Daily Archives: September 24, 2013

Video: Jewish priestly blessing at Western Wall

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection September 24, 2013

Jerusalem the fifth day of the festival of Sukkot. Jews from across the world took part in the bi-annual “birkat kohanim” or “priestly blessings,” which take place during Sukkot and Pesach (Passover). The service saw thousands of kohanim – members of the priestly families of Israel – bless the gathered crowd in a show of…

Two hundred million Europeans see Israel as a Nazi state

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection September 24, 2013

By GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— The fundamental Zionist idea about anti-Semitism was that once a Jewish State was realized, the problem of anti-Semitism in Paris, Berlin and Rome would be solved. Since Jews would have their own homeland, they could no longer be persecuted as religious and national strangers. But this neat packet of reasoning…