August/September 1999

Christians and Jews

Features

The Many States of Palestine

An early Zionist leader was fond of speaking of the land that was to become Israel as “a land without a people for a people without a land.” Although his observation was, in large measure, accurate, it was not quite the whole of...

The Zion Connection: The Biblical Mandate

When God called Abram to leave Ur of the Chaldees, He was demanding that he strip himself of his identity. Abram was to leave all that made him who he was—his family, his possessions, and the land that he had known as...

The Zion Connection: Jews and Christians—Common Ground

A growing alliance of Jews and Christians is attracting increasing attention today. It is an alliance rooted in Judeo-Christian values. The Christians involved are known as evangelicals or Bible-believing Christians. They are joining...

The Zion Connection: Common Enemies

Possibly the most disturbing event in our nation’s recent history took place in a cozy mountain state in upper middle-class America. At a time when young people concern themselves with test scores, term papers, and final exams, students were...

Rightly Dividing

A Nation in Decline

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,” wrote Charles Dickens...


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Running Scared

An Orthodox Jewish rabbi recently wrote about his understanding of where society would be positioned just before the coming of the Messiah. The rabbi’s words have the ring of an Old Testament prophet. “Just before the Messiah comes, humanity…

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Eye on the Middle East Aug/Sep 1999

There is a Muslim family living on a kibbutz in Israel today. How they arrived at their new home is a story that defies virtually all conventional wisdom about the ability of Jewish people and Muslims to coexist. The family is from Albania. They were forced...

Jesus Christ and the Future Kingdom of God Part Three

Jesus Christ will play the key role in crushing Satan. His work of redemption through His death on the cross in His First Coming gives Him the authority to do this future work as mankind’s Kinsman-Redeemer (Heb. 2:14; 1 Jn. 3:8). Seven years before...

Try It—You’ll Like!

For many of us, food is an emotional experience. The sights and aromas of various food items evoke wide-ranging passions, both positive and negative. It is not uncommon to observe grimaces and other contortions as people view...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Aug/Sep 1999

“This one we call Yirmiyahu, that one is Tikva and this one here is Fortuna Ziona,” said Col. Dan Engelhard, a pediatrician, pointing to the three newborns under his care. The three were born in the refugee camp hospital—delivered by...

Apples of Gold

Zvi Aug/Sep 1999

Soon Jewish people around the world will observe the high holy days, culminating with the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. As it is written in Leviticus 17:11, “the life of the flesh is in...

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 10/9/26

Israeli defense officials assess that renewed fighting with Iran could begin within weeks, with Israel raising its military readiness for...

News Digest — 10/8/26

World leaders marked the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Wednesday (7th)  with tributes to the victims...

Israel at War: Week 156

Today marks the third year since the Hamas attack of Israel on October 7, 2023. Last week an Omani pilot...

Why Are Students Holding a Pro-Palestinian March on October 7?

On the third anniversary of Hamas’s massacre of Israelis...

News Digest — 10/7/26

President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, opened the commemorations marking the October 7, 2023, massacre on Wednesday morning (7th)...

News Digest — 10/6/26

Defense Minister Israel Katz has accepted the IDF’s recommendation and ordered a general closure on Judea and Samaria, along with...

News Digest — 10/5/26

The State of Israel lowered its flags to half-mast at exactly 6:29 a.m. on Monday (5th) to mark the third anniversary of the...

News Digest — 10/2/26

Syria’s government denied on social media that it had met with Hezbollah in Turkey, hours after Reuters reported that Ankara...

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