Scripture Reading for February 9, 2019
Torah: Exodus 25:1-27:19 “Terumah”, (Contribution … ) Haftorah: I Kings 5:12- 6:13 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:1-15 Gospel: Matthew 5:33-37 “Gedarecha” (Your Oaths … )
Suicidal Jews
By Joan Swirsky— When individuals kill themselves, we look for answers in their DNA, their environments, their personal reactions to feelings of impotent rage, rejection, disappointment, heartbreak. But how to explain group suicide? Wikipedia lists numerous cases, starting in 206 B.C., and these relatively recent cases: In 1943, in the final phase of the Warsaw…
Trump’s New AntiSemitism Envoy Makes Inaugural Trip Abroad
By Michael Wilner, Jpost— The Trump administration’s newly-appointed special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism will take his first official trip to Slovakia and Belgium this week. On visits to Slovakia and Belgium, Elan Carr will attend conferences on combating antisemitism in the OSCE region and in the European Union in Bratislava and Brussels, respectively,…
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of Fellowship of Christians and Jews, dies at 67
By Times of Israel—- Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, passed away suddenly Wednesday afternoon at the age of 67. The American-Israeli rabbi died from sudden heart failure and his funeral will be held in Jerusalem on Thursday. Eckstein was an author, philanthropist and activist who served…
Israeli Report Shows Vast Ties Between Terror and BDS Organizations
By JNS— A new report by Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs examined 13 international BDS organizations and discovered that senior positions were held by 30 terrorism activists — 20 of whom who had actually spent time in prison for their crimes, including murder. Conducted by the research division at the behest of Minister Gilad Erdan, the report “Terrorists…
In West Bank, Ya’alon plugs ‘right to settle every part of the Land of Israel’
By Raoul Wootliff, Times of Israel— Days after joining political forces with Israel Resilience chair Benny Gantz, former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon outlined on Sunday his ideological opposition to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, praising the settlement project in the West Bank and saying that the Jewish state “has a right to every…
The Progressive Left’s intolerance towards Christianity
By Alan Bergstein, Israel National News— Jews have long suffered from the bigotry of the Democrat Party going way back to the WWII Roosevelt years when he coldly ignored the plight of millions of European Jews. And then most of us voted overwhelmingly for Obama knowing full well from his close relationships to Rev. Wright,…
Truth Report: “Who gets the promises of God?”
Think on this: “If you belong to Christ, you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:29) Pray like this: Father, grant by your Holy Spirit that all who read this “May confess with their mouth that Jesus is Yahweh, and believe in their heart that Yahweh raised him from the dead – and be saved.” (Romans…
Scripture of February 2, 2019
Torah: Exodus 21:-24:18, “Mishpatim” (Judgements … ) Haftorah: II Kings 12:1- 17 New Testament: Acts 21:20-26 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-13, “Histanah” (He Was Transfigured … )