BY 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…
DetailsBY SAM BLUMENFELD, THE NEW AMERICAN— If you’re wondering who’s funding the network of left-wing, non-government organizations in Israel, which aim to topple Netanyahu’s government and turn Israel into an Arab majority state, it turns out to be the same man who’s funding the Occupy Wall Street mobs: George Soros. Tel Aviv has had to…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— More than a billion Christians around the world are about to celebrate Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus, the promised Messiah. There is one thing the Palestinian Arabs hope you all remember during those celebrations – that Jesus was, in fact, a Palestinian (Arab). It is nothing new for the…
DetailsBY YOURJEWISHNEWS.COM— Jewish youth in Windsor, Ont., have built a nearly 2.5 metre high menorah out of Lego to celebrate Hanukkah and will present it to sick children at a local hospital. Rabbi Sholom Galperin, director of the Student Jewish Centre of Windsor, thought up the idea. The structure consists of more than 3,000 pieces…
DetailsBY REUTERS— Iran’s navy will launch a 10-day war game in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, state television quoted Navy Commander Habibulah Sayari as saying on Thursday. The war game, named Velayat-90, will be carried out over an area extending from east of the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Eden, the report…
Details“We shall fight, every Jew in the homeland will fight. The God of Israel, the Lord of Hosts, will aid us. There will be no retreat. Freedom or Death!”–-Former Israeli Prime Minister Menacham Begin
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— As Jews around the world gather to celebrate Hanukka, the festival of lights, it is only natural that we look back with pride at what our ancestors were able to accomplish. Over two millennia ago a small band of freedom fighters rose up against the Seleucid tyrant Antiochus and his despotism,…
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