By AVIEL SCHNEIDER, ISRAEL TODAY— Last week, the laying of the cornerstone of the new “Palestinian Museum” made headlines worldwide. The museum is a private initiative that aims to tell a 200-year-old Palestinian history. Established adjacent to Birzeit University near Ramallah, the museum will be build in two stages and eventually encompass an area of…
“The day is short, the task is abundant, the laborers are lazy, the wage is great and the Master of the house is insistent.”—Pirkei Avot 2:20 (Chapters of the Fathers)
By MICHAEL MUKASEY, WALL STREET JOURNAL— If your concern about the threat posed by the Tsarnaev brothers is limited to assuring that they will never be in a position to repeat their grisly acts, rest easy. The elder, Tamerlan—apparently named for the 14th-century Muslim conqueror famous for building pyramids of his victims’ skulls to commemorate…
By AFP– A major US arms deal with Israel sends Iran a “very clear signal” that military action remains an option to stop it from going nuclear, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said in Tel Aviv on Sunday. Hagel’s remarks were made shortly before his arrival in the Jewish state at the start of a…
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— As Independence Day celebrations were winding down Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a guest appearance on Channel 2’s left-wing satire show Eretz Nehederet. One of the final questions that the show’s host Eyal Kitzis asked the premier was how he would like to be remembered after he leaves office.…
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 — 24:23, “Emor” (I say …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 — 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 — 10 Gospel: John 15:9 — 17, “Keshem shehaav” (Just as the Father…)
Egyptian Salafi Cleric Murgan Salem told the Tahrir Square audience the Boston Bombing was meant to deliver a message. He admits that he has no idea who carried out the bombing but on his own analysis the bombing was too “amateur” to be the work of Al-Qaeda. He says that whoever did it was sending…
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM, FRONTPAGE— While it is easy to confuse the recent jihadi attack on Egypt’s St. Mark Cathedral in Cairo as just more of the usual, this attack has great symbolic significance, and in many ways bodes great evil for Egypt’s millions of Christians. Consider some facts: St. Mark Cathedral—named after the author of…
By MICHAEL FREUND— The state of Israel this week turned 65, defying history and the odds to celebrate its continued existence in a very dangerous part of the world. Countless flags fluttered from cars and homes throughout the country, and numerous families took advantage of the weather to barbeque meat and enjoy a well-earned day…
