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Parasha Ki Tisa (When You Take): Second Chances and Chariots of Fire

March 6, 2015 The Israelites are to create the Sanctuary’s water basin, anointing oil, and incense. God tells Moses that He has chosen a “wise-hearted” artisan named Bezalel, along with his associate Oholiab, to lead the sacred construction project. In order to fund the building of the Sanctuary, God commands Moses to take a census of the people of Israel and to instruct them to give a half shekel of silver.

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A Purim for Such a Time as This

March 4, 2015 One of the happiest days celebrated by Jews all over the world begins tonight—Purim (Feast of Lots)! This is a celebration of the deliverance of the Jewish People from a Persian plot to annihilate them in about 352 BC. This year, Purim arrives at a critical junction in time. Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the United States Congress seeking American support for a harder line against Iran, a nation threatening to annihilate Israel—a nation descended from the very people who threatened to annihilate the Jewish People almost 2,400 years ago.

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Israel’s Prosor Awards “Oscars” at UN: “Best Actor” Goes to Iran

March 2, 2015 Last Monday, at a United Nations Security Council meeting honoring the 50th anniversary of the human rights charter for the United Nations, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor lambasted the Security Council for not following its charter. A day after Hollywood gave out its highest honors for film, Prosor satirically served his own "Oscar" awards to some of the council's notorious members.

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Germany to Reprint Mein Kampf for the First Time

March 2, 2015 Adolf Hitler's toxic manifesto is set to see its first official reprinting in Germany. "Mein Kampf was Hitler's blueprint for what later became his war for world domination and for the extermination of the Jews and others," the ADL elaborates.

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2,500 Year-Old Tablets Tell the Stories of Judean Exiles in Babylon

March 1, 2015 A new exhibit in Jerusalem has unveiled more than 100 Mesopotamian clay tablets detailing the daily lives of these displaced Judeans. The "By the Rivers of Babylon" exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem is an innovative multimedia display of animated videos, illuminated manuscripts, illustrations and age-specific antiquities.

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Jordan and Israel to Build Red-Dead Sea Pipeline

March 1, 2015 In an agreement that underscores the possibility of real peace in the Middle East while solving environmental problems at the Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan agreed Thursday to undertake a $900 million water project. A desalination plant will be built in the Gulf of Aqaba with a pipeline that will carry the brine byproduct from the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea. "This is the most important and significant agreement since the peace treaty with Jordan," said Israel's regional cooperation minister and the water deal's Israeli signatory, Silvan Shalom. "This is the peak of fruitful and very good cooperation between Israel and Jordan and will assist in rehabilitating the Dead Sea and in resolving water issues in Jordan and the Arava (in Israel)." (Forward)

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Jerusalem Mayor Tackles Terrorist

March 1, 2015 This past week, Nir Barkat, Jerusalem's mayor, earned himself the nickname Supermayor after saving an Israeli from a knife-wielding terrorist. Barkat was on his way to the municipality headquarters when he witnessed the pedestrian stabbing this past Sunday. Without hesitation, he jumped out of his car with his bodyguards and ran toward the attacker, tackling him to the ground.

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Tetzaveh (You Command): the Beauty of Holiness

February 27, 2015 Everything God creates in His physical world helps us understand His spiritual world. The use of physical gems on the breastplate of the Kohen Gadol is no different. Since these stones represent the 12 tribes, and the breastplate is connected with discovering the will of God, the stones represent how precious Israel is to the Lord and His desire to lead them into His will.

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Israel Apartheid Week Promotes Worldwide Jew Hatred‏

February 25, 2015 This Monday, a six-day campaign began across Britain designed to discredit Israel with false accusations of Apartheid and criminal behavior, while also promoting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli businesses and products. Between February 23 and the end of March, Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) will occur across the world at varying lengths—likely in many of the 200-plus cities that hosted events last year.

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Israeli Divers With Hearts of Gold Discover Treasure Trove in Ancient Port

February 23, 2015 Israeli divers exploring the ancient harbor in Caesarea National Park recently discovered the largest hoard of gold coins ever found in Israel. The divers immediately alerted the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and brought them to the spot where 2,000 gold coins from the Fatimid period (11th century AD) glistened on the seabed. Included in the collection are various denominations such as dinars, half dinars and quarter dinars.

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