Scripture reading for June 23, 2012
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 “Korach” (Korah … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1–7 Gospel: Luke 12:49 – 53; 13:1 – 5 “Esh bati” (I came to send fire …)
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 “Korach” (Korah … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1–7 Gospel: Luke 12:49 – 53; 13:1 – 5 “Esh bati” (I came to send fire …)
BY ILAN BERMAN, MOSCOW TIMES— On Monday and Tuesday, all eyes will be on Russia as it hosts the third round in the troubled international negotiations now under way between Iran and the West over the former’s nuclear program. The stakes in the parlay are exceedingly high. Previous negotiations in Turkey and Baghdad failed to…
BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The security crackdown in the West Bank has nothing to do with combating terrorism. The arrests and confiscations of weapons are part of an effort by the Palestinian Authority to fight crime and dissension within its own ranks. In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority security forces have been launching a…