Unesco & The Temple Mount

UNESCO votes: No connection between Temple Mount and Judaism Jerusalem Post, 13-10-2016 In a 24-6 vote, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization gave preliminary approval to a resolution that denies Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the vote stating: “The theater of the absurd

Temple Mount, a Christian Holy Place

EU UNESCO draft disregards Jewish connection to Temple Mount Itamar Eichner, YNet News, 15.07.2016 The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem is fuming over a draft decision distributed on Thursday by representatives of the European Union at meetings of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Istanbul on the subject of the Israeli capital’s Old City that completely ignores

Palestinians & Jewish History

Palestinians Negate Jewish History Alex Grobman, Arutz Sheva (Israel), 10-5-2016 A recent speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reinforces the necessity for PA recognition to ensure genuine peace according to Itamar Marcus, the director of Palestinian Media Watch… In a speech in Morocco, Abbas described Jewish history in Jerusalem as a “delusional myth”, declaring

Zionism & Jewish Values

Former UK Chief Rabbi: Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism By Ari Soffer, Aritz Sheva, 4/4/2016 Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has written a blistering oped slamming modern-day anti-Zionism as the “new anti-Semitism.” In his Newsweek article, published Sunday, Rabbi Sacks refers to figures showing how escalating anti-Semitism has left many Jews considering leaving Europe

The Vatican & the Pharisees

Vatican recognizes ‘Palestinian state’ Press TV, 13-5-2015 The Vatican has officially recognized the state of Palestine in a new treaty. According to the treaty the Holy See switched its diplomatic relations from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the state of Palestine. On November 29, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly voted to upgrade Palestine’s

The Temple dilemma

Orthodox Judaism and the Temple dilemma Motti Inbari, Times of Israel, 5-1-2015 Over the past decade, there has been a steady increase in rabbinical rulings that permit the entry of Jews to the Temple Mount. The only limitation was to observe the restrictions regarding purity when doing so… Since the destruction of the Second Temple,

Hanukkah & Phariseeism

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE. Phariseeism: Hypocritical observance of the letter of religious or moral law without regard for

The Temple Myth – part two

The Western Wall? What do Jews believe? We all know that the Western Wall, the Kotel,is the last remnant of our Temple. We also know that Jews from around the world gather here to pray. People write notes to G-d and place them between the ancient stones of the Wall. In the year 37 BCE,

The Temple Mount Myth

Zoabi: Israel is a ‘Terror State’ Presence of Jewish Temple on Temple Mount is a ‘myth.’ By Uzi Baruch, Tova Dvorin, Israel National News, 11/14/2014 Arab MKs are among the Israeli Arabs readying to protest in Umm Al-Fahm Friday, as frustrations build in the Arab city over the Temple Mount and the shooting of terrorist

American Jews & Race Purity

American jews & the purity of the jewish race YNet News, 13-11-2013 “So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according