Scripture Reading for April 4, 2015
Torah: Exodus 12:21 – 51, Numbers 28:16 – 25, “Passover Sabbath” Haftorah: Joshua 5:2 – 61 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:20 – 28 Gospel: Luke 22:7 – 20, “Passover/Communion”
Torah: Exodus 12:21 – 51, Numbers 28:16 – 25, “Passover Sabbath” Haftorah: Joshua 5:2 – 61 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:20 – 28 Gospel: Luke 22:7 – 20, “Passover/Communion”
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday excoriated world powers over their dogged pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, pointing to recent statements by officials in Tehran — notably their calls to eliminate Israel — as evidence of the Islamic Republic’s unwillingness to compromise on its nuclear ambitions and campaign…
By Yoni Kempinski and Elad Benari, INN— Journalist and writer Caroline Glick, author of the book “The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East”, says Israel should annex Judea and Samaria now, in response to President Barack Obama’s statements that the United States will “re-evaluate” its support for Israel at the…
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— There’s an old saying. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent speech to the US Congress and his victory in the Israeli elections are, without doubt, still the topics of heated conversation in the…
By ANNE BAYEFSKY, FOX NEWS— What country deserves more condemnation for violating human rights than any other nation on earth? According to the U.N.’s top human rights body, that would be Israel. Last week, Israel was the U.N.’s number one women’s rights violator. This week it is the U.N.’s all-round human rights villain. The U.N.…
By YONI HERSCH, ISRAEL HAYOM— The international community is turning a blind eye to the murder of minorities in the Arab world, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor said this weekend. “Last year police in Saudi Arabia stormed a Christian prayer meeting and arrested its entire congregation, including women and children. … In…
By FATHER GABRIEL NADAAF, JPOST— My name is Gabriel Nadaaf and I have the privilege of being a Greek Orthodox priest from Nazareth in the Galilee. My people have mistakenly been called “Christian Arabs,” but the reality is that we are Arameans—descendants of people who lived here in Israel since biblical times. Recently, Israel’s Interior…
By MICHAEL KARPIN, JEWISH DAILY FORWARD— In early February, the Pentagon declassified a 386-page report from 1987, exposing for the first time ever the actual depth of top-secret military cooperation between the United States and Israel — including, amazingly, information about Israel’s unacknowledged nuclear program. In view of the caustic tension that has increased lately…