Shira Sorko-Ram

Shira has lived in Israel since 1967. She has worked as director and producer of documentary films. “Dry Bones," a film on the prophetic significance of Israel’s rebirth is acclaimed around the world and was seen by Golda Meir. Shira has written for many publications concerning the Messianic Jewish Movement and the Christians’ part in Israel’s spiritual resurrection. For forty-four years she published the monthly MAOZ ISRAEL REPORT, giving a prophetic, political, and spiritual perspective of current events in Israel. Shira, along with her husband, Ari, co-founded Maoz Israel Ministries, leading for over 40 years. During that time, they pioneered several Messianic Jewish congregations in the Tel Aviv area, sponsored national conferences for the Israeli believers, and established a humanitarian fund, IstandwithIsrael. They published well-known books into Hebrew, encouraged and sponsored born-again Jews returning to Israel, helped immigrants with small businesses, supported Arab leaders who have a heart for evangelism and for Israel, and assisted in the fight for the civil rights of Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus) in the land of Israel. They passed the leadership of Maoz over to Kobi and Shani Ferguson, their son-in-law and daughter, in January 2021.​Ari and Shira reside in Ramat HaSharon. They have two sabra (born in Israel) children, and six grandchildren.