Scripture reading for June 2, 2012
Torah: Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, “Nasso” (Elevate the head …) Haftorah: Judges 13:2 – 25 New Testament: Acts 21:17 – 26 Gospel: John 1:6 – 18, “Hu bah lehaeed” (He came to be a witness …)
Torah: Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, “Nasso” (Elevate the head …) Haftorah: Judges 13:2 – 25 New Testament: Acts 21:17 – 26 Gospel: John 1:6 – 18, “Hu bah lehaeed” (He came to be a witness …)
By STAN GOODENOUGH, JERUSALEM NEWSWIRE— Seven years ago, Israel carried out a unilateral “disengagement” from the Gaza Strip with catastrophic consequences for the Jewish state. The action saw Israeli forces uprooting 10,000 of their countrymen from their homes and demolishing their communities, thereby facilitating the establishment of a permanent terrorist mini-state in the enclave. Massive…
Jerusalem, a mosaic of different peoples, faiths, and nationalities. Nevertheless, despite this diversity, under the sovereignty of Israel, Jerusalem is a city that works. But has it always been this way?
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS— Two villages in the Holy Land’s tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East. The new focus on the region’s dominant language 2,000 years ago comes with a little help from modern technology:…
BY BREITBART— Iran is to build a new nuclear power plant, alongside its sole existing one in the southern city of Bushehr, by early 2014, state television reported on Sunday, quoting the head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organisation. “Iran will build a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bushehr next year,” the television quoted Fereydoon…
BY GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— In the Irish city of Limerick, in 1904, a powerful priest, John Creagh, promoted a boycott of the Jewish population. “It is madness”, the Christian leader declared, “for a people to allow an evil to grow in their midst that will eventually cause them ruin”. Economic sanctions were imposed; orders…
BY SALENA ZiTO, TOWNHALL— Lyle Smith sat in a wheelchair on the grounds of the national cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns. “I never imagined there would be so many headstones,” he said, looking out over the green rolling hills covered with snow-white markers. Smith was born seven years after the “War…
By Shelley Neese The holiday of Shavuot is upon us. It begins Thursday evening on May 28th and ends the evening of May 30th. If you haven’t heard of the Biblical holiday of Shavuot, that’s probably because you are more familiar with its Greek name: Pentecost. On Shavuot, Jews celebrate the events that took place…
BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— The current round of negotiations between the world powers and Iran is “not working,” a senior Israeli official said Monday, adding that after two meetings there is “not an iota of evidence indicating the Iranians are in any way serious about curbing their nuclear program.” Israel was briefed by a senior…
BY VICTOR SHARPE— What have the United States, China and Israel in common? You may be surprised at the answer. But first, compare their respective populations. The U.S has a population of some 313 million people. China has 1.4 billion. Israel, on the other hand, has a population of only 7 million and its landmass…