Scripture reading for June 16, 2012
Torah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:43, “Shelach Lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: John 6:25 – 40, “Matzu oto” (They found him …)
Torah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:43, “Shelach Lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: John 6:25 – 40, “Matzu oto” (They found him …)
BY EARL COX, JPOST— The war drums between Iran and Israel have been beating louder and louder, but both countries face tremendous hurdles that appear to be preventing the obvious. Iran, for example, may well have the warheads, but their missile technology is not yet advanced enough to deliver an accurate strike on Israel. Israel…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Saul Alinsky, the godfather of subversive radical political action, had a very clear strategy for undermining and destroying his enemies: Infiltrate, divide and destroy. Since his disciple Barack Obama was elected US president in 2008, Alinsky’s impact on Obama has received a fair amount of attention. Less noticed has been the…
BY RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ 7— If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi were to become president, Egypt’s capital would no longer be Cairo, but would be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private television channel. “Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina.…
BY DAVID M WEINBERG, ISRAEL HAYOM— There is a dangerous groundswell of “elite” (read: leftist) opinion building in favor of “unilateral” Israeli action in the West Bank. To “make peace without (Palestinian) partners;” to tear down settlements in the distant reaches of the West Bank in order to “signal” to the Palestinians that the Netanyahu…
BY REV. MALCOLM HEDDING, ICEJ— Tens of thousands of churches have a committed belief in the importance of standing with Israel and blessing the Jewish people. The verse most often referred to as their biblical mandate is Genesis 12:3 in which God tells Abraham “I will bless those who bless you and I will curse…
BY REV. MALCOLM HEDDING, ICEJ— Tens of thousands of churches have a committed belief in the importance of standing with Israel and blessing the Jewish people. The verse most often referred to as their biblical mandate is Genesis 12:3 in which God tells Abraham “I will bless those who bless you and I will curse…
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— US President Barack Obama has come to realize what many Middle East observers have long known: that perhaps the Palestinian Authority leadership does not want genuine peace and coexistence with Israel. Obama expressed that concern during a White House meeting with Orthodox Jewish leaders on Tuesday, according to the Jewish…
Torah: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16, “B’ha’alotcha”, (In your setting up …) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 New Testament: I Corinthians 10:6 – 13 Gospel: John 13:1 – 17 “Yeshua yad’ah”, (Jesus knew …)
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Israel’s leaders appear to have developed a previously unheard-of malady, one so acute it threatens to overwhelm both their mental faculties and common sense. It is what I refer to as “Peace-Traumatic Stress Disorder” (PETS), and its symptoms are fairly easy to discern. Like any anxiety condition, it can be traced…