Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America is deeply concerned about the recent Arab media reports outlining contents of the not-yet-released Trump administration peace plan. If the reported provisions of the plan are true, the Trump Administration’s “deal of the century” would be the…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35, “Ki tisa” (When you take … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18: 1 – 39 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:1 – 39 Gospel: Mark 2:23 – 28, “Be Shabbat” (On Shabbat … )
DetailsBy Yoav Zitun, Ynet— The IDF’s Ground Forces Command has been developing new weapons systems that will reshape the battlefield for the infantry, armored corps, combat engineering units and artillery forces, as troops are expected to face a whole new series of threats on land, in the air and below ground. The Command revealed this…
DetailsThis week’s Torah portion covers Exodus 30:11 to 34:35. The narrative pendulum swings from Israel’s highest high— the giving of the ten commandments— to her lowest low—the casting of the golden calf. At the exact moment that Moses descends from his forty-day stint on Mount Sinai, he witnesses the people reveling in idolatry, breaking the…
DetailsArtist Inna Rogatchi Won the X Il Volo di Pegaso National Italian Arts, Literature and Music Award in Fine Photography. The Award is organised under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture, and is conducted by the team of the Italian National Institute for Rare Diseases led by professor Domenica Taruscio, thus exemplifying important…
DetailsBy Israel Today— Iran already plays host to an international conference denying the facts of the Nazi Holocaust against the Jewish people. Now, the Islamic Republic is gearing up for the first ever International Hourglass Festival, a gala event celebrating the imminent demise of the State of Israel. Iran Front Page reported that the event’s…
DetailsBy Ron Jager— The never ending legal saga with its daily thundering headlines against the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has in recent days begin to resemble a scene out of Israel’s new hit series “Fauda”. The series is about an undercover elite Israeli unit that operates in the ‘West Bank’, is named for…
DetailsBy Matthew Abelson, The Tablet— As Purim approaches, the Book of Esther penetrates to the center of Jewish liturgical worship. In both the evening and the morning of the holiday, Jewish congregations around the world will read Megilat Esther. But as I prepared for Purim this year, I began to wonder what role the Book of…
DetailsBy Tamara Zieve, JPost-— The number of antisemitic incidents was nearly 60% higher in 2017 than in 2016, the largest single-year increase on record, according to a report the Anti-Defamation League released on Tuesday. There were 1,986 antisemitic incidents reported across the United States in 2017, including 1,015 incidents of harassment, 952 incidents of vandalism,…
Details“I had thought of the New Testament to be impure, a source of pride, of selfishness, of hatred, and of the worst kind of violence, but as I opened it I felt myself peculiarly and wonderfully taken possession of. A sudden glory, a light flashed through my soul. I looked for thorns and found roses;…
DetailsThink on this: Jesus prayed — “Sanctify them by the truth; your Word is truth…for them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.” (John 17:18-19) Pray like this: Father, move your people by your Spirit to increasingly expose themselves to your Word, that they may be truly sanctified; in Jesus name, AMEN!
DetailsBY Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel-— The IDF Galilee Division on Thursday completed a series of large-scale exercises designed to prepare the military for a potential rapidly unfolding war in Lebanon, the army said amid rising tensions in recent weeks along Israel’s northern frontier. “Conscripted soldiers, along with reservists, took part in the exercise.…
DetailsBy Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel— The new US Embassy in Jerusalem will open in May 2018 to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Israel declaring independence, two Trump administration officials said Friday. At first, the embassy will operate out of the US’s current consular premises in Arnona, south Jerusalem. The officials said Congress was…
DetailsBy Ilana Mercer, Constitution— The United Nations, naturally, disapproved. Pope Francis, more enigmatically, protested, too, when President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the eternal Capital of Israel. By 2019’s end, the Trump administration plans to open the American Embassy in Jerusalem. There’s a reason Muslims living in Israel proper—1.5 million of them—don’t migrate to the…
DetailsOne of the many lies that anti-Israel activists try to spread is that Israel is an “apartheid state,” despite the fact that Israelis of all religious and ethnic backgrounds share equal rights and opportunity. As the facts on the ground in Israel attest, this accusation is completely fabricated and unfounded. Danny Ayalon, founder of the…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick— Amid a media circus that never died down, in April 1997, Rubinstein delivered the media the bad news. Rubinstein closed the investigations against Netanyahu, Hanegbi and Liberman for lack of evidence of wrongdoing. He kept the probe against Deri open until 2003, when it too was closed. Despite the fact that the…
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