By ROBERT BLOMGREN— Your name is Johann and it is the early spring of ’42. The days are getting both longer and warmer in northern Germany and exciting news has arrived in today’s mail. Finally, at the age of 45, you are not too old to serve your Führer in the Nazi war effort. Your…
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 — 29:9, “Ki Tavo” (When you enter in …) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 — 22 New Testament: Acts 7:30 — 36 Gospel: Matthew 23: 29 — 39 “Baruk haba be shem Yahweh” (Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh …)
By REUTERS— Any use of chemical or bacterial weapons by government forces in Syria would trigger a “massive and lightning fast” response from the West, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. “We talk about this, in particular with our American and British partners, and follow it closely on a day-to-day basis. “Our response…
By DANIEL PIPES— “President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus.” That’s what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party’s nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons. Romney had deployed this phrase before, for example in May 2011 and…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Clearer red lines drawn by the international community on Iran’s nuclear aspirations would diminish the chances of a conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday in a possible signal that Israel and the U.S. are aligning their positions on Iran. The remark followed recent reports of disagreements between the two countries…