This is the story of how a Rabbi profoundly impacted a nation during the early 1600s and awakened the protestants living there to the necessity of Israel reclaiming the Land God gave to them. It began after Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel (1604-1657) arrived in Holland after fleeing from the Spanish Inquisition. Once there, he began […]

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I am going to post a 3-Part series on Psalm 129. I have been giving messages on “The Songs of Ascent,” but Psalm 129 seems very appropriate at this time of Israel’s grief. Each part is a bit longer than normal, but if you persevere, I hope you will find it encouraging or challenging or […]

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Associated Press (AP) was among the first to report that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken wants Israel to halt military operations against Hamas because “Far too many Palestinians have been killed.” AP was also among the first to send pictures of the Hamas-conducted holocaust against Israeli Jews on October 7. AP keeps repeating Hamas […]

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I recently ran across a book that tied the date for Halloween, October 31, with the start of Noah’s flood. Following the dispersion of mankind at the tower of Babel (Genesis 11), almost every ensuing culture has maintained a legend regarding a “Great Flood.” Often, such traditions are also associated with a great “Day of […]

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November 19

1095: The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending
the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins. The Crusades ushered in one of the
darkest periods in Jewish history.  In
the name of Christianity, the Crusaders wo…