By VICTOR SHARPE— The Jewish faith has bestowed many wondrous divine blessings upon the world. Among them is, of course, the Sabbath day. The Day of Rest, the Seventh Day, the Sabbath, is the one precious and humanitarian day set aside from the rest of the week’s labors. It is a day of freedom and…
Details–Pray for the healing of the injured from all the terror attacks during these past two weeks. –Pray for the Lord to comfort the hearts of the grieving families, who have lost loved ones and friends in these attacks. –Pray for YHVH’s hand to descend strongly against Israel’s enemies, and to effectively shield His people…
DetailsBy DR. NESSIA SHEMER, ISRAEL HAYOM— “For Al-Aqsa We Will Run Over Settlers” is the name of a new song put online recently by two Palestinian singers from Ramallah. The popular slogan “Al-Aqsa is in danger” has been used by extremist Islamic elements for decades, since the days of Haj Amin el-Husseini, the grand mufti…
DetailsBy EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Ever since a ‘secret’ letter penned by U.S. President Barak Hussein Obama to the Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kahmenei, opinions on what should or should not transpire regarding the looming Iranian nuclear showdown have lit up news outlets. The letter’s alleged purpose was to proffer a deal for the…
DetailsBy Masha Kondrachuk and Stephen Ennis, BBC— Leaders of Ukraine’s Jewish community have come out strongly in support of the Kiev government in its conflict with Russia, rejecting Moscow’s accusations that their country is now a hotbed of anti-Semitism. But some are uneasy about the far-right extremists fighting with Ukrainian volunteer battalions in the east,…
Details“Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish Nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.” —-Theodore Herzl
By RON JAGER— Historical legend based on the “Napoleon and Tisha B’Av Myth,” tells the story that Napoleon visited a synagogue in Russia on Tisha B’Av. Noticing the lamentations and expressions of mourning of the Jews, Napoleon asked his advisors; what’s up with the Jews? Why are they weeping in public? It was explained to…
DetailsBy ISHAAN THAROOR, WASHINGTON POST— On the ground, a separate, viable Palestinian state is far from a reality. Israel occupies the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and it partially blockades the Gaza Strip, the territories that would comprise it. The continued expansion of Israeli settlements into the West Bank makes tackling the question of Palestinian…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 23:1 – 24:18, “Chayei Sarah” (The life of Sarah …) Haftorah: I Kings 1:1 – 31 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:50 – 57 Gospel: Matthew 1:1 – 17, “Hayukimin Yeshua” (The genealogy of Jesus … )
DetailsThink on this: “If I forget you, Jerusalem may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.”…”I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling…I will…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK— In the postmortems of the terrorist car attacks in Jerusalem, it is easy to see the writing on the wall. Ibrahim al-Akary, the terrorist who on Wednesday ran over crowds of people waiting to cross the street and catch the Jerusalem Light Rail, was the brother of one of the terrorist murderers…
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE, ARUTZ7— It is passing strange that Israel is pressed endlessly by friends and foes alike to negotiate a so-called peace agreement with the Palestinian Arabs, even though the self-proclaimed Palestinian Authority consists of two brutal terrorist organizations – Hamas and Fatah. Both terror entities are obliged by their charters to wipe Israel…
DetailsIn this hour, there is serious lack of shalom in Israel, particularly in Jerusalem. Very likely what we are seeing breaking out in the capital city is what will be labeled the “Third Intifada.” PA President, Mahmoud Abbas, has incited it, and has basically called it into being. The support of the international community for the…
DetailsBy RABBI SHALOM LEWIS, CONGREGATION ETZ CHAYIM— Transcript of sermon given on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in Marietta, Georgia September, 2014 I thought that maybe I’d start with a rendition of Paul McCartney’s plaintive masterpiece “Yesterday”… “Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to stay,…
Detailsby ARYEH SAVIR, UNITEDWITHISRAEL— The Jerusalem area was hit by the second vehicular attack in one day, as a terrorist ran his van into a group of soldiers patrolling near the al-Arub refugee camp in Gush Etzion on Wednesday night. In the morning, Hamas terrorist Ibrahim al-Akari rammed his van into pedestrians in Jerusalem Wednesday…
DetailsBy DAVE BENDER, ALGEMEINER— In a dramatic development, Israeli cabinet members are warning that US President Barack Obama threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US may opt not to oppose future hostile UN Security Council votes, unless Israel accedes to American policy demands, Israel’s NRG News reported on Sunday. “The prime minister told colleagues…
Details“Through the unique benignity of their experience in the United States, the Jewish people bear witness to the infinitely precious virtues of the traditional American system. Surely, then we Jews have an obligation to join with the defenders of this system against those who are blind or indifferent or antagonistic to the philosophical principles, the…
DetailsRomans 11:25-27 25 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, 26 and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written:…
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