Video: Projecting Israel's future, a Ben Gurion remix
On Feb. 3, 1956, in Sde Boker, Israel, American journalist Edward R. Murrow sat down with Israeli PM David Ben Gurion. And this is what one of the founding fathers of Zionism had to say…
Video: Jerusalem of Gold
“Jerusalem of Gold” (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is a popular Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer in 1967. The original song described the Jewish people’s 2000-year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the Six-Day War to celebrate Jerusalem’s unification under Israeli control. At that time, the Old…
Video: Understanding Purim in five minutes
By AISH— Two generations ago, a nation attempted to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth. Purim is a holiday that takes us back to the first time in history such a genocide against the Jews had been attempted – some 2,300 years ago. The holiday of Purim marks the Jews’ salvation from…
Video: Havenu Shalom Aleichem with Lyrics
Havenu Shalom Aleichem sung by the Effi Netzer Singers from the album, Israel Celebrates 60 Years of Independence. אנחנו מביאים שלום אליך Havenu Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish song. The title lyrics means “we bring you peace”.
Video: Underdogma
BY AISH.COM— Eight years ago, “Israel Apartheid Week” began on campuses in America and around the world to show “solidarity with the Palestinian struggle” and to demonize Israel as an “Apartheid” regime. Ten years ago, I began studying this “pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli” phenomenon. It began, like so many movements, on a university campus. The year was 2002,…
Video: Fiddler on the Roof Sabbath prayer
Peace to your Sabbath! May the Lord protect and defend you. May He always shield you from shame. May you come to be In Israel a shining name. May you be like Ruth and like Esther. May you be deserving of praise. Strengthen them, Oh Lord, And keep them from the strangers’ ways. May God…
Spot Report: How should we respond to our elected leaders?
Think on this: “The Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of people.”…”Jesus the Messiah, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth.”…”I urge, then, first of all, that…
Spot Report: When will messiah come?
Think on this: “So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand — then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”…”Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who…