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The Jerusalem Temple, the Divine Call, and Baseless Hatred and Love

July 23, 2014 In the 25th year of the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel (Yechezkal) prophesied that the Holy Temple would be rebuilt. And while chapters 40–48 of Ezekiel describe that Temple in great detail, when the Second Temple was built, it did not follow the specifications set forth by Ezekiel. Jewish commentators argue that Ezekiel’s Temple was not built because it was intended to be an everlasting edifice connected with everlasting redemption.

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Casualties Mount as Ground Incursion in Gaza Continues

July 21, 2014 As the death toll of Israeli soldiers in Gaza rose to 18 on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation, reassuring Israelis that Operation Protective Edge will continue as long as necessary to restore peace and quiet for Israel. "This operation will extend as long as is needed until quiet and peace are restored to Israel. We knew from the beginning that it could be a long operation, but the "eternal people" are not daunted by a long journey," Netanyahu said.

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50 Righteous of the Nations are Honored in Poland

July 21, 2014 In Warsaw last Sunday, US Ambassador to Poland Stephen Mull honored 50 Righteous Among the Nations who had saved Jews during the Holocaust, calling them “a light in the darkness.” “You knew that the Hitlerites killed people—sometimes entire families—for aiding Jews during the German occupation of Poland, but at the same time you decided to help your Jewish brothers and sisters,” Mull said to the group, noting that they were "evidence of the human capacity for selfless love, compassion, and courage."

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ISIS Funds Operations by Looting Biblical Antiquities and Christians

July 21, 2014 As ISIS sweeps across ancient Assyria and Babylon, (now Iraq), destroying Christian churches, monasteries and Shia shrines, it is now in control of the Mosul Museum, which is full of historic treasures, and Mosul (ancient Nineveh) itself, a region which was the location of many events recorded in the Bible, including Jonah. As well, Christians have been fleeing the area in a mass exodus as ISIS issued an ultimatum: convert to Islam, pay a tax, or be killed. Some of the communities fleeing have been in northern Iraq for almost 2,000 years. As they flee Mosul, seeking refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan, they are being stripped of all their possessions.

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Parasha Matot (Tribes): Vows, Vengeance, Anger, and the Will of God

July 18, 2014 In this Parasha (Torah portion), Moses speaks to the heads of the tribes (matot) about the issue of vows. In Hebrew, the word is neder ( נדר ), and in truth the English language has no equivalent word. This Hebrew word denotes a solemn promise to consecrate something to God or to do something in His service or honor. Jacob (Yaacov) made such a vow to God when he promised to give back to God a tenth (tithe) of anything God gives to him in exchange for God’s provision and protection on his journey.

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Hamas War Enters Second Week as Ceasefire Fails

July 15, 2014 Israel accepted an Egyptian proposal to end the week-long conflict with Gaza on Tuesday, ceasing fire at 9 a.m. Despite the ceasefire on Israel's part, Hamas rockets kept coming. At 3 p.m., Israel resumed Operation Protective Edge, which was launched last Tuesday to end almost incessant rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Hamas rockets are putting as many as five million of Israel’s eight million in danger.

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Three Israelis Confess to Murder of Abu Khdair

July 15, 2014 Israel has charged three Jewish men with the kidnapping and killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel. Israel responded to the slaying of Khdeir with repulsion and righteous anger, reaching out to the Khdeir family with sympathy. President Shimon Peres expressed his condolences to the father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, Hussein Abu Khdeir. "I know what you and your family are going through. I am full of shame and share in your grief. He was murdered by criminals. I am ashamed on behalf of my nation and grieve with you. The only thing left for all of us to do is to ensure that no more children are murdered, and no more tears are shed by mothers," Peres told him.

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Israeli Doctors Treat Gaza Patients as War Rages

July 14, 2014 Despite the current war between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Israel is continuing to welcome sick Palestinians for treatment. Although Rambam Hospital treats hundreds of Palestinians year round, including as many as 650 children and teens, Yazid Falah, who serves as coordinator for the Palestinian patients, said that the fighting has caused some of the patients to “fear that they wouldn’t be well received.”

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The Fast of Tammuz: When God Seems to Hide His Face‏

July 14, 2014 While for much of the world summertime is a time of joy, relaxation and vacations, for the Jewish People it is a time of mourning and remembrance of great loss, including the destruction of both the First and Second Temples, and exile. Tonight, as terrorist missiles continue to fall on Israel, Jews around the world will solemnly prepare for a fast that recalls historic tragedies that befell the Jewish People on the Shiva Asar B'Tammuz (בתמוז עשר שבעה), which is more simply called the Fast of Tammuz or 17th of Tammuz.

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NBA Star Joins Israeli Innovators to Power Africa

July 12, 2014 The Israel-based non-profit Innovation: Africa is empowering one superstar’s hometown in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with solar technology, aided by nine basketball greats who visited the country last week, including NBA legend and DRC native Dikembe Mutombo. About 90 percent of the people in the DRC live without electricity, compromising many areas of life, including global connectedness and economic opportunities on the one hand, and community infrastructure with important health options on the other.

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