There is no question Netanyahu has done a good job over the years of protecting Israel from its enemies and moving Israel away from the socialist sphere into a solid capitalistic culture. So what’s the problem? His weakness is in the way he rules—which has become more obtrusive in the last few years as threats of a corruption trial intensified.

Ari and Shira’s congregation was not the first congregation planted in Israel, but it was the first of its kind—unapologetically geared towards building a Spirit-filled Hebrew-speaking community of Israelis.