Sweet Memories

First Night of Hanukkah 2018 in Jerusalem(Photo: The Times of Israel) Hanukkah has officially commenced in Israel and when I saw the picture above it brought back such sweet memories. Three years ago I attended a Christian Leaders Seminar at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem that concluded just before Hanukkah.  Needing to take care of other …

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Why Don’t we Hear about This in the News?

Currently, the UN is considering their annual sanctions against Israel, claiming all sorts of humanitarian atrocities.  One of the accusations consistently leveled against Israel is that they are an apartheid state, wanting to "cleanse the land" of all Arabs. Anyone who knows anything at all about Israel knows that Arabs, including Palestinians, live freely in …

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Happy Hanukkah 2018

The Jewish festival of lights, known as Hanukkah, begins this evening at sundown and lasts for 8 days.  I'll share a bit more about what Hanukkah is all about in the next few days, but today I want to focus on the celebratory nature of our Jewish friends! I have often mentioned the Jews' zest …

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Israel Air Force Strikes Iranian Targets in Syria

Israel has taken action once again on Iranian military sites in Syria.  Targets at al-Kiswah (south of Damascus) were hit overnight on Thursday, taking out weapon storage warehouses and a base.   According to Syrian media outlet, SANA, the Syrian army fired its air defense weapons, hitting an Israeli aircraft and shooting down several missiles.  However, it …

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