By CHRISTIANITY TODAY— Nearly one year after Jews for Jesus launched one of its most successful and controversial evangelism campaigns, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have watched That Jew Died for You. The three-minute YouTube video depicts Jesus carrying the cross to a gas chamber. The film’s goal was to “reshape views of Jesus…
Details“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”—Jim Elliot
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing to speak out against the framework nuclear deal reached between six world powers and Iran last week in Switzerland. On Sunday, Netanyahu did a round of interviews with American media outlets, appearing on ABC, CNN and NBC. “I think this is a dream deal for Iran…
DetailsBy TIMES OF ISRAEL— Israel on Monday posed 10 questions to the US-led negotiators with Iran that it said underlined “the extent of the irresponsible concessions given to Iran” in the framework agreement reached last Thursday, and made clear “how dangerous the framework is for Israel, the region and the world.” The questions were listed…
Details“The countless generations of Jews murdered, martyred, and massacred for the sake of Jerusalem say to you, Comfort ye our people.”—Yitzhak Rabin, IDF chief of staff in 1967, later Prime Minister
Never underestimate what YHVH can accomplish! Look what He did in a single 3-day period of time! **Despair changed into hope **Bondage turned into freedom **Darkness turned into glorious light **Sadness tuned into elation **Brokenness turned into wholeness **Rejection turned into intimate embrace **Confusion turned into revelation understanding **Doubt turned into faith **Disappointment turned into…
DetailsThink on this: “Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. … I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced…
DetailsBy ERIC MANDEL, JPOST— Last week I was privileged to speak to two very different audiences about the Middle East and Israel. Though the talks had the same title, “Understanding the Middle East: Iran, the Sunni-Shi’ite War, the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict, Anti-Semitism and the Delegitimization of Israel,” the reasons I was invited, and the questions…
DetailsBy MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Passover is a festival of redemption, a day when we celebrate our forefathers’ exodus from Egypt and the start of their collective journey to the Promised Land. Nowadays, it is a time when families typically come together around the Seder table, enjoy each other’s company and revel in the abundant rituals…
DetailsBY AMBASSADOR (RET) YORAM ETTINGER— 1. David Ben Gurion, the Founding Father of the Jewish State (UN Commission, 1947): “300 years ago, the Mayflower launched its historical voyage. Do many remember the exact data of the voyage, how many passengers were on the Mayflower and what kind of bread did they consume? However, 3,300 years…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 12:21 – 51, Numbers 28:16 – 25, “Passover Sabbath” Haftorah: Joshua 5:2 – 61 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:20 – 28 Gospel: Luke 22:7 – 20, “Passover/Communion”
DetailsMusic video for “Dayenu,” a multi-genre twist on the classic Passover Seder song.
By DAVID LAZARUS, ISRAEL TODAY— That is the title of a new book by Reform Rabbi Evan Moffic, who demonstrates a deep appreciation for the central place of Jesus in the Jewish Passover. In his book, which came out in February just in time for the holiday, Moffic hopes to help Christians understand the intimate…
DetailsBy TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday excoriated world powers over their dogged pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran, pointing to recent statements by officials in Tehran — notably their calls to eliminate Israel — as evidence of the Islamic Republic’s unwillingness to compromise on its nuclear ambitions and campaign…
DetailsBy Yoni Kempinski and Elad Benari, INN— Journalist and writer Caroline Glick, author of the book “The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East”, says Israel should annex Judea and Samaria now, in response to President Barack Obama’s statements that the United States will “re-evaluate” its support for Israel at the…
DetailsPsalm 34:3 O magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt his name together.
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