Unthinkable human tragedy is playing out on the streets of Jerusalem. Elderly Russian Jewsare scrounging through trash seeking sustenance for every day. With the threat of war looming,these Jews, who fled from persecution in their homeland in hopes of a better life in Israel, arenow facing a battle for survival. Some are Holocaust survivors who find bitter memories broughtback to life by hunger; some are young children whose parents cannot find work and are put tobed early at night because there is no food on the table.

The good news is that professional chef Jim Nobel is partnering with the Jerusalem PrayerTeam’s Mike Evans to open the King's Kitchen—a place where poor Jewish people inJerusalem can go and eat at no charge. King’s Kitchen is a non-profit restaurant specificallycreated to feed the poor in Charlotte, North Carolina. When Evans heard about Nobel’sproject, he thought immediately about the poor struggling to find food in Jerusalem.

"I asked Jim what it would take to establish a King's Kitchen in the Holy City,” Evans explains."Jim has agreed to lend us his expertise to help us launch in Jerusalem.” Evans is in the fund-raising stage of the project, anticipating a significant outlay of cash to make the kitchen happen.He’s looking for an appropriate site, equipment, staff and more.

"There is nothing like the King's Kitchen in Israel,” Evans explains, expressing excitement aboutthe spiritual impact the project will have. "This will be a unique and wonderful witness to thelove of God.”