By Jeremy Sharon and Gil Hoffman, JPost— Amid mounting political instability and the resignation of a government minister over the prime minister’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said threats by the premier about elections were a threat to the public, not the Blue and White party. Ashkenazi was speaking following the…
We are in the middle of the High Holidays on the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have come and gone and Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, begins tonight, October 2nd. According to Jewish tradition, on the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, Deuteronomy 32 is read as a community. I…
By Anna Ahronheim, JPost— Days after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Hezbollah is storing precision missiles at three sites in a residential neighborhood in Beirut which led the terror group to show off the site to journalists, the IDF has used footage from the tour to identify machines used to manufacture precision missiles.…
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel— Following a public outcry over a proposed “ethnic studies” curriculum that was full of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel messaging, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. In July, United with Israel asked its readers to contact California school officials and demand they stop the…
By Zac Waller, The Heartland Report— Sukkot is commonly known as “Z’man Simchateinu” – “Season Of Our Joy.” This title was given by the sages of Israel based on Leviticus 23:40 and Deuteronomy 16:14-15, where God commands Israel to rejoice during the feast of Tabernacles. Happiness is one of the most desired emotions. We all…
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency, Jewish Press— As fast as Hezbollah prepared, they couldn’t hide all the evidence in time for the visit by reporters. Responding to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu disclosure on Tuesday of a secret Hezbollah missile factory in the heart of a Beirut neighborhood, Hezbollah invited reporters to inspect the site.…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— September 26, 2020, in Washington, D.C., is a day that will join history-making prayers from the last few centuries, when tiny groups of Christians and big prayer movements changed nations and advanced missions worldwide. Events like the 1738 New Year’s Eve prayer meeting convened by Charles and John Wesley,…
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger— 1. Jewish national liberation is the 3rd Jewish pilgrimage holiday (following Passover and Shavou’ot – Pentecost), which has been celebrated for the last 3,300 years. Sukkot commemorates the Exodus, the 40 years of wandering in the Sinai Desert, the construction of the Holy Tabernacle and the victories along the way…
By Stephen M. Flatow, Israel Hayom— The common refrain heard from media pundits and left-wing critics of the Gulf kingdoms’ recognition of Israel is that it ignores the Palestinian Arabs. Here is how New York Times’ correspondent Michael Crowley began his article following the recent signing ceremony: “Israel and two Arab nations signed agreements at…
By Amy Zewe May of our followers and supporters here with The Jerusalem Connection Report are open to learning and are already aware of issues such as antisemitism, Arab-Israeli tensions and violence, the need to support the Jewish people worldwide as well as the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland, and the need for…