Join us Sunday, January 19 at 5:00pm as Christians from the community of faith in the Los Angeles region come together for Los Angeles Celebrates Israel at Greater Zion Church Family, 2408 N. Wilmington Ave, Compton, CA 90222 with Pastor Michael J. Fisher. It will be a powerful day of solidarity with the Jewish people, and a wonderful celebration of the nation of Israel!
Israel is facing many challenges in the world right now, and the community of faith in the region will join together on Sunday, January 19 at 5:00pm to declare our love and support for Israel and the Jewish People. Please mark your calendar right now and plan to join us for this wonderful service!
In this moment in Israel’s history, you do not want to miss this opportunity to add your voice to those of others in this region expressing our love and support for Israel and the Jewish people!
This promises to be an exciting day, with many leaders and members of the Jewish Community present as our special guests.
Speakers and guests will include representatives from Israel, as well as civic leaders from the region. The service is free and open to the public, and a special offering will be taken for Israel.
Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Greater Zion Church Family, 2408 N. Wilmington Ave, Compton, CA 90222
Speaker Bios
Rabbi Pini Dunner
Rabbi Pini Dunner hails from a prominent European rabbinic family, that survived the Holocaust and ended up in London, England. Rabbi Dunner’s late grandfather, Rav Joseph Hirsch Dunner, was the Presiding Rabbi and Av Bet-Din of the Union of Hebrew Congregations in London for over 50 years, his late father, Rabbi Aba Dunner, was the executive director of the highly influential Conference of European Rabbis.
Following his yeshiva studies in England, the United States and Israel, Rabbi Dunner majored in Jewish History at University College London. During the early 1990s Rabbi Dunner served as the assistant rabbi at Moscow Choral Synagogue, at a time when Jews in Russia were only just starting to publicly practice their Judaism. He initiated groundbreaking projects for Jewish youth in Russia, and was involved in organizing some of the largest public Jewish events to take place in Moscow for more than 70 years.
In 1998, Rabbi Dunner set up the trailblazing Saatchi Synagogue for post-graduate professional singles in London’s West End. Weekly sell-out Friday night dinners were addressed by a range of high profile speakers, including Binyamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Natan Sharansky, Ehud Olmert, the Mayor of London, Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, and many others.
Rabbi Dunner is an acknowledged expert on antiquarian Hebrew books and manuscripts, and is frequently consulted by libraries, academics, dealers, and private collectors.
In the Summer of 2011 Rabbi Dunner moved to Los Angeles, together with his wife and 6 children, to take up the position as Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YULA). In 2013, Rabbi Dunner was appointed Senior Rabbi at YINBH- Beverly Hills Synagogue, and he now resides in Beverly Hills.
Robert Stearns – Israel Christian Nexus
Dr. Robert Stearns is the founder and executive director of Eagles' Wings, a dynamic ministry involved in outreaches and strategic projects around the world. Coming from a Christian background, he has become an influential leader in interfaith dialogue, with particular emphasis in Jewish/Christian relations. He delivered the keynote address, along with several Prime Ministers and Presidents, at the Inaugural Summit of Peace and Tolerance, a global forum on democracy hosted at the Presidential Palace in Kiev, Ukraine. He has also addressed the British House of Lords and most recently, Stearns was a participant alongside twenty other major interfaith leaders from across the US in New York University’s prestigious forum, “Religious Leadership, Civil Discourse and Democracy in the Public Square: Advancing the Positive Role of Faith Leaders in America.” A native of Buffalo, NY, Robert received the Community Interfaith Commendation by the Town of Amherst, NY and the Western New York Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo. In 2014, Robert succeeded Pastor Jack Hayford as the President of the Israel Christian Nexus and is continuing the work of Pastor Hayford and founder General Shimon Erem (of blessed memory).
Dr. Hillel Newman, Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest
Dr. Hillel Newman assumed the post of Consul General of Israel in July 2019, where he serves as the senior representative of the State of Israel to the Pacific Southwest. Consul General Newman is a highly respected author, academic and statesman. Dr. Newman’s diplomatic experience includes serving as a Policy Advisor to three Foreign Ministers, Ambassador to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and Deputy Consul General in Boston.
Most recently, as both Special Policy Advisor to the Director General and as Director of the World Jewish Affairs Department, Consul General Newman has been intimately involved in the most current and pressing issues on the global Jewish agenda. He also has a unique overview of the strategic threats facing Israel due to playing a key role in the Strategic Division of the Foreign Ministry.
Consul General Newman made Aliyah to Israel with his family, as a young man, from South Africa. He served as a medic in the IDF and is married to Ayala. The couple have a ten-year-old son, Ram.
Dr. Michael J. Fisher
At the tender age of eighteen, Rev. Michael J. Fisher – son of the legendary Dr. W. Jerome Fisher and Min. Norma Fisher – stepped into his destiny as one of God’s called and anointed spokesmen of the gospel ministry. With an unprecedented timeline, Rev. Michael Fisher was licensed, ordained and elevated to Youth Pastor, then to Co-Pastor (serving alongside his father), and eventually named the Pastor of the then Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church, which is now Greater Zion Church Family.
Dr. Fisher uses his influences to affect change in the lives of the congregation he under-shepherds, the local Greater Los Angeles area, the country, and even abroad. He is in constant pursuit of various means to reach a culture that may not always walk into the church edifice. Such efforts have resulted in the following: Pastor Fisher is a gospel recording artist under the name J. Kingdom; local radio shows including “What’s Up With That” and the first, ever sermonic airing on Los Angeles’ premier hip-hop station; Founder/Director of nationally acclaimed and winning choirs, Voices of Destiny and Destiny 24. From his visionary insight critical programs emerged. The Young Visionaries Program, the #PUSH100 Initiative, and the founding of the Alpha Phi Zion Christian Fraternity. This is all a testament to the depth of Pastor Fisher’s dedication and commitment to his church and the community as a whole. Most recently, Dr. Fisher had his first book published, “12 Pillars of the Church”.
Understanding that his mandate exceeds his own ministry, Pastor Fisher has been described as a “Pastor’s Pastor”, providing pastoral leadership to a growing number of Senior Pastors and a ministerial staff. At the close of the day, it is the heart, the mission, the drive, and the motivation of Pastor Michael Fisher to change the world through service to God by way of building a bridge that stretches from the throne of God to the broken lives of men. Pastor Michael Fisher’s prayer is for the power of God to help us attain the mission that is set before us, so many lives might be saved and the people of God will be set on a path of complete deliverance. Dr. Fisher is a dedicated family man to his wife and children, all building the Kingdom, together.
