Jewish Community Centers in Scottsdale and Tucson Receive Threats

Early this evening, police in Scottsdale and Tucson responded to two separate threats at Jewish Community Centers.  Bomb squads cleared and searched the buildings before giving the "all clear" at both locations by 7:30pm. These threats come in the wake of a nationwide epidemic of threatening calls received by Jewish Community Centers throughout the US. …

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Antisemitism Rising in America, Trump Speaks Out

As we commemorated President's Day in America on Monday, 11 Jewish Community Centers around the country received bomb threats.  Since the beginning of the year, at least 69 incidents have been reported at 54 community centers in 27 states. In a St Louis suburb last weekend, over 170 Jewish tombstones were toppled.  Indeed, antisemitism is …

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Sweden Signs 5 Memorandums of Understanding with Iran

According to news sources such as the Times of Israel, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven spent the weekend meeting with Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and other Iranian officials in Tehran.  Prior to international sanctions, Sweden and Iran were significant trade partners.  Now that sanctions have been dismissed by the recent Iran nuclear deal, …

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Powerful Report from Auschwitz-Birkenau (by Joel Rosenberg)

Today, as we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I want to share a powerful 5-minute video, taped live at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most prominent death camp during the Holocaust.  Joel Rosenberg narrates his trip there. As you watch, please pray for the Jewish people...and for the dry bones of which Ezekiel prophesied to breath in the …

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