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…
By Earl Cox, Israel Always— Man’s inhumanity toward man began almost at the dawn of recorded history and hatred for the Jews is just as ancient. The Egyptian pharaoh and his people became markedly anti-Semitic based on fear and not much has changed. The past two thousand years have seen vicious and brutal physical attacks…
By John Piper God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.”…
“When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.” Shimon Peres, former President of Israel
Think like this: “Salvation is from the Jews” (John 4:22) Pray like this: Father, Grant Christians the knowledge of what is the real source of their faith. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25. The Israelites are still camped on the opposite side of Jordan, poised for entrance into the land. But these are Moses’ last moments with his people; these are his last words, his parting wisdom. Moses summarizes the last forty years, all of their highs and lows.…
By JNS— Much like the 2016 presidential election, the 2018 midterm congressional elections are shaping up to be one of the most contentious in recent memory. Democrats are attempting to retake both houses of Congress in a bid to serve as a check on U.S. President Donald Trump and to rectify their embarrassing defeat in…