“Jews prefer being prisoners in Jerusalem to enjoying the freedom they could acquire elsewhere…The love of the Jews for their Holy Land which they lost…is unbelievable.”—Jesuit Father Michael Naud on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 1674
By PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— I will listen to what Yahweh my God will say to me. (Psalm 85:1) Blessed is the soul that listens when Yahweh speaks, and receives comfort from God’s own words. Blessed are the ears that hear God softly whispering truth to the…
DetailsBy RYAN MAURO, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Jewish Voice for Peace, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace has put together a “No Blank Check for Israel” march in the nation’s capital on January 19. The promotional video boasts of the event’s Christian support, with the description emphasizing that 15 church leaders wrote…
DetailsBy DANIEL MCCABE— “Rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” Luke 10:20 One ordinary spring afternoon, while weed-eating around the flat gravestones in the northeast corner of the Dallas cemetery where I worked during my seminary years, I felt something solid beneath my boots. Looking down I saw nothing, but certain that something must…
DetailsBy EARL COX— The big question these days in Washington DC among political leaders in certain Republican circles is ‘are Muslims infiltrating the US government?’ US Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a member of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, is so convinced that the Muslim Brotherhood is placing its members in key spots in…
DetailsBy ISRAEL TODAY— A team of archaeologists from Israel’s Antiquities Authority have unearthed an ancient synagogue with some very unique characteristics in a small Galilee village frequented by Jesus and his disciples. The synagogue was found in Migdal (known in the New Testament as Magdala), which sits just north of Tiberias on the shores of…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— “ Netanyahu will know how to work with Obama very well while at the same time safeguarding Israel’s interests,” Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who also acts as the Likud party’s election campaign chairman, said on Tuesday. “Netanyahu has the edge over all the other candidates in the diplomatic arena too, not just…
DetailsBy ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Hamas is already preparing for the next clash with Israel and its military wing recently test fired improved long-range missiles, the Yisrael Hayom daily reported on Sunday. The report in the Israeli newspaper was based on sources in the Palestinian Authority media. According to the reports, based on information from…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— Despite his decision not to run in the upcoming elections, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to attack the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Over the last two years we have spent more than NIS 11 billion of the defense budget on delusional adventures that were never implemented and never will…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Chuck Hagel hates Jews. Or should I say, he hates Jews who think that Jews have rights and that their rights should be defended, in Israel by the government and the IDF, in America by Israel’s supporters. As I mentioned before, it is not at all surprising that Obama appointed Hagel,…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 10:1–13:16, “Bo” (Enter… ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 46:13–28 New Testament: I Corinthians 11:20–24 Gospel: Luke 22:7–30 “Cashenigia ha’yom” (Then came the day … )
DetailsThink 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 of people.”…”Jesus the Messiah, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth.”…”I urge, then, first of all, that…
DetailsBy JONATHAN TOBIN— Chuck Hagel told the Lincoln Journal Star this week there wasn’t “one shred of evidence that anti-Israeli.” President Obama’s nominee to be secretary of defense claimed the criticism of his record and statements on both Israel and Iran is nothing but “falsehoods and distortions.” That’s a message that is being taken up…
DetailsBy BARRY RUBIN, RUBIN REPORT— I did a lot of soul-searching before writing my latest article, “After the Fall: What Do You Do When You Conclude America is (Temporarily or Permanently) Kaput?” Of course, I believed every word of it and have done so for a while. But would it depress readers too much? Would…
Details“You are not required to complete the task, you are not free to withdraw from it…but be aware that the reward of the righteous will be given in the World to Come.”—From the Talmud, Pirkea Avot 2:21
Think on this: “So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand — then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.”…”Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— While visiting New York over the past two weeks, spending one Shabbat in Oceanside, and another Shabbat in Hillcrest, meeting with a wide spectrum of supporters of Israel, I depart and return to Israel with a sense of sorrow and dismay. For many, Israel remains a focal point of their lives enriching…
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