By DR. MANFRED GERSTENFELD — ARUTZ7– Christian Media analyst Dexter Van Zile: Only Israel is condemned, while Copts are killed in Egypt, Arab Christians persecuted in Muslim countries. WCC has two bodies working to end the “occupation”. “The World Council of Churches, an umbrella organization for 349 Protestant and Orthodox churches founded in 1948, has…
DetailsBy DAVID LEV — ARUTZ 7– The Israel Law Center (Shurat Hadin) has a “social media” message for Twitter: Stop providing communication facilities for terror groups like Hizbullah, or face a lawsuit on behalf of American citizens and others who have been victims of terrorism. In a letter to Twitter executives, Israel Law Center head…
DetailsBy MORTON A. KLEIN — ZOA The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern that President Barack Obama’s official statement about this horrific massacre of Christians at three different churches by a group of Muslim terrorists mentions neither the Muslim perpetrators nor the Christian victims when clearly the intentional aim of the Islamist terrorists…
DetailsBY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul negates Israel’s right to exist, Eric Dondero, who served as a senior aide to the 76-year-old Texas congressman for over 12 years, said on Monday. In a blog posted in Rightwing News, Dondero said that while Paul was, in his opinion, neither a racist nor an…
DetailsBY DAVID MEIR LEVI, FRONTPAGEMAG— On October 16, 2009, British Colonel Richard Kemp testified regarding Israel’s behavior in the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead (Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008-9 ), as part of the UN’s evaluation of the Goldstone Report. Colonel Kemp, a former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, who…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has made no secret of his belief that concluding a genuine peace deal with the Palestinian Authority simply is not possible at present. He reiterated that position in an address to foreign ambassadors and consuls in Jerusalem on Sunday. With so much of the region…
DetailsBY HAARETZ— Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the first archeological find to confirm written testimony of the ritual practices at the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. An Israeli Antiquities Authority archaeological survey at the northwestern corner of the Temple Mount yielded a tiny tin artifact, the size of a button, inscribed with the Aramaic words: “Daka Le’Ya,”…
DetailsBy TAWFIK HAMID, JPOST— Palestinian officials reacted furiously to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s assertion that they are an “invented” people. A senior Arab League official immediately condemned Gingrich’s claim that Palestinians are “invented,” calling the claim racist and a cheap stunt to get votes. Israeli Cabinet minister Uzi Landau said Gingrich was right. He…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Do not put too much stock in what people say, or even in what you yourself think. Instead, with a sense of caution and with much patience, test everything as to whether it is of God. Our own human nature is prone…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 “Vayigash) (And he came …) Hatorah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 28 New Testament: Ephesians 2:1 – 10 Gospel: John 3:16 – 21 “Ki ko ahav Elohim” (For God so loved …)
DetailsThink on this! “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” … “And he will be called Wondrful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.” (Jeremiah 6:14,…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17 “Miketz” (At the end of …) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 New Testament: Romans 10:1–13 Gospel: John 10:22 – 39 “Chag Hachanukah” (Festival of Hanukkah…)
DetailsBY RABBIN DAVID EBSTEN, TRAVELUJAH— Growing up as a young boy on the south side of Chicago, I loved sports and Hebrew school. I hesitate to call my self a Hebrew school junkie, but I loved going there. Learning Hebrew was a new world for me that I loved exploring, and studying the fascinating stories…
DetailsBY ISRAEL HAYOM— U.S. Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey is formulating a plan for a U.S. military attack on Iran, he told CNN in an interview published Wednesday, to go into effect should U.S. President Barack Obama decide to stop Tehran’s drive for nuclear weapons. “My biggest worry is will miscalculate our resolve,” Dempsey…
DetailsBY BILL LEVINSON— Hanukkah is often called “the Jewish Christmas” because it takes place at about the same time of year. There is in fact a very strong connection between the two holidays; had it not been for the events that Hanukkah commemorates, there would be no Christmas. Hanukkah is about standing up to those…
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