By Times of Israel—- A Polish lawmaker said Friday that a committee examining potential German reparations to Poland hoped to complete its report by September 1, the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion, and would likely demand up to $850 billion for the damage inflicted during World War II. Arkadiusz Mularczyk, who is leading a…
By Herb Keinon, JPost— In a twist to the “after-the-hagim ” line ubiquitous here around Passover and Rosh Hashanah, Jared Kushner – US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser – said Tuesday that the long-awaited Trump peace blueprint will be rolled out “after Ramadan.” “We were getting ready at the end of last year,…
By Ryan Jones, Israel Today— There were those who were concerned that after recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moving the US Embassy here, and giving a thumbs-up to Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, President Donald Trump was going to require some pretty big concessions of the Jewish state in his soon-to-be-released scheme for Middle…
By Paul Strand, Breaking Christian News— Christians all know Christ died for them on the cross. But a doctor here in Indianapolis who studied crucifixion for a decade says until you understand what Jesus went through medically, it’s hard to fully appreciate just how much He suffered to pay for the sins of mankind. “It…
Torah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover … ) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:3-4 Gospel: Luke 22: 7-20, “Pesach” (Passover …)
Think on this: “For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” (I Corinthians 5:7-8) Pray like this: Gracious Father, hasten the day when the world will acknowledge Jesus as the Passover Lamb of…
In Exodus 13, the Bible presents a holy script for the holiday of Passover. Essentially, God designed a ritual which makes certain that the Jews institute the Exodus in their collective memory. Their Egypt experience binds them as a people who share a history of oppression but also one where they are commanded to remember…
By Yossi Kuperwasser, Times of Israel— On the eve of the Israeli elections, the “PLO Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society” published a relatively detailed position paper in Hebrew, aiming to explain the organization’s positions regarding relations with Israel and its points of contention with Israel. It seems that the timing had to do with…
By Daniel Pipes, Israel Hayom— U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict surfaced two years ago and to this day – remarkably – only he and a handful of aides know its precise details. A stream of leaks, however, contains enough internal consistency that their collation, supplemented by conversations with administration officials,…
Torah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover … ) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2-6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:3-4 Gospel: Luke 22: 7-20, “Pesach” (Passover …)