Scripture Reading for June 6, 2015
Torah: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16, “Behe’alotekha” (When you set up…) Haftorah: Zechariah 4:1 -14 New Testament: Revelation 11:1 -14 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 -13, “Le’achar shisha yameem” (After six days …)
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Quote of the Week
“In an idolatrous world, Moses speaking at God’s behest, seems desperate to carve out one small territory where monotheism can grow unmolested.” Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
South Carolina becomes first US state to take action against anti-Israel boycotts
By: MICHAEL WILNER, JPOST— WASHINGTON – South Carolina’s governor has signed into law a bill to stop efforts to boycott, divest and sanction Israel on Thursday afternoon, in a first for the nation on a statewide level. The bill makes no mention of Israel directly, but prevents public entities from contracting with businesses engaging in…
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Column One: The new government’s war on BDS
By: CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is less than a month old, but it’s already apparent that it is different from its predecessors. And if it continues on its current diplomatic trajectory, it may do something that its six predecessors failed to accomplish. Netanyahu’s new government may improve Israel’s position internationally.…
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Israelis and Saudis Reveal Secret Talks to Thwart Iran
By: ELI LAKE, Bloomberg View— Since the beginning of 2014, representatives from Israel and Saudi Arabia have had five secret meetings to discuss a common foe, Iran. On Thursday, the two countries came out of the closet by revealing this covert diplomacy at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Among those who follow the…
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Rabbi Obama’s tough love
By: David M. Weinberg, Israel Hayom— If anybody had any doubts about what is in store for Israel over the next 19 months, U.S. President Barack Obama has now made it clear: a long, painful political shellacking for what he sees as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s amoral behavior. In order to rescue the lofty values of…
DetailsThe Pope who loved the Jews…Really?
By: OLIVIER MELNICK, New Antisemitism— It doesn’t matter if you are Catholic or not, the Pope is an international figure that cannot be ignored. As a Jew, I do not fall under his authority like a Roman Catholic would, but I understand that he can be a very influential person. Over the centuries, many popes…
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Fight Against ISIS Could Take ‘A Generation or More’
By Arutz Sheva Staff, Israel National News— The Islamic State group is a “global threat” that will take a generation or more to defeat, Washington’s envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists said Wednesday. Despite “strategic momentum” against ISIS – or Daesh as he called it – General John Allen conceded, in a keynote speech…
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Pope Francis and the ‘Angel of Peace’ Scandal
By: TSVI SADAN, Israel Today— A scandal recently erupted after media reports such as that by BBC’s David Willey quoted Pope Francis as telling Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting on May 16: “You are an angel of peace.” The Vatican was subsequently forced to issue a clarification that ultimately did little to alleviate…
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Tzipi Hotovely: Continuing a Legacy from the Prophets of Israel
By: RON TOROSSAIN, Breaking Israel News— How heartwarming it is to see Israel’s new deputy foreign minister, the nations’ most senior diplomat, Tzipi Hotovely, speaking clarity and truth to power. Israel’s claim to the land is clear –and having a strong, Zionist woman who believes in the historical bond between the people and the Land…
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HUGE MARCH IN NEW YORK CITY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
By: Sara Abramowicz, Breaking Christian News— “Anyone who thinks that the United States is abandoning its support of Israel—obviously they weren’t in Central Park today, because they would have found out that there is strong, passionate sentiment to stand with Israel.” –Mike Huckabee (New York, NY)—New York City hosted the 51st annual Celebrate Israel Parade…
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Jerusalem Post Editorial: Jew Hatred
By: JPOST EDITORIAL, JPOST— Wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories floated by high-profile public figures and politicians – including heads of state – have been making headlines in recent weeks. It’s worth looking at these outbursts of Jew hatred in light of comments made by US President Barack Obama in a much-discussed interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey…
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Abbas Keeps Looking for Something for Nothing
By: Earl Cox, Breaking Israel News— Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a.k.a Abu Mazen, has repeatedly announced publicly his demands if there is to be any peace with Israel. So here we are again, some dozen years on, and it seems the PA is again in the mood to agree to disagree. President Abbas has…
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Obama: There is no military option to stop Iran
By: TAMAR PILEGGI, Times of Israel— US President Barack Obama told Israeli television that the emerging deal between Iran and world powers is the only way to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and that “a military solution will not fix it.” In an excerpt aired Monday on Channel 2 of an interview with veteran…
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THE JEWISH PROBLEM – FROM ANTI-JUDAISM TO ANTI-SEMITISM
By DAVID TURNER, JPOST— In a thoughtful, heartfelt and well-written article appearing in the on-line Jewish-American periodical Tablet, Ebb Tide in the Golden Country, All is not as it was for Jews in America, Rich Cohen describes a bleak picture for Jews in the United States. Much of what he writes carries the weight of…
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‘It’s not politically correct to be anti-Semitic, but it’s super-in to be anti-Israel’
By LAHAV HARKOV, JPOST— The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is the new anti-Semitism and wants to destroy Israel, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said Wednesday, in response to a motion to the agenda from coalition and opposition MKs calling to fight those who seek to delegitimize Israel. The discussion was marked by shouting matches over…
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Truth Report: I Corinthians 12:3 “Can you say Jesus is Yahweh?”
I Corinthians 12:3 (NIV) Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Yahweh,” except by the Holy Spirit.
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Jeb Bush: Move US Embassy to Jerusalem
By: Ahuva Balofsky, Breaking Israel News— Former Florida governor and likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush told supporters Saturday that he believes in Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital, and would like to see the American embassy moved there, CNN reported. Speaking in Nashville at the Tennessee GOP’s Statesmen’s Dinner, Bush answered a question regarding whether Jerusalem should remain…
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