Scripture Reading for September 5, 2015
Torah: Dueteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki tavo” (When you go in …) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1-22 New Testament: I Corinthians 3:12 – 18 Gospel: John 17:1 – 19, “Pa ‘er na et Bencha” (Glorify your Son …)
DetailsTorah: Dueteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki tavo” (When you go in …) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1-22 New Testament: I Corinthians 3:12 – 18 Gospel: John 17:1 – 19, “Pa ‘er na et Bencha” (Glorify your Son …)
By: Johnathan Tobin, Commentary Magazine: This morning, President Obama got what he’s been working toward all year. With Senator Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the administration got its 34th vote in the Senate, thus assuring that the president will have enough support to sustain a veto of…
Christian leaders have come together under the banner of American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) in order to unite their voices in support of Israel, thereby having far greater impact than any one organization. Their first initiative addresses the Iran Agreement, an issue affecting both Israel and the United States. Today, this network sent a petition to the…
By: Post Editorial Board, New York Post— Whether to approve the disastrous nuclear deal with Iran is the most important question to face Congress in years — yet the president wants to stop the Senate from even debating it. He’s pushing Democrats to use the filibuster rule to stop the question from making it to…
By: Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Most people are aware of the Christian and Jewish concepts of messiah, but very few outside of Islam know of their concept of messiah and how it irreconcilably pits them against the Judeo-Christian world. Today, the Islamic concept of the messiah is being expressed in current political events,…
By Michael Freund— The entire free world owes Israel an enormous debt of gratitude. Were it not for a prescient strike against a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, which foreign media sources credit Israel with carrying out, the fanatics of Islamic State would now be in possession of their own nuclear facility. This revelation came…
By: Daniel Greenfield, Israel National News— In 2008, Elliot Dorff joined Rabbis for Obama in their claim that Senator Obama would be a “leader in the fight against serious threats to Israel.” Dorff, a Beverly Hills based clergyman, showed a deep grasp of geopolitical issues when he claimed that because of President Bush, “now the…
By: Times of Israel Staff, Times of Israel — Escalating Iran’s rhetoric against Israel, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps vowed Wednesday that the regime would boost its military capabilities relentlessly until Israel was destroyed. “The Islamic Revolution will continue enhancing its preparedness until it overthrows Israel and liberates Palestine,” the IRGC’s…
“I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I Yahweh am the Holy One in Israel. It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Yahweh. This is the day I have spoken…
By: Eli Leon, Daniel Siryoti, Yoni Hersch, Israel Hayom— Iran will never recognize Israel, a top aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated on Sunday. “Iran will not recognize Israel,” Ali Akbar Velayati said. “We still emphasize that Israel is a usurper and occupying regime.” Last week, another top Iranian official said Iran’s anti-Israel policies remain in…
By: ARI SOFFER, Israel National News— When it comes to Christian Zionism, most people think of the United States – and with good cause. Groups like Christians United For Israel (CUFI) have been among the leading lights in Israel advocacy, with a highly motivated and active grassroots base and support from a diverse range of…
By: TED BELMAN, Israel National News— Post Annapolis, the Palestinian Authority made it crystal clear that it will never recognize Israel as a “Jewish state”. Furthermore, it made it crystal clear that it will not compromise on Jerusalem, making it a capital offense to do so. Do not think for a moment that these entrenched…
“Israel is the only state in the world whose legitimacy is widely denied, and whose destruction is publicly advocated and threatened.”–British historian Anthony Julius
Think on this: Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight…who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny…
By: Earl Cox, JPOST— Any humanitarian, religious or not, would call racism in any form a loathsome social evil. One can only imagine the terror and horror of pogroms in the past toward Jews just as the modern day pogroms of Boko Haran against Christians and ISIS against everyone is a terrible and horrible evil…
Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19, “Ki chezea” (When you go out …) Haftorah: Isaiah 54:1 – 10 New Testament: I Corinthians 5:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 5:27 – 30, “Shematim” (You have heard … )