Scripture Reading for October 11, 2014
Torah: Exodus 33:12 – 34:26 Haftorah: Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16 New Testament: I Thessalonians 5:1 – 11 Gospel: John 7:1 – 24
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Yom Kippur: When Israel stops, Look Inward
by Hillel Fendel, Arutz-7 The highest of the High Holidays – Yom Kippur – is only about a day away, and Jews around the world are preparing by attempting to become better people. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a Divinely-designated day that the Torah explains “will atone for you to purify you from…
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Sharansky predicts further growth in Ukrainian aliya
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky forecasts a 400 percent increase in immigration from Ukraine for the coming year, citing worsening economic conditions and the ongoing civil war in the country’s east as contributing factors. Speaking with The Jerusalem Post by phone from Dnipropetrovsk on Sunday, Sharansky said despite the avowed intent…
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Wish I’d said that
“The Jews were the emblem of homeless and vulnerable humanity. But is not the whole earth no more than a temporary transit-camp?”–Paul Johnson writes in the History of the Jews
Israel, you have true friends
By DAVID PARSONS– The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, the largest Christian Zionist organization, will conduct its annual Sukkot conference in Jerusalem next week. Now, 34 years after it was founded, is the time to recount one of the architects who strengthened the relationships between the State of Israel and Christian Zionism — late Israeli prime…
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DNA ties Ashkenazi Jews to group of just 330 people from Middle Ages
By KAREN KAPLAN, LA TIMES— All of the Ashkenazi Jews alive today can trace their roots to a group of about 330 people who lived 600 to 800 years ago. So says a new study in the journal Nature Communications. An international team of scientists sequenced the complete genomes of 128 healthy Ashkenazi Jews and…
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The Elephant in the Shul
By RON JAGER— On the very eve of the High Holy Days, a whirlwind has erupted in the Jewish world over whether Rabbis’ in America should talk about Israel in their sermons. Despite Israel being forced into a war of self-defense against Hamas only a few weeks ago, and with ISIS on the war path…
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Video: Crash course on Yom Kippur
This video with Rabbi Avraham Goldhar provides a fascinating overview on the meaning and customs of the holiest day of the year.
Israel Hails Netanyahu’s Speech, But Was Anyone Else Listening?
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before the UN General Assembly on Monday was at the forefront of the news cycle in Israel on Tuesday. From the left to the right of the political spectrum, everyone agreed Israel’s leader is a gifted orator. But the question is, was anyone else listening?…
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Some terrorists more equal than others
By JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY— Last week, when President Obama denounced ISIS during his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations and called for a concerted effort by the international community to defeat the terrorist group, he received some well-deserved applause. But when Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called for the same body to judge…
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Kicking the PLO habit
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— The signs are everywhere that the time has come for Israel to abandon the PLO. So long as the PLO remains in power, the lives of Israelis and Palestinians will only get worse. PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s speech last Friday at the UN General Assembly where he repeatedly accused Israel of…
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Video: Netanyahu’s UN speech
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
Scripture Reading for October 4, 2014
Torah: Leviticus 16:1 – 34, Numbers 29:7 – 11, “Shacharit” Haftorah: Isaiah 57:14 – 58:14 New Testament: Romans 3:21 – 26 John 6:35 – 40, “Ani lechem ha’chaim” (I am the Bread of Life …)
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Spot Report: Will there be boots on the ground in the U.S.?
Think on this: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.…
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Why God won't allow Israel to perish
By Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily.com Israelis are feeling uneasy these days as their leaders continue to negotiate away the land their sons and fathers and brothers fought so courageously to defend from enemies in four major wars and several minor ones. Jews around the world are wondering if their tiny state can possibly survive the onslaught…
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Myths and Facts About American Campuses
#1 Young Americans Are No Longer Sympathetic Toward Israel By MITCHALL BARD— It seems the Jewish community has gotten hysterical over a number of issues, some of which deserve attention, and others that do not. One of those that do not is survey data suggesting that the younger generation is turning away from Israel. Perhaps…
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