This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 11:26 to 16:17. Deuteronomy opened with a historical recap of the Exodus and Sinai. But in chapter 12, the author stops reminiscing and starts reiterating the Torah’s law code. For 14 chapters, Deuteronomy lays out the statutes that are to govern the twelve tribes once they settle in the…
By Anna Ahronheim, JPost— The Israel Air Force struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening, after a rocket landed outside Beersheba for the first time since Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Close to 200 mortars and rockets were launched toward southern communities since Wednesday evening, leaving 28 injured. Shortly after the air…
Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17, “Re’eh” (See!… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Acts 2:1- 13 Gospel: John 7:37 -52, “Be’yom Ha’akcharon” (On the last day … )
BY OLIVIER MELNICK, New AntiSemitism— There are words that just don’t co-exist very well, and “Jewish Christian” is definitely one of these dysfunctional couples that we call oxymorons. People say that you cannot be Jewish and Christian at the same time, because the two terms are mutually exclusive. Christians are often confused about Jewish people…