By RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has voiced interest in a tripartite confederation with Jordan and Israel, in what would appear a dramatic departure from his longstanding insistence on a two-state solution, according to Israeli peace activists and a Palestinian official. According to the dovish Peace Now group, a senior…
DetailsBy JNI, Breaking Israel News— The Pew Research Center on Wednesday published an analysis of beliefs and behaviors across denominations that identifies important traits that unite people of different religious affiliations—or divide people who share the same affiliation – producing a new and revealing classification of religion in America (The Religious Typology – A new…
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— The United Nations has played a leading role in rewriting history as part of its anti-Israel agenda. A recent editorial in Christian media compared this to replacement theology and one rabbi agreed, noting that pro-Palestinian forces have taken this hated doctrine further than the Church ever had. Brandon Shirkey…
DetailsThink on this: “No matter how many promises God has made, they are all ‘Yes’ in Christ.” (II Corinthians 1:20) Pray like This: Gracious Father, help us to base all our hopes on the promises of the Scriptures. In Jesus name, AMEN!
DetailsBY DR INNA ROGATCHI © The Book Israel is blessed to have the modern-time Bezalel in its midst. The name of the Bezalel-like figure is Yoram Raanan. He is a mighty artist who loves the land of Israel in all-consuming way as it bursts out from his canvases. Yoram who is an American, whose both…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, JPost— Israel has a long history of standing up to bullies and their threats. It requires not only an Iron Dome but also an iron fist, occasionally wrapped in a velvet glove, to protect her land and her people. One of the first bullies to unleash taunts and threats against Israel was…
DetailsThis week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 26:1 to 29:8. We are entering the blessings and curses portion of Deuteronomy. The ceremony of blessings and curses is a liturgical act. God wants the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali to gather on Mount Ebal. The tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 28:9, “Kitavo” (When you go in … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 6:1 – 22 New Testament: Ephesians: 1:3 – 11 Gospel: Matthew 1:18 -25, “Huledet Yeshuah” (The birth of Jesus …)
DetailsBy David Brody, Jenna Browder, Breaking Christian News— They want to honor the contributions evangelicals have made to American life. Many senior administration advisors will be in attendance along with more than one-third of Cabinet members. Members of the White House’s faith advisory group will be there, including Pastor Robert Jeffress who appeared on CBN’s…
DetailsBy Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— Trump’s presidency divides Americans like never before. Most, however, would agree that his policy decisions vis-a-vis the Middle East match Israel’s interests, and at least on this point, Israel’s friend–Democrats and Republicans, alike–should support him. And Trump’s new policy regarding the Palestinian refugees is no exception. As published in the…
DetailsBy JNS— U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton recently announced that the United States plans to cut its funding of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which the U.S. withdrew from in June due to the body’s anti-Israel bias. “We are going to de-fund the Human Rights Council,” Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the…
DetailsBy Seth Frantzman, JPost— Turkey buying the Russian S-400 missile defense system would threaten the security of our F-35 aircraft and let Putin collect critical intelligence on us. We must pass my provision in the defense bill this week to block the F-35 delivery until Turkey ends its deal with Russia,” wrote US Sen. Chris…
DetailsThink on this: “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give…
DetailsWe are nearing the end of our year-long Torah reading cycle. We started in Genesis last October. And over the last ten months we have worked our way through Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and now we only have about 12 chapters left in Deuteronomy. This week’s Torah portion covers Deuteronomy 21:10 to 25:19. The entire section…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 21:10 – 2519, “Ki Teitzei” (When you go out…) Haftorah: Isaiah 54:1 – 10 New Testament: I Corinthians 5:1 – 5 Gospel: Matthew 5:27 – 30, “Shematem” (You have heard…)
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