June/July 1993

The Rise of the Crescent

Features

Terror in the Streets

The bombing of the World Trade Center in New York did more than shake the skyline of the teeming metropolis. Americans were rudely awakened to the fact that terrorism is not a phenomenon...

The Rise of the Crescent: The Arabs and Islam

The Arabs of the Middle East are constantly in the news, one probable reason being that they control a major portion of the world’s petroleum. Islam, the religion most often associated with them...

Islam’s Attitude Toward Jesus, the Bible, and the Jews

The Koran is the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe that it is the infallible word of the one true God, Allah, the earthly copy of a tablet preserved in heaven and revealed...

The Land of Israel or Ishmael?

“This land is mine. God gave this land to me,” is the opening line of the beloved song “Exodus.” Although deeply moving lyrics to the ears of an Israeli, they are inflammatory words...

The Islamic Program for America

Most Americans older than 40 years of age probably consider Islam to be a religion confined basically to the Middle East and thought of only in connection with the Arab world...

Rightly Dividing

Two Types of Sons Galatians 4:19–31

The joys of giving birth are great, but so can be the agony in guiding that child to maturity. What is true in the physical realm is also true in the spiritual realm.


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Death With Dignity

The State of Michigan has taken legal steps to shut off Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s “death machine.” In the name of “death with dignity,” the doctor helped more than 10 people hasten their leap into eternity...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Jun/Jul 1993

Gies and his wife, Miep, helped hide the Frank family and five other Jews in a loft above Otto Frank’s own business from July 1942 until August 1944, when the entire group was discovered...

Bar Mitzvah

On Saturday morning, June 11, 1966, I walked from the stage of the synagogue to the platform (bema) where the Torah lay open. Following in the tradition of my father and grandfather...

Apples of Gold

Zvi Jun/Jul 1993

As it is written in Proverbs 19:21, “There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless, the counsel of the Lᴏʀᴅ, that shall stand.” I recently took my wife to the hospital for treatment...

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 5/1/26

Sgt. Liem Ben-Hamo, 19, from Herzliya, was killed in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Thursday (29th).  An additional soldier was...

News Digest — 4/30/26

A Hezbollah strike In Shomera Thursday morning (30th) set a vehicle ablaze. There were sirens across 15 northern communities...

News Digest — 4/29/26

Two IDF soldiers were wounded in the West Bank village of Silwad during overnight military operations, the military announced on Wednesday...

The Coalition to End Netanyahu

Israeli elections are on the horizon, and a surprising alliance between former rivals...

News Digest — 4/28/26

President Isaac Herzog landed in Astana on Monday (27th), beginning his official visit to Kazakhstan. President Herzog was received by...

Israel at War: Week 133

Rabbi Tuly Weisz of Israel365 announced a landmark decision by the Tennessee General Assembly who voted to replace the term "West Bank" for the...

News Digest — 4/27/26

Home Front Command updated its security guidelines for Israel’s northern communities on Sunday (26th) in light of the increasing tensions...

News Digest — 4/24/26

US President Donald Trump  announced in a post on Truth Social on Thursday (23rd) that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be...

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