One of the first lessons we learn in the history of anti-Semitism is that hatred makes strange bedfellows. The oddest of partnerships have been formed around a common enemy.
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Connecting Israel, the Bible and You
Sat, 01/11/2020
The historical account of the Holocaust would not be complete without the amazing stories of the brave individuals who risked their lives to save Jews. This is why Yad Vashem, Israel’s...
Fri, 12/13/2019
Christmas pageants around the world begin with these introductory words out of the Gospel of Luke: “Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named...
Wed, 12/04/2019
When we think of Germany under the Nazi regime, we have images of a military police state in which the people were coerced to acquiescence, and to speak against the regime would have meant the...
Wed, 11/06/2019
It is a part of fallen human nature to need a scapegoat. Human beings tend to look for someone else to blame for their problems, someone to look down upon so they feel better about themselves. It...
Wed, 11/06/2019
There is a lot we do not know about the very first Thanksgiving. Historians even debate where and when it took place—was it in Florida, Virginia, or Massachusetts? The most famous harvest...
Fri, 09/27/2019
Nothing can unite people in pursuit of a common cause like hatred. And no ideological movement is more dangerous than one held together by the hatred of a demonized enemy.
Anti-Semitism...
Mon, 08/26/2019
The story of the Jewish people has no parallel in the history of mankind. It is a story of a small people, no more than 17 million at any time in history, with a biblical calling to represent a...
Mon, 07/01/2019
The origin of the Ethiopian Jews is a bit of a mystery. Most agree they are descendants of Israelites who migrated to the area at one time or another.
One theory allows for migrants as...
Tue, 06/04/2019
New Christians struggling to study their Bible are often taught to read the Scriptures as though they were written personally to them, even reciting the Scriptures using one’s own name in...
