Scripture Reading for June 10, 2017
Torah: Numbers 8:1 – 12:16, “Beha’alotekha” (When you set up … ) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 New Testament: Revelation 11:1 – 14 Gospel: John 10:1 – 18, “Ha’roeh ha’tov” (The Good Shepard … )
Haley receives rock-star welcome at the Western Wall
By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— We love you so much,” a smiling and enthusiastic woman told US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at the Western Wall on Wednesday evening. The ambassador stopped to pose for a picture, and the two women hugged. Many of the women who briefly told Haley how much they appreciated…
Knesset, Congress mark Jerusalem reunification together
By Gill Hoffman, JPost— The Knesset and the US Congress on Wednesday jointly marked 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem, in the first-ever simultaneous broadcast from the two legislatures. The event could have been seen as tacit recognition by the White House of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which could have sparked controversy. But despite…
Palestinian suffering
By Caroline Glick— How can we explain the international community’s indifference to Palestinian suffering? Every day, angry bands of protesters burn the flag of Israel, call for the destruction of the Jewish state and insist that Israel and its Jewish citizens be shunned from polite society and thrown out of the global economy all in…
Israel’s right to Jerusalem established firmly in international law, expert says
By Benjamin Glatt, JPost— The Jewish people’s right to Jerusalem was granted under international law at the end of the First World War, a leading international legal scholar said at the UN Monday. “ title over Jerusalem and its Old City was granted to the Jewish people during the San Remo conference of the Principal…
Priests Bring First Harvest Offering to God in Holy Temple Reenactment by Sanhedrin
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— On Thursday, the day after the holiday of Shavuot, hundreds of people gathered in the Old CIty of Jerusalem for a reenactment of the Temple service known as bikurim, or the “bringing of the first fruits.” The ceremony included a special thanksgiving offering that sealed the recent Sanhedrin ruling establishing…
Poll: Vast Majority of Israelis Prefer Sovereignty in Jerusalem Over Peace Deal
By JNS— While it is often reported that most Israelis favor a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an entirely different picture emerges once Jerusalem is added to the equation, a new survey has found. The poll, commissioned by Israel Hayom and conducted by Maagar Mochot, found 67 percent of Israelis would oppose a peace…
Spicer: Embassy move a question of when, not if
By Elad Benari, Israel National News— White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Friday stressed that President Donald Trump still intends to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Speaking to reporters at his daily press briefing, Spicer spoke of Trump’s decision to sign the presidential waiver on the Jerusalem Embassy…
In Our Hands: The Miracle Six Day War
By Faith McDonnell, Juicy Ecumenism— On Thursday, June 1, and Tuesday, June 6, there will be an encore screening of In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem. I saw this CBN documentary film about Israel’s Six Day War at the premiere earlier this week. If you have not seen it, you should find a participating theater and attend an upcoming encore. The…