This year on April 16, alongside Jewish communities worldwide, Israel is commemorating Yom HaZikron laShoah ve-laGvura (the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day). This is a day for the Jewish people to be reminded of the … Read More
Trusting in God…From Abraham, to the Passover, to Our Days… (Part 2)
I devoted my last blog entry to God’s call on Abraham and Moses. In short summary, God called Abraham (Abram) to leave everything that he knew and to follow God’s leading to a foreign place … Read More
Trusting in God…From Abraham, to the Passover, to Our Days…
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 During this past week … Read More
Elections in Israel — “It’s More Complex Than Meets the Eye”
On March 17, 2015, Israeli citizens voted in a new governing body to represent the public’s demands and lead the country into a secure and promising future. Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party won a surprise victory … Read More
God’s Call to Abram: Laying Down the Foundations…
“Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;” Genesis 12:1 As I wrote in my … Read More
Becoming a Seeker of Truth
How does a small town girl from the Bible belt of America go from being pro-Palestinian and caring more about the “right of return” for the Palestinian refugees than for the rights of the Jewish … Read More
Jerusalem on Fire: Facts, Fiction, & Perspective By M. Rosen
Jerusalem has been burning. Over the past few months, the tension between the Jewish and Arab peoples has intensified and recently hit its boiling point, igniting what many are calling a third “Intifada”, or “uprising”, … Read More
Shavuot / Pentecost
Shavuot / Pentecost On the Festival of Weeks, there are special readings in the synagogue. The portion from the Torah is Exodus 19:1-20:23, the Maftir is Numbers 28:26-31, and the Prophetic passage is Habakkuk 2:20-3:19. … Read More
Reflections on Jerusalem
By Graham Keelan Sitting here at a pavement café under a sweltering heat in Yafo Street in downtown Jerusalem contemplating what to write for the celebration of Jerusalem Day next week, my thoughts are suddenly … Read More