Stop taking Evangelical support for granted

By Michael Freund, JPost— In recent years, a certain mantra has gained traction among many pro-Israel activists according to which long-term US support for the Jewish state is guaranteed, thanks to the country’s growing number of Evangelical Christians. Hence, the thinking goes, even if American Jewry’s size and influence is in decline, we can all…

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Messianic Lite: Hukkat, “Decree”

This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 19:1 to 22:1. Numbers 19 starts out with God instructing both Moses and Aaron on the law of the red heifer. According to the law, a red heifer must be found which has no blemish or defect and has never “borne a yoke.” After slaughtering the perfect red heifer,…

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Citing ‘chronic bias against Israel,’ the US quits the UN Human Rights Council

By Jewish News Syndicate— U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that the United States is pulling out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, citing the world body’s “chronic” bias against Israel as one of the primary factors for the withdrawal. “For too long, the human-rights council has been a protector…

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Walking the Gaza Border with Earl Cox

The people living in southern Israel deserve to be honored as heroes. They have built lovely homes and vibrant communities and are raising beautiful families under the harshest of conditions thanks to their hostile neighbors. Only a short distance away Palestinian terrorists are continually taking aim at these Israelis simply because they are Jewish and…

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Come Back for Me Captures Weight of Holocaust Trauma

By Mordechai Ben-Dat, Canadian Jewish News— Parallel lines never meet – unless a lodestone of overwhelming force pulls them inexorably toward each other. At that pivotal point of attraction, of course, the two lines cease to be parallel. As we ultimately see, when they converge, they become integral components in a reconfigured aesthetic of movement…

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Homecoming of the Eighteen Tattooed Souls

Looking at the Arrivals, Departures exhibition at the Hecht Museum and Talking with its curator Dr Rachel Perry By Inna Rogatchi (C)  Part 1. Homage to Homage, and Quand Méme, Despite of Everything Homage to Homage, Heart to Heart The Arrivals, Departures exhibition opened in early June at the Hecht Museum at the University of…

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Messianic Lite: Korach

This week’s Torah portion covers Numbers 16:1 to 18:32. In the aftermath of the twelve spies and the pronouncement that the current generation must languish in the desert until their death, it is not surprising that a serious rebellion occurs next. Korach accuses Moses and Aaron of going too far and elevating themselves at the expense…

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US Negotiation Team Heading to Israel, ME to Push Peace Plan

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.…

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The Chutzpah of Hamas

By 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…

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Democrats Need Anti-Semites to Win

By 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,…

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