Without them, who would we be…

BY SALENA ZiTO, TOWNHALL— Lyle Smith sat in a wheelchair on the grounds of the national cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns. “I never imagined there would be so many headstones,” he said, looking out over the green rolling hills covered with snow-white markers. Smith was born seven years after the “War…

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The Messiah and Shavuot

By Shelley Neese The holiday of Shavuot is upon us. It begins Thursday evening on May 28th  and ends the evening of May 30th.  If you haven’t heard of the Biblical holiday of Shavuot, that’s probably because you are more familiar with its Greek name: Pentecost. On Shavuot, Jews celebrate the events that took place…

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Talks with Iran are not working

BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— The current round of negotiations between the world powers and Iran is “not working,” a senior Israeli official said Monday, adding that after two meetings there is “not an iota of evidence indicating the Iranians are in any way serious about curbing their nuclear program.” Israel was briefed by a senior…

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From out of Zion

BY VICTOR SHARPE— What have the United States, China and Israel in common? You may be surprised at the answer. But first, compare their respective populations. The U.S has a population of some 313 million people. China has 1.4 billion. Israel, on the other hand, has a population of only 7 million and its landmass…

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The Jewish-Christian divide

BY DAN CALIC, YNET– One of the challenges preventing improved relations between Christians and Jews is that both have misconceptions about the other. For example, one of the biggest misconceptions is that most Jews and Christians think Jesus abandoned Judaism, the religion of his birth, in order to start Christianity. They are both incorrect. Jews…

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Shavuot, Pentecost, and Holy Land Christians

BY TRAVELUJAH— It is commonly believed today that the Jewish festival of Shavuot and the Christian holy day of Pentecost have little, if anything, to do with one another. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the two are actually the same holiday, albeit with varying traditions and an extended interpretation on the Christian…

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Can America afford not to stand with Israel?

BY EARL COX, JPOST— The shadow of war is upon us. It is no longer somewhere far away in a distant land. Believing America will soon attack, Iran has taken preemptive measures against US and Israeli assets. Turkey has said that NATO should not share information with Israel. Iran and Russia are arming Syria. The…

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Palestinian refugees forever?

BY ALEXANDER JOFFE AND ASAF ROMIROWSKY, UPI— Palestinian identity is founded  on three parts. One is that resistance to Israel is permanent and holy. Another is that Palestinians are, individually and communally, refugees, made so at the hands of Israel. The third part is that the world, specifically the United Nations and Western countries, must…

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Spot Report: Identifying false prophets

Think on this! “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”…”Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these things…

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Israeli archaeologists find earliest evidence of Bethlehem's existence in Jerusalem dig

BY NIR HASSON, HAARETZ— A piece of clay was found during archaeological excavations at the City of David, in Jerusalem, bearing the name of the city of Bethlehem in ancient Hebrew script. The piece of clay dates back to the First Temple period (1006 – 586 BCE), making it the first tangible evidence of existence…

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Power Prayer: The Great God

O FOUNTAIN OF ALL GOOD, Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds, Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness, Implant in me true lowliness of spirit, Abase me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence, Open in me a fount of penitential tears, Break me, then bind me up; Thus…

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Shavuot, Pentecost, and Holy Land Christians

BY TRAVELUJAH— It is commonly believed today that the Jewish festival of Shavuot and the Christian holy day of Pentecost have little, if anything, to do with one another. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the two are actually the same holiday, albeit with varying traditions and an extended interpretation on the Christian…

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Power Prayer: Openness

Yahweh, God of immortality, before whom angels bow and archangels veil their faces, enable me to serve You with reverence and godly fear. You who are Spirit and requires truth in the inward parts, help me to worship You in spirit and in truth. You who are righteous, let me not harbour sin in my…

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The Jewish-Christian divide

BY DAN CALIC, YNET– One of the challenges preventing improved relations between Christians and Jews is that both have misconceptions about the other. For example, one of the biggest misconceptions is that most Jews and Christians think Jesus abandoned Judaism, the religion of his birth, in order to start Christianity. They are both incorrect. Jews…

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Israel revives military option after Obama rejects its nuclear demands of Iran

DEBKAFILE— Israel has withdrawn its pledge to US President Barack Obama not to strike Iran’s nuclear sites before the November presidential election after he rejected its minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran. This is reported exclusively by debkafile’s Washington sources. In public, Israeli ministers still talk as though they believe in results from the…

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Iran rope-a-dopes the West again

BY BRUCE THORNTON, FRONTPAGEMAG— Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced on Tuesday that Iran would agree “quite soon” to allow IAEA inspectors to search for any evidence that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program has been directed towards military applications. The IAEA has been particularly interested in the Parchin military complex, where…

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