Scripture Reading for April 21, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59, “Tazria” (She conceives … ) Haftorah: II Kings 4:42 – 5:19 New Testament: Act 4:12 – 16 Gospel: Matthew 8:1 – 4, “Ish metzorah” (A leprous man … )
DetailsSelling Illusions
By Earl Cox, JPost— Tne front of Hamas’s “March of Return” is a war of words – to project a sympathetic brand of the Palestinians as victims in order to influence global public opinion. While the terrorist group’s young recruits dress in kaffiyehs and sling Kalashnikovs over their shoulders, its leaders in coat and tie…
DetailsAt 70, Israel’s population is 8.842 million, 43% of world Jewry
By Times of Israel— On the eve of Israel’s 70th Independence Day, its population stands at 8,842,000, of whom 74.5 percent are Jewish, according to figures released on Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Jewish population stands at approximately 6.589 million, while Arabs number some 1.849 million, 20.9% of the population. There are…
DetailsIsrael Planning for Direct Retaliatory Attack from Iran
By Anna Ahronheim, JPost— Israel is preparing for a crossborder attack by the Revolutionary Guard Corps, in response to a strike allegedly carried out by the Jewish state against an Iranian-operated air base in Syria that killed seven of its soldiers. Israel believes the attack will come in the form of precision- guided missiles or…
DetailsIs Jordan About to Fall Apart?
By Dr. Mordechai Kedar— Towards the end of 2010, when the “Arab Spring” erupted destabilizing governments and social order in most of the Middle Eastern countries, questions began to be raised about the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and whether the tidal waves sweeping across the Arab world would reach its borders. So far, King Abdullah…
DetailsSenior Iranian Commander: Israel can no longer threaten Iran
By Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post— Iranian Army Ground Forces commander Brig.-Gen. Kiumars Heidari has warned that Israel can no longer threaten the Islamic Republic. As tensions continue to rise along Israel’s northern border, Heidari said Iran’s armed forces “are much more powerful than before” and that “the date has been set” for Israel’s destruction, according…
DetailsIsrael sets red line for Russia and Israel
By Nitzan Kedar, Arutz 7— Israel has sent a clear message to Russia in the past 24 hours that the sale of the advanced S-300 missile defense system to the Syrian regime will cross a red line. A political source who revealed the message in a conversation with Arutz Sheva stated that the message was…
DetailsQuote of the Week
As the historian of antisemitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Antisemitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may have surpassed it in intensity for a historical moment, but all in their turn have assumed—or presently commence to assume—their proper place in…
DetailsTruth Report: “The meaning of the New Covenant”
Think on this: “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God,and they will be my people.” (Jeremiah 31:33) Pray like this: Father, increase the Remnant in…
DetailsAmbassador Insights with Danny Ayalon
Barry Nussbaum and Ambassador Danny Ayalon discuss what the recent appointments of Mike Mpompeo and John Bolton mean to the future of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
Scripture Reading for April 14, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47, “Shemini” (Eighth …. ) Haftorah: II Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 New Testament: Hebrews 8:1 – 6 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 13, “Hishtanah” (Transfigured … )
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Trump: We have moral obligation to combat anti-Semitism, confront hate, prevent genocide
By Israel Hayom Staff— U.S. President Donald Trump issued a special statement in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked in Israel on Thursday. The Jewish state came to a standstill at 10 a.m. Thursday as sirens wailed nationwide in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. The sirens…
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Steadfast’ in Countering Iranian Threats
By: JNS and United with Israel Staff On Yom HaShoah, Israel’s national Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Jewish state remains “steadfast” in preventing Iranian aggression amid ongoing threats. “We are preventing Iranian activity in Syria. These are not just words,” Netanyahu said in his speech at the Yad…
DetailsHamas attacks Israel — and the world condemns Israel
By The Hill— The world “should wait for our great move,” said a top Hamas leader, speaking to Palestinian protestors during violent clashes with Israeli forces along the Gaza border, “when we breach the borders and pray at al Aqsa.” With hundreds around him chanting, “We are going to Jerusalem, millions of martyrs,” and with…
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Israel solemnly remembers 6 million victims on Holocaust Remembrance Day
By MICHAEL BACHNER, TOI STAFF and AGENCIES— Israel came to a standstill at 10 a.m. Thursday as sirens wailed throughout the country in memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Buses and cars halted on streets and highways as Israelis stepped out of their vehicles and stood with…
DetailsMessianic Lite: Shemini, “Eighth”
This week’s Torah Portion covers Leviticus 9:1 to 11:47. After taking a two week break to cover Passover readings, we are back to the third book. On the eighth day in our reading of Leviticus, we reach the culmination of divinely sanctioned human creation. The priests and ritual vessels are consecrated. When we last saw…
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