Scripture Reading for September 26, 2015
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1- 52, “Ha ‘ azinu” (Give ear … ) Haftorah: II Samuel 1:1 – 52 New Testament: Romans 11:11 – 24 Gospel: John 4:13 -16, “Ha’ yeshuah me’ hayehudeem” (Salvation is of the Jews … )
Israel fears return of Persian Empire
By: Ben Caspit, ALMONITOR— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked Sept. 21 for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an unusual, perhaps even unprecedented move, Netanyahu took Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot as well as military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi with him. In general, Israeli prime ministers…
Our Iranian Interlocutor- Ali Khamenei’s dark obsession with Jews and Israel
BY ALI ALFONEH and REUEL MARC GERECHT, Weekly Standard— Antisemitism has never been an easy subject for America’s foreign-policy establishment. Read through State Department telegrams and Central Intelligence Agency operational and intelligence cables on the Middle East and you will seldom find it discussed, even though Jew-hatred—not just anti-Zionism—has been a significant aspect, if not…
President Obama and Pope Francis Both Admit That Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism
By: Adam Levick, Algemeiner— It’s been a difficult couple of weeks for “progressive” anti-Zionists. First, Barack Obama, during his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg last week, clearly suggested that denying Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitic. More recently, it was reported that Pope Francis told Portuguese-Israeli journalist Henrique Cymerman that “anyone who does not recognize the…
This week’s prayer points
MEDITATE ON ZECHARIAH 12:2-9 2 “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling (staggering, bewilderment, drunken destabilization) to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. 3 “It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all…
Behold Yeshua our Kapparah (Atonement) – Voice for Israel Torah Study on Yom Kippur
By: Hannah Nesher, Voice For Israel— Shalom Chaverim (friends), Greetings from the Land of Israel where in just a few short minutes from now the sun will be setting and we will enter into the holiest day of the biblical calendar – Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (or Yom Hakippurim יום הכיפורים). ”And the Lord…
Truth Report: (John 8:58) What Yom Kippur means to Christians
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” John 8:58 NIV
In rare move, Netanyahu to bring army chiefs to meet Putin in Moscow
By: HERB KEINON, JPOST— IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Herzl Halevi will accompany Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a lightning trip to Moscow on Monday, in a clear signal that regional arms transfers and Russia’s troop deployments in Syria will be the main focus of the discussions. Top IDF generals…
Erdogan: Israel Defending Temple Mount ‘A Red Line’
By: Tova Dvorin, Israel National News— Israel defending Judaism’s holiest site is a “red line,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated to a delegation of visiting Arab MKs on Monday. “I am very disturbed by the situation and will act in the international arena as much as I can to stop the dangerous events…