Scripture Reading for January 11, 2014
Torah: Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 “Beshalach” (he sent away …) Haftorah: Judges 4:4 – 5:31 New Testament: I Corinthians 10:1 – 5 Gospel: John 6:15 – 71, “kashehivkin Yeshua” (Jesus perceived …)
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New biblical discovery after 2,000 years
By WND— The mysterious source of an ancient blue dye used by the children of Israel on garments, at the command of God through Moses, has been found after 2,000 years. An Israeli researcher says she has identified fabric that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants…
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Deputy Foreign Minister: Jordan Valley must be under Israeli sovereignty
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST— The Jordan Valley must be placed under Israeli sovereignty, Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) said on Thursday, as he issued a stern message to visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry against any talk of an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 “Auschwitz borders.” “We hear more and more talk that…
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Former PM Ariel Sharon’s condition ‘life-threatening’
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s condition significantly worsened on Wednesday as a result of kidney failure, some eight years after a major stroke placed him in a coma. This new condition could lead to multiple organ failure, a life-threatening situation, the Sheba Medical Center said in a statement on Wednesday. Doctors fear…
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Spot Report: If Sharon dies, will Messiah come soon?
Think on this: “In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:…I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for…
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Wish I’d said that
“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that — and know yourself therefore as nothing in comparison — you do not know God at all.”—C.S. Lewis
Dumping irrationality as a national strategy
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Israel for his 14th visit this week. And to assure that his stay will be a happy one, Saturday night the government approved the release of 26 more Palestinian mass murderers from prison. This will please Kerry because today a core goal…
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Video: Jesus was not a Palestinian
While President Abbas claims that Jesus was a Palestinian messenger, the reality is that “Jesus was not a Palestinian, he was a Judean Jew.” “Contrary to what some might think,” Danny Ayalon explains, “there never existed a Kingdom of Palestine, or any other Palestinian political entity.” In a recent video, “The REAL Truth about Palestine…
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Borrowing Jesus
By STEVE APFEL, JPOST — How uncommonly useful it often is to couple a great figure to some dark vendetta. And nothing could be simpler. All it takes is for the figure to be dead, because you don’t want it protesting the rude liberty you have taken with its name. Hardly was Nelson Mandela cold…
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Israel’s Christian Awakening
By ADI SCHWARTZ, THE WALL ST. JOURNAL — As Christmas neared, an 85-foot-high tree presided over the little square in front of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Kindergarten children with Santa Claus hats entered the church and listened to their teacher explain in Arabic the Greek inscriptions on the walls, while…
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Arab Christian community divided on IDF enlistment drive
By AP— Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The recording of “Hatikva,” an ode to the Jewish yearning for the Land of Israel, wrapped up a ceremony, held in Hebrew, during which speakers thanked the troops and handed out awards. It looked like a typical…
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Major London church and its wall for terrorism
St. James’s, a prominent London church consecrated in 1684, has fallen in with hateful anti-Israel activists erecting a mock security barrier of the kind that has saved thousands of innocent lives in Israel. It’s their way of celebrating Christmas. By ROBIN SHEPHERD, THE COMMENTATOR— Jesus would have been turning in his grave; but then he…
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Video: Girls on PA television spouting racism
Palestinian Authority TV continues to promote Islam-based hate speech and Antisemitism, voiced by little children. In this latest example, two sisters recited a poem that included the following demonization of Jews: “You who murdered Allah’s pious prophets (i.e., Jews in Islamic tradition) Oh, you who were brought up on spilling blood You have been condemned…
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Israel planning ‘Rescue” operation for French Jews
By SHALOM BEAR, THE JEWISH PRESS — The Israeli government is expected to approve soon a plan to bring tens of thousands of French Jews to Israel within the next three years, according to a report in Makor Rishon on Friday. An Aliyah plan of this scale hasn’t been attempted since Operation Moses and Operation…
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ASA:The Corrupt Academy
By RAEL JEAN ISAAC, ACD Blog — “One has to start somewhere.” That’s how the president of the American Studies Association justified the ASA’s vote to boycott Israel when he was asked why the organization had ignored the vast number of human rights abusing states that pepper the planet. He might have added, where else…
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Ignore Obama’s lame-duck quacking
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST=== If the various rumors and reports are true, January may prove to be one tough month for US-Israeli relations. According to several accounts, the Obama administration is said to be gearing up to push Israel into a corner by offering its own proposals regarding how to shape a deal with the…
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Secret Peace Talk Contents Revealed By PA Sources
By ARI YASHER, ARUTZ 7— The Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiating team has revealed some of contents of the secretive peace talks it has been holding with Israel, under American auspices. Independent journalist Baruch Yedid, who has maintained ongoing contact with official and unofficial PA sources, described to Arutz Sheva the situation taking place behind the…
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Has Kerry Heard of the Palestinians’ “Hitler”?
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may soon have to come up with a new plan to help Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas solve internal problems in ruling his Fatah faction. The only plan that Kerry has thus far proposed is one that talks about future security arrangements between a…
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