#44 - Erez Soref
The Eric Metaxas Show
Metaxas Media
4.7 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I talk with Erez Soref of @oneforisrael about his Jewish journey to faith in Jesus, why Nehemiah matters right now, and why they see modern antisemitism as spiritual, not just political. TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Intro (0:19) Dr Erez Saraf Joins (2:11) How A Jewish Israeli Met Jesus (5:23) Why Nehemiah Still Matters (7:31) Exile, Return, And Rebuilding Walls (13:05) Who Was Nehemiah’s Persian King? (14:24) Is Israel Setting The Stage? (17:11) Why Is Antisemitism Surging Again? (22:34) One For Israel And Bible College
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, folks. Welcome. It's my great joy to bring a new guest to the program. This is our new friend. His name is Dr. Erez Soreth. |
| 0:16.0 | He is the CEO and president of an organization called One for Israel. |
| 0:27.5 | He's the author of a brand new book called Walking the Walls with Nehemiah. |
| 0:31.9 | And he's my guest right now. |
| 0:34.0 | Eraz, welcome. |
| 0:35.3 | Hi, good morning. |
| 0:36.2 | Hello. |
| 0:37.2 | Shalom. I know you morning. Hello. Shalom. |
| 0:38.3 | I know you're in Tel Aviv area. |
| 0:42.0 | You're in Israel. |
| 0:43.0 | I want your story before we get into everything. |
| 0:47.2 | Where did you grow up? |
| 0:49.7 | What is your faith story? |
| 0:51.2 | And how did you get to be the head of an organization that's bringing Jesus |
| 0:55.8 | to Jewish people? Well, I was born and raised in Israel. And in my generation, in the 70s, |
| 1:03.6 | and the 80s, we heard absolutely nothing about Jesus of Nazareth. And when I was 22, I met for the first time in my life. |
| 1:13.3 | It was outside of Israel when I was traveling a group of Christians. |
| 1:18.8 | And, you know, like I said, I didn't know very much about Jesus or Christians, |
| 1:24.3 | but I could see some spiritual quality in their lives who became friends. |
| 1:29.6 | And they told me about Jesus. And I said, well, Jesus is great for you, you know, but I'm Jewish. |
| 1:34.8 | We don't believe in Jesus. But it was through their testimony that what Paul is calling, causing |
| 1:42.5 | the Jewish people, the jealousy happened to me. |
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