This week Simone Rizkallah and James O’Reilly are joined by Yarden Zelivensky to discuss his journey to Catholicism and his life as a Jewish and Hebrew speaking Catholic in Israel.
Yarden is a husband and father of three. A Jewish convert to the Catholic faith (via Jehovah’s Witnesses), Yarden is working with the Association of Hebrew Catholics in Israel to preserve the identity and heritage of Catholics of Jewish origin within the Church and to enable them to serve the Lord and all people within the mystery of their irrevocable calling.
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Timestamps:
00:00-16:06 — Introduction | Catholic & Jewish: Where Do I belong?
16:06-22:14 — What Westerners should know about the conflict in Israel and antisemitism
22:14-35:10 — Evangelizing the Jews and Catholic Zionism
35:10-42:51 — From Agnostic to Jehovah’s Witness to Catholic
42:52-46:49 — Jewish-Catholic Relations
46:49-52:26 — Hebrew Catholic Pilgrimage and Bible Translation
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➡️ Learn more about the Association of Hebrew Catholics here.
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➡️ Sign up for Yarden’s Hebrew Catholic Holy Week pilgrimage in the Holy Land here. Having trouble signing up? Contact Yarden via email for help: yarden@zelivansky.com.
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