Help Mike Journey to Israel!

Please help me make a pilgrimage to Israel!

My name is Mike Perlmutter, I am originally from Long Island NY and have lived in Chicago as an inner-city missionary for 30 years. I was recently invited to go on a pilgrimage to Israel in late January 2026 with a good brother in the Lord who is a fellow Messianic Jew. It’s been a longing of mine to visit the city of Jerusalem, and to see the four historical quarters of this ancient and Holy city: The Armenian Quarter, the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, and the Jewish Quarter.

I am a 3rd generation Jewish believer in Jesus, a Messianic Jew. As long as I can remember I've always had a deep connection to God, prayer, and His Word and have longed to see the city of Jerusalem and to walk the streets where our Messiah Jesus walked–where His disciples visited and the early Church was born.

I desire to seek the God of my fathers in the city that is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. I want to visit Christ Church, the first Protestant church in the Holy Land, and would love to see the Wailing Wall, place my hand on the ancient stones, to send up prayers with dozens of others.

I would like to visit Yad HaShamonah, the only Messianic Moshav (a collective settlement of farmers). I want to pray for peace in the Middle East in the city of Peace, not only for my Jewish people, but also for my Arab cousins whom God loves so dearly.

I have lived and worked at Jesus People, an inner-city intentional community and ministry, for nearly 30 years. We live together communally so that we can better serve the poor in our neighborhood and within our walls. I work for room and board and receive no paycheck for my service. I do not have a source of extra income, which is why I am asking for help.

It has been the hope of my people, scattered around the world for two-thousand years, to one day return to Jerusalem. There is a phrase that the Jewish people proclaim every year at the end of the Passover Seder, and it is the desire of my heart, "L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim": Next Year in Jerusalem!

I'm humbly asking for help raising the funds to make this pilgrimage a reality. The money will go towards airfare, lodging, and food. Thank you in advance to all of you who will help me to bring this dream to life.

Toda Raba! (Thank you so very much).

“I believe in the restoration of the Jews to their own land in the last days. I am a firm believer in the gathering in of the Jews at a future time.” ~Charles H. Spurgeon