Scripture Reading for April 29, 2017
Torah: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59, “Tazria” (She bears seed … ) Haftorah: II Kings 7:3 – 20 New Testament: James 5:13 – 18 Gospel: Matthew 8:1 -17, “Ish mezorah” (Man of leprosy … )
Remarks by President Trump at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum National Days of Remembrance
United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 11:30 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Friends, members of Congress, ambassadors, veterans, and, most especially, to the survivors here with us today, it’s an honor to join you on this very, very solemn occasion. I am deeply moved to stand before those who survived history’s…
Mystical rabbi predicted today’s top threat 22 years ago
By Bob Unruh, World Net Daily— Communist North Korea long has been a threat to world stability, with its parades of military weaponry, nuclear capabilities and its promises of destruction and death for its foes. That rhetoric has surged in recent months, with dictator Kim Jong-un warning he would rain “nuclear thunder” down on the…
Trump: America stands strong with Israel By Elad Benari
By Elad Benari, Israel National News— U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday vowed to fight anti-Semitism, in a prerecorded video speech to the World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in New York City. In the speech, given on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), Trump praised Israel as a “great nation”. “On Yom Hashoah,…
‘US Antisemitic Incidents Jump 86% at start of 2017’
By Danielle Ziri, Jpost— Antisemitic incidents in the United States surged by 34 percent in 2016 compared to 2015, and have jumped 86 percent in the first quarter of 2017, new data released by the Anti-Defamation League on Monday showed. In its annual ‘Audit of Antisemitic Incidents’, the ADL reported that there has been a…
Rebranding the Holocaust
By Ron Jager— This week, Israel will be commemorating not only the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust but also recall the untold stories of the many acts of Jewish resistance that occurred during this period throughout Europe; the Holocaust being the darkest period of Jewish history. Yet in recent months, as the…
Islam in the Heart of England and France
By Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute— The city of Birmingham in the West Midlands, the heart of England, the place where the Industrial Revolution began, the second city of the UK and the eighth-largest in Europe, today is Britain’s most dangerous city. With a large and growing Muslim population, five of its electoral wards have the…
Quote of the week
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”–The late Eli Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor
“Welcome to Europe’s 4 capitals of anti-Semitism”
By Giulio Meotti, Israel National News— If I wrote from the point of view of my personal interest as a non Jew, I would tell Europe’s Jews: stay here, on our side, because your departure would bring irreparable harm. If I look at what better serves the interests of the Jews, it would not be so…