By Earl Cox, Israel Always— US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel did not address the city’s final status or its borders under Israeli sovereignty. Since his stand acknowledges treaties both parties agreed to, then “why do the nations rage” (Psalm 2)? Perhaps Trump’s equitable and balanced stance confronts the…
This week’s Torah portion covers Genesis 47:28 to 50:26. When Jacob was nearing his death in Egypt at the age of 147, he called all of his sons together to receive their final blessings. Blessings is probably not the appropriate term here because he also doles out criticisms and prophecies. To modern day, when Jews…
This week’s parsha is Genesis 25:19 to 28:9 Before the Bible enters into a long episode about Jacob, I want to give Isaac his proper due. He is the most mysterious of the patriarchs. We know very little about Isaac compared to his father Abraham or his son Jacob. Besides chosenness, what do we really…
This week’s parsha is Genesis 23:1 to 25:18 Parashah Chayei Sara covers an important event in Abraham’s faith journey. In Genesis 23, Abraham has lost his wife Sara. The details given are not about his mourning but rather the intricate negotiations between Abraham and the Hittites over a burial place for Sara. Considering this summer’s…
By Ron Jager— For the past few days I have had to re-examine many assumptions concerning what the Holocaust means to liberal Jews as a result of Larry David’s monologue on Saturday Night Live. As I viewed his monologue over and over, it seemed to resonate with a message that should be entitled; Why it’s time for…
By Victor Sharpe— On November 2, 2017, it will be 100 years since Lord Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, issued the famous Balfour Declaration. Balfour was a Christian Zionist and looked with great sympathy upon Jewish aspirations and Zionism,which simply put is the Jewish people’s national liberation movement. Put in Biblical terms, it is the return from exile of…
This week’s Parsha is Genesis 18:1 to Genesis 22:24 The question that has come up for millennia is why was Abraham chosen? Before Abraham, Noah was chosen, the Bible says, because he was perfect in his generation. Later, we know Moses was in a unique position to lead in that he was born the son of…
By Victor Sharpe Watch the documentary for free at Democracy Under Attack The Third Jihad covers a different aspect of Islam’s attempts at taking us over. Whereas “Obsession” concentrated on the violence against Western Civilization with America being central to that attack, this film concentrates almost entirely on the strategy to turn America into an…