By JNS— US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and White House special adviser Jared Kushner will arrive to Israel as part of a Middle East tour next week to discuss previously undisclosed details of a peace plan being promoted by US President Donald Trump. The delegation is also expected to visit Egypt and Saudi Arabia.…
DetailsBy Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Congregation B’nai Tzedek— Like so many Yiddish words (and curses) the word “chutzpah” is very descriptive. The best definition is the old joke which appears in Leo Rosten’s classic lexicon, “The Joy of Yiddish.” He explains chutzpah as when you kill your parents, and then plead for mercy before the court because…
DetailsBy Karen McQuillan, American Thinker-– The Democrat Party’s power depends on Jew-haters. Democrat politicians and their media elite pander and promote anti-Semitism for two reasons. It is a key part of the identity politics of the left, and since Obama’s transformative impact on his own party, the left is calling the tune on Democrat leadership,…
DetailsBy Yigal Walt and Tamer Nashef, Haaretz— Leftists in the West, and particularly its most hard-nosed adherents, have largely endorsed and embraced the Palestinian cause. In Israel, too, significant forces within the leftist camp hold a deeply sympathetic view of the Palestinians and their ongoing struggle. Leftwing activists also play a key role in the BDS…
DetailsBy Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post— Simon Zauber believes serving in the IDF is his way of following in Jesus’ footsteps. “We were raised in believing in Jesus and to follow his footsteps and what he did was serve so for me it’s very important to serve, in any way I can,” the 19-year-old Givati soldier…
DetailsBy AP and TOI— An opinion poll published Sunday shows deep divisions between Israeli and American Jews, particularly in relation to US President Donald Trump, highlighting the growing rift between the world’s two largest Jewish communities. The survey by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) showed 77 percent of Israeli Jews approved of the president’s handling…
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi I think, or rather feel, that at the time around a yahrzeit of our beloved ones, a certain special cloud is formed in an air around us. Our reflections and memories are dancing around and wrapping us in thoughts. And, hopefully, something else, of another kind of tissue that we cannot describe…
DetailsThink on this: “A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into…
DetailsThis week’s Torah portion is Numbers 13:1 to 15:41. The narrative covers the episode of the twelve spies. Twelve appointed leaders went to Canaan to scout the land and its inhabitants. Moses gave them very specific instructions. They were to enter the land through the Negev desert and journey up to the hill country in…
DetailsTorah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:41, “Shelach Lekha” (Send to you … ) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: Matthew 9:18 – 26, “Bicnaf Zitzit, (Hem of his zitzit … )
DetailsBy Jim Fletcher, Rapture Ready—- I have been critical of Charismatic leader Dr. Michael Brown for accepting a speaking slot at the odious “Christ at the Checkpoint” gathering in Beit Jala, outside Bethlehem. As has been said many times, CATC is a leftwing, anti-Semitic hate-fest. I felt that Brown would be used as a propaganda…
DetailsBy David Brennan, Newsweek-— Relations between Israel and Iran are at breaking point. The multinational nuclear deal signed with Iran is on the verge of collapsing—partly thanks to Israeli lobbying against it. Iranian leaders have warned that if it fails, the country will resume its uranium enrichment program, a step Israel considers a threat to…
DetailsBy Ed Straker, American Thinker— Palestinians are launching “arson kites” to set fires in Israel. What is less known is the extent of the damage. It’s quite large. An Israeli has put together what is purported to be a map of the arson fires. While this map does not come from an official source, it…
DetailsIn November 1917 the British government made a pledge with the Jewish people through the Balfour Declaration to help establish a Jewish National Home in the territory known as Palestine. Find out what happened next … If you want a more exhaustive look at the history surrounding the Mandate Period from 1917 – 1948 then…
DetailsBy Ryan Jones, Israel Today— “Welcome to the State of Palestine. The only state whose land is still under occupation by another country, the State of Israel,” declared Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (pictured) in his keynote address on the opening night of Christ at the Checkpoint 2018. No mention of Tibet, or that…
DetailsBy Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— An American plan to bring the U.S. closer to recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli was laid out for Israeli and American officials in Washington last week. The six-point plan proposed by a group of American legislators and spearheaded by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calls to implement trade agreements between…
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