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Ulpan and Tough Love
In Israel, it’s a good idea to get out of the house as least as often as we hold national elections. An opportunity to do so arose for my wife Marcia recently between outbreaks of COVID variants, and she went shopping with a friend. I won’t pretend to...
Author David Horowitz on Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America
Messianic Times writer, Susan Silver, conducted a recent video interview with David Horowitz, best-selling author of The Enemy Within (and more than 50 other books) that focused on his life and his book, Dark Agenda: The War to Destroy Christian America. Silver: Talk...
Preparing Your Heart for Rosh Hashanah
Rosh HaShanah may be weeks away, but the high holidays are already in the air. There is no doubt that the Jewish new year, Rosh HaShanah, differs from the new year that much of the world celebrates on January 1—no midnight countdown, no party hats, or fireworks....
From Mountaintop to Mountaintop
Dean Chariker was born and raised in a typical Daati Leumi (Modern Orthodox) family in Israel. They kept the laws of Kashrut, they strictly kept Shabbat, they went to synagogue and prayed three times a day. Wearing a kippah and tallit katan was a given for the men....
From Magical Misery Tour To Yeshua’s Love Train
Myles and Katharine Weiss are familiar faces to millions around the world due to hosting the weekly Zola Levitt Presents broadcast for six years. They left Zola in 2017, but not before one of their two sons fell in love with and married the daughter of Marcus and...
A Believing Jewish Community in Belarus Perseveres against Persecution
After leaving his nation’s military service, a young Jewish man whom we shall call Yuri began to attend religious services with a group of Christian acquaintances who, in Yuri’s words, appreciated his Jewishness. “During the meeting, the pastor of the church told me,...
Above the Iron Dome
A friend, call him Reuben, rang us up from Ashdod a few days ago. Ordinarily, receiving a phone call from 30 miles away would seem unexceptional, but Ashdod was under attack at the time. Hundreds of Hamas missiles had fallen in and around his hometown when...
Sirens sound on Jerusalem Day, 2021
In the past, before and after missile attacks, Israeli civil defense sirens would first send out distinctive variable warning tones, meaning “take cover,” and follow them with a steady, single tone to indicate “all-clear.” But all-clear tones have not been used...
Lady Liberty Lockdown
In a history fraught with famine, war, terrorism, and civil unrest, the United States has always been able to bounce back from nefarious situations better, stronger, and unified. However, last year, this resilience was tested beyond anyone’s imagination amid the...
Is Pentecost Shavuot?
“I looked, and behold, a storm wind came from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire and brightness all around it, and something like a glowing alloy out of the fire.” Imagine thousands of Jewish worshipers left the Temple following their Shavuot service, having...
Dear 2021 Graduate
IIn June 1978, the legendary Russian novelist and thinker, Aleksandr Solz- henitsyn gave a famous and often quoted commencement address at Harvard University’s 327 graduation. Perhaps the graduates at this prestigious institution were expecting a “feel good” word of...
A View of Memorial Day
Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, is an American holiday that honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. This year, Memorial Day will occur on Monday, May 31. Originally known as Decoration Day, the origin of...