The festive holiday of Purim commemorates Israel’s salvation from extermination by the mighty Persian Empire, some 2500 years ago. Jews in Israel and all over the world celebrate Purim on the 14th day of Adar (this year March 8th) as a time of “Light, Gladness, Joy and Honor for the Jewish people” (Esther 8:16). Purim…
DetailsBY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— Was T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) the prime creator of the post Ottoman Turkish landscape we know today as the Middle East, or were other individuals equally or more responsible for enabling Britain’s defeat of Ottoman Turkey during World War I? Was it Lawrence or another hero who…
DetailsBY JONATHAN S. TOBIN, COMMENTARY— Obama’s charm offensive with Jewish voters was again in evidence today during his speech to the AIPAC conference. The president’s bragging of his “deeds” left little doubt that his desire to be seen as Israel’s best friend ever in the White House is due to fears of a decline in…
DetailsBY TRAVELUJAH— Purim commemorates the events described in the Book of Esther. In Esther 3:8, the anti-Semitic Haman, Grand Vizier of the Persian Empire, tells Persian King Ahasuerus that, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among all the peoples… in your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every people, neither…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— In his commentary in Maariv’s Friday news supplement, the paper’s senior diplomatic commentator Ben Caspit laid out a hypothetical lecture that Obama might give Netanyahu when the two leaders meet alone in the Oval Office this afternoon. In Caspit’s scenario, Obama used the one-on-one to set out the law to the…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 30:11-34:35, “KiTisa” (When you take the census…) Haftorah: I Kings 18:1-37 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:1-18 Gospel: Matthew 26:17-30 “LaHag Mamazot” (The Feast of Unleavened Bread…)
DetailsFull text of the speech delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delegates at the AIPAC pilocy conference in Washington D.C. 2012. Thank you for the warm reception. It could be heard as far away as Jerusalem – the eternal and united capital of Israel. More than two thirds of the Congress is in…
DetailsBY HILARY LEILA KRIEGER AND HERB KEINON, JPOST— At the start of a crucial White House meeting Monday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed that Israel reserved the right to defend itself from Iran. “Israel must have the ability always to defend itself, by itself, against any threat,” Netanyahu said sitting alongside US President Barack Obama…
DetailsBY RON JAGER— In a article published last week on a Yeshiva University affiliated website called “The Beacon”, entitled “Why its time for Jews to Get Over the Holocaust”, it was suggested that now is the time that Jews move on and stop making the Holocaust the most pivotal event in Jewish history. The author…
DetailsBarack Obama ran for president as a pro-Israel candidate — but his record tells a different story. This video, released earlier this month, went viral right as the Prime Minister of Israel arrived in the United States. Once again, Israel was seeking America’s help in dealing effectively with the terrible Iranian nuclear threat. The…
DetailsThink on this! “YAHWEH will vindicate his people and and have compassion on his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free. … Rejoice you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make…
DetailsBy STEWART WEISS: JPost— In all the protests that came our way… the sign in the crowd which frightened me most was the one which proclaimed “Zionists are not Jews.” It was a “you had to be there” experience – the kind you couldn’t invent even if you wanted to. Israel’s Chief of Staff, Lt.-…
DetailsBY KLEROS MINISTRIES— Esther 3:1 – “After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.” Haman the Agagite was the main enemy of God’s people in the book of Esther. He was apparently a descendent…
DetailsBY UNITED WITH ISRAEL— The festive holiday of Purim commemorates Israel’s salvation from extermination by the mighty Persian Empire, some 2500 years ago. Jews in Israel and all over the world celebrate Purim on the 14th day of Adar (this year March 8th) as a time of “Light, Gladness, Joy and Honor for the Jewish…
DetailsBY AP— President Barack Obama says he means it when he insists it’s unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. “I don’t bluff,” Obama said in an interview published Friday. In his most expansive remarks on the issue, Obama told The Atlantic magazine that Iran and Israel both understand that “a military component” is…
Details“The Jewish state will not allow those who seek our destruction to develop such weapons. A nuclear Iran must be stopped… When it comes to Israel’s survival we must always remain masters of our fate.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the AIPAC conference in Washington Tuesday
BY REUTERS— In his first public comments on a North American visit that will include talks with US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Friday Israel reserved the right to defend itself against Iran. Netanyahu will meet with Obama on Monday to address growing differences over what Washington fears could be an…
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