Features
Jerusalem: Occupied Territory?
“We want a piece of the action!” This seems to be the prevailing attitude when the international community talks about Jerusalem. Until the Jewish people began to wind their way back toward the Holy City...
The Palestinians
“And Isaac entreated the Lᴏʀᴅ for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lᴏʀᴅ was entreated by him, and Rebekah, his wife, conceived. And the children struggled together within her;
The Jewish Presence in Hebron
This February, a lone Jewish man walked into a mosque inside of a shrine built over the cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Dressed in Israeli military garb, he gunned down 29 Muslim Arabs...
Living With the Peace Process
On September 13, 1993, Israel signed a peace treaty with the PLO, an organization then known as one of our worst enemies. You would expect that after such an historic step...
The Church Confronted And Comforted Revelation 2:1–11
“Churches are like people. No two are alike. Each has its own personality ... size and shape ... strength and weakness,” wrote Steven Lawson.* This is evident when reading Christ’s letters to the seven churches...
Digging Up Israel
The ground in front of the beautiful Golden Gate was still soft from the recent heavy rains. An archaeology student confidently stepped back from the gate to capture its entire view in his camera...
More In This Issue
The Messiah’s House Is Empty
In the village of Kfar Chabad, just off the highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, stands a large brownstone house. I wrote about it in this space shortly after its cornerstone was laid in 1992.
Israel in the News Oct/Nov 1994
Jerusalem will remain the capital of the Jewish people forever, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin told the conference of Jewish National Fund leaders recently. He was responding to a statement by PLO leader Yasser Arafat that...
Handshakes and High Hopes
It was a photograph far more captivating than the proverbial "a picture is worth a thousand words" theme. The Royal Jordanian jet with King Hussein on board was flying in lazy circles at low altitude...
A Special Diet
Food, glorious food! We need it to survive. We eat it to celebrate almost any occasion. We offer it in hospitality or comfort. Socially, food somehow helps to build bridges for easier and better communication...
Zvi Oct/Nov 1994
In Jeremiah 13:16 it is written, “Give glory to the Lᴏʀᴅ, your God, before he cause darkness.” This is so true. Many people go into the sea but want to come out dry...
Daily News from Israel
Rise in Holocaust Denial on Social Media
Holocaust denial is on the rise on social media platforms where young adults get the majority of...
News Digest — 9/30/22
Israel has indefinitely suspended all visits to Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) with officials citing rising security tensions in Samaria, Israel’s Kan News reported...
News Digest — 9/29/22
A survey conducted by the Smith Institute revealed that 67% of the adult Jewish population in Israel prefer that the State of Israel be run as a Jewish state, compared to...
Israel’s Population Approaching 10 Million
Israel’s population has grown again in the Jewish year 5782, which ends on Sunday night. It currently has...
News Digest — 9/28/22
Two terrorists were shot and killed during a gun battle with IDF forces and Border police officers in the northern Samaria city of Jenin Wednesday morning (28th)...
A Message From Putin
In his Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish community President Putin stated his expectations that they...
News Digest — 9/27/22
Terrorist networks in the West Bank are attempting ‘provocation attacks,’ in which they lure Israeli soldiers into an ambush by getting their attention, Israeli security...
News Digest — 9/26/22
Muslim protesters who fortified inside Al-Aqsa Mosque clashed with Israeli police, throwing both firecrackers and rocks at them on Monday morning (26th), in protest of...
