Rising anti-Semitism, worldwide condemnation of Israel and direct attacks and killing of Jews has reached such proportions that it can no longer be ignored. What are the reasons for this sudden upsurge in Jew hatred or is there a coded message in these events? Are we now in the time Jeremiah described in Jeremiah 16:16? […]
In the spirit of Pesach, the normal articles about developments in Israel and the Middle East will be resumed next week. Posted here is an article written by Rabbi Ari Enkin, Spritural Director, United with Israel: Matza, the Simplest of Foods, Offers a Meaningful Life Lesson I would like to share some of the symbolic […]
The US sponsored peace process is on the brink of collapsing. The blame game already started. John Kerry, US Secretary of State, is feverishly trying to prevent the process from total failure, but the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, complicated the matter by unilaterally apply for membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other UN […]
In a previous article I wrote about how Jews came under threat in Simferopol in the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. Since then many significant developments took place. Crimea became part of Russia again as it was during the era of the Soviet Union, much to the frustration of the United States and the buycbdproducts Union. […]
This weekend marks the Jewish celebration of Purim. It is a time when the biblical book of Esther comes to mind. It is a story of faithfulness and heroism by a Jewish girl named Esther who bravely stood up to protect her nation against annihilation. God honoured her faithfulness and through her a whole nation, […]
While we read reports of Russian troops surrounding military basis’s and two airports in Ukraine, reports also came of Jews under threat in Simferopol in the Crimerian peninsula of Ukraine. Unknown individuals painted swastikas and the phrase “Death to the Jews” on a synagogue in the Crimea region of southern Ukraine. The graffiti was found […]
The world media and especially the South African media recently are occupied with Israel. The reports are mostly negative and biased. Seldom do you read or hear about the positive and good things happening in Israel. The very popular TV program in South Africa, Carte Blanche, aired an interview with a Syrian women connected to […]
For almost a year, I have been warning Christians that it became too dangerous to travel by bus through the Sinai in Egypt to Israel. Today, Sunday 16 February 2014, that warning became a sad reality when a bus with 32 South Korean Christians was blown up by terrorists just 250 meter from the Taba […]
It seems that the whole world is currently focussing on the city of Jerusalem. The nations are drawn like a magnet to it. What is the reason for this phenomenon? Prophetically speaking, we live in very exciting times and except for many Christian pilgrims visiting Jerusalem, the secular world is totally occupied with this city. […]
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place annually on 27 January. It marks the day when the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland was liberated. The importance of commemorating this day is to remind us to what level of barbarism the human race is capable of and hopefully to prevent such incidents in future. […]