Wish I'd said that
“Only those who cry out for the Jews may also sing the Gregorian chant.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer, leading voice among German protestant theologians against Hitler
Reading the writing on the wall
BY SARAH STERN, EMET— I have a childhood memory of my grandmother in her small Brooklyn apartment crying while holding a faded picture of her huge, beautiful, Hungarian-Jewish family, who, with the exception of one other sibling, perished in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. One of my aunts, who had the sensitivity of a sledge…
Israel sees Lebanon bombing as Hezbollah warning to UNIFIL
BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— The bombing of a UNIFIL convoy in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night was likely aimed at sending a message to the peacekeeping force to scale back its operations against Hezbollah, Israeli defense officials said on Wednesday. UNIFIL’s mandate is up for renewal in mid-August and the attack is understood in Israel…
Susan Rice's Absence Did Not Go Unnoticed
BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, COMMENTARY On Tuesday, the United States reaffirmed its opposition to Palestinian plans to sidestep negotiations with Israel and declare a state this fall at the United Nations. But Ambassador Susan Rice, Washington’s top representative at the UN, was apparently nowhere to be found. At the last open meeting of the UN Security…
Video: 10 unknown facts about the "West Bank"
In only 2-minutes you’ll learn the history of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) that you have probably never heard…
Weekly Scripture
For the week of July 30, 2011 Torah: Numbers31:1 – 36:13 “Masai” (Journeys of …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 2:4 – 28; 3:4 New Testament: James 4:1 – 12 Gospel: Matthew 6:25 – 34 “Al Tidagu” (Don’t worry …)
What will it take to wake Jews up?
BY DENNIS PRAGER— The citizens of San Francisco will be voting on a proposition that seeks to ban circumcision in that city. Though I am strongly opposed to the proposition, if it passes, some good may come of it. Let me explain. I am a passionate advocate of Jewish ritual known as the bris —…
The PA is bluffing
BY YONATAN SILVERMAN, ARUTZ 7— The Palestinian Authority has been agitating to become a UN member state for two years. It appears they have secured the support of a majority of other member states in the General Assembly to achieve UN recognition as a state. But they will not become members of the organization because…
Hezbollah warns Israel against "stealing" gas
BY AP— Hezbollah’s leader is warning Israel against “stealing” Lebanon’s natural oil and gas resources. A dispute is building between the two arch enemies over their maritime border and huge natural gas and oil reserves beneath the sea. Lebanon has submitted its own sea boundary proposal to the UN, and Israel’s government earlier this month…