Scripture reading for the week of December 24, 2011
Torah: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17 “Miketz” (At the end of …) Haftorah: Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 New Testament: Romans 10:1–13 Gospel: John 10:22 – 39 “Chag Hachanukah” (Festival of Hanukkah…)
Book of Maccabees
BY RABBIN DAVID EBSTEN, TRAVELUJAH— Growing up as a young boy on the south side of Chicago, I loved sports and Hebrew school. I hesitate to call my self a Hebrew school junkie, but I loved going there. Learning Hebrew was a new world for me that I loved exploring, and studying the fascinating stories…
'Military option against Iran is executable,' says Dempsey
BY ISRAEL HAYOM— U.S. Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey is formulating a plan for a U.S. military attack on Iran, he told CNN in an interview published Wednesday, to go into effect should U.S. President Barack Obama decide to stop Tehran’s drive for nuclear weapons. “My biggest worry is will miscalculate our resolve,” Dempsey…
The George Soros plot to destroy Israel
BY SAM BLUMENFELD, THE NEW AMERICAN— If you’re wondering who’s funding the network of left-wing, non-government organizations in Israel, which aim to topple Netanyahu’s government and turn Israel into an Arab majority state, it turns out to be the same man who’s funding the Occupy Wall Street mobs: George Soros. Tel Aviv has had to…
Palestinians: It's Christmas, and Jesus was a Palestinian!
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— More than a billion Christians around the world are about to celebrate Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus, the promised Messiah. There is one thing the Palestinian Arabs hope you all remember during those celebrations – that Jesus was, in fact, a Palestinian (Arab). It is nothing new for the…
Jewish youth build giant Lego menorah
BY YOURJEWISHNEWS.COM— Jewish youth in Windsor, Ont., have built a nearly 2.5 metre high menorah out of Lego to celebrate Hanukkah and will present it to sick children at a local hospital. Rabbi Sholom Galperin, director of the Student Jewish Centre of Windsor, thought up the idea. The structure consists of more than 3,000 pieces…
Iran Navy to hold 10-day war game in Persian Gulf
BY REUTERS— Iran’s navy will launch a 10-day war game in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, state television quoted Navy Commander Habibulah Sayari as saying on Thursday. The war game, named Velayat-90, will be carried out over an area extending from east of the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Eden, the report…
Wish I'd Said that
“We shall fight, every Jew in the homeland will fight. The God of Israel, the Lord of Hosts, will aid us. There will be no retreat. Freedom or Death!”–-Former Israeli Prime Minister Menacham Begin
Would the Maccabees be proud?
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— As Jews around the world gather to celebrate Hanukka, the festival of lights, it is only natural that we look back with pride at what our ancestors were able to accomplish. Over two millennia ago a small band of freedom fighters rose up against the Seleucid tyrant Antiochus and his despotism,…