It is not surprising that flint became a metaphor for God, as flint is strong, flint instruments provided protection, and they were part of food preparation and the making of clothing.
The Israel Story podcast tracked down the closest living relatives of the Israeli Declaration of Independence signatories to ask about what the signers wanted and what they thought of Israel now.
Every couple of years, we hear about the ‘last’ remaining descendants of Ethiopian Jewry fulfilling their dream of making Aliyah; Conversely, every year, the Ethiopian Church submits twice as many work visa applications for clergy, arguing that there is a shortage of faculty to accommodate the growing number of new believers