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Rihanna’s Diamonds Tour Comes to Tel Aviv

October 30, 2013 In spite of pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement not to perform in Israel, over 50,000 fans of pop singer Rihanna enjoyed her music in an open-air concert at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park. Seats went for $100 apiece and up when she appeared as a part of her “Diamonds” world tour.

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Israel Rocked by Earthquakes

October 30, 2013 After a string of earthquakes hit Israel’s north, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for heightened emergency preparedness, ordering the IDF Home Front to ensure that citizens understand procedures for coping with a major tremor.

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Palestinian Leader Calls for Shooting Jerusalem Jews

October 30, 2013 Recently, a local Palestinian community leader speaking at an al-Quds Day rally in Toronto, Canada, said that Jews who refuse to leave Jerusalem should be shot. “We say get out or you’re dead! We give them two minutes and then we start shooting. And that’s the only way that they will understand,” Elias Hazineh, the former president of Palestine House, told a crowd of about 400.

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Netanyahu Backs Hounded Christian Priest

October 30, 2013 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently met with Father Gabriel Nadaf, a Greek Orthodox priest from Nazareth who has been hounded for encouraging Israeli Christian youth to enlist in the IDF. Nadaf, who has been excommunicated by the Orthodox Church Council for his support of the full integration of Christian Arabs into Israeli society, as well as service in the IDF and national service, has received death threats and been the target of verbal attacks from Arab MKs (members of Israel's parliament).

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Parasha Chayei Sarah (Life of Sarah): The Fruit of Discipline

October 25, 2013 The readings this week present a stark contrast between Abraham’s household and David’s. Abraham’s son Isaac so respected and trusted his father that he was willing to receive his direction and guidance even with something as important as the choice of a wife—and this at 40 years of age! And when Abraham died, it seems, Isaac’s inheritance was unchallenged by his brothers.

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IDF Discovers Terrorist Tunnel Linking Gaza with Israel

October 23, 2013 Israel’s military has uncovered yet another terrorist tunnel linking Gaza with Israel. The tunnel is 1.7 kilometers long (just over a mile) and ends near Israeli civilian populations. It is the third tunnel discovered along the Gaza-Israel security fence in the past year.

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Jews in Europe Fear Wearing Jewish Symbols in Public

October 23, 2013 Anti-Semitism has grown in Europe to such a point that 22 percent of Jews are concerned for their safety when in public. Because of that, they avoid wearing items that identify them as Jewish, such as a kippah (yarmulke or skull cap), according to a survey of 5,100 Jews in nine European countries conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. (HaAretz)

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Parasha Vayera (And He Appeared): Receiving God’s Promise

October 17, 2013 Vayera begins with Abraham sitting at the entrance of his tent. According to Rashi, an 11th century Torah and Talmud (oral law) commentator, Abraham was convalescing. It was only three days after he was circumcised in obedience to God as a sign of the covenant when he saw three strangers. Even though Abraham did not know who these strangers were, he welcomed them and gave them his best! Amazingly, the strangers that Abraham welcomed were not men, but angels.

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Is Believing in Yeshua Becoming More Acceptable?

October 16, 2013 A recent Pew Research Center poll in the United States reveals that six in 10 Jews consider being Jewish a matter of ancestry, culture and values rather than religious observance. Interestingly enough, almost half (42%) place a sense of humor as basic to Jewish identity, while just a fifth (19%) consider the observance of Jewish law as essential.

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Nobel Prizes: The Fulfillment of God’s Promises to Abraham

October 14, 2013 The Nobel prize, an international means of recognizing cultural and scientific advances, is one evidence that God is actively fulfilling His promise to bless the world through Abraham. Even though the Jewish People make up only 0.2 percent of the world’s population, 22 percent of Nobel laureates are Jews.

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