Silent Respect, Fleeing Armies and Stark Irony

I admit...I'm a Middle East news junky!  I just find it so intriguing that the news so closely aligns with Scripture!  But, I seem to find the ridiculous and absurd more often than not.  (That's easy when Israel's enemies habitually open their mouths with the strangest and most untruthful things!) But yesterday was an especially …

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Live Broadcast of Yad Vashem’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony

Hi friends!  I was just reminded of a live broadcast of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) from the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem today.  The broadcast begins at 10:00am (AZ time)/1:00pm (Eastern) in the US.  (8:00pm in Israel) I have had the privilege of meeting the people "behind the scenes" who are responsible for this …

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Blessing Israel as Passover Approaches

Happy Lord's Day! We're only days away from the beginning of the spring feast season on the Hebrew calendar.  Do you realize Passover commences at sundown this Friday evening (March 30, 2018)?  The eight-day festival also includes the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of First Fruits.  We'll focus more on those events in …

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Surviving the Holocaust

In 2015 when I studied at the Yad Vashem International School of Holocaust Studies, by far the most striking thing to me was the zest for life the Jewish people have, even in the midst of the most terrifying horrors imaginable. For example, when herded off to ghettos, and ultimately concentration camps, Jews were allowed …

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