By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe— THIS WEEKEND, Jews the world over celebrate the festival of Purim, a highlight of which is the public reading of the biblical book of Esther. In 10 fast-moving chapters, it recounts the first recorded attempt at a Jewish genocide. The Persian emperor Ahasuerus (known to historians as Xerxes I) allows…
DetailsBy JTA— Education Secretary Betsy DeVos praised Orthodox Jewish schools as a model for publicly funded education. “I applaud Agudath Israel for their leadership and commitment to providing their community with access to educational options that meet the academic and religious needs of their families,” she said Wednesday after meeting with leaders of the Haredi…
DetailsThink on this: “I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.” (Romans 11:25-26) Pray like this:…
DetailsBy Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— On Tuesday, Christians for Israel International presented a “Jerusalem Declaration” to President Reuven Rivlin at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The Declaration states that Christians acknowledge that the city of Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people as part of God’s covenant promise and expresses unconditional support for the governance…
DetailsBy Isi Leibler, JPost— Political correctness still seems to impel us to continue chanting the mantra that we are prohibited from relating to antisemitism as a cause for settling in Israel and insisting that the only motivation for aliya today is to enable a committed Jew to lead a truly Jewish life in his homeland.…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:11, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kiseh Moshe” (the seat of Moses … )
DetailsBy Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— Palestinians should not look to the United Nations for a solution to its conflict with Israel, US Ambassador Nikki Haley warned in her first meeting with the Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the UN on Tuesday. Haley, who in her short tenure has already made clear at the UN that…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, Israel Always— As immigration protest surge at airports and cities across the United States and in other places around the world, President Donald Trump continues to stand by his Jan. 27 executive order, with some adjustments, restricting immigration and his pledge to safeguard the citizens of the United States. Acknowledging America as…
DetailsBy Mark Borman, Washington Post— A new wave of threats were made late Monday and Tuesday to Jewish schools and institutions, including the New York and Washington offices of the Anti-Defamation League, according to that group and other officials. These latest bomb threats came as a letter signed by every U.S. senator was sent to…
DetailsDeuternomy 7: 2, 16 And when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on…
DetailsBy Julia Schmidt, Aish— “You know it is not always wise to tell people that you are Jewish,” my son’s Hebrew school teacher told me. We belonged to a synagogue in Bonn, Germany. “Sometimes it can be dangerous and it is better to keep quiet.” I cringed when I heard him say this, something he…
Details“Rabid anti-Semitism coupled with an addiction to implausible conspiracy theories is a very strong predictor of national -doom.”—Walter Russell Mead, Bard College
DetailsMichael Rogatchi on his Zion Waltz Series Special Interview – for The JerUSAlem Connection Report The Rogatchi Foundation (C) Renowned European master Michael Rogatchi has recently completed his important art series of large oil canvases Zion Waltz with which he was invited by the Ministry of Culture of Israel to commemorate the 50 th anniversary…
DetailsThink on this: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh” (Matthew 23:39) Pray like this: Father help your people to recognize the critical importance of the name of Yahweh and to begin to magnify that name in their references to God. In Jesus name, AMEN! (Psalm 34:3)
DetailsBy Olivier Melnick, The NewAntiSemitism Blog— For as long as I have studied and taught against antisemitism, the United-States were never immune from the virus of Jew hatred, but they were not in the forefront either. Antisemitism has been expected from countries in the Middle East that are mostly Muslim countries. It has also been…
DetailsBy Independent— A US Congressional delegation will visit Israel tomorrow to look into the option of relocating the American embassy to Jerusalem. President Donald Trump has previously said he would “love” to see the embassy moved from its current location in Tel Aviv. He made the comments during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to…
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