By Caroline Glick, JPost— On September 29, President Donald Trump set out his nationalist political philosophy in his address before the UN General Assembly. Arguing that the nation-state is the best guarantor of human freedom and liberty, Trump set up a contrast between “patriots” and “globalists.” “The future does not belong to globalists,” he said.…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Arabs who dare to greet Jews in public on the Jewish New Year are being denounced by their fellow Arabs as traitors. Arabs who dare to engage in sports activities with Jews are also being condemned by their fellow Arabs as traitors. In the past week, many Arabs have taken…
DetailsBy Clarion Project— Shifting sands between Trump, the Middle East and Israel brought some surprising and striking changes for the recently celebrated Jewish New Year. Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, was observed September 30-October 1. With the Jewish New Year came greetings and blessings to Jews in Israel and around the world from officials…
DetailsBy Theophilus Lucky, First Fruits of Zion— Yom Kippur is neither a festive nor happy day. It does not commemorate the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt. Rather, like Rosh HaShanah, it is a day of remembrance before HaShem. Rosh HaShanah paves the way to Yom Kippur. It is a day of remembrance…
DetailsBy Times of Israel— Iran thwarted what it described as an “Israel-Arab” plot to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian media reported Thursday. The Guard’s intelligence chief, Hossein Taeb, told an annual conference of IRGC commanders that three people had been arrested in…
DetailsBy Lahav Harkov, JPost— Israeli democracy is in a state of emergency, and a government must be formed as soon as possible, President Reuven Rivlin said at the 22nd Knesset’s inaugural meeting, which was overshadowed by the political uncertainty on Thursday. Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addressed the long period of political uncertainty, which…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, Jerusalem Connection— The second annual Anglican Theology Conference on September 24-25 provided a feast of intellectual thought, rich biblical insights, and fellowship among 170 attendees from four nations and eleven states spanning the miles from Colorado to Virginia. Organized by Rev. Dr. Gerald McDermott, the A-list of eleven scholars presented cutting-edge…
DetailsBy AFP and TOI STAFF The commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday that destroying Israel was now an “achievable goal.” Four decades on from Iran’s Islamic revolution, “we have managed to obtain the capacity to destroy the impostor Zionist regime,” Major General Hossein Salami was quoted saying by the IRGC’s…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel— In his latest United Nations speech on September 26, Mahmoud Abbas was introduced as “His excellency, President of the STATE of Palestine.” We know Palestine is not a functioning state but let’s move on from this United Nations and world-wide fantasy to one of the the most appalling…
DetailsBy Menachem Posner, Chabad—- 1. Myth: Rosh Hashanah Is the “Jewish New Year” Hallmark cards, greetings from public officials, and even Chabad.org articles refer to Rosh Hashanah as the “Jewish New Year,” which can imply that this is somehow the Jewish equivalent of January 1. Fact: Rosh Hashanah Is the “Head of the Year” That’s…
DetailsBy i24NEWS , Israel Hayom— In the wake of the stalled unity talks with Blue and White, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could return the mandate to form a government as soon as this week, just days after he was tapped by President Reuven Rivlin for the job, sources say. Rivlin on Wednesday evening tapped Netanyahu,…
Details1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
DetailsDuring the Hebrew people’s sojourn in Egypt, God had to transform a gaggle of ex-slaves into a kingdom of priests. He had to evolve a confused post-traumatic community into a light to all the nations. Before the Hebrews even entered the promised land, two major things were put in place to aid each successive generation…
DetailsBy Jerusalem Post— A leading evangelical Christian in Tennessee has called for solidarity with American Jews for the Jewish Holidays, citing the fact that this year has been packed with the most antisemitic incidents since the founding of the US. Laurie Cardoza-Moore called for Christians to stand outside synagogues to guard against antisemitic attacks, saying,…
DetailsBy Aiden Pink, Forward— A New York state court has ordered Fordham University to recognize a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, ending a two-year legal saga. The dean’s office at Fordham, a Jesuit Catholic school with campuses in the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester County, had banned SJP in 2017 after the student government…
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