Scripture Readings for May 8, 2015
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 – 10 Gospel: John 15:14 – 17 “Yedidi” (My friends … )
DetailsTorah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 – 10 Gospel: John 15:14 – 17 “Yedidi” (My friends … )
By: SHIRA SORKO-RAM, Moaz Israel— President Barack Obama has informed the American people that the Iran nuclear agreement he is hoping to conclude with Iran is a once-ina- lifetime opportunity. “So this may not be optimal,” he conceded. “In a perfect world, Iran would say,‘We won’t have any nuclear infrastructure at all,’ but what we…
By: WND— Rabbi Jonathan Cahn’s passionate warning to the United States Supreme Court at the 2015 “Washington: A Man of Prayer” service has gone viral, garnering over 2.3 million views just on one website hosting the video. And the media organization garnering the most views resides in an unlikely place – the African nation of…
By: Hezki Ezra and Elad Benari, Israel National News— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening welcomed the agreement with the Jewish Home party, which will allow him to form a coalition. In a joint statement with Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett after the agreement was reached, Netanyahu said, however, that while having a coalition of…
By: JNS.ORG, JPOST— Latin gospel singer Ingrid Rosario, accompanied by a four-piece band, belts out impassioned ballads before a captive audience, hands clasped or in the air, eyes transfixed on the stage or closed in a meditative state. Is this scene from church? A Christian rock concert? Hardly. It’s a prayer session at a staunchly…
Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Yahweh, to the glory of God the Father.
By: THE RIGHT SCOOP, Fox News— A couple of years ago it was reported that Turkey was helping fund the building of a $100 million dollar mega mosque in Lanham, Maryland. In fact Erdogan visited the mosque when he was here in May of 2013, promising to come back for the opening. Well that time…
By: EARL COX, JPOST-— News about Mr. Obama’s $50 billion bonus to Iran recently hit the wires. It could be said that the message sent by President Obama’s offer of a bonus was that he and his partner in Middle East mischief, John Kerry, are so desperate for a deal that they are willing to…
By: TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND AFP, Times of Israel— Former US president Jimmy Carter called Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal a strong proponent of the peace process Saturday, and said he wasn’t meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because it would be “a waste of time.” The president, who has been visiting Israel and the West…
Think on this: “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose customs are different from those of all other people and who do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. If it pleases the king,…
By: LEE ZELDIN, Times of Israel— WASHINGTON (JTA) — America has good allies all around the world, but there is no greater ally than Israel, a beacon of democracy, freedom and liberty in a part of the world filled with darkness. However, the Obama administration continues to create more and more daylight between itself and…
By: JTA, JPOST— Indiana state senate passed a nonbinding resolution opposing boycotts of Israel. Resolution 74, adopted earlier this week, makes Indiana’s legislature the second in the United States to pass a resolution condemning BDS, or the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign. Tennessee passed a similar appeal last month. The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously…
Conversations with Simon Wiesenthal – a Film by Inna Rogatchi The Lessons of Survival, Conversations with Simon Wiesenthal is the recent film by Inna Rogatchi released in 2014. This documentary art film is based on many friendly and intimate conversations that Inna Rogatchi had with legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal during many years of their…
By: KHALED ABU TOAMEH, Gatestone Institute— The international community seems to have forgotten that Palestinians live not only in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but also in a number of Arab countries, especially Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Western journalists covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict regularly focus on the “plight” of Palestinians who are affected by…
Heaven and the earth will pass away But your words all remain And my hands are growing old And weary with pain Still I fold them to pray To the one unchanged Yesterday and today Oh Yahweh I will try to stay awake Take my last breath of faith As I wait for you to…
By: Eric R. Mandel, JPOST— “The US-Israeli alliance now contributes more than ever to American security” – Michael Eisenstadt and David Pollock, The Washington Institute The Obama Doctrine on foreign affairs is not only to nurture a new relationship with Iran, but also to find opportunities to weaken the longstanding bonds between America and Israel.…