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The returning observer, [released hostage] Agam Berger, and her parents became very famous for the Kiddush HaShem [Lev. 22:32] of that they performed for the sake of the Sabbath | Today (Friday). Agam's parents gave a short statement at Beilinson Hospital where their family is staying. At the end of the statement, Rabbi blew the shofar, and then the parents and those present sang "Shalom Aleichem, O angels of service," praying that the angels will protect our brothers who are still languishing in Hamas captivity (people)| Kikar haShabbat Square |1.31.25 Meirav and Shlomi, the parents of Agam Berger, issued a...

I spent four years working as a mental health professional. I loved it immensely. There was not a single day that I wasn't going in and helping people in need. It was a job that had me wearing many hats. It was a job that I could have spent the rest of my life doing and be happy.Then came the economic downturn. And despite my best efforts to keep my head above water I had to leave my dream job. That was just over two years ago.What followed after that was a series of jobs that paid okay but were...

Nikki Glaser, the comedian who played host to this year’s Golden Globes Awards in Beverly Hills, joked Sunday that none of the evening’s winners thanked God for their successes. At the halfway point of the star-studded show, Glaser said the acceptance speeches had been “on fire” before looking at a tally of who winning celebrities had thanked upon receiving their prizes, with cast and crew members filling the No. 1 spot, followed by moms and “Access Hollywood” host Mario Lopez. “God, creator of the universe, with zero mentions,” said Glaser. “[N]o surprise in this godless town.”

“The statistical probability that organic structures and the most precisely harmonized reactions that typify living organisms would be generated by accident, is zero.”- Ilya Prigogine (Chemist-Physicist) Recipient of two Nobel Prizes in chemistryI. Prigogine, N. Gregair, A. Babbyabtz, Physics Today 25, pp. 23-28“The really amazing thing is not that life on Earth is balanced on a knife-edge, but that the entire universe is balanced on a knife-edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural ‘constants’ were off even slightly. You see,” Davies adds, “even if you dismiss man as a chance happening, the fact remains that the...

The reason the world refuses to acknowledge the rights of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel is because they have no vocabulary for a people returning to its land after 2000 years according to divine prophecy. They’ve been bamboozled into believing there is no God and the Hebrew Bible is man-made. And that is partly our fault because, beginning a few centuries ago, we cooperated with the West’s agenda to wish away God and our obligations to Him, as the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions appeared to supplant faith in explaining human origins and providing felicity. (They haven’t! Do...

This photo was taken in Florida after the first hurricane Helene, just after hurricane Milton was predicted to hit Florida. God has an INCREDIBLE sense of humor.

President Trump, during a private speech at the Republican National Convention, shared God was with him during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he survived an assassination attempt.In the video, Trump told a group of supporters at the RNC, “You say how did that happen? But I got lucky; God was with me. I tell you.”Trump continued, “And I think, honestly, I think you appreciate God even more. Really do.”

There’s been a lot of discussion and speculation that perhaps divine providence played a role in Trump’s surviving his attempted assassination. Though I’m not qualified to speak to that in a religious context, I can imagine that the scenario might have looked something like this.

Marxist globalism is an evil religion. Perhaps the most startling quality of world leaders today is that they do not believe in much beyond their own wants and needs. Many will feign a belief in God for the sake of appearances, but true believers are hard to find. In the West, where Christianity has shaped society for two thousand years, it is more common to find governments punishing Christians for their faith than to see biblical doctrine defended. Finnish Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen, a rare Christian politician in our overwhelmingly secular times, has spent the last several years defending...

A veteran war crimes prosecutor told The Jerusalem Post that Israel and other countries have the legal obligation to prevent Hamas from carrying out their stated goal of committing genocide against the Jewish People. Former United States Justice Department Office of Special Investigations director Eli Rosenbaum’s 38-year career placed him in the role of prosecuting Rwandans, Russians, and Nazis for war crimes. Rosenbaum said that not only does Israel have the right to eliminate Hamas, “but Israel has a legal obligation under international law as a signatory of the Genocide Convention [1948, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of...

Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi claim to be practicing Catholics, yet they and their fellow leftists have worked unrelentingly to drive God out of America's schools, government and public square. When Pelosi stands at the speaker's rostrum, a sign above her reads, "In God We Trust." With Biden as president, Pelosi as speaker and Democrats in control of Congress, that sign should read, "In Government We Trust." The actions of the left would be easier to take if their consequences were limited to the left, but this is not the case. All Americans suffer as a result of their perfidy....

You know who you are. You’re the person other people tiptoe around when it comes to discussing current events or religion. You are the person who can spend hours devouring scripture or news with equal vigor, pointing out ‘last days’ events to anyone who would listen to you. You are semi-shunned at church. You are disinvited from church socials because you are just too intense and narrow-minded. You’re called a ‘conspiracy theorist’ or a ‘Jesus Freak’ behind your back. You’re always going on about the Lord’s return and that “Rapture thingy”. Admit it. You are one of them, one of...

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A new post-election survey reveals that a majority of those who voted for President Joe Biden don't believe "God is the all-powerful, all-knowing, perfect and just creator" who rules over everything in Heaven and Earth today. The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the fourth in-depth report about its 2020 Post-Election Survey last week. The survey was conducted between Nov. 4 and 16, 2020. The latest installment of the survey focuses on the views of Biden's voters as compared to the views of Americans who voted for former President Donald Trump as well as voters and adults as...

The people of the United States and the world owe humble thanks to the Almighty for prompting Donald Trump to make himself available for the presidency of the United States. We are grateful for giving him the wisdom and stamina to chart the waters of the presidential campaign and to inspire the American people to see the historic, imperative opportunity to join him in saving America from the dangerous precipice to which her enemies foreign and domestic have brought her. Our father, our king, who can not but see your hand guiding the candidacy of Donald Trump? God, thank you...

  "German Islamists Target Youth on the Internet" By Christoph Sydow 11/01/2012 "Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan." PHOTO CAPTION: "A growing community of German-speaking Islamists has developed on the Internet. Aiming to find new recruits, they glorify jihad and call for attacks on Germany. A new study warns that such online propaganda might foster a new generation of terrorists." SNIPPET: "International terrorist groups like al-Qaida recognized the importance of the Internet for recruiting new supporters early on." SNIPPET: "Intelligence services can also take advantage of the anonymity of Internet forums to deliberately plant false information or obtain insider...

MANAMA (AFP) — Police in Bahrain said on Saturday one man was arrested and another freed on bail after they were accused of cooperating with and funding a foreign terrorist group, a reference to Al-Qaeda. One suspect had delivered funds "to a foreign group that uses terrorism to reach its aims" and that his beliefs "could affect security," according to a public prosecution statement. "The first suspect has admitted delivering money to that group abroad, while the second has denied it... Both suspects have been accused of cooperating with a terrorist group abroad and financing a terrorist group."

Event measures 9 on 0-9 scale, power system, satellite disruptions likely causing possible power outages and satellite disruption, an extreme geomagnetic storm occurred yesterday that registered at the highest level on measurements of such solar activity. Extreme geomagnetic event recorded on sun on Sunday (NOAA photo) Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colo., observed the event, which measured G-5 – the highest level – on the NOAA Space Weather Scales. "This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period,"...

Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a senior Iranian official said in an interview yesterday. The high-level counteroffensive, to be led by Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, comes in anticipation of a tough speech the Bush administration is preparing to give today calling for international measures against Tehran unless it gives up sensitive aspects of its nuclear program. (See rest of article.)

The ancient hatred, the hatred everyone thought was gone forever, is back with a vengeance. And many among `Am Yisra'el are utterly at a loss to explain it. This wasn't supposed to happen. We've had the "enlightenment." The "Age of Reason." The French Revolution. Separation of church and state. Democracy. Brotherhood Week. If I had a Hammer. Tolerance. Pluralism. Multiculturalism. Detente. I'm OK you're OK. All religions are equal. All points of view are equally valid. One god is as good as another (Thomas Jefferson said so!). Holocaust museums. Education. Even a "Hebrew-speaking Portugal" in the Holy Land complete with...