Jewish donors may be chilled by Israel policy

by Alexander Bolton, The Hill High-profile Jewish Democrats say President Barack Obama has risked an important bloc of voters because of recent tension with Israel. Obama’s most outspoken Democratic critic is former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who campaigned for Obama in Florida during the 2008 election. Koch said if Obama asked him to…

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How the Resurrection Broke Eden’s Curse

By J. Lee Grady, Charisma Sin began in a garden. Thousands of years later, Jesus Christ stood in another garden and announced His ultimate victory. The Easter story has many amazing scenes: Jesus’ last Passover meal with His disciples, His arrest and brutal scourging, His crucifixion between two criminals, and the dramatic darkness that fell…

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Can Israel survive friends like these?

by Wesley Pruden, Washington Times This is the moment a certain number of a certain breed of Democrats have been waiting for. The latest outburst of bad feeling between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu can be the cover they seek for finally putting the Jews in their place. First the president went to the Middle…

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Passover and the Bride Price

By Jim Barfield and Jared Sturgill The bible tells us that there are seven feasts and festivals that God gave to mankind.  You can find the listing of these festivals in Leviticus chapter twenty-three.  The festivals are as follows: Passover, Unleavened bread, Pentecost, Feast of trumpets, Day of atonement, Feast of tabernacles, and the Sabbath. …

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New World’s Record for Chutzpah: Obama’s Seder

By Jonathan Tobin, Jewishworldreview.com  Some 19 years ago, the first president Bush earned the enmity of American Jews with his rant about being “one lone guy” standing up against the horde of AIPAC activists exercising their constitutional right to petition Congress. Bush’s statement symbolized the intolerance and enmity that his administration felt toward Israel and…

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Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2010

By Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” 1.  “Next year in the reconstructed Jerusalem” concludes the annual reciting of the Passover Saga. How pertinent in March 2010?! 2.  How central is Passover in Judaism and in the context of Judeo-Christian values?  “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out…

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Where Do Jews and Christians on the Left Get Their Values?

By Dennis Prager Many Americans find it difficult to understand why Jews on the Left — including many who would call themselves “liberal” rather than “Left” — continued to enthusiastically support President Obama after the revelations about the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish views of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the religious mentor and close friend of Obama.…

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Next year in West Jerusalem

by Victor Sharpe It has thus come to this. Jerusalem may well be on the way to being re-divided. History will not look kindly upon those in this generation who have fallen into the trap of media distortion, Arab untruths, peace at any price and sheer apathy. The Jewish Talmud and Midrash tell us from…

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Hoyer-Cantor Letter in Support of Israel

327 Representatives were signatories to the letter. 102 were non-signers: 94 were Democrats and 8 were Republican. Dear Secretary Clinton: We are writing to reaffirm our commitment to the unbreakable bond that exists between our country and the State of Israel and to express to you our deep concern over recent tension. In every important…

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Can "Palestine" be one state?

by Asaf Romirowsky, The Washington Examiner It is common to hear from good-hearted individuals who are not familiar with the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the simple, naïve question of “why can’t Israelis and Palestinian just get along and share the land?” Of late, a new paradigm has emerged that Zionism and the state of…

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Why wasn't Obama photographed with Netanyahu?

By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent   The White House has waved off suggestions that President Barak Obama was “embarrassed” to be photographed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid questions over the minimal media coverage of their meeting in Washington this week. “We were very comfortable with the coverage for last night’s meeting,” said White House…

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Netanyahu and Obama disagree on key issues

by Debkafile US president Barack Obama kept on turning the screw on Israeli minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday, March 24, after their harsh conversation in the White House Tuesday: Netanyahu was told bluntly to issue a White House-dictated public pledge before leaving Washington for home to eschew further construction in East Jerusalem, or else face a…

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