Scripture Reading for November 19, 2016
Torah: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24, “Vayera” (and he appeared … ) Haftorah: II Kings 4:1 – 37 New Testament: II Peter 2:4 – 11 Gospel: Luke 24:36 – 53, “Shalom Lechem” (Peace to you … )
Israel in the Trump era
By Caroline Glick— What can we expect from President-elect Donald Trump’s administration? The positions that Trump struck during the presidential campaign were sometimes inconsistent and even contradictory. So it is impossible to forecast precisely what he will do once in office. But not everything is shrouded in mystery. Indeed, some important characteristics of his administration…
Donald Trump’s secret ‘God’ vote
By Larry Poland, Washington Times— The Catholic priest sitting before me as we chatted near Krakow, Poland, in the 1970s was passionate. He was briefing me on the Polish people’s courageous stand against the communists led by Polish hero Lech Walesa. “It was not just a political movement,” he said, “It was spiritual. If you…
Netanyahu: Looking forward with Trump on twin interests
By Deborah Danan, Breitbart— “I, for one, find great encouragement in the fact that there’s this continuity of friendship,” Netanyahu said. In a satellite address to the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly in Washington on Tuesday, Netanyahu urged President Barack Obama to continue America’s “longstanding policy” of supporting direct negotiations between Israel…
The Growing Gap between Israel and American Jews
By Moment— Ties between American Jews and Israel, while still strong, are fraying. With the help of rabbis and scholars, historians and journalists, diplomats and activists, Moment explores the forces pulling the Jewish state and the American Jewish community apart—and holding them together. Dov Waxman The age of unquestioning support for Israel from American Jews…
Meet the Jews in Donald Trump’s inner circle
By Josefin Dolstein, Times of Israel— A — President-elect Donald Trump has a complicated history with Jews. On the one hand, his daughter Ivanka converted to Orthodox Judaism before marrying Jared Kushner, and he’s spoken fondly about having Jewish grandchildren. On the other, some of Trump’s supporters have links to the anti-Semitic far right…
Scripture Reading for November 12, 2016
Torah: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27, “Lekh lekha” (Go from here … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:24 – 41:16 New Testament: Romans 4:1 – 25 Gospel: John 8:48 – 59, “Be’terin Avraham ani hu” (Before Abraham was I am … )
Quote of the week
“The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.” –Bob Hope, Comedian
PA threatens to make US ‘miserable’ if embassy moved to Jerusalem
By Dov Lieber, Times of Israel— The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations threatened to exact revenge on the US at the world body should President-elect Donald Trump make good on his promise to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Boasting that the Palestinians have a variety of tools at their disposal…
Sanhedrin asks Putin and Trump to build a Third Temple in Jerusalem
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— The Nascent Sanhedrin is calling on Russian President Vladmir Putin and US president-elect Donald Trump to join forces and fulfill their Biblically-mandated roles by rebuilding the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the Sanhedrin, contacted Breaking Israel News to announce that the election of Trump,…