Scripture of February 2, 2019
Torah: Exodus 21:-24:18, “Mishpatim” (Judgements … ) Haftorah: II Kings 12:1- 17 New Testament: Acts 21:20-26 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-13, “Histanah” (He Was Transfigured … )
DetailsVideo: I Believe, But I didn’t Convert
By Ron Cantor, Messiah’s Mandate— The word ‘convert‘ in modern vernacular means to leave one’s religion for another. So when Jewish people hear you speak of converting from Judaism to Christianity, they hear you asking them to betray their heritage, religion and people. However the New Covenant writers and evangelists NEVER asked Jewish people to…
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US Democrats Try to Retain Pro-Israel Credentials, But Is It Already Too Late?
By Ryan Jones, Israel Today— American support for Israel used to very much be a bipartisan issue. Both Republicans and Democrats could credibly point to genuine concern for and backing of the Jewish state. But in recent decades, the Democrats’ pro-Israel credentials have been called into question, especially with Israel itself routinely criticizing former-US President…
DetailsThe Pervasiveness of BDS in American Politics!
By Olivier Melnick, New AntiSemitism— Over the years I have tried to expose the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement known as BDS. In its modern version, BDS is only 14 years old, but the concept is much older, and it could be argued that Kristallnacht, the November 1938 “Night of Broken Glass” in Germany, was…
DetailsPalestinian Member of Congress Plans her Tour to “Apartheid” Israel
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel— First-term Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has already shoved her stake into Capitol Hill’s virtual ground declaring her intention to lead her own congressional delegation to Israel’s disputed territories in biblical Judea and Samaria, otherwise called the West Bank. Like actress Bette Davis famously said in her 1950 movie…
DetailsThe Day and the Memory
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— There are people among us who believe that the commemorative events on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is a formality, in the best case, and ‘an utter hypocrisy’ in the opinions of few who refuse to co-hibit in their mind these annual international commemorations in the end of January…
DetailsIran general says Tehran aims to wipe Israel off the ‘global political map’
By Times of Israel— The deputy head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday that Tehran’s strategy was to eventually wipe Israel off the “global political map.” Asked by a reporter in Tehran about Israeli threats to strike Iranian forces deployed in Syria, Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami was quoted by Iranian news outlets as…
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The Holocaust Remains a Wake-Up Call for the Church
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— Nearly three-quarters of a century has passed since the Red Army liberated the notorious Auschwitz death camp on January 27 1945, a date now marked by the annual Holocaust Memorial Day here in Britain and elsewhere. It is held with the intention of ensuring that it never happens again. But…
DetailsIran Demands Russian Protection From Israel in Syria
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Thursday, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign-policy committee, Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh, expressed anger on Thursday at Russia for not using their advanced S-300 anti-air defense system to protect Iranian military assets in Syria from the Israeli airstrikes that devastated them earlier in the week.…
DetailsGermans and Dogs Are Searching For Us
Please view and share this Free ebook of Poems by the Child Poet and Holocaust Survivor Alla Aizensharf. The artist Natalia Vorontosova commissioned young children to illustrate Alla’s poems. When Alla was approached about the project and asked for permission, she said it was the fulfillment of a dream. Alla passed away only a year ago…
DetailsTR: Jerusalem: the epicenter of Yahweh’s activity!
Think on this: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch… I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They will never be silent day of night. You who call on Yahweh,…
DetailsJewish Evangelist Who Preached Yeshua During the Holocaust
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— With the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in view, it is worth being reminded not only of how many perished, but also of those who escaped the jaws of Nazism – often miraculously. It is a little known fact that in spite of terrible persecution in Eastern Europe, thousands of Jewish…
DetailsThat Little Green Door
DRAMA AMIDST BEAUTY RE-ADDRESSING THE HOLOCAUST TODAY By Inna Rogatchi It was a warm, sunny day in the beautiful part of France just a stone away from Spain, in Nouvelle-Acquitaine. Everything was relaxed around me: people, cars, even shadows. No pressure, no hussle, elegance all around. We were interested in many things around us walking…
DetailsOnce There Lived Aizik Kanovich
By Sergey Kanovich The sky was bright blue. “So clear, almost as clear as the water in the yard of our house in Jonava,” thought Aizik and closed his eyes again. A few soft snowflakes fell from the blue sky. It seemed you could count them. Like family members–snowflake Sara, snowflake Rosette, snowflake Joseph, and…
DetailsPreparations Under Way for Peace Plan After Israeli Elections, Pompeo Says
By Michael Wilner, JPost— The Trump administration has begun laying the groundwork for talks between Israelis and Palestinians, sharing elements of the plan with partners in the region ahead of an anticipated rollout after Israel’s April 9 elections, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday. Speaking via video link to the World Economic…
DetailsWorld Council of Churches Trained 2,000 Activists in Anti-Israel Advocacy
BY JNS— The World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent nearly 2,000 participants to Israel, and Judea and Samaria, since 2002 to train them in anti-Israel narratives and assign them to communities worldwide, according to a report from NGO Monitor. With no similar program in other conflict zones, the WCC’s Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine…
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