Quote of the week
“Israel is the only state in the world whose legitimacy is widely denied, and whose destruction is publicly advocated and threatened.”–British historian Anthony Julius
The New Old anti-Semitism
By: Earl Cox, JPOST— Any humanitarian, religious or not, would call racism in any form a loathsome social evil. One can only imagine the terror and horror of pogroms in the past toward Jews just as the modern day pogroms of Boko Haran against Christians and ISIS against everyone is a terrible and horrible evil…
Scripture Reading for August 29, 2015
Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19, “Ki chezea” (When you go out …) Haftorah: Isaiah 54:1 – 10 New Testament: I Corinthians 5:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 5:27 – 30, “Shematim” (You have heard … )
How to put some teeth into the nuclear deal with Iran
By Dennis Ross and David H. Petraeus, Washington Post— Many members of Congress continue to grapple with the nuclear deal with Iran — and so do we. Like us, the undecideds see its benefits: The deal would block the uranium enrichment, plutonium separation and covert paths to a nuclear bomb for the next 15 years.…
Surviving the Obama Presidency and the Iranian Bomb
By: NOAH BECK, Israel Today— When, in 2012, I authored a cautionary tale about the dangers of a nuclear Iran, I never imagined a U.S. president who would, just a few years later, actively try to strengthen Iran’s geopolitical and financial position while providing international legitimacy to the Iranian nuclear program. But sometimes truth is…
President of Refugees or Holy Land Celebrity?
By: RYAN JONES, Israel Today— The Palestinian Authority and its collaborators in the mainstream media like to paint the Palestinian-controlled territories as a land oppressed and destitute. But one has only to look at the palatial living standards of the Palestinian leadership to realize something’s fishy. This week, photos emerged on social media showing the…
More than 900 rabbis sign letter opposing Iran nuclear deal
By: Aron Chilewich, Jewish Journal— Over the past three weeks, more than 900 rabbis across every major denomination have signed an open letter calling upon the United States Congress to reject the proposed Iran nuclear deal. The letter was written by two Los Angeles rabbis, Kalman Topp of Beth Jacob Congregation and Yonah Bookstein of…
US Orthodox more similar to evangelicals than to other Jews, study finds
By: JOSEFIN DOLSTEN, Times of Israel— While American Jews tend to be more liberal and less religious than the general population, an analysis of Orthodox Jews in the US paints a picture of a community similar to that of white evangelical Christians, a new report said. On questions of religious belief and political views, Orthodox…
Military experts: Iran already has nuclear weapons
By Jerome R. Corsi, WND— Amid debate over President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, two retired military officers contend their accumulation of evidence from open and intelligence sources shows Tehran already has a nuclear-weapons capability. Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dennis B. Haney assert that since 1979,…