Scripture reading for October 19, 2013
Torah: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24, “Vayera” (and he appeared …) Haftorah: II Kings 4:1 – 37 New Testament: II Peter 2:4 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24: 36 – 53, “Shalom lechem” (Peace be to you …)
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Obama’s forced apology embarrasses America, himself and Israel
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— During his visit to Israel in March, US President Barack Obama compelled Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to apologize to his Turkish counterpart for the actions of IDF Naval Commandos aboard the Mavi Marmara terror ship in May 2010. The Mavi Marmara was sent by the IHH, a Turkish- government supported, al-Qaida-aligned…
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‘Abraham was not a Jew’
By AVIEL SCHNEIDER, ISRAEL TODAY— “Abraham was not a Jew,” insisted Arab Knesset member Ibrahim Sarsur, party leader of the United Arab List, in a statement released to the Israeli media last week. Sarsur was responding to a recent assertion by Jewish Knesset members Naftali Bennett and Uri Ariel, both of the Jewish Home party,…
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Wish I’d said that
“Everything is in the power of heaven except the awe and fear of heaven.”—Talmud, Berachot 33b
Spot Report: The truth about the Palestinians
Think on this: “The time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them.”…“Be…
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Video Tribute to Pat
In loving memory of Martha Patricia Mercer Hutchens February 22, 1937 – March 31, 2014 Song written and composed by Andrew McKain
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US renews nuclear overtures to Iran
By AFP— A top US official on Wednesday stepped up overtures to Iran to prove that it wants a nuclear proliferation deal with the West. “We should be cautious but cognizant of potentially historic opportunities,” Rose Gottemoeller, US assistant secretary of state for arms control told a UN disarmament committee. “We must continue to push…
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One way in, no way out
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— President Obama would do well if he put aside his plan for peace in the Middle East and instead listened to the advice of people in the know. His way of peace will lead to, “One way in and no way out.” If he continues to ignore experienced wisdom, not…
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Demonizing Israel More Important Than Defending Persecuted Christians?
By MICHAEL CURTIS, AMERICAN THINKER— It continues to be a source of amazement that the mainstream Christian churches in the West and in the Middle East pay so little, if any, attention to the plight of Christians and the destruction of their churches in Arab and Muslim countries. Rather, they prefer to focus on the…
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Kerry’s peace process exploding
By DAVID HORNIK, FRONTPAGEMAG— On Saturday night a Palestinian terrorist snuck into the Israeli community of Psagot, north of Jerusalem and near Ramallah, and either shot or stabbed a nine-year-old girl, Noam Glick. Noam was rushed to hospital in Jerusalem and, fortunately, is in stable condition. The terrorist, however, melted back into the Palestinian population…
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Back to the Future – European Anti-Semitism vs American Assimilation
By RON JAGER— It was last week during Succoth, that we read and heard that timeless quote from Kohelet, “Nothing new under the sun.” A resolution that calls male ritual circumcision a “violation of the physical integrity of children” was passed overwhelmingly by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a pan-European intergovernmental organization.…
DetailsScripture Reading for October 12, 2013
Torah: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27, “Lekh Lekha” (Go forth from here …) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:26 – 41:16 New Testament: Romans 4:1 – 25 Gospel: John 8:48 – 59, “Lifneh Avraham ani hu” (Before Abraham I am …)
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This week’s prayer points
**Praise YHVH for His love and good plan for Israel to be realized in conjunction with the nations. **Pray for YHVH to strengthen His people, and to give them enduring revelation of the spiritual realities that are in motion against them. **Pray for them to see their lives through His grid and calling, not through…
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Tackling leftist anti-Semitism
By RAFAEL CASTRO, YNET — Most Jews are baffled by the reaction of leftist commentators to events in the Middle East. There is relatively little outcry when Syrians butcher Syrians, no outcry when Iraqis murder Iraqis, whereas any Palestinian finger grazed by an Israeli bullet invites immediate outbursts of wholehearted indignation. The cognitive dissonance of…
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The Pew Poll and The Elephant in the Room
By RABBI REUVEN SPOLTER, ARUTZ 7— Dr. Jeffrey Woolf recently published a compelling article on the recently released Pew Poll on the state of American Jewry and Judaism and its frightening results. The poll’s findings are not really that surprising, and merely confirm what everyone already knows: non-Orthodox Judaism cannot overcome the liberal values of…
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America and the good psychopaths
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Israel the party pooper is Obama’s greatest foe, because it insists on basing its strategic assessments and goals on the nature of things even though this means facing down evil. In his speech on Tuesday before the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tried to get the Americans to stop…
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Spot Report: Can we trust our leaders?
Think on this: “The Most High is Sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest (basest) of men.” ….”Block their path with thorn bushes; wall them in so that they can not find their way.” (Daniel 4:17; Hosea 1:6) Pray on this: Gracious LORD,…
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Scripture Reading for October 5, 1013
Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32, “Noach” (Noah …) Haftorah: Isaiah: 54:1 – 55:5 New Testament: I Peter 3:18 – 22 Gospel: Matthew 24:36 – 46, “Aval et hayom” (But of that day …)
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