Why Israelis Are Worried About Donald Trump
Where does Donald Trump stand on the Arab-Israeli conflict? As with so much else, the only consistent feature of Trump's remarks is their off-the-cuff and contradictory nature. Trump's foreign policy thinking might be truly as shambolic as the sentences in which it is expressed. Alternatively, there might indeed be method behind the madness. Yet whether or not one is charitable towards the controversial tycoon, all indications suggest that a Trump presidency would recklessly
Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
Nabeel Qureshi grew up in a devout Muslim family. But in college, he started exploring the claims of Christianity and eventually decided to convert. Since then, Qureshi has devoted himself to studying Christian apologetics and writing and speaking about Islam and Christianity. In his latest book, Answering Jihad, Qureshi addresses many of the big questions he’s heard American Christians asking after attacks like those in Paris, San Bernardino and Brussels. He says he wanted t
Did the AP Cooperate with the Nazis?
The Associated Press, the world's biggest news agency, cooperated with the Nazi regime during World War II, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing archival material unearthed by a German historian. According to the report, AP provided US newspapers with news items produced and culled by the Nazi propaganda ministry. (Read More...)
Exhibit Immortalizes Pre-WW2 Jewry
When Roman Vishniac began documenting impoverished Jewish communities with his camera in 1935, he unwittingly sealed his photographic legacy by capturing a rare glimpse into a world that was soon to disappear. On the eve of World War II, while on assignment for the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Vishniac created what would become the most widely recognized and reproduced photographic record of European Jewry. In the many decades since they were first distributed,
Four Wycliffe Translators Murdered
One month after Wycliffe Associates (WA) announced the launch of 10 new Bible translation projects in a region where conversion to Christianity is punishable by death, four of its Bible translators were martyred when militants raided their Middle Eastern office. “They shot and destroyed all the equipment in the office, including the Print On Demand (POD) equipment,” WA reported in a prayer letter. “The invaders burned all the books and other translation materials in the offic
Lenten Used to Bash Israel?
On February 9, 2016, the YWCA of Palestine published a “Lenten Reflection” edited by Rev. Loren McGrail, a pastor in the United Church of Christ. McGrail works for the YWCA in Jerusalem and her work is supported by Global Ministries, a bureaucracy that serves as the overseas missionary for two mainline Protestant denominations — the United Church of Christ headquartered in Cleveland and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), head quartered in Indianapolis. McGrail, who w
IDF Closes Off West Bank for Purim
Israel will close off the West Bank from Wednesday to Saturday as a preventative measure against attacks during the Jewish holiday of Purim, the IDF announced on Tuesday. The closure will begin at 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday and is expected to end at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, the army said. (Read More...)
Will Europe Wake Up?
"After any terrorist attack — until last year — those familiar with the threat always asked the question, “Will this wake people up?” Until quite recently I used to think, “Possibly.” After the March 2004 Madrid train bombings killed 200 people, there were those who said something would change. But the only thing to change was the Spanish government, booted out by an electorate irritated that it had fingered the wrong culprits in the moments after the blasts. (Read More...)
Jerusalem Notebook: Terrorism's Unseen Wounds
A few days ago, a visiting friend and I walked through Jerusalem’s Mamilla Mall, up some steep stairs and through the Old City’s Jaffa Gate. We both had some gift shopping to do, and we had decided to pick up some pottery and other items in the Christian Quarter’s shops. Of course, thanks to the present wave of stabbings, we thought twice about our destination. But we went anyway. (Read More...)
State Department: It's Genocide
On March 17, United States Secretary of State John Kerry delivered the State Department’s determination that the Islamic State has indeed committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims in Iraq and Syria. In the State Department briefing room, Kerry said, “My purpose in appearing before you today is to assert that, in my judgment, Daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims.” Kerry
