For the Sabbath of March 12, 2011. Torah Portion: Leviticus1:1—6:7 (5:26), “VaYikra” (“And he called …”) Haftorah: Isaiah 43:21—44:23 Gospel: John 1:1—14, “Berasheet Haya Hadaver” (“In the beginning was the Word ”) New Testament: Hebrews 10:1—18
BY STAN GOODENOUGH— Something is becoming increasingly and distressingly apparent with every passing month: So many of us Christians who stand with God’s purposes for Israel are way, way behind, and way out of touch. We’re sleeping. We’re dreaming. We’re looking in the wrong direction and, those who are calling out are calling into the…
JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, Israelmybeloved.com — “Every night when I go to bed, I pray to wake up the next day to see Israel is wiped off the map.” Kamal El Helbawy “I hate Israel, I love Amr Moussa” A 2001 Egyptian top hit. Hamas Asks Rival Fatah to Reconcile for “Jihad”…
PHYLLIS CHESLER, Front Page.com — The mob roars its hoarse, ear-splitting chants. “Death to the Jews,” “Death to Zionism,” “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free.” Keffiyas abound: On heads, over faces, around shoulders. The Arab “street” is on the move—in Toronto, Montreal, Amherst, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, St. Louis, Houston, Berkeley, and…
YORAM ETTINGER, in Israel Today — Revolution in Egypt, the Tunisian government has fallen, and there is speculation that Jordan could be next. On top of it all, Lebanon is more fully under the thumb of Hezbollah and Iran than ever before. The regional upheaval has enormous implications for Israel. Israel Today reporter Ryan Jones…
DAVID PARSONS, JPost, Christian Edition — ‘The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be resolved until this Islamist mentality changes.’ Hot on the heels of the documentary With God On Our Side, another new anti-Israel film funded and produced by Evangelicals is making the rounds. Little Town of Bethlehem features three protagonists “ a Palestinian Muslim, a…
STAN GOODENOUGH, The Jerusalem Newswire — A few short decades ago, one out of every three Jews on this planet was murdered. While the Holocaust stands unique in many ways, and was definitely the darkest period in the last nearly 2000 years of Jewish history, those 20 centuries of the Christian era were themselves peppered…
EDITORIAL, Investor’s Business Daily — Leadership: In recent weeks, one of humanity’s ugliest scourges has seen an unwelcome resurgence. We’re talking of course about anti-Semitism. We’re happy to see that at least one world leader recognizes it. Amid an outbreak of sometimes borderline and sometimes outright anti-Semitism among Hollywood stars and politicians, we’re starting to…
CAROLINE GLICK, JPost — Global jihadists have predicted correctly that Western liberals will not learn the lessons of history. Instead of acknowledging their previous mistakes, they will again whitewash and embrace those whose goal is nothing short of destroying civilization