The Israeli Defense Forces have created a new department dedicated to intelligence information on the terrorist organization Islamic State. The IDF first began following the spread of ISIS in April 2014, which they learned about primarily through social networking. However, Channel 2 News recently discovered that the Directorate of Military Intelligence (known in Hebrew as…
DetailsHebrew for the Goyim is one of the Jerusalem Connections most popular, and completely original, series of articles. Researched by Dr. Pat Mercer Hutchens, Hebrew for the Goyim combines her intimate knowledge of Hebrew with the study of art theory. Dr. Hutchens has found a gold mine which not only revolutionized her personal study of…
DetailsThink on this: “I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good will most assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart…
DetailsBy ARIEL COHEN, JPOST— Just as he does every December, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with other PA officials, made the Christmastime claim that Jesus Christ was a Palestinian, rather than a Judean. “We celebrate the birth of Jesus, a Palestinian messenger of love, justice and peace, which has guided millions from the moment…
DetailsBy LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— The UN Security Council rejected on Tuesday the Palestinian draft resolution calling for the full Israeli withdrawal from East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria by the end of 2017. The resolution, which was submitted on Monday by Jordan on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, called for peace negotiations to center…
DetailsBy DAVID LAZARUS, ISRAEL TODAY— The US State Department in 2014 condemned Israel as one of the most “unacceptable” countries in the world, just behind North Korea. According to an article published last week by Foreign Policy, over the past year the Obama Administration State Department cited Israel for “unacceptable behavior” more times than Pakistan,…
DetailsBy LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Evangelical Christians are under attack in a newly released piece by Newsweek which calls those of the faith “God’s frauds.” In its pre-Christmas issue, the magazine launched a vitriolic war on the Bible in an article by Kurt Eichenwald, titled “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin.” Eichenwald’s attempts…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26, “Vayechi” (and he lived …) Haftorah: I Kins 2:1 – 12 New Testament: I Peter 1:3 – 9 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Lo choshev” (Do not think …)
DetailsBy RICHARD MATHER, ARUTZ 7— In recent decades, the quest to rescue Jesus’ Jewish identity has yielded much fruit. Geza Vermes, Robert Eisenman, E.P Sanders, James Tabor, R. T. Herford, George Foot Moor and Hyam Maccoby are among those who have highlighted Jesus’ Jewish identity and origins. Combined with the shared interest in the Dead…
DetailsBy GERALD MCDERMOTT, ROANOKE TIMES– Once again, Israel is at the top of the news. Jeffrey Goldberg reports in the Atlantic that the Obama administration is “red-hot” over Israel’s recent announcements of new building in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. This kerfuffle comes on top of Israeli denunciations of Irish and British statements recognizing…
DetailsBy LARRY AND DEDE. LEV PROJECT— Make a Special Donation Today to The Lev Project. Shalom! We are Larry and Dede Miller with The Lev Project. After 12 years of living and volunteering in Hungary, and a 5-month experience in Israel working with holocaust survivors, The Lev Project was born. (Lev in Hebrew means, “heart”)…
Details“The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.” –George Washington (1779)
Acts 3: 21-23 21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells…
DetailsThink on this: “On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.” Pray on this: Thank you Father that you never abrogate your covenant promises to Israel and to believers. No matter how many promises…
DetailsBy JONATHAN FELDSTEIN, BIN— The recent wave of terrorist incidents that has Israelis looking over their shoulders—both literally and figuratively—overlapping with the holiday season, got me thinking: What if Jesus were born today? As 2014 ends, Israelis have been plagued with war, increased terrorism, and an ongoing incitement of violence and worse. Jesus was a…
DetailsBy RIYADH MOHAMMED— The war against ISIS is taking a dangerous, perhaps inevitable turn. The terror organization has been keen to expand to southern Syria and the Syrian capital of Damascus. Now it says it has recruited three Syrian rebel groups operating in the south of the country in an area bordering the Israeli occupied…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27, “Vayigash” (and he drew near …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 28 New Testament: Ephesians 2:11 – 22 Gospel: Hebrews 10:5 – 10, “Behechaneso” ( when He came …)
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