Obama administration denies Jerusalem is located in Israel

By Aaron Klein, Breitbart— The White House press office on Friday struck out “Israel” as the country in which Jerusalem is located when distributing a transcript of President Obama’s remarks at the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. An image of the press release can be seen here:          …

Details

ELCA’s Detrimental Obsession with Israel

By Sarah Chin, JuicyEcumenism— In 1995, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) issued “For Peace in God’s World,” calling on Lutherans to “strengthen the will and ability to resolve conflicts peacefully” and “conciliate differences.” On August 11, 2016, ELCA betrayed the lofty goals expressed in that document by adopting resolutions calling on the U.S.…

Details

Has World Vision lost its Christian Backbone?

By Chelsen Vicari, JuicyEucmenism— On Tuesday, an expert on Christian media said the evangelical relief group World Vision must recognize when it is used as a tool in the propaganda war against Israel and restore its evangelical roots if it wants to remain an effective Christian charity. Christian Media Analyst for the Committee for Accuracy…

Details

Why Iran is more dangerous than Islamic State

By Moshe Ya’alon, LA Times— U.S. political leaders of both parties argue that destroying Islamic State is America’s top priority in the Middle East. In reality, that’s not nearly as important as confronting the challenge posed by Iran. The nuclear deal that went into effect a year ago may have postponed the danger of an…

Details

Sen. Lindsey Graham targets aid to Palestinians

By Mary Orndorff Troyan, Greenville Online— A Kiawah Island couple’s letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham about their son’s death in Israel has prompted the South Carolina senator to threaten U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority. Graham, along with Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., say the U.S. should stop all economic assistance to…

Details

World mourns Israel’s last founding father

By Herb Keinon, JPost— A Who’s Who of world leaders will descend on Israel beginning on Thursday to attend the funeral of Shimon Peres, the state’s ninth president and two-time prime minister and one of its founding fathers, who died on Wednesday morning at the age of 93. Peres will be buried in a state…

Details

Spike in French Jews immigrating to Israel

By Breitbart— USA Today reports: PARIS — Yael Haccoun and her family are Orthodox Jews from the working-class Paris suburb of Sarcelles, but they flew to Israel in late September to start a new life and escape the anti-Semitism around them. “French people think that it’s natural when Jews are targeted” in terror attacks, said…

Details

Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’ during Peres funeral

By Times of Israel— The Hamas terror group urged Palestinians to hold a “Day of Rage” on Friday, coinciding with the state funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, which will be held in Jerusalem on that day. The call is meant to mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of a wave of terror…

Details

Mahmoud Abbas to attend Peres funeral

BY Avi Issacharoff and Raoul Wootlif, Times of Israel— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to attend Shimon Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem tomorrow, at the head of a PA delegation, Palestinian and Israeli officials said Thursday. Abbas’s office contacted the head of COGAT, Israel’s civilian authority in the Palestinian territories, Yoav Mordechai, to coordinate the president’s…

Details

A back-dated deal with a toppled French PM: How Peres secured Israel’s nuclear deterrent

By Mitch Ginsburg, Times of Israel— In late September 1957, Israel was set to sign an agreement with France. The French Atomic Energy Commission, after four years of negotiations, had agreed to provide Israel with a plutonium reactor. All that was needed in order to cement the deal was the signature of the French foreign…

Details

Peres’s legacy

By JPost— Shimon Pere’s life is the story of a nation. In every major event that occurred throughout the State of Israel’s 68 years, Peres was there, playing a leading role. At the establishment of the state in 1948, he served as an aide to David Ben-Gurion. In 1956, he crafted the Kadesh operation during…

Details

Power of Light: Judaica Symbolism Art Video for Rosh HaShanah

Please enjoy this virtual exhibition of rare hand crafted Judaica. The video is created by the artist in the enlightened memory of her mother and grand-mother, Anna Pinsky-Buyanover and Adel Chigrinsky-Elovich. Musical video-essay featuring Power of Light series of the fine art photography by Inna Rogatchi on Judaica Symbolism. The series was conceived as a journey…

Details

You want it darker, we’ve got it shining

THINKING ON LEONARD COHEN on his birthday and the eve of Rosh HaShanah 5777. By INNA ROGATCHI (C) On his 82nd birthday, which was September 21st 2016, Leonard Cohen released a single You Want it Darker, the title song of his new album with the same title, and the same message, seemingly. The song is…

Details

After prepping Trump for debate, Giuliani says US should abandon two-state solution

By Michael Wilner, JPost— The United States should give up on a two-state solution between Israel and Palestinians, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Saturday night. The former mayor addressed the Israeli American Council (IAC)– promising to remain apolitical– after four intense days of debate prep with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. His…

Details