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By Cliff Keller — Just before dawn some mornings during the days leading up to Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, the highest hill in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ir Ganim has been visited by handfuls of Orthodox Jews who faced the Old City and prayed.

– By Corry – Then we ponder the Proverbs 31 model—you know the one—the modern-day Gal Gadot Wonder Woman that no one can compare to even on our best days… do we stop to consider that this portion of scripture is not really speaking of the encapsulating of just one woman?

Manis, Pedis, abundant life- By Cliff Keller – The feminine name Nadia is common in Mediterranean countries, in Eastern Europe, parts of Russia and the Arab world. In many Slavic languages, Nadia means hope. The Arabic variant, Nadiyyah, means tender and delicate. But there was nothing hopeful, tender or delicate about the younglady named Nadia who

Boris Johnson – Is He Good for the Jews?- By Elizabeth Cohen-Bond – The same Liberal-Conservative divides among Jews are at work in the UK as in the USA. Putting that divide aside, what makes Boris Johnson tick when it comes to protecting British Jews from rising antisemitism and what might we expect from him regarding

Yeshua on binge – A look at: The Chosen – By Joe Miterko -Growing up, I heard the Shabbat school version of Yeshua’s miracles and parables. Cool stuff! It is fun to demonstrate a sea that is slippery and my friend playing Yeshua pretending to catch me. Also cool to take a piece of bread and

The Plagues, The Jews and COVID-19- By Oliver J. Melnick – In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the world in unprecedented ways, the Jewish people are again in the crosshair for several reasons. We are described as dying from the virus because we rejected and killed Yeshua, like the recent diatribe by “Christian pastor”

Change, shortages and substitutionsBy Cliff Keller — During Israel’s ongoing coronavirus lockdown, a refreshing, cooperative spirit, albeit mandated by law, seems to have caught on in the Land. Despite our new restrictions, Israelis are permitted to eat, drink, walk their dogs and take (prescription) drugs, so I walked to our local pharmacy a few days

By Cliff Keller — We have been misinformed. Recent events suggest that the world’s oldest profession, contrary to longstanding claims to the contrary, must surely be criticism. Criticism’s probable precedence over all other human pursuits makes perfect sense. Passing judgment is fun, easy to do, has no age limitations and requires neither logic, training or education to participate.

By Cliff Keller — Due to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, we in Israel are now, by law, “locked down,” a social condition during which everyone keeps his or her distance from others whenever it’s convenient.