Scripture Reading for December 10, 2011
Torah: Genesis 32:3–36:43 “Vayishlach” (Jacob sent …) Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1–21 New Testament: Hebrews 11:11–20 Gospel: Matthew 26:36–46 “Ba Yeshua” (Jesus came …)
For Arab Christians, a wintry 'spring'
BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— In the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the hardline Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party won 36.6 percent of the vote — a plurality — and the even harder-line Salafist party, Al-Nour, won 24.4 percent. The Egyptian Bloc — a coalition of liberal, social-democratic, and secular parties — drew only…
Protest the ongoing demolition derby against Jewish homes and synagogues by the Israel government
SUNDAY, DEC. 11, 2011 – FROM 11 AM – NOON – OPPOSITE THE ISRAELI CONSULATE – SECOND AVE. & 42ND STREET, NYC PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND – INVITE FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, ALL LOVERS OF A WHOLE ISRAEL TO JOIN YOU – Speakers will include grass roots leaders who are not afraid to criticize the Israeli…
Obama pressure leads to predictable fiasco
BY FRANK GAFFNEY, JR., CENTER FOR SECURITY POLICY— The Egyptian elections have resulted in a rout for the throngs whose springtime hopes for freedom are facing the prospect of a nuclear winter at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and its fellow Salafists. These Islamists appear to have garnered at least 60 percent of the…
Righteous Gentiles
BY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, INTL CHRISTIAN ZIONIST CENTER— How heartwarming and deeply moving it is to read or hear accounts of those ‘righteous gentile believers’ who, out of their love for God and His people, dared to stand up for and help Jewish people at a time when this often meant risking their…
Righteous gentiles
BY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, INTL CHRISTIAN ZIONIST CENTER— How heartwarming and deeply moving it is to read or hear accounts of those ‘righteous gentile believers’ who, out of their love for God and His people, dared to stand up for and help Jewish people at a time when this often meant risking their…
The Obama administration's threefold slap in Israel's face
BY DAVID HORNIK, FRONTPAGEMAG— Worried about losing some of the Jewish vote for 2012, President Obama has been sweet-talking American Jews lately and making some staunchly pro-Israel statements. In September he told the UN General Assembly: Let us be honest with ourselves: Israel is surrounded by neighbors that have waged repeated wars against it. Israel’s…
An ally no more
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— With vote tallies in for Egypt’s first round of parliamentary elections in it is abundantly clear that Egypt is on the fast track to becoming a totalitarian Islamic state. The first round of voting took place in Egypt’s most liberal, cosmopolitan cities. And still the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists received…
'US army: Iran is in possession of our spy drone'
BY REUTERS— Iran seems to be in possession of the same RQ-170 drone that the Iranian military said it shot down Sunday, Fox News reported Monday according to American military sources. US officials failed to say whether or not Iranians shot the unmanned spy plane down, as per Iranian reports. Iran on Sunday said that…
Israel-dividing the church or defining it?
BY STAN GOODENOUGH— Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find…