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Anti-Semitic Violence Up 40%

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In European capitals it is becoming impossible for Jews to visit synagogues or other Jewish institutions without risking assault or death. And anti-Semitic violence has skyrocketed with 40% increase worldwide, reports a study conducted by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, and prepared with the European Jewish Congress (EJC) reports.

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Seven Species Fruits Aid Cardiac Health

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A half a glass of pomegranate juice and a few dates a day improve cardiac health, a new study at Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology reveals. The combination of as little as a half of a glass of pomegranate juice and three dates can ward off atherosclerosis, a condition in which arteries become hard and clogged with plaque. These fatty plaque deposits are dangerous because they can rupture. The blood clot that forms can block the blood supply to the brain, leading to a stroke.

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Bible Marathon Traces Run of Benjamin’s Man

Retracing the steps of the 12 Tribes in the Bible Marathon

Earlier this April, around 2,200 Israelis retraced the steps of the Twelve Tribes of Israel when they took part in the first international Bible Marathon. While many know that the marathon is named after a battlefield from which Pheidippides raced to Athens to report a victory in 490 BC, few realize that the Bible records an earlier run. Three thousand years ago, a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran 42 kilometers (the official length of the Olympic running contest, determined in 1908 at the London Olympics) from the battlefield at Eben-Ezer to the center of Israeli worship where the Tabernacle was placed—Shiloh. (1 Samuel 4)

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Parasha Shemini (Eighth): The Shekhinah and New Beginnings

A child sits at her father's feet as he prays at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem. (Israel Tourism photo by VuTheara Kham)

For seven days, Aaron and his sons stayed at the Tent of Meeting as part of their ordination process. On the eighth day, Moses called for them to begin presenting the offerings (קָרְבֳּנוֹת, korbanot) to the Lord. These offerings were given as a kind of “welcoming ceremony” to greet the arrival of God’s Shekinah (Glory or Divine Presence): “Then Moses said, ‘This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.’” (Leviticus 9:6)

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A Passover Day Dedicated to the Coming of the Messiah

The Peaceable Kingdom, by Edward Hicks

Although Passover ended at sunset Friday night here in Israel, an extra day of Passover is celebrated in the Diaspora (outside Israel). This last day of Passover is called Acharon Shel Pesach in Hebrew, and a highlight of the day is a feast that is devoted to the Messiah. As well, the Torah and the Haftarah readings for the day include Messianic Prophecies and the promise of the Messianic era found in Isaiah 11.

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