Banana Nut Torte

With the close of Passover, I imagine by now you have restocked your pantry with flour, baking soda, and your other baking needs.  I eat my fair share of chocolate covered matzah during Passover but I’m still ready for a nice baked desert once the season of unleavened bread is over.  If you love bananas…

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Homemade shofar

What you’ll need: Paper plate Brown, tan, cream, or textured construction paper Tape Scissors Decorations for Shofar String Directions: 1) Roll your paper plate into a cone shape and secure with tape.  2) Measure and cut construction paper to match the size of the cone. 3) Glue the construction paper onto the cone. 4) Decorate shofar with…

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7 lessons from the Holocaust

BY IRWIN COTLER, AISH— Whenever I write on the Holocaust – the Shoah – I do so with a certain degree of humility, and not without a deep sense of pain. For I am reminded of what my parents taught me while still a young boy — the profundity and pain of which I realized…

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Jerusalem in Prophecy, Part 4 of 5

BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER– In this article we continue our study of Jerusalem covering the Roman and Byzantine period through the time of Saladin. Roman and Byzantine Period First Jewish Revolt (66-73 AD) While the “Times of the Gentiles” began with Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon, it was the Romans that would scatter the Jews to the…

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Jerusalem in Prophecy, Part 4 of 5

BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER— In this article we continue our study of Jerusalem covering the Roman and Byzantine period through the time of Saladin. Roman and Byzantine Period First Jewish Revolt (66-73 AD) While the “Times of the Gentiles” began with Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon, it was the Romans that would scatter the Jews to the…

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Spot Report: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem

Think on This: “As approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it” (Luke 19:41) Pray This: Father, we pray that like Yeshua our Messiah, we will have a burning flame of passion towards Jerusalem that brings us to tears, provokes us to pray, and commands us to preach.  Amen!

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Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Doomed?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, POLITICO— Palestinian activists have hailed the unity deal between Hamas and Fatah on April 27 as a positive outgrowth of the Arab Spring. If the reported deal, brokered by Egypt, ends the internecine war between the two most powerful Palestinian factions without a shot fired, it would be cause for celebration in…

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The miracle of Israel's rebirth

BY EARL COX— It’s time to say, “Happy 63nd Birthday!” to our special and revered friend Israel, which is still one of the youngest nations of the world and exhibits the strength and action of youth in many, many ways. As America’s most valued friend and ally in the Middle East, we must not forget…

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A traumatic Pessah in Jerusalem, 1948

BY DOROTHY BERMAN , JPOST In early November 1947, Dorothy (Devora) Berman of Glasgow, aged 20, set sail for Palestine to participate in the “Machon LeMadrichei Chul” (Institute for Diaspora Youth Leadership) training program of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem. The program was held in conjunction with the Jewish National Fund. This was one of…

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The miracle of Israel’s rebirth

BY EARL COX— It’s time to say, “Happy 63nd Birthday!” to our special and revered friend Israel, which is still one of the youngest nations of the world and exhibits the strength and action of youth in many, many ways. As America’s most valued friend and ally in the Middle East, we must not forget…

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Lieberman: Be cautious about Fatah-Hamas unity

BY TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST— Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday urged the European Union to be cautious and measured in its approach to the reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. “Europe must demand that Hamas comply with the Quartet conditions, which it helped formulate: Recognition of Israel and the cancellation of the section in the Hamas…

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Video: The forgotten refugees

In 1945 there were up to one million Jews living in the Middle East and North Africa outside the Palestine Mandate – many living in communities dating back more than three millennia. Today, there are only several thousand remaining. Who are these Jews? What precipitated their mass-exodus in the 20th century? Where did they go?…

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Relinquishing Joseph's Tomb was supposed to be temporary

BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Earlier this week, an incident occurred that should have provoked outrage across the civilized world. In an act of wanton slaughter, Palestinian policemen opened fire at a convoy of Jewish worshipers near Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus on Sunday. The men had just recited morning prayers at the Jewish holy site in…

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The Munich Three Find Their Target: Israel

BY KENNETH LEVIN, FRONTPAGMAG— In 1938, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany met in Munich to decide the fate of Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was not invited. The three conferees agreed to strip the targeted nation of the Sudetenland, whose population consisted largely of ethnic Germans, and transfer that territory to German control. This deprived the…

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Israel's Folly

BY DANIEL GREENFIELD, SULTAN KNISH— The State of Israel spent the first 30 years of its modern existence reclaiming its territory, and the next 33 years negotiating the terms on which it would be returned to the neighboring countries which had made war on it, as well as an entirely new terrorist state created in…

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Fatah and Hamas make peace

BY JOEL GREENBERG, WASHINGTON POST— The rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas initialed an agreement Wednesday to end a four-year rift that had left the Palestinians divided between separate governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, officials on both sides said. The agreement negotiated secretly in Cairo provides for a transitional unity government, including…

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