Monthly Archives: May 2016

Ethics of the Fathers 1.5 Hospitality to Guests

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

PIRKE AVOT 1.5. Yossei the son of Yochanan of Jerusalem would say: Let your home be wide open, and let the poor be members of your household. And do not engage in excessive conversation with a woman. This is said … Continue reading →

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Shin Bet: 2 minors arrested for terror stabbing of elderly women in Jerusalem

Posted on May 30, 2016 by

  Jpost Reports – The two underage suspects, residents of east Jerusalem, were taken into custody along with a third minor who helped plan the attack on the eve of Memorial Day. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on … Continue reading →

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Deri asks court to revoke Israeli-Arab terrorist’s citizenship

Posted on May 29, 2016 by

Jpost Reports – Interior Minister Arye Deri on Sunday filed a request with the Haifa District Court seeking to revoke Alaa Ziad’s citizenship in the wake of his March conviction for an October 11 car-ramming terrorist attack. Ziad, an Israeli … Continue reading →

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Abbas asks for NATO to replace IDF in West Bank as part of peace deal

Posted on May 28, 2016 by

Jpost reports – Abbas said the French initiative must be based on the de facto border between Israel and the Palestinian territories established in 1967. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for NATO forces to replace the IDF … Continue reading →

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Iran’s uranium stockpile stays within limit set by nuclear deal, IAEA says

Posted on May 27, 2016 by

Jpost Reports – Iran has stayed within the limits of a nuclear deal it reached with world powers last year on its stockpiles of uranium and heavy water, two chemicals that could be used for atomic bombs, the UN nuclear … Continue reading →

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Documentary – Farewell Israel

Posted on May 27, 2016 by

Joel Gilbert has pulled off a remarkable tour de force: in “Farewell Israel” he has produced a technically sophisticated, visually imaginative, scholarly documentary that manages in the space of 145 minutes to investigate the belief system and history of Islam, … Continue reading →

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Why I am not a Messianic Jew

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

Why I am not a Messianic Yeshu (Jesus-Yeshki) said, “Before Avraham was born, I AM.” And they took up stones to stone him but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple. (Jn 8.58-59) A characteristic trait of the … Continue reading →

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