Daily Archives: September 25, 2012

Israel on high alert ahead of Yom Kippur

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection September 25, 2012

By YNET-— The special police alertness level which was put into effect ahead of the Rosh Hashanah holiday will continue during Yom Kippur and will only be terminated after the Simchat Torah holiday in 10 days time. Security forces will be standing by on Tuesday and Wednesday at cemeteries, synagogues and prayer sites and thousands…

Video: Corrie Ten Boom, Her Testimony in her own words

HolocaustBy The Jerusalem Connection September 25, 2012

On May 1942, a well-dressed woman came to the Ten Boom door with a suitcase in hand. She told the Ten Booms that she was a Jew and that her husband had been arrested several months before, and her son had gone into hiding. Occupation authorities had recently visited her, and she was too fearful…