By Menachem Posner, Chabad—- 1. Myth: Rosh Hashanah Is the “Jewish New Year” Hallmark cards, greetings from public officials, and even Chabad.org articles refer to Rosh Hashanah as the “Jewish New Year,” which can imply that this is somehow the Jewish equivalent of January 1. Fact: Rosh Hashanah Is the “Head of the Year” That’s…
DetailsBy i24NEWS , Israel Hayom— In the wake of the stalled unity talks with Blue and White, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could return the mandate to form a government as soon as this week, just days after he was tapped by President Reuven Rivlin for the job, sources say. Rivlin on Wednesday evening tapped Netanyahu,…
Details1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
DetailsDuring the Hebrew people’s sojourn in Egypt, God had to transform a gaggle of ex-slaves into a kingdom of priests. He had to evolve a confused post-traumatic community into a light to all the nations. Before the Hebrews even entered the promised land, two major things were put in place to aid each successive generation…
DetailsBy Jerusalem Post— A leading evangelical Christian in Tennessee has called for solidarity with American Jews for the Jewish Holidays, citing the fact that this year has been packed with the most antisemitic incidents since the founding of the US. Laurie Cardoza-Moore called for Christians to stand outside synagogues to guard against antisemitic attacks, saying,…
DetailsBy Aiden Pink, Forward— A New York state court has ordered Fordham University to recognize a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, ending a two-year legal saga. The dean’s office at Fordham, a Jesuit Catholic school with campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester County, had banned SJP in 2017 after the student government…
DetailsBy Rabbi Aryeh Spero, PJ Media— During the last two years, the media have been reporting about a rise in anti-Semitism. When the media write and speak about it, their focus is almost exclusively on “right-wing” anti-Semitism. Most of the establishment Jewish organizations, well known for their political liberalism and identification with the Democrat Party,…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— The leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian terror group ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, seem to have hearts of stone regarding the suffering of the people living under their regime. These leaders have no problem sending Palestinians to risk their lives near the border with Israel, while they and their…
DetailsBy Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post— srael, which was almost non-existent in 1947, has continued until this day to seize Palestinian land with the aim of eliminating the state and the Deal of the Century will support those territorial ambitions,” Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. “Where are the…
DetailsBy Gil Hoffman, JPost— rime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given the chance to form a government for the sixth time on Wednesday, after succeeding in his five terms in office but not having the opportunity to do so following the April election. President Reuven Rivlin formally gave Netanyahu four weeks to form the government,…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom and JNS— Israeli, Jewish and pro-Israel groups all applauded the publication of an “unprecedented” United Nations report on anti-Semitism, which, among other issues, links anti-Semitism to criticism of Israel and the BDS movement. “This report marks one of the first times the UN has addressed the issue of anti-Semitism in any detail,”…
DetailsBy Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— Responding to the unprecedented cooperation between the Zionist “Blue and White” party and the anti-Zionist Joint Arab List, Avigdor Liberman, at present Israel’s “kingmaker,” said his party would not recommend Blue and White chief Benny Gantz as the next prime minister largely due to this unholy alliance. Liberman stated in…
DetailsBy Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— The Iranian government is advancing its nuclear program at a faster pace. Recently, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) declared that Tehran took the third step in increasing its nuclear activities by activating advanced centrifuges: 20 IR-4 and 20 IR-6 centrifuges. The previous two steps that Tehran took included:…
Details“The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.” -Elisabeth Elliot
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon…
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