By RON JAGER— In the recent weeks since the national elections in Israel and the emergence of a right-wing political coalition lead by the Likud, one can notice a distinct change in the international atmosphere whenever Israel is concerned. The past weeks have brought a tsunami of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and anti-Semitic actions that have clearly…
By JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— NOSES WENT out of joint and knickers got in a twist when Israel’s new deputy foreign minister delivered her inaugural speech to the Jewish state’s diplomatic corps. “We need to get back to the basic truth of our right to this land,” said Tzipi Hotovely, who is running the foreign…
Torah: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16, “Behe’alotekha” (When you set up…) Haftorah: Zechariah 4:1 -14 New Testament: Revelation 11:1 -14 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 -13, “Le’achar shisha yameem” (After six days …)