Scripture reading for June 29, 2013
Torah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1, “Pinchas” (Phinehas …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 New Testament: Romans 11:1 – 32 Gospel: John 4:19 – 26, “Hayeshua hayehudeem” (Salvation is of the Jews…)
Feiglin: We've handed over Negev to Arabs
By GIL RONEN, ARUTZ7— MK Moshe Feiglin, a maverick member of the Likud faction, wrote Tuesday on his Facebook page that the vote for regulation of Bedouin lands in the Negev Monday was a defeat for the Jewish people. “Last night, Likud and Bayit Yehudi handed over the Negev to the Bedouins,” he wrote. “The…
Prayer for our country
We are indeed in a place of great sadness concerning the decision our Nation has made with gay marriage. We can only plead for mercy as judgment becomes inevitable. This prayer burst into the public consciousness back in January of 1996, when the Rev. Joe Wright, senior pastor of the 2,500-member Central Christian Church in…
Hate, not time, is the enemy of peace
By JONATHAN S. TOBIN, COMMENTARY— Secretary of State John Kerry is playing with fire. Having embarked on a high-profile effort to revive the moribund Middle East peace process, Kerry has acted as if there is no downside to ratcheting up pressure on the parties with little apparent chance of actually achieving progress. Palestinian Authority head…
Wish I'd said that
“If a land can have a soul, than Jerusalem is the soul of the land of Israel.”—Prime Minister David Ben Gurion
This week's prayer points
1. John Kerry is set to arrive in Israel Kerry is headed to Israel on Thursday to add pressure to the Israel/Palestinian peace process, by presenting requirements and “opportunities” for both parties. Kerry has been making repeated trips (5 in all) to Israel since March, and with each visit, the situation becomes more dangerous. Kerry…
Jewish civil rights and priatization
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon has done it again. You may recall that Alon was the “senior military official,” who as commander of the Judea and Samaria Division blamed the massacre of the Fogel family in March 2011 on undefined acts of vandalism in Arab villages allegedly carried out by…
Mass Ethiopian aliya to end in August
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— The Jewish Agency is preparing to end mass aliya from Ethiopia with two final flights consisting of 400 immigrants on August 28. The Jewish Agency emissary to Ethiopia, Asher Seyum, made the announcement in a brief letter, saying the Jewish Agency will hand over its aid compounds in the Ethiopian city…
Palestinians: "No Jews Allowed!"
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— “We will approve the meeting on condition there are no Jews.” This is what you are likely to hear these days if you request a meeting with any senior Palestinian Authority official in the West Bank. Palestinian journalists who try to arrange meetings or interviews with Palestinian Authority representatives for…
