By David Harris, Huffington Post— Mention history and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to the equation and folks might start running for the hills, unwilling to get caught up in the seemingly bottomless pit of details and disputes. But without an understanding of what happened in the past,…
By Yoram Ettinger, Israel Hayom— Contrary to conventional “wisdom,” most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine — and most of the 320,000 1948 Arab refugees — were migrant workers and descendants of 1831-1947 Muslim immigrants from across the Arab world. At the time, Britain enticed Arab immigration and blocked Jewish immigration. Thus, between 1880 and 1919,…
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “Bechutai” (In my statutes … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 -17:14 New Testament: James 5:14-16 Gospel: Matthew 21:23 – 32, “Al ha’micdash” (In the Temple … )