Scripture Reading for June 10, 2017
Torah: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16, “Beha’alotekha” (When you set up … ) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 New Testament: Revelation 11:1 – 14 Gospel: John 10:1 – 18, “Ha’roeh ha’tov” (The Good Shepard … )
DetailsHaley receives rock-star welcome at the Western Wall
By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— We love you so much,” a smiling and enthusiastic woman told US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at the Western Wall on Wednesday evening. The ambassador stopped to pose for a picture, and the two women hugged. Many of the women who briefly told Haley how much they appreciated…
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Knesset, Congress mark Jerusalem reunification together
By Gill Hoffman, JPost— The Knesset and the US Congress on Wednesday jointly marked 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem, in the first-ever simultaneous broadcast from the two legislatures. The event could have been seen as tacit recognition by the White House of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which could have sparked controversy. But despite…
DetailsTruth Report: Kathy Griffin and Jesus
Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
DetailsPalestinian suffering
By Caroline Glick— How can we explain the international community’s indifference to Palestinian suffering? Every day, angry bands of protesters burn the flag of Israel, call for the destruction of the Jewish state and insist that Israel and its Jewish citizens be shunned from polite society and thrown out of the global economy all in…
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Israel’s right to Jerusalem established firmly in international law, expert says
By Benjamin Glatt, JPost— The Jewish people’s right to Jerusalem was granted under international law at the end of the First World War, a leading international legal scholar said at the UN Monday. “ title over Jerusalem and its Old City was granted to the Jewish people during the San Remo conference of the Principal…
DetailsPriests Bring First Harvest Offering to God in Holy Temple Reenactment by Sanhedrin
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— On Thursday, the day after the holiday of Shavuot, hundreds of people gathered in the Old CIty of Jerusalem for a reenactment of the Temple service known as bikurim, or the “bringing of the first fruits.” The ceremony included a special thanksgiving offering that sealed the recent Sanhedrin ruling establishing…
DetailsSpot Report: “God says who Jerusalem belongs too”
Think on this: “For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, “This is my resting place for ever and ever; there I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.” (Psalm 132:13-14) Pray like this: Dear heavenly Father, regardless of what our national leaders say, help your people remember…
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Poll: Vast Majority of Israelis Prefer Sovereignty in Jerusalem Over Peace Deal
By JNS— While it is often reported that most Israelis favor a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an entirely different picture emerges once Jerusalem is added to the equation, a new survey has found. The poll, commissioned by Israel Hayom and conducted by Maagar Mochot, found 67 percent of Israelis would oppose a peace…
DetailsSpicer: Embassy move a question of when, not if
By Elad Benari, Israel National News— White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Friday stressed that President Donald Trump still intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Speaking to reporters at his daily press briefing, Spicer spoke of Trump’s decision to sign the presidential waiver on the Jerusalem Embassy…
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In Our Hands: The Miracle Six Day War
By Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism— On Thursday, June 1, and Tuesday, June 6, there will be an encore screening of In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem. I saw this CBN documentary film about Israel’s Six Day War at the premiere earlier this week. If you have not seen it, you should find a participating theater and attend an upcoming encore. The…
DetailsWhite House announces ‘postponement’ of Jerusalem embassy
By Michael Wilner, Herb Keinon, JPost— US President Donald Trump on Thursday “postponed” delivery on his campaign pledge to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, signing a waiver that officially delays a congressional mandate to do so. Explaining the move, White House aides said Trump hoped to maximize his chances of brokering…
DetailsUN Chief: “Denial of Israel’s Right to Exist is Anti-Semitism”
By The Tower— The head of the United Nations told leaders from the Simon Wiesenthal Center that “denial of Israel’s right to exist is anti-Semitism,” the Jewish organization announced in a press release on Tuesday. Speaking at his offices at the UN headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres discussed the UN’s role in countering…
DetailsScripture Reading for June 3, 2017
Torah: Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, “Naso” (Lift up … ) Haftorah: Judges 13:2 – 25 New Testament: Acts 21:17 – 26 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Al Takshevu” (Do not think … )
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Turkey Spending Millions to Grow Influence Over Jerusalem Arabs
By JNI— The Jerusalem municipality’s eastern Jerusalem experts have revealed in recent days that Turkey has been competing with Jordan over influence among Arab residents as well as over control of the Temple Mount, Hashiloach—an Israeli journal for thought and policy, created by the Tikvah Fund—reported last week. The city’s experts, David Koren and Ben…
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