Scripture Reading for February 8, 2014
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10. “Tetzavan” ( You shall command …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10 – 27 New Testament: Hebrews 13: 10 – 17 Gospel: John 17:6 – 12, “Giliti et shemka” (I have manifested your Name …)
Trying to scare us
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Finance Minister Yair Lapid delivered a scary speech on Wednesday. At the Institute of National Security Studies conference, Lapid warned that if we don’t accept US Secretary of State John Kerry’s framework for negotiations, the Europeans are going to take away our money. Lapid claimed that Israel’s economic future is dependent…
Despite decades of enmity, Israel quietly aids Syrian civilians
By ISABEL KERSHNER, NY TIMES— Two brothers, ages 10 and 8, were playing marbles outside their home in a town in Syria when a rocket decapitated the older one and critically wounded his sibling. Having rushed the surviving child to a local hospital, the mother recalled, medics told her: “If you want to save your…