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...

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...

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...

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

Israel at War: Week 66

Since the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas, freeing the hostages has had a central focus. Here are some items in the news today...

News Digest — 1/14/25

Rocket sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and central Israel following a missile that was launched from Yemen early Tuesday morning (14th)...

News Digest — 1/13/25

Israel Air Force jets struck and demolished multiple Hezbollah terror targets throughout Lebanon, the military confirmed...

News Digest — 1/10/25

Minister of Defense Israel Katz has instructed the IDF to present him with a plan for the total defeat of Hamas in Gaza if the terror organization does not...

News Digest — 1/9/25

Israeli officials affirmed Wednesday (8th) that the military would not withdraw from its positions in southern Lebanon unless...

An Apartheid State That Is 21% Arab?!

The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel’s population reached 10 million people before the end of 2024...

News Digest — 1/8/25

As the IDF has returned to northern Gaza to battle Hamas, Israel’s military admits that many of the terrorists they are fighting are new recruits...

Israel at War: Week 65

The United States has been one of the best allies of Israel and Israel has been one of our best allies in the Middle East. Yet the U.S. has been a hindrance...

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