(Photo: Dominic Buettner for The New York Times)
According to a NY Times story, several Israeli scholars contend that an ancient tablet found near the Dead Sea, dated from the 1st century B.C., talks about a Messiah who would die and 3 days later be resurrected. <<<Read the rest of my article posted on the [...]

The latest Ann Coulter furor all began on the CNBC show “The Big Idea” when host Donny Deutsch asked Ann what America would look like if her dream for the country was actually fulfilled. She responded that America would be better off if the whole country was conservative and Christian. Then Deutsch, who is Jewish, [...]

If Iran’s President Ahmadinejad really wants to know some truth about the Holocaust, he should check with these folks in the Ukraine. The memories of the Ukrainian villagers in this NY Times story are still vivid and full of real horror.
It’s not possible to take Ahmadinejad’s ‘Holocaust denial’ approach seriously while folks like these are [...]

I found this article on the VOM Persecution Blog: Families shopping for groceries in Sterling Heights, Michigan, found fliers left on their cars with hate messages against Jews and Christians.
The Sterling Police are investigating the incident, although there was no damage done to the cars. The messages were rather unsettling to the families [...]

This is like a contradiction and yet there is a Neo-Nazi movement in Israel? It is unimaginable that there would be antisemitism among Jews. However, there has always been a cultural divide between Sephardi Jews (Middle Eastern Jews) and the Ashkenazi (European Jews) in Israel. Recently, Ashkenazi neighborhoods in Haifa have had buildings, cars, [...]

We live in times in which any kind of objective truth is under assault. Historical facts were never challenged so boldly than they were this week at the ‘Holocaust Conference’ in Tehran, Iran. Some conferees maintained that the death statistics were greatly exaggerated; others maintained that there was no evidence of the systematic [...]

By John Hagee (Frontline: Lake Mary, Florida, 2006, 225 pgs.)
This book is essential and just a bit scary. The First section is well worth the price of the book. Pastor Hagee is a friend of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and is privy to a lot of Israeli intelligence information. The [...]

Today, October 2, 2006, is a special day on the Biblical calendar-named Yom Kippur, or in English-’The Day of Atonement’.  It is the most important holy day of the year for Jews.  It is day when Jewish folk consider their sins, ask for forgiveness and look for ways to make amends in the year to come.  Many wear white shirts or [...]

The high holy days of the Jewish calendar began at sundown Friday 9/22/06 -Rosh Hashanah and continue through nightfall on October 2-Yom Kippur.  You ask, what significance does this has for Christians?  The Jewish calendar is Biblical and God still seems to honor it in many ways. 

By Joel C. Rosenberg (Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale Pub., Inc., 2006, 366 pgs.)     
This is the fourth book in this series, following: The Ezekiel Option, The Last Days, & The Last Jihad.  Jon Bennett continues as the main character, along with Erin McCoy.  The first question answered in this book, do Jon and Erin finally get [...]