By Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Mag— The cacophony that accompanies every upsurge in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can make it seem impossible for outsiders to sort out the facts. Recent events in Gaza are no exception. The shrillest voices on each side are already offering their own mutually exclusive narratives that acknowledge some realities while scrupulously avoiding…
By Israel Today— A Hamas official admitted in an interview with Arab media this week that the vast majority of those killed during mass riots at the Gaza borders were members of the terror group. According to Hamas official Salah Bardawil, 50 of the 62 claimed fatalities were Hamas terrorists. In other words, the international…
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” (In the desert …. ) Haftorah; Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Acts 2:1 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:13 – 35, “Amaum” (Emmaus … )
This week we begin the fourth book in our weekly Torah readings. We covered the grand sweeps of human history in the book of Genesis. We followed the sons of Jacob into Egypt and reached the dramatic climax of the Jewish story when Pharaoh finally let God’s people go. Leviticus beat the drum for purity…
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales arrived in Israel on Tuesday to take part in the official reopening of the Central American country’s embassy in Jerusalem’s Malha Technology Park on Wednesday. Guatemala had an embassy in Jerusalem until 1980. But it pulled it out – along with several other countries – when the…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Monday, the US Embassy was officially opened in Jerusalem as per the orders of President Donald Trump in what many believe was an integral part of the Messianic process that will culminate in another architectural landmark: the building of the Third Temple. Several prominent rabbis weigh in…
By Israel Kasnett, JNS.org— U.S. President Donald Trump made a campaign promise few thought he would keep. “We will move the American embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem,” he announced in 2016. Now that promise is about to be fulfilled. Preparations for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on…
Think on this: “I have posted Watchmen on your walls , O Jerusalem: They will never be silent day or night. You who call on the name of Yahweh, give yourselves no rest and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth.” (Isaiah 62:6-7) Pray like…