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Today marks the Jewish day commemorating the destruction of the two Jewish temples in antiquity; the first by the Babylonians in the sixth-century B.C. The Romans repeated this destruction in Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Tisha B’Av (“The 9th of Av”) is a solemn day for Jews, especially in Israel. The recent violence unleashed by the…

I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. (Joel 3:2) I disagree with Ed Stetzer about many things, but…

The explosion of violence in Jerusalem’s Old City is disheartening. More Jews were murdered by Palestinians this week in Israel, and the Palestinian Authority continues to use that to incite violence. Israeli decisions to install metal detectors at the entry points to the Temple Mount (in direct response to Israeli police being murdered there by…

Americans and the global Jewish community have a long, rich, and warm history. This fact alone is unique in world history, as most civilizations have treated the Jews poorly, often with devastating consequences. Ancient Near East powers did their best to rid the world of Israel. Middle Ages pogroms, followed by the stain of Spain’s…
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