Scripture Reading for May 21, 2016
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say! … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 – 10 Gospel: Matthew 27:45 – 54, “Lamah azavtani” (Why have you forsaken me? …)
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say! … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 – 10 Gospel: Matthew 27:45 – 54, “Lamah azavtani” (Why have you forsaken me? …)
By Thomas D. Williams. BREITBART— In a scathing address at a prayer breakfast in Washington D.C. this week, a high-ranking Vatican cardinal has denounced an “insidious war” against Christians taking place in the United States under the guise of tolerance. While other countries face “merciless beheadings,” “bombings of churches” and “torching of orphanages,” in the…
By AFP, BREITBART— Jerusalem (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to form the “most right-wing” government in Israeli history on Thursday, with Avigdor Lieberman, a hardliner loathed by Palestinians, expected to join as defence minister. Netanyahu’s allies were set for fresh negotiations with representatives of Lieberman’s far-right Yisrael Beitenu party to try to…
By JTA, Israel National News— Just days after rejecting four resolutions calling for divestment from companies which operate in Judea and Samaria, the United Methodist Church recommended withdrawing from the anti-Israel “US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation”. In a nonbinding vote of 478-318 at its general conference in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, the church…
By TAMAR PILEGGI, Times of Israel— The United Methodist Church has rejected several resolutions calling for the 12-million-member Protestant church to divest from companies engaging in business with Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. Church committees over the weekend voted down four Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions resolutions brought to a vote at the church’s quadrennial…
By Brian Hennessy, Israel Today— To those of us who love Israel, that question sounds preposterous. Yet many Christians suffer from what I call a Replacement Theology hangover. They finally made room in their eschatology for a restoration of Israel, but they do not accept the present return of the Jews to their ancient homeland as…
By The Israeli Intercessor (Anonymous)— “The spiritual season has changed, but most have not discerned that truth. Human strength alone … as it exalts its abilities … will now melt and fail. Only those hidden in Me … those who hide themselves in the cleft of MY Rock, will stand and thrive. In the coming turn…
By Dr. Gabriella Berzin, Israel Hayom— The changes taking place among American Jews include a drop in support for Israel. They explain shrugging off their part in Jewish nationalism, or, we should say, Zionism, by criticizing Israel’s democratic values and its government’s policies, even lobbying against traditional U.S. government support of Israel. Movements like J Street,…
By Tuly Weisz, Breaking Israel News— With months to go before the Presidential election, almost anything can still happen with the colorful candidates on the ticket. However, should it come down to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, American Jewry will be faced with a painful dilemma: whether to vote for…
By Noah Beck, Investigative Project— Anti-Semitic incidents seem to spring up each week on college campuses throughout the United States. According to a study, “The strongest predictor of anti-Jewish hostility on campus” is the presence of a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The greater the BDS activity, especially involving faculty members, the…