Think on this: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch… I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They will never be silent day of night. You who call on Yahweh,…
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— With the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in view, it is worth being reminded not only of how many perished, but also of those who escaped the jaws of Nazism – often miraculously. It is a little known fact that in spite of terrible persecution in Eastern Europe, thousands of Jewish…
DRAMA AMIDST BEAUTY RE-ADDRESSING THE HOLOCAUST TODAY By Inna Rogatchi It was a warm, sunny day in the beautiful part of France just a stone away from Spain, in Nouvelle-Acquitaine. Everything was relaxed around me: people, cars, even shadows. No pressure, no hussle, elegance all around. We were interested in many things around us walking…
By Sergey Kanovich The sky was bright blue. “So clear, almost as clear as the water in the yard of our house in Jonava,” thought Aizik and closed his eyes again. A few soft snowflakes fell from the blue sky. It seemed you could count them. Like family members–snowflake Sara, snowflake Rosette, snowflake Joseph, and…
By Michael Wilner, JPost— The Trump administration has begun laying the groundwork for talks between Israelis and Palestinians, sharing elements of the plan with partners in the region ahead of an anticipated rollout after Israel’s April 9 elections, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Speaking via video link to the World Economic…
BY JNS— The World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent nearly 2,000 participants to Israel, and Judea and Samaria, since 2002 to train them in anti-Israel narratives and assign them to communities worldwide, according to a report from NGO Monitor. With no similar program in other conflict zones, the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine…
Torah: Exodus 18;1-20:23, “Yitro” (Jethro… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 6:1-7:6, 9:5-6 New Testament: Romans 8:1-4 Gospel: Matthew 8:5-20, “Sar Hateah” (The Centurion … )
By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Breaking Israel News-— Even through Christian evangelicals around the world today tend to support Israel and support its right to exist, know that Jesus was born Jewish and believe in the Hebrew Bible, the Jewish-Christian relationship over the millennia has been fraught with conflict – and the Jews were always victims on the…