Weekly Scripture
Here’s the Scripture reading for August 20, 2011 Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 “Eikev” (Because) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: Matthew 4:1 – 11 “Hovelah HaRuach” (Led by the Spirit)
DetailsHere’s the Scripture reading for August 20, 2011 Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 “Eikev” (Because) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: Matthew 4:1 – 11 “Hovelah HaRuach” (Led by the Spirit)
DetailsBY DENNIS PRAGER— There is only one solution to the world’s problems, only one prescription for producing a near-heaven on earth. It is 3,000 years old. And it is known as the Ten Commandments. Properly understood and applied, the Ten Commandments are really all humanity needs to make a beautiful world. While modern men and…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— The Palestinians’ decision to place the issue of establishing a Palestinian state before the United Nations for a vote next month repudiates the principles of the 1993 Oslo peace framework, through which the Palestinian Authority was formed out of the PLO. The Oslo framework dictated that the final status of Judea,…
DetailsIngredients 2 pounds red potatoes, scrubbed and halved 3 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper to taste 2 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped Directions 1) Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. 2) Toss the potatoes and olive oil in a bowl to coat. Season with salt and pepper. 3) Place the potatoes in…
DetailsIngredients 2 pounds red potatoes, scrubbed and halved 3 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper to taste 2 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped Directions 1) Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. 2) Toss the potatoes and olive oil in a bowl to coat. Season with salt and pepper. 3) Place the potatoes in…
DetailsBy Matthew M. Hausman — ISRAPUNDIT — History, Demographics, and Law Favor Israel’s Annexation of Judea and Samaria, Not a Two-State Solution — It has become an article of political faith in the West that the creation of an independent Palestinian state will resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. But the two-state paradigm is based on fictional…
Detailsby MAAYANA MISKIN — INN— Minister Uzi Landau calls to cancel ‘absurd’ Oslo agreements as PA seeks unilateral state. Israel must prepare for September violence. —The time has come for Israel to cancel the Oslo Accords, Minister of National Infrastructure Uzi Landau told Arutz Sheva. The “absurd” accords should be canceled both because of the Palestinian…
DetailsTHE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 3 OF 5 BY DR RICHARD BOOKER— In Part Two of this series we learned how the separation of Noah’s sons from Abraham became the mother of all family feuds. The purpose of learning the genealogical trivia is to understand the difference between Abraham’s descendants through Isaac and his descendants…
DetailsTHE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 3 OF 5 BY DR RICHARD BOOKER— In Part Two of this series we learned how the separation of Noah’s sons from Abraham became the mother of all family feuds. The purpose of learning the genealogical trivia is to understand the difference between Abraham’s descendants through Isaac and his descendants…
Details*Sukkot is also known as the “Feast of the Ingathering.” This agricultural festival was connected to the time of year when farmers in ancient Israel harvested all of their crops from the field. Since Sukkot is linked to the harvest it is tradtional to eat lots of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Ingredients 1 can peach…
DetailsBY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, ICZC— For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. (Psalm 132:13-14) With all the emphasis among some quarters both Jewish as well as Christian that the Messiah can…
DetailsBY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, ICZC— For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. (Psalm 132:13-14) With all the emphasis among some quarters both Jewish as well as Christian that the Messiah can…
DetailsBY ISRAEL INSIDER— Daniel Halper, writing in the Weekly Standard, reports that “at 3:22 p.m., I posted this photo of Vice President Joe Biden and Shimon Peres, with an accompanying caption that indicated it had been taken last year in Jerusalem, Israel: The point of posting the photo was to show that, although the State…
DetailsBY SAMARA GREENBERG, JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Members of the Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo over the weekend to discuss the implementation of their Egyptian-brokered reconciliation pact signed in May that has largely stalled. To “revive the reconciliation,” as Fatah representative Azzam Al-Ahmad put it, the two sides have agreed to a mutual…
DetailsBY FRANK MEIR LOEWENBERG, WINNIPEG JEWISH REVIEW— A demand to implement the UN Partition Plan of 1947 is one of the options the Palestinians are studying in the wake of Washington’s decision to veto their request for statehood in September, according to Nabil Shaath, ex-Palestinian Foreign Minister and now Fatah commissioner for international relations. He…
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DetailsCharles H. Spurgeon and the restoration of IsraelCharles Spurgeon is one of history’s most influential orators and theologians. Though he died 56 years before the birth of the modern state of Israel, the return of the Jews to the land of their covenant was something he foretold many times in his sermons Stuffed TomatoesThe word…
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