Violins of Hope helping to Educate and Combat Antisemitism through Culture and the Arts Join us this week and next week for our discussion with Arlene Bridges Samuels to find out about Violins of Hope. Arlene is a pro-Israel Christian advocate who has held pioneering positions for two decades with Israel Always, American Israel Public…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— For almost six years since the 2015 “nuclear deal,” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was reached, the European Union has been appeasing Iran’s ruling mullahs. What the EU fails to see is that that its soft policy towards the mullahs has been a total disaster and dangerous. Right after…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— World powers must make sure Iran understands that there would be “serious implications” if it does not relinquish its nuclear ambitions, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said over the weekend. The Israeli prime minister, who is en route to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, is set to meet with nine…
By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel. Joel…
By Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post— A hacker group called Moses Staff claimed this week that it has successfully conducted a cyberattack on the Israeli Defense Ministry, releasing files and photos it claims it obtained from the ministry’s servers. Moses Staff’s website claims that the group has hacked over 165 servers and 254 websites and compiled…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For Hamas and PIJ, the admission is yet another sign that the truth can be painful and inconvenient, especially when it comes from a…
By Amy Zewe— Well, some if it is, and demonstratively so! Whether or not you personally agree with the environmental movement—of which there are many degrees—when environmentalists veer into antisemitic behavior, we need to pay attention. Conservation of the earth is indeed a mandate to us from God. We are to be proper stewards of…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— Right-wing lawmakers and officials expressed outrage Wednesday over the Biden administration’s criticism of Israel’s planned settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. On Tuesday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said Washington was “deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep…
By Megan Sauter, Biblical Archaeology Review— Genesis 38 recounts the saga of Judah and Tamar. Er, Judah’s oldest son, marries Tamar, but he dies, leaving her a childless widow. Er’s brother Onan then marries Tamar, according to levirate marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5–10), but he also dies without giving her any children. She then returns to her…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— Reminiscence on the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Chesvan 20th, 5781, the last year, was on Shabbat. In the secular calendar, it was November 7th, 2020. On Motzei Shabbat, in that special Shabbat-blessed mood being both relaxed and uplifted, we turned on our devices. And got the…