BY DARYL HEDDING, ICEJ— I Samuel 11 tells the fascinating story of how Israel came to be united under Saul’s kingship. As with all Old Testament stories, God has given them to us so we can learn from them and apply the principles revealed therein. This story is no different, and even gives us invaluable…
Spot Report: Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem As Israel marks the miraculous prophesied reunification of Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty, Christians should remember the biblical command to pray for the city’s peace and contentment. Shavuot for Kids Shavuot-also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost-is a Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the Ten…
BY RABBI DOV FISCHER, JWREVIEW— Several covens of Jew-haters, ranging from the Middle East to the more troubled and confused of American campuses like those at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), recently marked their “Nakba Day” to protest that a Jewish country ever was created in the Middle East. Today, Jerusalem Day, is…
For the week of June 4 Torah: Numbers 4:21 — 7:89 “Naso” (Take a census). Haftorah: Judges 13:2–25 New Testament: Acts 21:17–26 Gospel: Luke 1:5–17 “Schmo Yochanan” (His name is John).
“In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. We are not the British in India. We are not the Belgians in the Congo. This is the land of our forefathers, the Land of Israel, to which Abraham brought the idea of one God, where David set out to confront Goliath, and where…
BY NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— Israel’s cobblestone streets, landmark churches, Roman amphitheaters and ancient cisterns may be enticing to many tourists, but can be daunting to someone in a wheelchair. This prospect, however, did not dissuade Rick Huntress and a group of 17 – five of whom were in wheelchairs – from visiting the Holy Land.…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— In the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech on the Middle East, his supporters argued that the policy toward Israel and the Palestinians that Obama outlined in that speech was not anti-Israel. As they presented it, Obama’s assertion that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must be…
BY BOAZ FYLER, YNETNEWS— The war on terror must not be delayed by “even one day,” Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said Monday at a ceremony marking 10 years to the Dolphinarium discotheque bombing. The Tel Aviv terror attack claimed the lives of 21 people, almost all of them teenagers, after a suicide bomber detonated…
BY VICTOR SHARPE, CANADA FREE PRESS— Jerusalem Unification Day has again been celebrated in Israel and throughout the world with the exception of that 7th century alternate universe: the Muslim world. It marks 44 years since the amazing and miraculous event took place when the Jewish people’s 3,000 year old capital city was restored to…
BY JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday said that there is no way to stop the United Nations General Assembly from recognizing Palestinian statehood in September. In the General Assembly, he remarked, “it would be possible to get a resolution saying the world is flat,” speaking at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee…