Weekly Scripture Reading
For the week of June 4 Torah: Numbers 4:21 — 7:89 “Naso” (Take a census). Haftorah: Judges 13:2–25 New Testament: Acts 21:17–26 Gospel: Luke 1:5–17 “Schmo Yochanan” (His name is John).
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“In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. We are not the British in India. We are not the Belgians in the Congo. This is the land of our forefathers, the Land of Israel, to which Abraham brought the idea of one God, where David set out to confront Goliath, and where…
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Disabled Travel in Israel
BY NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— Israel’s cobblestone streets, landmark churches, Roman amphitheaters and ancient cisterns may be enticing to many tourists, but can be daunting to someone in a wheelchair. This prospect, however, did not dissuade Rick Huntress and a group of 17 – five of whom were in wheelchairs – from visiting the Holy Land.…
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Where Obama is leading Israel
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— In the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech on the Middle East, his supporters argued that the policy toward Israel and the Palestinians that Obama outlined in that speech was not anti-Israel. As they presented it, Obama’s assertion that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must be…
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Sharansky: Don't wait to fight terror
BY BOAZ FYLER, YNETNEWS— The war on terror must not be delayed by “even one day,” Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said Monday at a ceremony marking 10 years to the Dolphinarium discotheque bombing. The Tel Aviv terror attack claimed the lives of 21 people, almost all of them teenagers, after a suicide bomber detonated…
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In prayer, Jews face Jerusalem but Muslims face Mecca
BY VICTOR SHARPE, CANADA FREE PRESS— Jerusalem Unification Day has again been celebrated in Israel and throughout the world with the exception of that 7th century alternate universe: the Muslim world. It marks 44 years since the amazing and miraculous event took place when the Jewish people’s 3,000 year old capital city was restored to…
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Power Prayer: Living by Prayer
O Yahweh, God of the open ear, Teach me to live by prayer as well as by providence, for myself, soul, body, children, family, and church; Give me a heart frameable to your will; so might I live in prayer, and honor you, being kept from evil, known and unknown. Help me to see the…
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PM: We can't stop Palestinian statehood declaration in UN
BY JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday said that there is no way to stop the United Nations General Assembly from recognizing Palestinian statehood in September. In the General Assembly, he remarked, “it would be possible to get a resolution saying the world is flat,” speaking at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee…
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Where fear and blindness dominate
BY BARRY RUBIN— In September, the leaves will start falling in the West. And so will the policies toward the Middle East. That month, Egypt will likely elect a radical and largely Islamist parliament. That parliament will then probably write a radical and largely Islamist constitution. The new government will follow a radical and at…
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Police preparing for wide-scale rioting in September
BY YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— The Israel Police are in the midst of preparing for the possibility of wide-scale rioting this September, when Palestinians are expected to unilaterally declare statehood, newly appointed police commissioner Insp.-Gen. Yochanan Danino said in a speech before the Israel Bar Association in Eilat on Sunday. “The Israel Police is currently preparing for…
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Much ado about Bibi and Barack
BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, much more was said than done during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s high-profile visit to Washington. But once all the words were spoken, what was left behind? For the better part of a week, Netanyahu and President Barack Obama engaged in a fraught pas…
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Think on this! “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand… This is the plan determined for the whole world: this is the hand stretched out over all nations. Yahweh Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who…
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For the week of May 28, 2011 Torah: Numbers 1:1– 4:20 “Bamidbar” (In the wilderness) Haftorah: Hosea 2:1–23 New Testament: Romans 9:22–33 Gospel: John 6:35–51 “Lechem HaChaim” (the Bread of Life)
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Israel: Trust in the Lord, but Keep Your Powder Dry
BY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— America from sea to shining sea is some 3,000 miles wide. Israel, if President Barack Hussein Obama has his way, will be a mere 9 miles wide. Obama has uttered ill-advised words and added to the confusion that many in the West suffer from when considering the Arab-Israel conflict…
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Abbas: 'We will pursue UN state recognition unless talks resume'
BY REUTERS— Palestinians are not seeking to isolate Israel on the international stage, but will pursue their unilateral drive for UN recognition of statehood unless peace talks resume, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday. He was in Doha for a meeting of Arab states on Saturday called to discuss US President Barack Obama’s…
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BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hoping to avoid his clash with US President Barack Obama this past week in Washington. Four days before his showdown at the White House with the American leader, Netanyahu addressed the Knesset. His speech was the most dovish he had ever given. In it, he set…
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