Ukrainian Jews need our help!

The Jerusalem Connection is partnering with the Jewish Agency and the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem in an urgent appeal to help the Jews of Ukraine make aliyah. What is predicted to be a brutal winter is fast approaching in Ukraine. Many Jews from eastern Ukraine have been displaced from their homes. Damaged infrastructure, due…

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Shurat Hadin charges US Presbyterian Church with having ties to Hezbollah

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL— Shurat Hadin, (the Israel Law Center) has filed a legal complaint against the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), alleging violations of the US tax code for unlawful political lobbying and contact with Hezbollah, a US-designated terrorist organization. The Tel Aviv-based organization publicized the submission of its 38-page complaint with the US Internal Revenue…

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Video: Official music video by Shwekey

Many tears have fallen, many years we’re calling, Please no more Many broken-hearted, friends lost and departed, Please no more Now the time has come, everyone must stand together, and be strong forever more. Young and helpless children, illness and confusion, Please no more Old and lonely people, hunger, war and evil, Please no more…

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Increasing numbers of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama

By ISI LEIBLER— It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party in the recent midterm congressional elections. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that increasing numbers of American Jews at the grassroots level have become disillusioned and in many cases outraged by the shabby manner in which…

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Iran’s not-so-hidden agenda

By MICHAEL RUBIN, DALLAS MORNING NEWS— While the United States and Europe may lament the failure to reach a final agreement with Iran on its nuclear program, for Iranian officials, all is going according to plan. After all, while the West may engage in diplomacy to resolve conflict, for Tehran, the process has always been…

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US Congress passes Israel strategic partnership bill

By ASSOCIATED PRESS– US lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation making Israel a “major strategic partner” of the United States, deepening a bilateral bond that has recently shown signs of strain. In a voice vote, the House approved the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, which expands cooperation in defense and security, energy,…

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Why is it happening? Where is it going?

By DAVID RUBIN— After the latest clash between Prime Minister Netanyahu (Likud) and Finance Minister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), it has become clear that Israel is heading to early elections, with only half of the current term having been concluded. The main questions: 1. Why couldn’t this coalition last? 2. What can we expect in…

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Likud counters center-left bid to unseat Netanyahu

By  ISRAEL HAYOM— Over the last two days, since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni from the coalition, the center-left parties have been talking about joining forces in efforts to unseat the incumbent prime minister in the upcoming early elections, set for March 17, 2015. In response,…

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Dr. Inna Rogatchi awarded the Patmos Solidarity Prize

The Rogatchi Foundation is pleased to inform that its co-founder and president, Dr Inna Rogatchi has been awarded The Patmos Solidarity Prize 2014 ‘for active stand in culture, philanthropy and public life to maintain moral values and  decency of human life and conditions; for commitment and achievements in establishing  historical justice and spreading the knowledge…

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This week’s prayer points

1: BIBI’S GOVERNMENT IS IN CRISIS AND MAY BE DISSOLVED FOR NEW ELECTIONS: The cabinet is in turmoil of two major issues: the Jewish State, nationality bill, which identifies Israel as a nation state for the Jewish people and the 2015 budget which must be passed before March 1st. The Jewish State bill does not call…

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Denounce terrorism or pay the consequences

By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Very few who lived outside of Israel possess a clear understanding of Israel’s situation as it relates to Arab-Israelis and the Palestinians, yet we form opinions and attitudes and pass judgments based on news clips and reporters’ comments that are almost always overly sympathetic to the Arab-Israelis of East Jerusalem…

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Jerusalem Remembers General Who Halted WWI

By CHARLES GARDNER, ISRAEL TODAY— The World War I British officer who gave the order to lay down arms in 1918 is the subject of a year-long exhibition in Jerusalem that opened last week. On the 50th anniversary of his death, Lt.-Gen. Sir William Dobbie’s life is being celebrated at Christ Church, an Anglican community…

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