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“If we succeed in educating the next generation of Jews and Christians that our primary connection to Israel is based first and foremost on the Bible, then there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic. If we double down on faith-based advocacy, we will get there,” said Rabbi Tuly Weisz of Israel365.
The violent conflict with Gaza did not stop mothers and kids from three Muslim countries observing Ramadan at Save a Child’s Heart in Holon.
Partnering with the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, the food drive will see visits to small villages and wherever locals gather.
Participants express support for Hamas and call for the residents of the Gaza Strip to “stand strong.”
Their support ranks among abortion and religious freedom as key political concerns, according to former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
Sure to ruffle a few feathers, “Islam, Jews and the Temple Mount” lays out how the Muslim narrative about the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount has been distorted.
Ahead of Jerusalem Day and following two days of violence in which nearly 20 officers and 300 rioters suffered injuries, Israeli Police commissioner orders police numbers boosted in the capital.
Haredi residents of the city’s French Hill neighborhood are in shock following the revelation that a prominent local “ultra-Orthodox” family are actually non-Jews that entered Israel with forged papers.
The total number of arrests since the unrest broke out at the start of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan is 157.
Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari said it was “a subtle celebration of thoughtful conversation, mutual respect and heritage-enhanced relationships. These are the building blocks of the emergent Israeli-Palestinian market.”
During the ceremony, candles were lit in honor of the Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze soldiers who lost their lives in battle, and another to symbolize hope for unity and peace within Israeli society.
For the first time ever, the Jewish communities of Bahrain and Dubai will be participating in the Yellow Candle Project.
