Scripture Reading for December 5, 2015
Torah: Genesis 37:1 – 40:22, “Vayeshev” (And he settled …) Haftorah: Amos 2:6 – 3:8 New Testament: Hebrews 9:12 -15 Gospel: Matthew 1:1 – 6, 18 – 25, “Sefer ha’ yuchaseen” ( The book of geneology … )
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Trump, Carson flop with Jewish Republicans
By BEN SCHRECKINGER, Politico— Donald Trump joked about Jewish stereotypes, declined to affirm his support for a united Jerusalem, and told his audience they wouldn’t back him because he did not want their money. Reading from a prepared text, Ben Carson repeatedly pronounced the name of the Palestinian group “Hamas” as if it were a…
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Messianic Jewish victim of California attack had argued with shooter about Islam
BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND AGENCIES, Times of Israel— One of the victims of the San Bernardino shooting was identified on Thursday as a Messianic Jew who had a heated discussion with the shooter about Islam weeks before the attack. The details came to light as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that…
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ZOA to Trump: ‘We’re disappointed and alarmed’
By Hillel Fendel, Israel National News— Front-running Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, generally hawkish on Muslims-vs.-West issues, has alarmed some pro-Israel elements in the United Statements with a speech he delivered on Thursday. Peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority “has to do with Israel and whether or not Israel’s willing to sacrifice certain things,”…
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Celebrate the Festival of Lights! Restoring the Tabernacle and the Torah!!!!
May we all remember the season of restoring the Tabernacle and the Torah to the people !!!!!
Israel extremely nervous over Russian operations on its Golan border
By Debka File— On the outside, Israel is all smiles and full of praise for way the coordination with Moscow is working for averting clashes between its air force and Russian warplanes over Syria. This goodwill was conspicuous in the compliments Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Vladimir Putin traded when they met on the…
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Israel honors GI who told the Nazis, ‘We are all Jews’
By Aron Heller, Times of Israel— The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate. But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds would have none of that. As the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer held in the German POW…
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Israel: IAEA report proves Iran nuke program had military dimension
BY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— A newly released report by the UN’s atomic watchdog on the military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program “proved beyond any doubt that Iran operated a secret program to develop nuclear weapons, including after 2003,” Israel said Wednesday night. The UN report said Iran conducted…
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As Putin Becomes One of World’s Most Powerful Players, His Surprising Jewish Connection is Revealed
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— In the long history of Jews in Russia, the government has rarely been an ally, and often been the source of persecution. Current Russian president Vladimir Putin, however, is a powerful exception, with Jews playing a significant role in his personal history and his inner circle. With the…
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The American War Against the Jews
By Caroline Glick, Breaking Israel News— The foundations of American Jewish life are under assault today in ways that were unimaginable a generation ago. Academia is ground zero of the onslaught. The protest movements on campuses are first and foremost anti-Jewish movements. For the past decade or so, Jewish communal leaders and activists have focused…
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Truth Report: “Is it Yahweh or Jesus or both?”
For, “Everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved.” —Romans 10:13 And everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, even among the survivors whom Yahweh calls. —Joel 2:32
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Netanyahu should be vindicated, not blamed
By Ron Jager– Spending Thanksgiving in Long Island made me proud to be a former New Yorker. Despite the distance, the level of concern and regard for the suffering the people of Israel are enduring, is heartwarming and a mind opener. No self-blame, no irrational Jewish morality that blames the Jewish victims, no twisted logic…
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Khamenei: ISIS ‘vile’ but Palestinians face worse terrorism from Israel
By JTA, JPOST— Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the recent coordinated Paris attacks that left at least 130 people dead “blind terrorism.” Khamenei’s comments, released in a statement to “the youth in the Western countries,” were published Sunday by the Iranian IRNA news agency, the government’s official news agency. It is reportedly Khamenei’s…
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Spanish king honors Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain
By AFP, Times of Israel— MADRID, Spain — Spain’s King Felipe VI on Monday honored Sephardic Jews who were banished more than five centuries ago during the Inquisition, after a law allowing dual citizenship for their descendants came into force. The legislation aims to correct what the Spanish government calls the “historic mistake” of the…
DetailsSpot Report: “We’re in WW III: PRAY!”
Think on this: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will…
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CNN wipes Israel off of the map
By JPOST Staff, JPOST— A CNN Money article on the Middle East dropped Israel’s name from a map of the Middle East that accompanied a story on the turmoil in the region. The article, entitled “Beyond ISIS: 2016’s scariest geopolitical hot spots,” naturally featured the ongoing war in Syria and the image that originally accompanied…
DetailsTurkey Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jet: Is this the Spark that Ignites a Messianic War?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Turkish military sources told the media that after issuing 10 warnings in five minutes, Turkish F-16’s opened fire, downing the Russian fighter jet. Photos of the incident clearly show two parachutes, indicating that the two pilots successfully ejected from the downed plane. One pilot is believed to have…
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