Scripture reading for May 26, 2012
Torah: Numbers 1:4 – 4:20, “B’midbar” (In the wilderness …) Haftorah: Hosea 2:1 – 24 New Testament: I Corinthians 12:12 – 20 Gospel: John 14:5 – 15, “Einehnu yodim” (We don’t know …)
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Video: Just one minute
In a new campaign #justoneminute , Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon calls on the International Olympic Committee to dedicate a minute of silence during the opening ceremony at this summer’s London Olympic Games in memory of the eleven Israeli athletes who were brutally murdered during the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Sign the Petition! Go…
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The Scourge of Araby
BY VICTOR SHARPE, AMERICAN THINKER— In the 1921 hit song, The Sheikh of Araby, there is one line that goes as follows, “…While you’re asleep, into your tent I’ll creep.” Of course the song was referring to the sheikh who romantically pursued the headstrong British heroine who then fell in love with him only to…
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Was Columbus secretly a Jew?
BY CHARLES GARCIA, CNN— Today marks the 508th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus. Everybody knows the story of Columbus, right? He was an Italian explorer from Genoa who set sail in 1492 to enrich the Spanish monarchs with gold and spices from the orient. Not quite. For too long, scholars have ignored Columbus’s…
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ABCs of Shavuot
BY RABBI SHRAGA SIMMONS, AISH It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history ― the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is the culmination of the seven-week-long “counting of the Omer” that occurs following Passover. The very name…
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“The Temple Mount is in our Hands”
By JERRY GORDON, ICONOCLAST— Yom Yerushalayim Day, the 45th Commemoration of the Reunification of Jerusalem This evening in Israel begins the commemoration of Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, the 28th of Iyar in the Hebrew Calendar. The occasion marks the 45th anniversary of the reunification of the ancient and eternal capital of the Jewish State of…
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Let’s embrace Israel's friends
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST — In recent years, poll after poll has shown that majority of Israelis do not believe that two-state paradigm will bring peace. Two weeks ago, US Congressman Joe Walsh published an op-ed in the The Washington Times in which he called for the US and Israel to abandon the two-state solution.…
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Hamas' Haniyeh: No future for Israel in Palestine'
JPOST.COM STAFF– Hamas prime minister tells int’l delegation in Gaza, “we will not recognize Israel,” according to Hamas-affiliate Al-Resalah. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told an international pro-Palestinian delegation on Friday that there is no future for Israel “on the land of Palestine,” Gaza news portal Al-Resalah reported. Haniyeh was speaking at a meeting in…
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Wish I'd said that
“We have never been the same since the day on which the voice of God overwhelmed us at Sinai….The Torah is not the wisdom but the destiny of Israel, not our literature but our essence.”—Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man
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Video: Indivisible Jerusalem
The division of Jerusalem into “East” and “West” imposed by the Jordanian occupation for a brief period of 19 years is no longer possible in a city which has dramatically grown and changed over the last 44 years. 270,000 Arabs and 200,000 Jews live in the mosaic of neighborhoods called “East Jerusalem.” Dividing Jerusalem is…
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The obstacle of world opinion
BY AMBASSADOR (ret.) YORAM ETTINGER, ISRAEL HAYOM— World opinion should not deter Israel from enhancing Jewish roots and national security, expanding the Jewish presence in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights and pre-empting Palestinian and Hezbollah terrorism. Adverse world opinion and Global pressure have always been an integral part of the Jewish People and…
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The 11th century Shavuot poem
Before the reading of the Torah, on the first day of Shavuot, a beautiful 11th century poem called Akdamut is recited in the Synagogue. This poem was written by Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak from Worms, Germany. Akdamut consists of praise for God, His Torah, and His people. In most synagogues the poem is read responsively:…
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Land for lunch, anyone?
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Amounting crisis of gastronomic proportions was averted this past week when Israel and hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners agreed to a deal that was brokered by Egypt, ending the stand-off between the two sides. After more than a month of missed meals, skipped snacks and disregarded desserts, the jailed terrorists have at last…
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Scripture reading for May 19, 2012
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “B’chukotai” (In my statutes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 New Testament: II Corinthians 6:14 – 18 Gospel: Matthew 23:23 -24; 37 – 30, “Oie, lechem” (Woe to you …)
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U.S. Court: Syria, Iran Supported 2006 Tel Aviv Attack
by ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Shurat HaDin wins judgment against Iran and Syria for supporting terrorists who killed an American teenager in a 2006 bombing. Israeli advocacy group Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) won a $323 million judgment in a U.S. court against Iran and Syria for supporting terrorists who killed an American teenager and…
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What Happened to Israel's Reputation?
By MICHAEL OREN, WSJ— How in 40 years the Jewish state went from inspiring underdog to supposed oppressor. This year Israel is celebrating . . . a series of accomplishments that have surely exceeded the expectations of its most visionary founders. It is one of the most powerful small nations in history. . . .…
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