Scripture Reading for May 12, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2, “Behar” (on the mountain … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 32:6 – 27 New Testament: Acts 1:4 – 11 Gospel: Luke 4:16 – 21, “Gudal” ( His custom … )
High-Profile Ceremony for the Forthcoming Museum in Lithuania
On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Seduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr Inna Rogatchi, the author of the forthcoming film…
Trump’s Peace Plan Reported: Four Neighborhoods in Jerusalem as PA Capital
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Friday morning it was reported that US President Trump’s plan for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) was revealed to Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman during his visit to Washington last week. According to the report, Israel will be called upon to relinquish…
Iran Expected to Attack Israel After Trump Nixes Nuclear Deal
By Israel Today— Defense officials in both Israel and the United States say they expect Iran to soon attack the Jewish state following President Donald Trump’s announcement that his government is abandoning the nuclear deal brokered by his predecessor, Barack Obama. Trump promised two years ago during his presidential campaign that he’d nix the Iran…
PM Netanyahu’s statement following President Trump’s statement regarding US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening (Tuesday, 8 May 2018), issued the following statement: “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran. Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking Iran’s path to a bomb,…
Watching Netanyahu in Tehran
By Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post— The same day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that Israel seized Iran’s archive of its military nuclear program in Tehran and spirited it to Israel, a video was posted of IDF soldiers singing Soltane Ghalbha, a traditional Persian love song – in Persian. Taken together, the two events demonstrate the…
American Jewish Organization Applauds President Trump’s Historic Decision on JCPOA
The National Conference on Jewish Affairs (NCJA) has released the following statement today: “We wish to express our gratitude to President Trump for his bold, thoughtful and principled decision to have the United States terminate our nation’s participation in the dangerous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the ‘Iran Nuclear Deal’ that was negotiated during…
IDF Preparing for Massive Missile Attack from Iran
By Avi Abelow, Israel Unwired— Iran has vowed revenge against Israel for bombing the T4 army base they were building in Syria. Iran has threatened Israel with a massive missile attack. Israel is taking these threats very seriously. It is believed that Israel has made public its concern about the Iranian threat in order to…