BY MICHAEL FREUND, JEWISH PRESS— This month marks the 44th anniversary of one of the most momentous miracles of modern times, when Israel, facing annihilation at the hands of its enemies, emerged triumphant in the 1967 Six-Day War. Existential fear quickly dissolved into breathtaking joy as the Jewish state vanquished its foes, reuniting Jerusalem and…
DetailsFor the week of June 18, 2011 Torah: Numbers 13:1 — 15:41, “Shelach Lekha” (Send men…) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 — 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 — 4:1 Gospel: John 5:31 — 47, “Eduti” (My witness…)
DetailsBY DEBKAFILE— The final touches on US President Barack Obama’s push to revive Israel-Palestinian negotiations, stalled for nearly two years, are being put in place by his Middle East advisers David Hale and Dennis Ross and the legal adviser to the National Security Council Jonathan Schwartz who arrived in Israel Tuesday, June 14. After talks…
DetailsBY ISRAEL TODAY— Popular and controversial American TV personality Glenn Beck has set August 24 as the date for his rally “to restore courage” in Jerusalem. Beck came up with the idea for the rally during his recent surprise visit to Israel to celebrate the 63th anniversary of the rebirth of the Jewish state. The…
DetailsIn 1995 Congress overwhelmingly passed “The Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act.” According to the Act, it became the policy of the U.S. government to recognize Jerusalem as the united, and undivided capital of Israel. Despite the stand of Congress fifteen years ago, holdouts in the executive branch–both Republican and Democrat–have refused to enact the full provisions…
DetailsBY DR. MICHAEL BROWN— Some things are non-negotiable. God’s covenant with Israel is one of them. How could He have made Himself more clear? He gave His oath to Abram, and reiterated it six more times to Abraham, to his son Isaac and to his grandson Jacob. On one occasion, “When God made His promise…
DetailsBY JPOST— You need not be privy to classified intelligence information or have an intimate familiarity with the inner workings of Israel’s undercover agencies to grasp that Egyptian allegations of espionage leveled against against American-born Ilan Grapel, 27, are baseless. “Delusional” was the way Grapel’s distraught mother Irene aptly put it, while father Daniel chose…
DetailsBY JONATHAN SCHANZER, NATIONAL INTEREST— “Bukra fil mishmish,” in Arabic vernacular, literally means “Tomorrow, the apricots.” What it really means is “it will never happen.” The window for harvesting apricots is so tight that if one puts it off for even a day, they go rotten. It’s now political apricot season in the West Bank…
DetailsBY DR. MICHAEL BROWN— Some things are non-negotiable. God’s covenant with Israel is one of them. How could He have made Himself more clear? He gave His oath to Abram, and reiterated it six more times to Abraham, to his son Isaac and to his grandson Jacob. On one occasion, “When God made His promise…
DetailsBY RONEN MEDZINI, YNET— The United States consul to Cairo met Monday with Ilan Grapel, the Israeli man arrested on suspicion of espionage in Egypt. The Egyptian authorities involved Washington in the matter, due to the fact that Grapel entered Egypt with his US passport. The Israeli Foreign Ministry was informed of the meeting by…
DetailsBY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— A timeless paean for peace, written millennia ago by the biblical Jewish prophet Isaiah, appears ironically on the entrance wall of the building in New York City housing that most unholy, immoral and unjust organization: the United Nations. The delegates from every part of the world walk by it…
DetailsBY ELI LAKE, THE WASHINGTON TIMES— The White House is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly adopt President Obama’s view that Israel’s pre-1967 borders should be the basis for future peace talks. A senior administration official Friday told American Jewish leaders that the request for Israel to endorse the president’s peace principles was…
DetailsIngredients Apple Filling: 5 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced thin ½ cup white sugar 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon lemon juice ¼ cup water Crumble: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup quick cooking oats 1 cup butter, softened and cut into pieces Caramel…
DetailsIngredients Apple Filling: 5 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced thin ½ cup white sugar 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon lemon juice ¼ cup water Crumble: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup quick cooking oats 1 cup butter, softened and cut into pieces Caramel Sauce: 1 ½…
DetailsBY JACK KHOURY, HAARETZ— The Israel Antiquities Authority has had a breakthrough discovery, unearthing a public structure from the time of the Byzantine Empire in the northern Israeli city of Acre. The structure is about 1,500 years-old and it is believed to have served as a church. The structure was uncovered during a rescue excavation…
DetailsBY ROBERT S. WISTRICH, YNET— It is almost 10 years since the UN-sponsored World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, inaugurated a new stage in the history of “anti-racist” anti-Semitism. The Durban gathering of August 2001, ostensibly devoted to commemorating the struggle against apartheid, was rapidly transformed by the assembled NGOs into a raucous…
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