Scripture Reading for April 8, 2017
Torah: Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36, “Tzav” (Command … ) Haftorah: Malachi 3:4-24 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 17:9 – 11, “Avi Ha’chadosh” (Holy Father … )
Moscow surprisingly says West Jerusalem is Israel’s capital
By Herb Keinon, JPost— Russia recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in a surprise announcement on Thursday, obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post. The announcement comes as US President Donald Trump’s administration is agonizing over whether to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move that would constitute…
Why Palestine Bears the Blame for the Arab-Israeli Conflict
By David Brog, Christian Headlines– Conflicts between nations—or any other groups of fallible humans—are rarely black and white. The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is no exception. Israeli society has produced some ugly extremists, while the Palestinians can count among their ranks many heroes of humanity. Yet just because there are good and bad…
Report: Syria Threatens to Fire SCUD Missiles at Israel
By Israel Today— The regime of embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has reportedly threatened to fire SCUD missiles at Israel if it carries out any more strikes on Syrian soil. Since the start of the Syrian civil war, Israel is believed to have struck select targets in Syria on several occasions. Most often, the targets…
UNESCO Chief: ‘Jerusalem Is the Capital of King David’
By JNS.org— UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has rebuffed attempts by the U.N. cultural body to deny a historic Jewish connection to Jerusalem. “In the Torah, Jerusalem is the capital of King David, where Solomon built the Temple and placed the Ark of the Covenant,” Bokova said last week at the policy conference of the European…
Does Daniel’s Vision Predict Assad’s Downfall?
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News– A Jewish text enigmatically describing the fall of the eastern tyrant Nero as presaging the rise of the Messiah may refer to Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, according to both Jewish and Arab sources. The Jewish text predicting the rise of an ‘Eastern Nero’ and his destruction is…
How Senate Dems went anti-Israel
By Daniel Greenfield, Sultan Knish— On March 23, 2017, Senators had a simple choice to make. On one side was J Street; an anti-Israel pressure group that had hosted BDS activists and opposed Israel’s right to defend itself. On the other was Ambassador David Friedman, the first pro-Israel nominee in decades. And the choice was…
Chairman of the Rogatchi Foundation is nominated as a candidate to light the Independence Day torch in Israel
(C) The Rogatchi Foundation ~ Media-Release~ The Rogatchi Foundation – www.rogatchifoundation.org – is honoured to announce that its Chairman, internationally renowned Jewish artist Michael Rogatchi has been nominated as one of the candidates to light the Independence Day Torch in Israel by senior member of the European Parliament, supported by the members of the Board…
Activists barred from sacrificing sheep near Temple Mount
By Tamar Pileggi, Times of Israel— The High Court of Justice on Monday upheld a police decision to bar a group of Temple Mount activists from trying to reenact the ritual slaughter of a sacrificial animal near the Jerusalem holy site in preparation for the upcoming Passover holiday. The attempt by the activists and the…