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 …
Continue reading Silent Respect, Fleeing Armies and Stark Irony
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 …
Continue reading Live Broadcast of Yad Vashem’s Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony
It is estimated that less than 200,000 Holocaust survivors are alive today, and roughly 40 die each day. One in three lives in poverty. Today, Jews around the world remember those who were lost in the Holocaust, even while many of them struggle themselves. What is being done? Who cares for those who have endured …
Continue reading Yom HaShoah 2017: Remembering the Lost, Remembering Survivors
My friends, we're taking a break from our study to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. While International Holocaust Remembrance Day is commemorated in January, Israel commemorates Yom HaShoah Ve-Hagevurah (“Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism”) today. At 11:00am (Israel time) sirens will sound for two minutes and the entire country will come to a standstill, remembering …
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