Luke’s Hospital in the northern West Bank...

There’s no better place to watch and wait for the birth of Jesus than the Holy Land. Beginning on December 1 the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ) will launch a Holy Land Advent calendar to offer a daily glimpse into the...

For years, Giovanni Anbar, the founder and director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, has depended on the Center’s guesthouse for a steady income stream to cover operating expenses.  Before the pandemic, ETVTC’s ten-room guesthouse offered students in the hospitality...

As our brothers and sisters across the Holy Land live with the threat of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak, they also must negotiate the devastating impact that intermittent shutdowns and the disappearance of tourism have had on the economies in the region. In recent months, American...

With the arrival of coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown – when all therapy sessions were forced online – the Centre’s leaders made a surprising discovery. A core program at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre (JPBC) has been a two-week residential session for families with children...

Gaza will soon enter its seventh week of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since August more than 2,500 people have tested positive and the healthcare system – already deteriorating from 13 years of blockade and deep cuts in international aid – is overwhelmed. But...