Scripture Reading for December 21, 2013
Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, “Shemot” (Names …) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13, 29: 22 – 23 New Testament: Acts 7:17 – 35 Gospel: John 5:45 -46, “Elu ha amantem le moshe.” (If you believed Moses … )
US lawmakers to introduce bill on new Iran sanctions soon
By REUTERS— US senators will introduce legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran as soon as this week, Senate aides said on Wednesday, despite the Obama administration’s insistence that such a measure would violate terms of an interim agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister has also said a new sanctions law would…
Untrustworthy American president
BY Shoula Romano Horing, YNET— The latest CNN poll released on November 23 showed that 53% of American voters said President Obama was not honest and trustworthy. Similarly, US allies like Israel and the Persian Gulf states are questioning Obama’s integrity after discovering that for the last three years he has been lying and deceiving…
Evgeny Kissin, A miracle of enlightened spirit
Original art collage by Inna Rogatchi © 2013 The Rogatchi Foundation salutes to Evgeny Kissin, a new citizen of Israel. On Chanukah eve, very special news has become public: the outstanding musician of our time, maestro Evgeny Kissin, is going to receive Israeli citizenship on December 7th, two days before his charitable recital in Jerusalem.…
Wish I’d said that
“You know when I hear the Europeans talk about Israel, they just sound anti-Semitic.”—George W. Bush speaking to Colin Powell about European pressure to restrain Israel’s response to the Second Intifada
Why Isn’t Kerry Listening to What the Radicals Are Saying?
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pursues his efforts to reach a peace agreement between the Palestinian Authority leadership and Israel, Hamas reaffirmed that it would not honor any deal that does not meet its goals. The Hamas announcement serves as a reminder that any US-brokered deal between Israel…
Israel in the American Bazaar
By SHOSHANA BRYEN, AMERICAN THIINKER— Last week, in the context of the P5+1/Iran negotiations I wrote: We’re familiar with the rules for buying a rug in the souk. If you want the rug more than he wants the deal, you will overpay; if he wants the deal more than you want the rug, you win.…
A one-sided agreement all in favor of Iran
By EARL COX— Iran has to be laughing all the way to their nuclear facilities after having deceived Obama and the “great satan” America. Ironically the P5+1, the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France and Germany (five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) have cemented a deal to satisfy virtually every demand…
‘Giving all in return for war’
By AVITAL LAHAV, YNET— “We must make every effort in order to reach an agreement since the current state jeopardizes the future of the State of Israel.” Against the backdrop of increasing tensions between Jerusalem and Washington on the matter of the faltering negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Finance Minister Yair Lapid warned Sunday…
Scripture Reading for December 14, 2013
Torah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26, “Vayechi” (and he lived …) Haftorah: I Kings 2:2- 12 New Testament: Hebrews 11:21 – 22 Gospel: Matthew 2:13 – 23, “Mi mitzraim carati livne” (Out of Egypt I called my Son …)