By Inna Rogatchi, Israel National News— The first Shabbat of July 2016 which was Sivan 25th, 5776 according to the Jewish calendar, was a very difficult one for many people in Israel and Diaspora. For those who cares. We had two funerals to attend, just before and just after the Shabbat; of a 13-year old…
“It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.” -Golda Meir, 1975
Torah: Number 13:1 – 14:41, “Shelach lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 13:7 – 4:1 Gospel: Mark 5:25 – 34, “Etrahpeh” (I will be healed …)
By INNA ROGATCHI, Israel National News They love to murder our children in summer. They love to murder the most vulnerable of us. They would not mind to murder any of us, but our children seem to be an easy prey for those vile beasts. Their summer murders are becoming so painfully symbolic for us,…
By Jason Greenblatt, CNN— It seems to be a regular feature of the U.S presidential election cycle: Candidates from both parties solemnly pledge to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, only to sidestep the issue upon taking office. Shouldn’t the selection of a capital city rest solely with the people of the country who reside there? Donald…
By YONAH JEREMY BOB, JPOST— With the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Monday in favor of abortion rights in the ongoing culture war on the issue that will now be re-inflamed, it is worth revisiting the issue in Israel and why there is so little public conflict about it here. First, let’s unpack what…
By Tazpit Press Service, Breaking Israel News— The Christian Zionist organization Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) is responding to recent efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel toward making inroads within the Evangelical Christian community. Last week, the organization screened its film, “Hating Israel: In Search of the Truth Behind…
By Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel— Pictures being published from time to time by Hezbollah tell a great deal about its role in the fighting in Syria. In some of the pictures Hezbollah fighters can be seen leaning against Russian tanks, and the truth is that since Russia began its open military activities in Syria,…
By MANFRED GERSTENFELD, JPOST— It will remain unclear for quite some time what the main consequences of Brexit will be for Europe, Great Britain and the world at large. The changes will include political, economic and social issues. One example: various parties in a number of European Union member states are enhancing their efforts to establish…
By Abraham Cooper, Harold Brackman, JPOST— As a shocked world reacted to England’s unexpected exit from the European Union, Palestinian President Abbas delivered a speech to the European Parliament. Abbas, now in the 11th year of his four-year term, accused Israel of becoming a fascist country. Then he updated a vicious medieval anti-Semitic canard by…