JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL By Rabbi Shlomo Pereira 1656 Crossroads of Destiny: Christian Millenarians, Jewish Survival, and the Land of Israel In 1656–57, R. Nathan Shapira, emissary of Jerusalem’s beleaguered Ashkenazic community, secured unprecedented gifts from Dutch and English Millenarian Protestants after… | Read More in The Blogs | Read More Israel Insider […]. Read More in Israel NOWlej.