Scripture Reading for May 20, 2017
Torah: Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34, “Behar” (The Mount … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: Acts 9:1 – 11 Gospel: Matthew 21:33 – 46, “Shemu” (Listen … )
It’s Final: Trump Will Not Move Embassy
By David Israel, Jewish Press— President Donald Trump will not move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for the time being, a senior White House official told Bloomberg. This makes it the second campaign promise the president has broken in one evening, the first one being signing a waiver on Iran…
Christian Zionists urge Trump to keep his promise on moving embassy to Jerusalem
By Sean Savage/JNS.org Ahead of President Donald Trump’s Israel visit, top Christian Zionist organizations and leaders are calling on the president to fulfill his election campaign promise to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, despite reports that Trump is unlikely to make the move in the near future. Pastor John Hagee, founder…
Israeli President: Christians Are Our brothers
By Israel Today— Israel President Reuven Rivlin said during a meeting with church leaders in Jerusalem that Christians and Jews are “brothers.” Rivlin invited the heads of the various churches in Jerusalem to his official residence on the occasion of Easter. He used the opportunity to decry the rising persecution of Christians across the Middle…