Scripture Reading for January 9, 2016
Torah: Exodus 6:2 – 9:35, “Va’era” (And I appeared … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 5 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Al takshuvu” (Do not think … )
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Upcoming conference to study assault on pro-Israel evangelicals
By Dexter Van Zile, JNS.org— Evangelical Protestants are part of the backbone of American civil society. Numbering about 90 million people, these Bible-believing Christians have eclipsed mainline Protestants who comprised the Protestant establishment that ruled the roost in the United States in the decades before, during and after World War II. Many elites in the…
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Despite rocky history, more and more Christians helping Jews make aliyah
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— The birth of the State of Israel brought with it practical and spiritual implications for the relations between Jews and Christians in ways that were unimaginable to previous generations. The Jewish State rose up from the ashes of the Holocaust and brought with it something entirely new and…
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Egypt urges Israel not to normalize ties with Turkey
By Ari Yashar, Arutz 7— Egypt recently contacted Israel requesting clarification over the rapprochement talks Jerusalem is holding with Turkey, it was revealed on Thursday. Senior clerks in Jerusalem told Haaretz on condition of anonymity that the Egyptian government expressed its displeasure with the notion of Turkey being given an official role in Gaza, and…
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Palestinian Authority sides with Saudis in Iran spat
By Lee Ganceman, Times of Israel— The Palestinian Authority is standing behind Saudi Arabia in the current political row with Iran, Ramallah’s envoy to the desert kingdom told a leading Arab daily. In an interview Wednesday with the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat, Palestinian ambassador Basem Al-Agha said that his government’s position has been clear from…
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Anti-Semitic letter sent to officials in New York towns
By Danielle Ziri, Jpost— Police in Rockland County in New York State are investigating the origins of an anti-Semitic letter sent to mayors and other town officials. The one-page letter was sent several times to at least three different towns by fax and reads: “Hassidic and Orthodox Jews are a severe danger to civilized society.…
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Arab-Israeli offers money for information on Dizengoff shooter
By Yael Friedson, Ynet News— A cash reward for information that could lead to the capture of Nashat Melhem, the suspect in Friday’s deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv, was offered on Tuesday by Mazen Qaq, the head of the merchants’ committee in Jerusalem’s Old City. The sum offered stands at NIS 40,000, and comes four…
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Iran-Saudi crisis spurs Hizballah strike on Israel
By Debkafile— The heated verbal battle between Tehran and Riyadh over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric escalated Sunday night, Jan 3, with the severance of diplomatic relations. On the broader front, the repercussions from the quarrel between the two leaders of the Muslim world’s Shia-Sunni split are widely seen in Middle East military…
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Why do Islamists (Muslim Fundamentalists) celebrate death?
By Richard Booker, Sounds of the Trumpet— A dear Jewish friend asked me this question. He asked me to answer the question as a theologian. This is my brief response to a complex issue. Before we can understand why these people celebrate death, we must first realize that all “gods” are not the same. I…
DetailsTruth Report: “What is the name that is above every name?”
Exodus 3:15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers–the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob–has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation”
Jews and Palestinians – The difference between us and them
By Michael Freund, JPost— Every once in a while, a news item comes along that captures the essence of an issue, encapsulating a point so crucial and fundamental that it manages to convey just about all one needs to know about a given subject. Such was the case with a press release issued last month…
DetailsDragnet for fugitive Tel Aviv gunman passes its fourth day
By Ben Hartman, JPost— Security remained around Tel Aviv on Monday as the search for a fugitive gunman who shot dead two Israelis in an attack on Dizengoff Street on Friday stretched into a fourth day, with police seeming no closer to finding the suspect. Tel Aviv City Hall said municipal security services had stepped…
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‘This isn’t how you treat friends, it’s how you spy against enemies’
By Ronen Bergman— BERLIN – We met on Wednesday in a cafe in Berlin, near the Brandenburg Gate, where preparations were underway for the fireworks display on New Year’s Eve. I can’t reveal his real name, so in this story I will call him “Robert.” He’s a former senior official in the American intelligence community,…
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Spot Report: How valid are God’s covenants for today?”
Think on this: “Yahweh remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you…
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Tumultuous Year Ending on Positive Note
By Earl Cox, Breaking Israel News— This past year for Israel has been a raucous one. Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has had to skillfully wend his way politically through the innuendoes of friend and foe alike. If only other political entities were so good at providing leadership, the world might be in a better place.…
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