Did You Know This About Mormonism?

Posted on: October 24th, 2012

"The Book of Mormon clearly states that Nephi built a temple modeled upon the temple of Solomon upon arriving in the Americas (2 Nephi 5:16). In addition, the Book of Mormon says that other temples were built in the Americas (see 3 Nephi 11:1 and Helaman 3:14)...the Israelites in the Americas were trying to faithfully follow the law of Moses."

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The JTA Politically Editorializes My Letter on The Soviet Jewry Movement

Posted on: October 23rd, 2012

Yisrael Medad's letter to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the true beginning of the movement for Soviet Jewry and what country the JTA said Medad resided in.

Turkey… Goes Turkey (Video)

Posted on: October 22nd, 2012

In Turkey, the referee attacks the player. Seems in August, one soccer official decided enough was enough. During a low-league soccer match in Turkey between Altinorduspor (red) and Pazarspor (blue), a Pazarspor player was preparing to take a free kick when one of the linesman suddenly ran out onto the field and socked an Altinorduspor player right in the face.

Judea as ‘Cradle of Jewish Civilization’ in The Financial Times

Posted on: October 21st, 2012

A writer in the Financial Times said Judea and Samaria was the cradle of Jewish civilization, even as he lamented the slow death of the two-state solution.

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Begin Told Meet the Press: Partition was Illegal

Posted on: October 18th, 2012

In 1948, Menachem Begin visit the U.S. and appeared on Meet the Press, telling its host that not only was partition illegal but so was severing today's Jordan from the Jewish National Home.

And Over at the UN… Diplomats Try to Keep Israel Front and Center

Posted on: October 16th, 2012

Despite more obviously pressing problems in Syria and elsewhere, U.S. and U.N. diplomats keep focusing on Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Is it the Army Uniform or the Jews in them?

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

is the Waqf upset that IDF soldiers in uniform enter the Temple Mount or that they are Jewish or represent the army of the state of Israel?

Inside Hulda Gate to the Temple Mount

Posted on: October 14th, 2012

The Hulda Gate is the southern entrance to the Temple Mount, also known as the 'Double Gate.' I was there, on the inside, in 1986, with the Knesset's Interior Committee on its famous tour when we were later attacked by a mob of Muslims, throwing rocks and yelling Itbah El-Yahud ('Kill the Jews'). It was a melee and I had to rush/run Geula Cohen north to the Tribes of Israel Gate to get out safely:

Arabs As Their Own Worst Enemy

Posted on: October 12th, 2012

A former Saudi Naval officer writes that Arab hatred of Israel is costing them severely, arguing that, "Hundreds of billions of dollars were wasted and tens of thousands of innocent lives lost fighting Israel."

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Building on Solid Ground in Yesha (Video)

Posted on: October 11th, 2012

A new video explaining the Jewish right to build in Judea and Samaria.

State Department Creationism

Posted on: October 10th, 2012

The US State Department has created an award program for "female Palestinian scientists." Candidates are required to "be a citizen and resident of West Bank, Gaza, or Jerusalem." What does it mean by "citizen"? Is the US State Department creating, again, a Palestinian state, when there is none existing?

Why Ha’aretz is an Evil Newspaper

Posted on: September 30th, 2012

For sure, there is no "direct connection" between the book, Torat HaMelech, and the youth who carried out the vicious attack on an Arab in Zion Square although since the trial hasn't begun, we really do not know much, neither I nor the Reform Rabbi. A Rabbi, by the way, would steer clear of such an accusation, especially during the Ten Days of Penitence. But "concentration camps"?

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Note: Claim of Synagogue Construction at Temple Mount

Posted on: September 27th, 2012

An Arab-language report claims that Israel is using as cover its work on the new Mughrabi Gate to construct a synagogue.

Iranian Woman Strikes a Few Blows (and Kicks) For Freedom

Posted on: September 21st, 2012

Reported: Iran Cleric Pummeled by ‘Badly Covered’ Woman After Warning … An Iranian cleric said he was beaten by a woman in the northern province of Semnan after giving her a warning for being “badly covered,” the state-run Mehr news agency reported.  Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti said he encountered the woman in the street while on his way […]

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It’s A ‘Deir Yassin’ in Syria

Posted on: September 20th, 2012

Assad is really in trouble now: At least 10 Palestinian refugees were killed Wednesday in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, activists posting to a Facebook account for the camp reported. According to media from the camp, 15-year-old Jalal Yousif Salih was shot dead by a Syrian government sniper near the Palestine Hospital in the camp. […]

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Jerusalem Demographics 1800-1922

Posted on: September 13th, 2012

On the issue of demographics, the numbers make things quite clear that even before modern Zionism began, the city was Jewish and only Muslim repressive policies artificially kept the numbers of Jews down before the mid-19th century.

The Gordis Not

Posted on: July 17th, 2012

Daniel Gordis writes: "To state publicly that what we have in Judea and Samaria is not an occupation might be a legally justifiable claim. But it would also signal that it is time to give up even thinking about how a different reality in the Middle East might be achieved." One might instead ask, why is the President of the Shalem Center recycling and defending the failed ideas of the Left?

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