Scripture Reading for March 7, 2015
Torah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35, “Ki tisa” (When you take … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:1 – 39 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:1 – 18 Gospel: Luke 9:28 – 36, “Kishmonah Yameem” (About eight days … )
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The story behind the marble Moses in Netanyahu’s speech
By ANAV SILVERMAN, YNET— While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced several cultural, political, and historical figures throughout his highly-anticipated speech to Congress on Tuesday March 3 – including Harry S. Truman, Queen Esther, Robert Frost, and Elie Wiesel – he concluded his historical address with the biblical figure of the prophet Moses. The Israeli…
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Truth Report: “Netanyahu scores big!”
A song. A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, do not remain silent; do not turn a deaf ear, do not stand aloof, O God. 2 See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads. 3 With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish. 4 “Come,” they say,…
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Listening to Netanyahu
By THE BOSTON HERALD-— The Obama administration should just shut up about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled Tuesday speech to Congress. Israel’s very existence, not America’s, would be threatened by an Iranian nuclear bomb — and isn’t it high time he made that case directly to Congress. Netanyahu accepted an invitation to appear from House…
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Netanyahu’s Churchhill moment
By DAVID RUBIN, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon be walking in the footsteps of the great British statesman Winston Churchill? In less than twenty-four hours, Prime Minister Netanyahu will be delivering his much anticipated presentation about the nuclear threat from Iran to the joint houses of the United States Congress.…
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The squabble over Bibi’s speech
By JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— CHARLIE ROSE wasn’t sure he’d heard right. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, his guest on PBS, was lamenting that the controversy over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s forthcoming speech to Congress had “injected a degree of partisanship” into the traditionally bipartisan US-Israel relationship. That’s not only “unfortunate,” said Rice. “It’s…
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Spot Report: “Benjamin Netanyahu, the Queen Esther of our day.”
Think on this: “Who knows but that you have come to his position for such a time as this.” (Esther 3:14) Pray on this: Heavenly Father, grant Prime Minister Netanyahu favor and acceptance by Congress and the American people as he speaks to the joint session of Congress on March 3, 2015. In Jesus Name,…
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An honest Muslim making a powerful statement
By Dr. Tawfik Hamid “I am a Muslim by faith, a Christian by spirit, a Jew by heart, and above all I am a human being.” I was born a Muslim and lived all my life as a follower of Islam. After the barbaric terrorist attacks done by the hands of my fellow Muslims everywhere…
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Scripture Reading for February 28, 2015
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament : Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 7:7 – 12, “Bacshu” (Ask! … )
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In Israel’s hour of need
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— It is hard to get your arms around the stubborn determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. For most of the nine years he has served as Israel’s leader, first from 1996 to 1999 and now since 2009, Netanyahu shied away from confrontations or buckled under pressure. He signed deals with…
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Converting the Ayatollahs
By DAVID BROOKS, NY TIMES— Over the past centuries, Western diplomats have continually projected pragmatism onto their ideological opponents. They have often assumed that our enemies are driven by the same sort of national interest calculations that motivate most regimes. They have assumed that economic interests would trump ideology and religion — that prudent calculation…
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Arabs: Why is Obama Siding with Supporters of Terrorism?
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The Egyptians are furious with U.S. President Barack Obama for meeting in the White House this week with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. They say that the Obama Administration has once again turned its back on moderate Arabs and Muslims by endorsing those who support and…
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Jerusalem Christian seminary torched in suspected hate crime
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Israeli police said Thursday that a fire has damaged a Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem in what they suspect to be a hate crime. Police spokesman Chief Insp. Micky Rosenfeld said “anti-Christian” slogans were scribbled in Hebrew on the seminary’s walls. He said the fire Thursday damaged the building’s bathrooms but that…
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Gearing up for attacks, European Rabbis learn self-defense
By YNETNEWS— After a wave of attacks targeting Jewish community centers in Europe, a group of European rabbis have decided that if and when the time comes, they will be prepared. The heads of the European Jewish Association and the rabbinical center of Europe have decided to train European rabbis in self-defense and first aid…
DetailsTruth Report: Malachi 1:11, “The profaning of God’s name”
Malachi 1:11, New International Version (NIV) 11 My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
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Former Senator Joe Lieberman: Hear out Israel’s leader
By YONI HERSH, ISRAEL HAYOM— In a Washington Post op-ed published on Monday, former Senator Joe Lieberman called on members of Congress to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Iran on March 3. In the op-ed, Lieberman, a Jewish Democrat from Connecticut who served in the Senate for 24 years, wrote, “Last week, 23…
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Obama encouraging defeat of Netanyahu
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Election fever is gripping Israel these days with the big election for control of the national government coming up on March 17th. American Christians support Israel however we understand that we are not Israeli citizens therefore we cannot cast ballots in their elections. While we have our personal preferences and…
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