Quote of the Week
“Beloved is man for he was created in God’s image. Still greater was the love shown him in that it was made known to him that he was created in God’s image.”—-Rabbi Akiva
The Most Hated People in the United States May Not Be Who You Think
By Uri Wilensky, Huffington Post— Which religious group is the victim of the most hate crimes in the United States? According to the hate crime statistics kept by the FBI, Jews are the primary victims of religious hate crimes. More than 50% of all hate crimes (57% in 2014) are committed against them. For a…
Trump’s America is bad, very bad, for the Jews
By Andrew Silow-Carroll, Times of Israel— Two of my favorite television shows are about what I think it’s fair to call the “New America.” In Master of None, on Netflix, Indian-American comedian Aziz Ansari plays a struggling actor in a very real and diverse New York. His best friend is the son of Chinese immigrants.…
Scripture Reading for February 27, 2016
Torah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35, “ki tisa” (When you take …) Haftorah: I Kings 18:1 – 39 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:7 – 18 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 13, “Ve ‘hishtakna” (He was transfigured … )
The Raoul Wallenberg Research Initiative RWI-70
A Note from Michael and Inna Rogatchi, The Rogatchi Foundation – www.rogatchi.org, www.rogatchifilms.org — We would like to address you now on a very important and timely (as ever) international initiative regarding Raoul Wallenberg. A prominent historian Susanne Berger has enough clarity and vision, and strength, too, to start this new chapter in the ongoing saga…
Abu Mazen rebuffs Kerry’s appeal to cool Palestinian terror against Israelis
By DEBKAfile— US Secretary of State John Kerry came away empty-handed from his latest meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in Amman on Sunday, February 21,- which shouldn’t have surprised him as it was par for the course. DEBKAfile’s Middle Eastern sources report that Kerry was finally persuaded that Abbas would not…
Our World: The Lie of Pro-Palestinian Activism
By Caroline Glick, Breaking Israel News— For them, the Palestinians whose rights they claim to champion are nothing more than means to another end. Last Thursday, yet again we learned that pro-Palestinian activists couldn’t care less about Palestinians. For them, the Palestinians whose rights they claim to champion are nothing more than means to another…
Columnist Krauthammer: Obama’s remarks on Israel are ‘shameful’
By Erez Lin, Israel Hayom— U.S. President Obama is drawing moral equivalence between habitual Palestinian incitement to terrorism and “extremely infrequent” Israeli attacks, thus downplaying the severity of Palestinian actions, veteran Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday. Krauthammer’s statement came in response to Obama’s remarks Friday that “it is important for both Prime Minister…
Marco Rubio Hits Trump, Takes Strong Stand for Israel
By Tyler O’Niel, PJ Media-— Florida Senator Marco Rubio gave a powerful defense of Israel in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. He attacked President Obama and Republican front-runner Donald J. Trump for not supporting the Jewish state. If elected president, he promised “a foreign policy of moral clarity,” and that America would take sides (“we’re going…
IDF Racing to Restructure Itself for New Middle East Warfare
By Yaakov Lappin, Investigative Project— The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is in a race against time, and it is a race that is relevant to how other Western powers will also deal with the rise of radical, armed, Islamic groups proliferating across the Middle East. As the IDF’s commanders look around the region, they see…