Scripture Reading for February 28, 2015
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament : Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 7:7 – 12, “Bacshu” (Ask! … )
DetailsTorah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament : Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 7:7 – 12, “Bacshu” (Ask! … )
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— It is hard to get your arms around the stubborn determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. For most of the nine years he has served as Israel’s leader, first from 1996 to 1999 and now since 2009, Netanyahu shied away from confrontations or buckled under pressure. He signed deals with…
By DAVID BROOKS, NY TIMES— Over the past centuries, Western diplomats have continually projected pragmatism onto their ideological opponents. They have often assumed that our enemies are driven by the same sort of national interest calculations that motivate most regimes. They have assumed that economic interests would trump ideology and religion — that prudent calculation…
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The Egyptians are furious with U.S. President Barack Obama for meeting in the White House this week with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. They say that the Obama Administration has once again turned its back on moderate Arabs and Muslims by endorsing those who support and…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Israeli police said Thursday that a fire has damaged a Greek Orthodox seminary in Jerusalem in what they suspect to be a hate crime. Police spokesman Chief Insp. Micky Rosenfeld said “anti-Christian” slogans were scribbled in Hebrew on the seminary’s walls. He said the fire Thursday damaged the building’s bathrooms but that…
By YNETNEWS— After a wave of attacks targeting Jewish community centers in Europe, a group of European rabbis have decided that if and when the time comes, they will be prepared. The heads of the European Jewish Association and the rabbinical center of Europe have decided to train European rabbis in self-defense and first aid…
Malachi 1:11, New International Version (NIV) 11 My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
By YONI HERSH, ISRAEL HAYOM— In a Washington Post op-ed published on Monday, former Senator Joe Lieberman called on members of Congress to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Iran on March 3. In the op-ed, Lieberman, a Jewish Democrat from Connecticut who served in the Senate for 24 years, wrote, “Last week, 23…
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Election fever is gripping Israel these days with the big election for control of the national government coming up on March 17th. American Christians support Israel however we understand that we are not Israeli citizens therefore we cannot cast ballots in their elections. While we have our personal preferences and…
By Efrat Forsher, Yori Yalon, Shlomo Cesana, ISRAEL HAYOM— A 27-year-old ultra-Orthodox man was stabbed in the stomach by a Palestinian terrorist in central Jerusalem on Sunday evening. The attack, which took place in IDF Square near City Hall, could have ended with far graver consequences had it not been for the intervention of Jerusalem Mayor…
Think on this: “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but…
By YISRAEL ROSENBERG, JPOST— This coming March 3, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to the combined Houses of the American Congress in Washington, DC. This is not his first speech to Congress, but it is arguably his most important. He and his audience think that his task is to warn…
By GRAEME WOOD, THE ATLANTIC— What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations…
By CAROLINE GLICK— Officially, the election on March 17 is among Israelis. Depending on how we vote, either Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will remain in office and form the next government led by his Likud party, or Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni will form a government. But unofficially, a far greater electoral drama is unfolding.…
Torah: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19, “Terumah” (Contribution … ) Haftorah: I Kings 5:26 – 6:13 New Testament: I Corinthians 9:1 -15 Gospel: Matthew 5:1- 20, “Al tachshuv” (Do not think … )
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out it has no meaning.”—C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
By ADAM KREDO, FREE BEACON— Anti-Semitic, pro-terror graffiti continues to plague an affluent neighborhood in Washington, D.C., causing worry among some residents as anti-Jewish incidents continue to spike across the globe. A swastika with the words, “F***ing D.C. cops” was spotted this week along 19th and N Streets NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood in…