Video: Heaven and Earth
“Heaven & Earth” by Neshama Carlebach and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir
The Palestinian Authority's Inconvenient Truths
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE– The truth sometimes hurts; that is why the Palestinian Authority has been working hard to prevent the outside world from hearing about many occurrences that reflect negatively on its leaders or people. In recent years, the Palestinian Authority leadership, often with the help of the mainstream media in the US…
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A soldier's father's prayer
By MICHAEL FREUND— This past Tuesday was a day that somewhere, deep inside of me, I had fancifully dreamed would never come. After three or four fitful hours of sleep, I awoke at dawn, downed a mugful of coffee, and proceeded to drive my oldest son to the Tel Hashomer military base, where he underwent…
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Spot Report: Something every leader should do!
Think of this: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete thorougly equipped for every good work.”… “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing evern…
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B'tayavon: Perfect brownies
*I realize that brownies are by no means a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean tradition. I’m not even going to feign a connection. However, I feel compelled to share with you this brownie recipe from my America’s Test Kitchen cookbook. Brownies and pecan pie are my go to desert for company and so I’m always looking…
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Chuck Hagel's Jewish Problem
By BRETT STEPHENS — WSJ — Prejudice—like cooking, wine-tasting and other consummations—has an olfactory element. When Chuck Hagel, the former GOP senator from Nebraska who is now a front-runner to be the next secretary of Defense, carries on about how “the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here,” the odor is especially ripe.…
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What Wingate Wrought
By MAX BOOT — THE WEEKLY STANDARD — The astonishing raids of a Special Operations pioneer in Palestine, Abyssinia, and Burma Everyone still remembers T. E. Lawrence, if only because of David Lean’s magnificent movieLawrence of Arabia and Lawrence’s own literary masterpiece,Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet far fewer remember Lawrence’s distant cousin, the British Army officer Orde Wingate,…
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Voting for the "Right" Party
By RON JAGER-— Visiting New York during this last week of December, one cannot remain impervious to the festive atmosphere, colored lights everywhere making trees at night seem like a magical wonderland. Yet when one reads the national papers, or mega bloggers, or hear the reports emanating from major channels, you quickly return to reality.…
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Scripture Reading for January 5, 2013
Torah: Exodus 1:1–6:1 “Shemot” (Names …) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6–28:13; 29:22–23 New Testament: Acts 7:17–35 Gospel: John 5:31–46 “Eem ani me’eed) (If I bear witness…)
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Does Matthew 21:43 support replacement theology?
By Michael J. Vlach, Ph.D.— One text often used by supersessionists to support the idea of the permanent rejection of national Israel is Matt 21:43.In this verse, which Frederick Dale Bruner calls “one of the most important verses in Matthew,” Jesus addressed the unbelief of the leaders of the nation Israel and announced his rejection…
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Judas Thaddaeus, the Steady Disciple
By DANIEL MCCABE— “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 A rascally rabbit taunted a turtle. You’ve probably heard the story. Mocked for his slow speed the turtle in turn challenged the bunny and all his braggadocio to a race. After recruiting a…
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American Support For Israel Steady–With Exceptions On The Left
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS– The newest Pew poll of American opinion about the Middle East shows support for Israel steady, with exceptions. Here is the bottom line: For decades, the public has sympathized with Israel over the Palestinians and that remains the case today. Overall, 50% say they sympathize more with Israel, compared with just…
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A 'lost tribe' that is lost no more
BY MICHAEL FREUND— This past Monday, as the Uzbekistan Airways flight began its descent to Tel Aviv, over 50 pairs of eyes looked out the plane’s windows, anxious to catch a glimpse of their new home. For more than 27 centuries, their ancestors had wandered in exile, clinging to the dream that one day, despite…
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Attack is Israel's best defense
BY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, ICZC— What in the world is wrong with Israel, that it cannot and does not make a clear and unequivocal case explaining why it is, at this moment, not eager to pursue the two state solution that has already been accepted by its government? Why can’t it spell out…
DetailsSpot Report: The best is yet to come
Think on this: “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Messiah Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:…
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Czech-Israeli Relations: An Enduring Friendship
By JOSEPH PUDER, FRONTPAGEMAG— Sixty-five years ago, on November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and on that same day in 2012 the Palestinians pushed UNGA to resurrect the very state they refused to accept in 1947, simply because it would have meant accepting a Jewish state…
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Hagel, Obama and the Israeli elections
Monday the National Journal reported that President Barack Obama is reconsidering his decision to appoint former Senator Chuck Hagel secretary of defense. Hagel’s looming appointment provoked angry responses from many leading Jewish voices in the US. Whether this opposition made a difference in driving Obama to reconsider his choice is unclear. Other influential groups –…
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