Scripture Reading for March 24, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36, “Tzav” ( Command …) Haftorah: Malachi 3:4 – 18 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: Matthew 4:1 – 11, “Hovilah Ha’ruach” (The Spirit led …)
Burning all bridges, Abbas sets himself up for complete isolation
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Times of Israel— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is once again shooting in all directions. Earlier this year, he described Israel as a “colonial project” unrelated to Judaism. Now he has determined that the Palestinians have other enemies to deal with: everyone else, almost. In a speech before Palestinian leaders in…
Vladimir Putin has been supportive of Jews, but antisemitism is rife in Russia
By SEMYON DOVZHIK, The JC— On the day of the presidential election last Sunday, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar published a fascinating post on Facebook. “In my opinion, ” he wrote, “today’s Russia is one of the most attractive places in the world for the development of Jewish communal life.” “Unfortunately, in many places traditional religious…
France Seeks to Close Loopholes Allowing Online Antisemitism
By Tamara Zieve, JPost-— A comprehensive French plan to fight antisemitism seeks to overcome Internet challenges in the fight against hate speech, a French official told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday at the sixth annual Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem. Ambassador of France for Human Rights François Croquette was on a panel about…
Antizionism is antisemitism
BY Sara Levi, JPOST— “If the United States is so pro-Israel, then why is there an uptick in antisemitism?” asked Laurie Cardoza-Moore, founder and president of the Tennessee-based pro-Israel Christian advocacy organization Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN) in an interview with The Jerusalem Post. Cardoza-Moore is in Israel to participate in the Global Conference…
Quote of the Week
“Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools. Nowhere is this more evident than on Passover, when the entire ritual of handing on our story to the next generation is set in motion by the…
‘Jerusalem is not holy to Muslims, enough with this lie!’
By Arutz Sheva— Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein spoke on Thursday night at the National Council of Young Israel’s annual dinner, debunking the myth that Jerusalem is holy to Muslims. “Jerusalem was the capital of Israel, under King David, 3,000 years ago,” Klein said. “It was never, ever, the capital of any other…
Trump postpones his Israel-Palestinian peace plan indefinitely
By Debkafile— On Wednesday, March 14, President Donald Trump decided to take the plan off his immediate agenda. There was no formal announcement. Trump briefed his special Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt to pass the word round among officials from the Middle East who were attending a conference at the White House on the Gaza…
Poll: U.S. public sympathy for Israel at record high
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Two months after a Pew poll led to much hand-wringing in Israel because it indicated a deep partisan split over Israel, Gallup released its own poll this week showing that American public support for Israel has never been higher. Under the headline “Americans Remain Staunchly in Israel’s Corner,” Gallup – in…
Scripture Reading for March 17, 2018
Torah: Leviticus 1:1 – 6:7, “Vayikkra” (and he called … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 45:16 – 46:18 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10 – 15 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Lechayeem” ( to fulfill … )