Scripture Reading for March 7, 2015
Torah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35, “Ki tisa” (When you take … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:1 – 39 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:1 – 18 Gospel: Luke 9:28 – 36, “Kishmonah Yameem” (About eight days … )
The story behind the marble Moses in Netanyahu’s speech
By ANAV SILVERMAN, YNET— While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced several cultural, political, and historical figures throughout his highly-anticipated speech to Congress on Tuesday March 3 – including Harry S. Truman, Queen Esther, Robert Frost, and Elie Wiesel – he concluded his historical address with the biblical figure of the prophet Moses. The Israeli…
Listening to Netanyahu
By THE BOSTON HERALD-— The Obama administration should just shut up about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled Tuesday speech to Congress. Israel’s very existence, not America’s, would be threatened by an Iranian nuclear bomb — and isn’t it high time he made that case directly to Congress. Netanyahu accepted an invitation to appear from House…
Netanyahu’s Churchhill moment
By DAVID RUBIN, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon be walking in the footsteps of the great British statesman Winston Churchill? In less than twenty-four hours, Prime Minister Netanyahu will be delivering his much anticipated presentation about the nuclear threat from Iran to the joint houses of the United States Congress.…
The squabble over Bibi’s speech
By JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— CHARLIE ROSE wasn’t sure he’d heard right. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, his guest on PBS, was lamenting that the controversy over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s forthcoming speech to Congress had “injected a degree of partisanship” into the traditionally bipartisan US-Israel relationship. That’s not only “unfortunate,” said Rice. “It’s…
An honest Muslim making a powerful statement
By Dr. Tawfik Hamid “I am a Muslim by faith, a Christian by spirit, a Jew by heart, and above all I am a human being.” I was born a Muslim and lived all my life as a follower of Islam. After the barbaric terrorist attacks done by the hands of my fellow Muslims everywhere…
Scripture Reading for February 28, 2015
Torah: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10, “Tetzaveh” (You shall command … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 15:2 – 34 New Testament : Hebrews 13:10 – 17 Gospel: Matthew 7:7 – 12, “Bacshu” (Ask! … )
In Israel’s hour of need
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— It is hard to get your arms around the stubborn determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today. For most of the nine years he has served as Israel’s leader, first from 1996 to 1999 and now since 2009, Netanyahu shied away from confrontations or buckled under pressure. He signed deals with…
Converting the Ayatollahs
By DAVID BROOKS, NY TIMES— Over the past centuries, Western diplomats have continually projected pragmatism onto their ideological opponents. They have often assumed that our enemies are driven by the same sort of national interest calculations that motivate most regimes. They have assumed that economic interests would trump ideology and religion — that prudent calculation…