Quote of the Week
“The Hebrew language will go from the synagogue to the house of study, and from the house of study to the school, and from the school it will come into the home and… become a living language.”—-Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
“The Hebrew language will go from the synagogue to the house of study, and from the house of study to the school, and from the school it will come into the home and… become a living language.”—-Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
By Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine— When I immigrated to America, 20 years ago this fall, I had just over $2,000 in my pocket that I’d saved working as a night watchman at a factory back home in Israel. I also had an inflatable mattress on the floor of a friend’s one-bedroom in White Plains, New…
DetailsOur favorite YouTuber, Hananya Naftali, took us on an eye-opening weekend visit to a Muslim village in Israel. Much of the mainstream media portrays life for Muslims in Israel as oppressive. Some go so far as to suggest that Muslims cannot even worship freely in the Jewish state. Of course, media is a business, and…
DetailsBy Omri Nahmias, JPost— The economic part of the US peace plan will be revealed on June 25 in Bahrain during an international conference, the White House announced Sunday. It is unclear when the political part of the plan will be released. According to a senior administration official, representatives from the EU, Asia and the…
DetailsDr. James Hutchens teaches on the subject, “How to give and receive the blessing of Yahweh.” – Exodus 20:24B
By Steve Law, Patterns of Evidence— The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is one of the oldest and most remarkable artifacts connecting biblical history to the ancient world. The stele erected by King Mesha of Moab (modern-day Jordan, east of the Dead Sea) in his 9th century BC capital city of Dibon,…
DetailsBy Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report— “The Middle East and North Africa have a well-deserved reputation for being a region plagued by war and conflict. Every decade since the end of WW2 has seen at least one interstate conflict; it has also witnessed 25 types of intrastate war, including insurgencies, civil wars and protracted terrorism.…
DetailsBy Clarion Project— Dakota Reed, a young man from Washington state pleaded guilty to making online threats to kill dozens of Jews and carry out a school shooting, among other acts of terrorism. Police were tipped off to Reed, 20, by the Anti-Defamation League’s Centre on Extremism in the fall of 2018 after the organization…
DetailsBy Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Breaking Israel News— On Monday morning, May 12, 2019, four oil tankers sailing in international waters were attacked as they made their way out of the Straits of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean. The details of the sabotage are still unclear as these words are being written: who attacked, where they…
DetailsBy Arutz Sheva— In Israel, it was assumed that the transfer of Qatari money to Gaza would, at least temporarily, calm the terrorist organizations. In the meantime, the firing of balloons at the Gaza perimeter is only increasing. At least three fires have broken out since the morning hours in the Gaza perimeter – in…
DetailsBy Herb Keinon, JPost— The Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, while written, is not a closed and sealed document – and is being tweaked as new information comes in, according to diplomatic sources. According to the sources, the drafters of the document – Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner; Jason Greenblatt, special representative for…
DetailsThis week I attended a screening of the soon to be released documentary, Emanuel. Emanuel is a documentary about the untold story of the victims and survivors of the Charleston Church shooting. The weight of the documentary comes from the intimate interviews with the survivors and the families of the victims. The documentary lets them…
DetailsIsrael is one of the most free and most prosperous countries in the world. Not only is Israel a booming economy and a wellspring of innovation, it is the only democracy in the Middle East. So why is it so controversial to support the Jewish state? Stephen Harper, the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, lays…
DetailsBy Ron Jager— The daily reports of anti-Semitic rhetoric and actual physical attacks on American Jews has become a common occurrence in many American Jewish communities throughout the United States. Despite the denial of most American Jews that I run into during my visits to the tristate area including my current visit; Anti-Semitic rhetoric and…
DetailsBy World Israel News— America’s Ambassador to Israel David Friedman hosted a special event in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Embassy move to the capital, describing it as a “new shrine.” “We have done something that hasn’t been done in quite some time: We have created a new…
DetailsBy FLAME— When Megan McCain appeared on Seth Meyers’ talk show last week, he upbraided her for criticizing the anti-Semitism of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar. Omar has been guilty of numerous anti-Semitic remarks since her election, as well as appearing at a fundraiser for the Hamas- and Muslim Brotherhood-associated Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Meyers…
DetailsBy Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary Magazine— On May 14, 2018, at the exact moment that Israel was celebrating the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, I sat across the desk from a senior Israeli official in Tel Aviv. He was in a foul mood. He looked as if he hadn’t slept much. He rubbed…
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