BY RON JAGER— This week when Israel celebrates its 64th Independence Day, all of us can take a step back and view Israel from a different perspective than is usually depicted daily by the global media and internet. Can you imagine hundreds of millions of viewers watching and acquiring a sympathetic portrayal of Israel that…
Think on this! “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For the sake of my family and friends,I will say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will…
“His Majesty’s government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or…
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Earlier this week, the IDF went viral, but for all the wrong reasons. After Lt.- Col. Shalom Eisner struck a pro-Palestinian Danish protester in the face with his rifle on Saturday, an edited video of the incident was quickly uploaded to the Internet, garnering worldwide attention and condemnation. Not surprisingly, Israel’s…
BY DEBKAFILE— In the direct, secret exchanges between the US and Iran which led up to the Istanbul talks with the six powers, on Saturday, April 14, President Barack Obama quietly backed off from his demand that Iran “come clean” on its nuclear activities and open up to international inspection, Debkafile reports. This concession paved…
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER AND JTA, JPost— “We have to prevent a second Holocaust from happening,” Ambassador Michael Oren told The Jerusalem Post following a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in the Capitol rotunda. “When Iran says it wants to destroy the State of Israel, which just happens to have six million Jews, we have to…
By DAVID LEV, ARUTZ 7 — Dr. Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, called on European leaders to act to prevent what he called a “tsunami of anti-Semitism” from engulfing Europe in the event of increased tensions in the Middle East. Kantor made the statement at a press conference Wednesday at the Kantor…
BY ELISA L. MOED, TRAVELUJAH— Tourism to Israel has never been more popular. Despite the Arab Spring, the uprising in Syria and all the media speculation regarding a potential attack on Iran, people are continuing to travel to Israel on Holy Land Tours. During the first three months of the year, 752,000 tourists came to…
Torah: Leviticus 12:1-13:59, “Tazriah” (She bears seed…) Haftorah: II Kings 4:42-5:19 New Testament: Romans 6:9-23 Gospel: Matthew 8:1-4 “Hu Yarad” (He came down…)
