Torah: Genesis 23:1- 25:18, “Chayei Sarah” (The life of Sarah … ) Haftorah: I Kings 1:1- 31 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:50-57 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17, “Sefer hauksin shel Yeshua” (The book of the genealogy of Jesus … )
DetailsBy Ron Jager Eleven Jews were murdered in the Tree of Life congregation shooting Saturday evening when Robert Bowers entered the Pittsburgh synagogue and began to seek out and kill any Jew crossing his path. For hundreds if not thousands of Pittsburgh’s Jewish residents, this event will be a life changing event with personal and…
DetailsBy Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe—- A POLICE CAR, unmarked but with blue lights flashing, was parked in front of my Brookline synagogue when I arrived for Shabbat services late Saturday afternoon. Since Orthodox Jews don’t turn on the TV, radio, or computer on the Sabbath, I knew nothing about the horrifying slaughter that had occurred…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom— The suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, which left 11 people dead and six injured, is a 46-year-old local man named Robert Bowers who in the past had posted virulent anti-Semitic messages on social media filled with slurs and conspiracy theories, and had threatened Jewish groups. Two hours before…
DetailsBy Times of Israel— Saturday’s synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh is likely the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States, the Anti-Defamation League, an organization focused on combating anti-Semitism, said Saturday. Eleven people were killed and at least six were injured in the massacre, according to CBS Pittsburgh. “We believe…
DetailsBy Avner Boskey, Final Frontier Ministries— “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper” (Isaiah 54:17) The Sabbath murder of eleven Jewish men and women in Pittsburgh caught many by surprise. Robert Bowers, a 46 year old neo-Nazi racist who posted anti-Jewish and anti-Trump conspiracy theories on the web, walked in to the Tree…
DetailsBy Gerald McDermott, Juicy Ecumenism— Professor Gerald R. McDermott of Beeson Divinity School spoke October 17 at the Christ at the Checkpoint conference in Oklahoma City. We’ve republished McDermott’s remarks here on the land of Israel and a new Christian Zionism for the benefit of our readers. I am grateful to be invited to this important…
DetailsBy ERIC CORTELLESSA, Times of Israel— The Trump administration’s envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process will travel to Israel next week to meet with officials, as the White House prepares to release its peace plan and attempts to calm the situation at the Gaza border. “I can confirm that Special Representative Jason Greenblatt will be…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 18:1-22:24, “Vayera” (and he appeared … ) Haftorah: II Kings 4:1-37 New Testament: II Peter 2:4-11 Gospel: Luke 24:36-53, “Shalom lechem” (Peace to you … )
DetailsThe Copper Scroll is a difficult text to read and understand, composed in a form of Hebrew unlike the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The method of spelling and word choice gives it a first-century period of production (25–68 CE) which puts it in line with the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— The photograph came out as a bolt. A well-known international politician of a Jewish origin, the man you know for years, in a awkward, embarrassing hand-shake with the PLO boss. The man you know for years is all sugar despite the PLO boss’s contempt against him which screams of…
DetailsBy Algemeiner— UNESCO, the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations, was sharply attacked on Thursday by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom for undermining the historic connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. “The idea that there’s a question about the Jewish historical presence in the Holy Land and…
DetailsBy Jack Gold, World Israel News— Egyptian mediation has failed and Israel is on its way to war. That was the message Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman delivered Monday to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Israel has recently seen an increase in the intensity and the volume of violence and attacks emanating from Gaza,…
DetailsBy Amir Tibon, Haaretz—- Evangelical support for Israel has never been more influential in the United States than it is today, under President Donald Trump. But some Evangelical leaders are worried, and they think Israel should be as well. A battle is being waged in Christian Evangelical communities over the future of their support for…
DetailsThink on this: If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Yahweh and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9-10) Pray like this: Father, move your people to magnify Yahweh and to exalt his name together. (Psalm 34:3) In Jesus name AMEN!
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