BY 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…
DetailsBY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— A Roman Catholic historian has given a brief but vivid summation of 2,3OO years of continuous antisemitism: As the historian of antisemitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Antisemitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may…
DetailsBY ABRAHAM COOPER AND YITZCHOK ADLERSTEIN, JPOST— As Julius Streicher was led to the gallows, he understood the irony in 10 major Nazi criminals being hanged in the space of 103 minutes. “Purim-fest 1946!” he exclaimed, referring to the hanging of Haman’s 10 sons after their father’s attempted genocide of the Jewish people was thwarted…
DetailsBY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— A Roman Catholic historian has given a brief but vivid summation of 2,3OO years of continuous antisemitism: As the historian of antisemitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Antisemitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may…
DetailsBY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— A Roman Catholic historian has given a brief but vivid summation of 2,3OO years of continuous antisemitism: As the historian of antisemitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Antisemitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may…
DetailsBY MARK STOVER, JEWS FOR JESUS— Purim is the Jewish holiday which is most carnival-like. Children drown out Haman’s name with greggers. Young Jewish girls participate in Queen Esther beauty pageants. Plays are enacted called Purimspiels. And everyone noshes on poppyseed and prune hamantaschen. Yet, behind the feasting and drinking and partying lies a somber…
DetailsBY LAUREN ZIMA— Two archaeologists claim they’ve found the tomb of Jesus. The announcement comes with the release of their new book … The Jesus Discovery. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports … “The work … contends that two Jerusalem tombs beneath a condominium complex can be traced to Jesus of Nazareth, his family or his followers.…
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 EARL COX— The war drums between Iran and Israel have been beating louder and louder, but both countries face tremendous hurdles that appear to be preventing the obvious. Iran, for example, may well have the warheads, but their missile technology is not yet advanced enough to deliver an accurate strike on Israel. Israel may…
DetailsBY JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Israel’s Foreign Ministry released its annual intelligence assessment last week, noting that future military offensives by Israel may lead to harsher responses from its neighbors due to the shift in regional circumstances. As Egypt’s post-Mubarak government seeks to review its peace treaty with Israel and increase its military presence in the…
DetailsBY MARK STOVER, JEWS FOR JESUS— Purim is the Jewish holiday which is most carnival-like. Children drown out Haman’s name with greggers. Young Jewish girls participate in Queen Esther beauty pageants. Plays are enacted called Purimspiels. And everyone noshes on poppyseed and prune hamantaschen. Yet, behind the feasting and drinking and partying lies a somber…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 27:20-30:10 “Tetzaveh” (You shall command…) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10-27 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10-17 Gospel: Mark 10:32-34 “Badereck” (On the road…)
DetailsBY HERB KEINON, JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to leave for Canada and the US late Thursday night for a visit that – unlike previous trips to Washington and meetings with US President Barack Obama that focused on the Palestinians – is expected this time to center on Iran. Government sources said Netanyahu…
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