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The Third Temple | Obama vs. Israel | Jesus in Israeli Metal

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Politics

3 Obama, a Strategic Catastrophe

4 The Third Temple and the Third World War6 Holocaust Remembrance Day7 Former Female Soldier Charged with Espionage8 Muti Contradicts Muslim Travel Guide

ArAb Press

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Journalists Punished or Ties with Israel

PAlestiniAns

10Palestinians Squandering Foreign Aid

Focus on JerusAlem

11 Olmert Implicated in New Corruption Scandal

oPinion

12Obama and the Muslim Agenda

Word From JerusAlem

14For You Are Our Father

bible study15 Israels Exile

debAte

18 Israel: One People, One Land, One State

ProPhecy

19 From Natural Disasters to End-Time Blessings

christiAns

20 Christian Friends o Israel at 25messiAnic PersPective

21Orphaned Land: Jesus in Israeli MetaldiAsPorA

22Jerusalemite Designs Olympic Gold

ArchAeology

23Byzantine Shopping District Uncovered

culture

24New Frontiers in Design

militAry

27New Drone Fleet or IAF

nAture

28Fishing Banned in Sea o Galilee

economy

29Israels New Smartphone

in brieF

31Israeli Paramedics in Ghana

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A I crisis in relations bet-

ween Jerusalem and Washing-ton, privately the language ismuch dierent. Sources closeto Prime Minister BenjaminNtnu sb Ob s sttg tstp Is.

Ocials in the PrimeMinisters Oce, speaking oncondition o anonymity to the , O - Stt Is. On t , Is-

US partnership that is unbreakab-; , - .

President Obama and Se-cretary o State Hillary Clintonv wn n, supp-ting the Palestinian position atthe expense o Israel, said oneNtnu nnt. It s ns-ne, it is sick. Relations betweenJerusalem and Washington are

simply disastrous; the situations nv bn s ngus. TsUS Psnt wnts t stbs Pstnn stt t n p nn t Jus n svptt.

Netanyahu has repeatedlydistanced himsel rom suchstatements, but commentatorssay the government speakswith a orked tongue. Israelsrelations with the US are at alow point, and Obama poses a I, NBarnea in the nations biggest Yediot Ahronot.

T Ipub s tt Ob s ppsng M xo Israel. Te American Presi-dent told me in condence thathe is a Muslim, said EgyptianF M A AGheit on Nile V. Tat could

explain why Obama has instructed that the termI x - .

Furthermore, the US is now accusing Israel oharming American interests in the Middle East.General David Petraeus, the head o US CentralC, I f P US Iq A.

E US C O -v tw Ntnu utng. T-qutso the House o Representatives, 337 o 435 mem-bs, sgn bptsn tt t Cntn xpssng , qk .

Obama is a real problem or Israel, a senior Yediot. H I - .

T q W -ched sides. Te Obama White House is puttingpssu n n Is but s nt xpt ntngrom the Palestinians, he said. Tese American .

T Ans knw v w tt Is n-stutn s ws bn ppnng n Est Jusn bung n Jws ngbs s nv bnzn, s nt . T Ans us x-uss k [t Jws ngb ] Rt S- n t Sp Ht [nt Jws bungpjt n Est Jus] t nnt Ntnu.

So during Passover, Netanyahu invited Nobel

Obama,a Strategic CatastrophePrize-winning author and Ho-locaust survivor Elie Wiesel tohis private residence in Caesa-. H W, American citizen, to make it Ohow important Jerusalem is to J .

Jus ws, s n wswill be the united capital o Is-rael, said Jerusalem Mayor NirBkt. Cnstutn n pts J .

According to a poll by theIndependent Media Review &Analysis, 70 percent o Israeli

Jws pps nstutn zin East Jerusalem, compared toonly 19 percent who support it.T suv s un tt 69 p- J- O C - f .

Ocials in Netanyahusinner circle believe Obamasstrategy is to orce a change ogvnnt n Is. B ng

Israeli concessions on the set-tnt ssu, wks u btthe coalition, pushing Netan-yahu into an alliance with thedovish Kadima party. Kadima F M-ter zipi Livni, who, under theprevious Olmert government,oered the Palestinians an in-dependent state in 97 percento the disputed territories with E J.

O the historic health care reorm. A can extend that victory to theinternational arena by resolv-ing the Middle East confict.But i Obama continues to un-derestimate Israeli resolve onJ, .Y

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P o l i t i c s

Israeli Muslims seem to take thepossible building o the Tird J

seriously than the nations Jews. Tis - - H S J Q O C(see pages 16-17), which Israeli Arabsand Palestinians saw as a sign thatthe Jews are planning to rebuild the

.M -

sued dire warnings: Save Jerusalem J ! S Msqu A Aks stut n!Contruction o the Tird emple isa Jewish conspiracy to control the! F , T TW W.

Te Islamic Movement in Israel I H

Gz S .T J J-

. E J M! SkK K, I- Mvnt, n Is R. Yu H S - .

You [Israel] have murdered yourown prophets and always dealt withgreed, said senior Hamas ocialMahmoud al-Zahar. Your destiny is! Y !

Clash of Civilizations

T H S x-sive issue or two reasons: First, there ,it would lead to the building o theT . A , H

Th Third Tmpl

and th Third World WarB y A v i e l S c h n e i d e r

M, Mq A Ak D Rk.

T p Munt s t pnto the Israeli-Palestinian confict. Asthe site o the two biblical emples itis the holiest place in Judaism, andMuslims claim it as the third holiestplace in Islam. It represents the clash , B

the Koran, and between Jewish andM .

o analyze this clash o civiliza-, israel today - I J A.

The Road to Armageddon

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us. Its but t t Jws t ztt T p s ut t qus-tn n ntng w w. M tnn bn Muss wu ttk Isbus t.

Arab Knesset member IbrahimS, I M-, . T J , C, J. Bs sn s t Jws wk up tdream, and really start building theTird emple, World War III willk . I , I -appear, not the one billion Muslims.

J Mq A Ak I , J- .

Conspiracy Theories

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j , - Is Ab Cbnt Mnst RbMj. I bad things happening on the empleM A Ak Mq x. [P MBenjamin] Netanyahu and his govern- J.

Arab Knesset member Ahmed ibis nstutn t T p st bggst n st ngus ngt-

mare acing the region. Until now,building the emple was the dream oJws ng gups, s. But nwts gups bk b t Ntnugvnnt. It s Ntnu w ptsxvtns un t A Aks Msqun w Juzs Jus. Evntu w xp t Muss A Aks,s t Jws n bu t T p.

A Biblical Perspective

A , M J S.It is nothing new to have Muslims

Taleb el-Sana Mordechai Kedar Raleb Majadele Ibrahim Sarsur Tsvi Sada


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spreading lies about alleged Israeliplans to build the Tird emple. Butapart rom a small number o IsraeliJws, t jt s ntnt wt s- T .P - . N . TAb Knsst bs nngIs tt ts s stugg t bb- .

M Est xpt Y Sb sMuss wnt t v wg btwnt Stt Is n ts bb stn ntn.I t Pstnns su-, wt Wstn bkng, n spt-ng Is ts st n gttnntn t Jus, Bt nHbn, tn Zns wu bcolonialism. Zionism without Juda-s u b p t t Bs n

Sut A, t Fn n Ag nt Cuss n t H Ln. Ts sngus, but t s ps t g t Ab ptns n t Ln.

Mssn Jws stn GsnN ss t sput v Jus s sgn t n ts. T pMunt s t nt Jus. An tprophet Ezekiel spoke explicitly aboutn xtn p tt wu bbut t n t utu, s. In utimes, Jerusalem has become a central

ssu n stubng bk t ww. In t n, ntns w gnst Jus n Is w p ng n ts tn w. Att, t Mss w tun n vHs t Hs pp.

Islamic Capital?

It s nstutv tt Jus s n-tn 632 ts n t O stnt buts nt pp n n t Kn.

W nnt stss nug tt Ju- Islamic nation, even when Islam con-

q H L 7 -, M K, Iexpert on the Muslim religion. Back, R . M-med, who died in 632, never came toJus. An 25 s s t,Dsus, nt M, ws t I E.

o make Jerusalem relevant toMuslims, the story o Mohammedsnight journey to the most distantmosque [al aksa in Arabic], nearM, J ,K , K- , qn Jus t. Utt, t b- I J C.

Fut, Jn nt EstJus 1948 t 1967, ntn-

. W A P EJ k ? Nn tk stn t Pstnns.W J PLand, the rebuilding o the Tirdemple has become relevant again, I-lam. Tereore, the Muslim nationsk k J P .

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s s tv Is nt vJus, ss K. Tt s w tA J-salem. Tey would be seen as traitors M .

Arabs and the God of Israel

Despite the saber rattling and in-tnt, nt Abs t bungo the Tird emple; on the contrary,some are learning to ear the God oI.

I J T p n Jus, s Ab

pntn Msu Gn, w k B K. I k -ogy and that the Tird emple will

appear rom the heavens accordingto Jewish believers. Whenever Godallows that to happen, I will not be .

I , z jG .Tis is what happened to Rahab theH, I-t sps: I knw tt t L s , o you has allen on us, and that allt nbtnts t n v t (J 2:9).

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W I - , 70-year-old Palestinian rom the He-bron area told israel today. Tereis blessing upon blessing. Maybe theGod o Israel is stronger than Allah .Y

Yechiel ShabyAchmed TibiMasud Ganaim Kamal KhatibGershon Nerel

TEMPLE OR MOSQUE? The Temple Mount embodiesa confict o religion, revelation and nationalism


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Israel observed Holocaust Remem-bn D wt sn n

at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memo-rial in Jerusalem. As the choir sang a

unu g, sx ts w t t 6 n Jws k b t Nzsung W W II.

Ps nttnnt w s,n n V pgs t wtpersonal testimonies o horror andheroism. Te theme this year was theVs t Suvvs. T -ng ut, but t g s bng pssn t t nxt gntn.

Te annual observance showshow deeply the Holocaust aects the

national ethos and psyche. Te mes- : I

Remembrance Day

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Y V. I -peated statements to wipe the Jewish

An Israeli report published on the eve o HolocaustRemembrance Day shows that 2009 had the most

anti-Semitic acts since monitoring o such incidents be-gan 20 years ago. According to the Institute or the Study Cntp Ant-Sts n Rs, t nubo violent incidents totaled 1,129 last year compared to559 in 2008.

Te report attributed the surge in anti-Semitic acts tot Gz W n Jnu 2009. Iss ssv nvsno the Gaza Strip and the high Palestinian casualty tollsparked outrage and demonstrations around the world.

Robert Wistrich, a proessor o Jewish History atHebrew University in Jerusalem, says the new orm ont-Sts s nt-Zns: A kns nw ptxtscan serve to ignite anti-Semitism, particularly throughanti-Israel eeling, through anti-Zionism. And above all

Holocaust

state o the ace o the earth, in the k W t nss ntntn tn-

I .Netanyahu did not openly repeat

I -stk n Ins nu ts, but I .

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pvnt t unt n ngut ts pn.YBy Shlomo Mordechai

A somber observanceis overshadowed bynew threats from Iranand a surge in anti-Semitism

Gaza War Spurs Anti-Semitism

it is Israel that has become the obsession o the anti-Semites.

Te report said that Muslim and le-wing activistsv jn s t nz Is n g pussin the United States and Europe.

One o the extraordinary paradoxes, Wistrich said,is that the very places o learning where you expect toeducate [and] to enlighten, in many cases they have be-come a kind o ountain or anti-Semitism, wrapped upo course in their anti-Israel human rights rhetoric.

Te report also attributed the rise in anti-Semitism tothe growing Muslim population in Europe. Te highestnumber o violent anti-Semitic incidents was in Britain:374 in 2009 compared to 112 in 2008; France recorded195 violent events compared to 50 in 2008; and the US,116 compared to 98. Y By Shlomo Mordechai

ETERNAL LIGHT: Holocaust survivorEliezer Ayalon lights a memorial fame

WE MUST NOT REMAINSILENTin the ace o evil

THE HALL OF REMEMBRANCEat Yad Vashem


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P o l i t i c s

Aormer emale Israeli soldier hasbeen charged with espionage or

k 2,000 , - 700 S.Te soldier, Anat Kamm, copied thedocuments while working or Major-G Y N, Israeli orces in Judea and Samaria.Tn s n t v t pt- t t Is -wng Haaretz.

Prosecutors said the leak poses a .

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Te le-leaning Supreme Court,which oen protects Palestinians atthe expense o the security o Israelicitizens, ruled that targeted killings xj k.P, , qu Pstnn pgn su

k S Intifada ().

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Former Female SoldierCharged with EspionageTheft of military documents pits the press against the state

450 Rocketsand Mortarssince Gaza War

E ven though Palestinian cross- k

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k nts. An kng t t sttsts,ts t sb Gz s qut.

S I -kassault on Gaza ended in January2009, 450 k have been red rom the Hamas- Gz S. I M, k- T k k the war. Ten, two Israeli soldiers k .

Under Israels new policy o de-, Palestinian attack, usually with airstrikes on smuggling tunnels and . A , tt--tt ttks n w bun.B .Y

By Aviel Schneider

By Shlomo Mordechai

WHISTLEBLOWER OR TRAITOR?Anat Kamm

DEADLY ATTACKA Thai worker was the rst casualty since the war


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P o l i t i c s

Psnt Sn Ps, 86, pt- D G D.

P R, k J- K Y .

T D G D. H , , zns pns, n just - the needy. More than 68,000 partici-pnts vunt n s 1,000 nt-tvs un t unt, nung -g s, spts, pks, n s . Y

Ads Call for Third Temple

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or the construction o the Tird emple. Paid or by OurLand o Israel (also known as SOS-Israel), the ad depicted M Mq A Ak G D Rk .

A , M , k Siddur, J k. SOS-I I J , I z .Y By Ryan Jones

Ikrima Sabri, the Mui or Muslimspiritual leader o Jerusalem ap-

pnt b t Pstnn Autt, st t nt n Isst pgn there never was a Jewish

emple. Tere is not a Jthat bears witness to aJewish heritage, Sabrisays. Jews, thereore,have no legitimate claim q J.

But this myth is rela-tv nw n nttsn Engs-ngug tu-ist guide entitled A BriefGuide to al-Haram al-Sharif( N S, k Jws s t p Munt) pubs bthe Supreme Moslem Council in 1935.T

Mufti ContradictsMuslim Travel

Guide

t st n t w. Its sntt ts

. I S . T, , , , D L .

Tis shows that up until recenttimes, the Muslims recognized the - . B I

the Old City during theSx D W 1967,

Pstnn Muss v sought to eradicate allJewish and historicalclaims to the Land oIsrael in general and theemple Mount in par-.

, t ppu b- ng Pstnns stt t nv ws bb- p. T buby the Supreme Moslem

Council proves otherwise, but whenu wt st n p t wtts, ts n b vnt.Y

By Michael Schneider

Good Deedfor the Day

SIGN o the times?

BE AN EXAMPLE

o good deeds (Titus 2:7)

ISLAM AND THE TEMPLE MOUNTA revealing Muslim testimony


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ARAB POLITICAL CARTOONS

Five Palestinian journalists, threerom Gaza and two rom the so-

called West Bank, have been black-st n vn ws tbu- Is junsts n Avv. T vntws spns b T Is Pjt nbugt tgt junsts bt f I- k.

Aer learning o their participa-tn, t Pstnn Junsts Sn-t, w s nt b Pstnn M A Faction, charged the ve journalists

with promoting normalization withI x-pulsion rom the organization. Tesyndicate established a special com-tt t qustn t junsts, n

Journalists Punishedfor Ties with Israel

to be meted out or uture violationso the ban on normalizing relations I.

T junsts Gz even harsher retaliation aer Hamaslabeled them collaborators. Pales-tinians accused o collaborating withIsrael are oen executed in the most .

F W z P k -cuse Israel o holding up progress to- , or Palestinians to actually coexist I .

Ts s sp sus wn t st Pstnn junsts, s t bn ninteracting with Israelis violates ree-dom o the press and guarantees that I .

PA Shuts DownChristian TV Station

In a sweeping action against televisionand radio broadcasters who had pur-

portedly ailed to renew their licenses, P A (PA) Bethlehem-based Al-Mahed (Nativity)V, C the Palestinian-controlled territories. Al-M

PA z .S bs t Pstnn Junsts Snt s t v

, k .

T PA - gvng t bsts t t st ut t nns n p t pp. B k .

T P A, , permitted the stations to reopen, but Al-Mahed owner and manager SamirQ apology rom Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime MinisterS F.

AMERICAN TUNE: The US and Israel control theUN Security Council (the record player)

Tishrin (Syria)

THE ROADMAP: Obama holds the Israeli occupationby the hand while leading the Palestinians in chains

Al Jazeera (Qatar)

TUNNEL VISION: The US sees the worldthrough Israels eyes

Tishrin (Syria)

ORIGINAL SIN: Israel takes a bite out o Gaza

Yasser Ahmad(Syria)

MUFFLING the press


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P A l e s t i N i A N s

The Arabs living under thePalestinian Authority (PA) inJudea and Samaria (the so-

called West Bank) have received

more than $1 billion in internationaldonations annually over the past de-cade, by ar the most oreign aid percapita o any people group on earth.Te annual amount o aid is greater - P- .

Such an infux o capital shouldv n xt pstv pt. Anyet, the Palestinian economy contin- .

A top Palestinian economist ac-knwg n n ss t t Unt- N S A t Pstnn Pp tt st tgn s t bng spn by corrupt ocials or simply squan-dered by mismanagement. Dr. Gha-nia Malhis o the Economic PolicyResearch Institute in Ramallah esti- donated over $12 billion to the Pal- A

n 1994. Nn-gvnnt gnz-tions (NGOs) such as the UN Relieand Works Agency (UNRWA, whichs spnsb Pstnn ugs)

P- .Malhis explained that these sums

nus nsng tt t P- A GDP $4.5 billion a year, and that there aren un t n Pstnns PA .

One cannot but eel that theseresources have been wasted, Malhis. W $12-bn nvstnt suts n su , k .

In addition to mismanagement,the PA is rie with corruption. Forx, PTk k o an aide to Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas purchased a plot Israeli-controlled, military no mans J R!

Palestinians SquanderingForeign Aid

T x, $2,700,000 P-ian Authority rom an account at theBnk Jn t n, wt P- Tk k KSalaam. O this sum, $750,000 was Bk Jn ts, w nts t t nvv- k zzo unds donated by the international P.

Malhis noted that the PalestinianAuthority spends about 60 percent o and armed orces, disproportionate to be building a viable and indepen-dent economy. ypically, she tried to I, -

I stifing the Palestinian economy andthat i the occupation would end, .

B M -ment by pointing out how much bet- P when the area was still under Israels f. T P-estinian Authoritys GDP was 13 per- 1995 , personal income was a whopping 30

. T 1995, P - I and maintaining a healthy economic.

In comparison to the rest o theArab world, the West Bank experi- into Israels hands in 1967. Tat only t Fst Intiada (Pstnn upsng)erupted in 1987. Ten, the prosperity O A 1993collapsed in a wave o violence andterror when Palestinian leader YasserA S I 2000. A , ,to make the transition rom guerrilla , P- . Y

By Ryan Jones

CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT

The Palestinian Authority, led byMahmoud Abbas, has wasted billionso dollars in international aid


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F o c u s o N J e r u s A l e m

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wsp n t H Ct n ntn t sttus-q x J, C M.

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T ntn s bn vt b wts bng sb s n t bg-

gst uptn sns n Iss s-t. F Jus M U Lu-pnsk, n ut-Otx bb, wsst n gtns bb. But tn suspt s P MnstEu Ot, w ws t sgnn 2008 v spt uptn gs w s unt n t.

P -lars changed hands in a controversial

construction project that has marredthe Jerusalem landscape. Dubbed theconcrete monster, the Holy LandProject has urther tarnished the im- I .

Olmert, 63, allegedly took morethan $800,000 in bribes when he was J 1990 t uxu ptnt pjt ppv,despite zoning laws and oppositionrom green groups and local resi- - -

ings as an eyesore on the biblical

Olmert Implicatedin New Corruption Scandal

Probe targets top officials in Jerusalem Municipality

landscape. Other senior municipality .

As in previous scandals that havegg , Ot n n wng-ng. I v nv bn bbsn I nv pt bbs, s. Hsb t gtns s tssssntn.

Olmerts political downall begantwo years ago when American-Jewish M k that he gave Olmert envelopes stued

wt tns tusns s n sto support a lavish liestyle, including

ancy cigars and hotels and rst-class. I , - - J -z k .

Te Holy Land aair is the latest . F -stance, a ormer nance minister was zz n tx utts ng g- . T a crisis in leadership that has eroded .

I O - P 97 bb tn Ju n S J. Y

By Shlomo Mordechai

Jewish and Christian pilgrims mixed with Arab shop-keepers, who were doing a brisk business, in the narrow,bbstn ws. On Tus nstn, tusns Jws gt t t Wstn W t Pst Bssng(N 6:23-27), F Cj G F , J 14 S C.

Its so wonderul to see so many people rom dierentplaces who come together to pray, Bud Baker o Winston-S, N C, israel today.

I q H C, J - J , .

B I j B, - t, s R V Mn n t Pppns.I H L I j.

H Wk R D.I j I

k , Ax W L A, C-n. Jsus Cst vs n Hs Sv n R!Y

By Shlomo Mordechai

Holy Week in the Holy City

IS RISEN!ster at theurch o thely Sepulcher

'CEMENT MONSTER': Millions o dollars in alleged bribes changed hands


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T O I A

I W S 1998.A Christian sailor, today the pastor o that church, savedhis ship in an act o great heroism. In return or this, he . B, . T q : W W DC k A?

Te sailor shrugged and laughed.Why are you laugh-? k . H : F, I C-. G I . S-ond, I wouldnt want to be on that ship because God wouldst tt sp n n b. T ptn sk t s US N. H C W?

We are not talking about the Russian, urkish or Arab, - C , U S A.

In, Psnts J Ct, Gg H.W. Bus (S.),B Cntn n Gg W. Bus w s subsvnt t tAb gn, un t gus t n p u.E G W. B, I W H, : A P 2008.

But ws tn s- Cstn psnt ng tbng t Ab/Is gn, s Mus ps-nt fng un t wt n n pt

incorrect enough to stand up and say: Tep s n ts! , t Unt- Stts s psnt b t n Mubk Hussn Ob. Unt pv-n tws I bv s Mus.

My wie Rachel, who monitorsAb ngug bsts IsR, pk up vng stt-nt n t Run b Sw nEgpts N V. Egptn Fgn

o P i N i o N

Obama and the Muslim AgendaMnst A Abu Gt s n-n-n t-ng wt Ob, w t tt ws Mus, t sn Mus t n stpsn Mus stpt, tt s-bts n Kn w Muss, n tt ws sp-tt t t Mus gn. H sk t Abs t sw p-tn. Ob ps tt n v s stAn ssus (k t ), wu sw tMus w w wu wt Is.

P-A, - C .But how concerned should we be i the US President is aMuslim who is loyal to the Muslim agenda to isolate andweaken Israel? When the Palestinians talk about nothing I , k J , , A ?

I n unstn w P Mnst Bnjn Ntnus s nt nt t n Ob. But I tnk t wu bvus t wk wt t US Cngss, t-quts w -nt snt t Ob nsttn tt nng tt tstp ssng Is (s pg 3). Cngss st stns wt Is.

In addition, Obama is losing support among AmericanJws. W 78 pnt US Jws vt n t 2008tns, nw p sws tt t, 48 pnt unppwt s pn n n 42 pnt st suppt .Ps s sw tt tn 60 pnt An Cs-

tns suppt Is.It s t t t n wknng ng u

tu btn n s n A: Cngss,t Jws n t Cstns. W ust wktgt t twt t gng n

btwn t US n t Ab-Isgn. W ust p n wknngng t Jws n Cstn vv Iss suvv.Y

By Victor Mordecai

For books and info: www.vicmord.com

HEAD OF THE NATIONS: Obama gathered world leaders, but Netanyahu stayed away.Israel eared its nuclear program would be targeted, taking the ocus o Iran.


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And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenlycome to His Temple; and the messenger of thecovenant, in whom you delight, behold, He iscoming, says the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1)

*Avinu SheBaShamayim W P M Bj

N US J. M J ! (I 44:26). T O I A, US C A C I. (P 3, 16-17)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim M M T , Y . U x T -

J A k. VY N (Ezk36:23). F B x I. (P 4-5, 8)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim G I I, - k. P I I . (P 6)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim Ex P A P PA H. M PA H , (M12:25). (P 10)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim R L. Ex - j. (P 11)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim C C L , . B C k I. (P11, 20)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim P I - . (P 27, 29)

* Avinu SheBaShamayim I J k I-. (P 31)

Intercession for Israel

* Our Father in Heaven

Stand in the GapB y s v i S a d a n

Inant

Innt (tinok), n t sntng ns M, I 53:2: F H H k . T H tn st syonek, w s tinoka nursing inant. Isaiahs description indicates that I k : H . H , .

A P 8:2: F Y -lished strength. Tis verse leaves one wondering G .

T , I 9:6, k psn w s sutnus bss n wsthan the sages. Little wonder that mystical writings q I.

One such text appears in the Zoharin a section Yenuka (nnt n A). It sbs wRabbi Yitzhak and Rabbi Yehuda, two prominentsages, arrived in the village o Sichnin and met the R H gu. T t sks t t pp t sgs , , -

not yet prayed the Morning Prayer. Amazed at the , bless him. At this point, a remarkable conversationk I .

Utterly astonished by such remarkable wisdom,R. Yehuda says: We have never heard such words;, I , . R. Y k q, wt t ws: Bv sn t H On, bssbe He. Although the child consistently dees their - k , I: D S, H (P 2:12).

T Z to constitute a continuation o the New estamentaccount Luke 2:46-47: Ten, aer three days they H , teachers, both listening to them and asking themquestions. And all who heard Him were amazed atH H .

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100 Names of the Messiah



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w o r d F r o m J e r u s A l e m

For You Are

our FATHer

e k, . E we do not have good athers, we should not be , . H -

x also that the blessing o a atherno matter what kind oather he iscannot be drowned in water nor burned by, I

F (43:2).Tis attitude enables us to ulll the commandment to , L G , , (D 5:16). T also conrmed by Yeshua (Jesus): Honor your ather and, [] k (M 15:4). G .

E I, b G, tst, Yu, O L, u Ft, u R Y (I 63:16).

A ather is someone who has athered children. TusG s u pt. F s pp ts tggs ng-tv sstn: Ts psn v t , but tn k . G, , , H.

G H I (D 7:7) C J (J15:16), n tus vng t bgttnt. As Puss, F ts sn, I bw kns b t Ft, (E 3:14-15).

T Jws g G st n st s t Ftnn tn s t Kng. Ts s n b n t - ,Avinu Malkeinu (O F, O K), Y K (D A). T 25 ,

Avinu Malkeinu. It is prayed with a chant and refects the G F.

Wn Jsus ws sk w n su p, H nsw

Avinu shebashamayimOur Fatherwho is in heaven(M 6:9).T G F I 63:16: Ki

ata avinu( Y F). T G F G k ; H , H H.

I G , H , H I M (Church) stray rom the correct path? Shouldnt He, as ourloving Father, prevent this rom happening? Aer all, OurF G, .

T P P S (Lk15:11-32). W , , G F H pn s. In, t Ists n t PsL, .For whatever is born o [athered by] God overcomes the (1 J 5:4).

T O F -nptnt, t u, Ct vn n t. TugHis power and mercy, those who err in mind will knowthe truth, and those who criticize will accept instruction(I 29:24). Y

B y L u d w i g S c h n e i d e r


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b i b l e s t u d Y

The Sabbath (Shabbat) Readings

May 1 ShabbatEmor SayLeviticus 21:1-24:23; Ezekiel 44:15-31

May 8 ShabbatBeHar/Behukotai Mt. Sinai;My Statutes

Leviticus 25:1-27:34; Jeremiah 16:19-17:14

May 12 Jerusalem Day

May 15 ShabbatBemidbar In the (Sinai) Desert

Numbers 1:1-4:20; Hosea 2:1-22May 19 Shavu'ot Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)

Genesis 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-31;Ezekiel 1:1-28; 3:12; Book o Ruth

May 22 ShabbatNasso Take the Sum

Numbers 4:21-7:89; Judges 13:2-25

May 29 ShabbatBehalotecha When You Light Numbers 8:1-12:16; Zechariah 2:14-4:7

Torah PortionsMay 2010(rom 17th o Iyyar to 18th o Sivan 5770)

Babylon and Rome are analogouss t tw w pws tt -

stroyed the emple. Tat is why manypeople interpret Babylon in the Booko Revelation as reerring to Rome.By the end o the Fourth Exile all othe Jewish people will have returnedhome to Zion. As o today, over threemillion have already returned to Is-rael rom 127 countries. According toMessianic expectations, the buildingo the Tird emple will take place atthe end o the Fourth Exile. Ten, theMessiah will come, which or Chris-

The Hebrew word for exile is Galut or golah, and denotes the Jews living outside of Zion

their biblical home of Judah and Israel. History records four periods of exile:

I. The exile of Jacobs descendants in Egypt lasted 430 years until the

Exodus, which became a prototype for redemption when, under Moses

leadership, God brought the Israelites into the Promised Land.

II. The exile of the Ten Tribes from northern Israel started in 722 BC.

They are known as the Ten Lost Tribes, but in our day they are returning

to Israel. Examples are Jews from Yemen, Ethiopia and even India, which

lies on the far side of the legendary Ten Tribe river, the Sambatyon.

III.The Babylonian Exile began with the destruction of the First

Temple in 586 BC, when the Two-Tribe Kingdom of Israel was

taken captive: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and

wept, when we remembered Zion (Psalm 137:1). This exile endedwhen Cyrus the Great issued an edict in 538 BC, allowing the Jews

to return home.

IV. The Fourth Exile began with the destruction of the Second Temple

by the Romans in 70 AD. The actual dispersion of the Jews throughout

the nations, however, only began in 135 AD, under the Roman Emperor

Hadrian who renamed Israel, Palestina.

tians will be the Second Coming oJesus.

Following the First Zionist Con-gress in Basel, Switzerland in 1897,Teodor Herzl spread the hope o a Z. H k H J -portance o their biblical homelandgiven to them by God, where they - . T S I M14, 1948.

Ang t t ps n As

9:14-15, there will not be a Fih Exile:I will also plant them on their land,and they wil l not again be rooted outrom their land which I have giventhem, says the Lord your God. Y

By Ludwig Schneider

Israels Exile


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MODEL DESIGN rom 1912

F orty-three years ater Israel captured Jerusalems Old City rom Jordan during the Six Day War in 1967, the historicHurva Synagogue has been rebuilt!The synagogue was ounded in the early 1700s by ollowers o Judah he-Hasid, but it was destroyed a short

time later in 1721. A nancial dispute developed over construction o the synagogue, and as a result,

unknown vandals set the building on re and it was let a ruin (hurva in Hebrew).

In 1864, the Perushim (an ascetic group o the time) rebuilt the synagogue. Although

ofcially called the Beit Yaakov (House o Jacob) Synagogue, it retained its name as the

Hurva. It served as the main Ashkenazi (Jews o European origin) synagogue until it was

reduced to rubble by the Jordanian army during the War o Independence in 1948. The

Arabs hoped to destroy Israeli morale by razing the center o Jewish lie in Jerusalem.

Ater the reunication o Jerusalem in 1967, there were various proposals or

what to do with the site. It was nally decided to place an arch thereas a reminder o the synagogues once magnicent dome and the

desecration committed by the Arab Legion. The arch remained

until the synagogue was rebuilt.

Over the past 100 years the Hurva has served as a link

between Jews o all backgrounds: Ashkenazim and

Sephardim (o Oriental origin), secular, religious

and Zionist. Reconstruction o the synagogue was

discussed or nearly 40 years until 2006, when

the Israeli government decided to rebuild the

landmark using old blueprints, sketches and

maps.Y

Famous Jerusalem

Landmark Rebuilt

THe

HurVA

Photos:TheCompanyfortheReconstructionandDevelopmentoftheJewishQuarter

MICROCOSM: I you look at the Hur vas history, you see thehistory o the Jewish nation, said PM Netanyahu. Thatswhy it should be rebuilt, just like the state o Israel.

THE SYNAGOGUE in 1935



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ARK OF THE COVENANT in 1920

THE ARTIST at work

FULL HOUSE with400 soldiers in 1942

THE ARCH was a symbol o loss and gain


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IsrAel


d e b A t e

Israel as a People

Te biblical nation o Israel con-

sisted o the 12 tribes which bear thenames o the 12 sons o Jacob, or Is-rael. Apart rom the kinship shared , I Hngug n t t n t n G.Tis was unique within the prevalent .

G (YHVH), - J E, I M

S. F I - G Hown possession (Deuteronomy 7:6-8),to whom God gave not only the enCommandments and the orah (theF Bk M), -tire Bible including both the Old andN .

Te Kingdom o Israel, ounded S D, the death o Solomon in 926 BC. A-ter this only the Northern Kingdom, 10 , I, S, J Bj, -came the Kingdom o Judah. At thattime the name Jews (rom Judah) I.

Israel as a Land

G, L I(H: Eretz Yisrael) .

S rom the Nile to the Euphrates, but itmust also be pointed out that this re-

Asnnts. As t t n n-, ,Abraham had not only Ishmael, born H, I, S, x K. T-ore, some scholars believe the regionbetween the Nile and the Euphrates A .

I Ezk 47:13-20, L I and conorm precisely to the borders

given by Moses to those sent to spy L (N 34:1-12). Tcould mean that these are the uturebs Etz Ys w n tmidst o the Arab nations, descended A, I .

T ppu vw ng OtxJ, CZ I ps, nt Is (Gnss 17; G- 4), b t ntn t Jws pp.

Israel as a State

On May 14th, 1948, the indepen-n t Stt Is ws UN P P N- 1947, Jand an Arab state. Te Jews accepted , A j f J .

T -snt Jws stt tugt unng n Zns t t

end o the 19th century by visionaryT Hz. As sut nt-S- q o European Jewry by the Nazis, thetn Jws stt b vt J .

Te State o Israel was establisheds pnt . T t-zns Is nt n Jws, but sMuslims, Arab Christians and other .

Israel as a CommunityFollowing the 6th century BC

Babylonian exile, the sacricial wor-ship in the emple was supplemented , S- . S o the emple in Jerusalem in 70 AD,Jews have only been able to worshipin synagogues. Israel is thereorealso the community, or congregation,that gathers in a synagogue. It could I RCunt t Jws Cngg- C.

o describe the Church as Israelleads to Replacement Teologythe C Israelwhich neither Jesus nor the . A , npt t Cut un-t nggtn Ysu (Jsus)s J . Y

B y L u d w i g S c h n e i d e r

The name Israel is derived from the patriarch Jacob (Genesis 25), who was renamed

Israel by God (Genesis 32) after wrestling with the Lord. Israel means: The one who

struggles [or wrestles] with God or The one for whom God fights or El [God] battles.

One PeopleOne Land

One State

One Community


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P r o P h e c Y

Our lives as human beings,which relatively speakinghad remained the same or

, 100years or so changed rapidly. ake theintroduction o steam power ollowed , - n t ntn bustn ngn, , - , - j j. T tzs nw ks t ps-sb t p ssv vsts. Ts t-nus vnnts v

, tvsn, u pns n tIntnt spng nws tugut t .

At t nt vpnts nt ng w n b us gor evil. When used wrongly they resultin horric catastrophes, such as in Au-gust 1945 wn t bbs n H-s n Ngsk, Jpn tk t vs tn 200,000 pp. Sxt-vyears on, the nuclear weapons industry

s vp v gt n s-pstt wpns ss stutn.Is t nn tt ts sus

, -, wn u w s ng t tssw w bng st t n n? Fstthe world will go up in fames at thetime o the Last Judgment, and thent wn t Gn Ag w ngu pnt t su n xtnt tt v- .

God has a thousand ways and H . Hw nt n k us ts u-lous sources o energy that have been Last Judgment, but also to renew theearth. Just as at the time o the foodin biblical times, God continues tok 2004 I O -quake and tsunami, whose giganticwaves claimed the lives o more than

From Natural Disasters

to End-Time Blessings

230,000 . S ,s w s t wpns ss stu-tn t b n, su us us t k .

Yt Gs pn svtn s ntend with death and destruction, butrather with a completely new world:F , I ; (Isaiah 65:17). Te present naturaldisasters, which are causing ear and

t upn nkn, justt bt pngs tt p t ng M G .

A t G spk t nkn A: C ; t. Bt tns n tsts t s gw ; you will eat bread (Genesis 3:17-19).B , : Fthe anxious longing o the creation

waits eagerly or the revealing o thesons o God. Forthe creation itselalso will be set ree rom its slavery

to corruption into the reedom o theglory o the children o God. For weknow that the whole creation groans - (R 8:19-22).

I -s utunss tn t us tt ws upn t ust st b . T st already be seen in Israel, which has : I thorn bush the cypress will come up;n nst t ntt t t w (I 55:13).

Tis culminates in the MillennialKng, wn t sug OgnSn w b v: An t w wdwell with the lamb, and the leopardwill lie down with the young goat k x. T

nusng w p b t tb, n t wn w put s . T hurt or destroy in all My holy moun-tain, or the earth will be ull o theknwg t L (Is 11:6-9).

Ten the earth will no longer be , S-tn, t w G s gnt tnreedom to act (see Job 1, 12, 16, 19) . Mk P,

G (1 C 15:28). Y

By Ludwig Schneider

BIRTHPANGS OF THE MESSIAHThe Bible says natural disasters will precede the coming o the Lord


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20 | May 20

c h r i s t i A N s

R n Sn Sns n 25

L t t Unt Stts I n gw t t Jws pp. Lkmost ministries, Christian Friends oIsrael (CFI) started out small, but al-ready in 1985 Ray and Sharon knewG , .

wnt-v s g t ws vxtng n ppt t n Is,Sn Sns t israel today.T Jws pp w ng n w w n t gun t w-

t.But it was not with banners and a

grand welcoming committee that theS -ing Jews. Teir rst encounter with J Mevaseret Zion, where many o theEthiopian Jews arriving in the airliknown as Operation Moses were be-ng us. T Sns gnz t

t p Cs- . T x B.

From that point on their missionwas clear, and CFI has been growingever since. Its ministries include anoutreach to Israeli soldiers, ood dis-tribution and other assistance or the

n, nst t t Hust t ns nw gnts. T tst

tns t CFIs pt pjts I SLebanon War in 2006 and to bringcomort and nancial support to theJ Gz 2005.

On t n tngs w wnt -, ,

S . T k . undo some o the damage that his- C J, G n t L Jsus. pstt, w t tt w t humbly, not prideully, to the Jewish.

D , CFI - .T Sns s ts ws n t n-tns G gv t wn ng t z:

T ws pp gvn t us,and it directly states who we are. Te

word came that we would not explodent t gts but wk n t pts.Tt nt w wu nv b t bg-gest, brightest star in the heavens, butt n tt sns n bngs gt tt vs pp. Tts bn u wk.

With that mandate constantly be-ore them, CFI has concentrated onsharing our hearts, letting the Jewishpeople know that we are so sorry or k -t Cstnt, ttng t knw

, G k k .

But wt bn n s t-s. gt wt st t Evng- C I, CFIs bn t b t Mnst In-ts kwn n vss gn-s, w s t Cstn v- . H CFI 25- , S .

W t Jus bus ts sttgw G s pnt us. W gt t b J, w bv s s t Gs t, S-ron said. We look orward to the u- G . W n ut w, n w n t tk L. Y

ChristianFriends of Israel at 25B y R y a n J o n e s

CFI will mark its 25th anniversary with a spe-

cial conerence May 31-June 3 in Jerusalem. For

more inormation: www.cfjerusalem.org.

CALLED TO ISRAEL: Ray and Sharon Sanders

HELPING THE NEEDY: New immigrants at the CFI Distribution Center


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My attention was drawn to thebn Orphaned Landnt b t

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o the Hebrew word or(light) and theEngs wn, w light. Te main concept is the battlebetween light and darkness.

T v psnts t sng,Kb F, n t ss g Jsuswt wn tns n uns . Nxt t stns t gustsng, St Lv, pssb nt t bM Mgn. Fnkng ts tw g-us tw Abs png t Sid-dur, t Jws p bk, wn nt t tw Otx Jws knn t pstn Mus p.

T z religions that are in confict with one M E. O DVDattached to the album, Farhi explains W L -ously interpreted as the Messiah, theS, [] N Mx.

T bu ts s s-, -

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Orphaned Land:

Jesus in Israeli MetalB y s v i S a d a n

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Lets hear what you have to saytheyu JsusTs s t bggst pb- wv v . Ts s stng w k . T - unbvb. Its s ug. Its s bg.

Ts s nt n tt F b-vs n Jsus. F , Jsus ws wsJws un bng ws ssg swt stnng t t tn gtngv. Jsus ws ss. H ws nn gt, just s F sks t b w gt.. Y

WARRIORS OF LIGHT: An Israeli band considerslight and darkness

JESUS WAS COOLLead singer Kobi Farhi


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d i A s P o r A

JerusalemiteDesignsOlympic Gold

B t tts pt n t2010 Winter Olympics, another

pttn tk pt wwould design their medals. And thewinner was Jerusalem-born architectand industrial designer Omer Arbel,

who lives in Canada. Arbel said that wnt t b unqu, tvk t tn n psn s-pts t Op jun wnn.

Te design includes an undulating f C B C O k . S-ps n s twk b - C H, -

A 6 (170 ), among the heaviestn Op st.

Ask but s nntn t Is,Arbel, who moved to Canada with hisparents at age 13, said, Hebrew is myst ngug. Wn I , tts tlanguage that my dreams are in. But tt s wk tnsns n-gug n p.Y


A C - S H (G

Hvn) Snggu, w ws but n1899. T x ,consisting o a bottle o suluric acid ,exploded in the street. Tere were no

injuries or damage and the assailants.Te synagogue, which serves

Cairos tiny Jewish community, em-

Cairo Synagogue Bombed

Marrano Rabbi Returns to Spain

ployees o the Israeli Embassy andJewish-American exchange students,s n us n t Sbbt n Jwsholidays. wo additional synagogues Cairos Jewish Quarter, the Rambamand Karaite Synagogues. Tey willserve the remnant o a Jewish com-munity that has existed in Cairo or .

I 1940, -ment o the State o Israel, there were80,000 Jews in Egypt. Tis number -wng s, w w k bws btwn Egpt n Is, up unt C D 1979.

oday, there are only about 100 Jews C. Y

In un sn t xpusn t Jws Spn ung t Inqu- 15 , Marrano

. M (S ) S P J Cts, but w st kpt ptng Jus.

Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, a ather o 12, isrom the settlement o Shiloh in Samaria. He wasappointed as a representative to the Marranos byShavei Israel(Ts W Rtun t Is), n -gnztn t t skng ut t Lst bs I. A S, t sk ut snnts t Mns, k J ,and encourage them to make aliyah( I). Y

GATE o heaven

LAST REMNANT o a thriving Jewish community

BACK to the Diaspora

GOLD MEDAL or Israel


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A r c h A e o l o g Y

M -z Jn, t 15 s (25 k.)

, A. I

C M k Bz-antine Period in the 6th and 7th cen- AD. T t Mb Mp, 6t-ntu sthat bears the oldest existing map o H L.

Clearly visible is the western gateinto Jerusalem leading into the mainstt. Ag xvtns wn .

Some still exist today, such as theC H S, -ditional site o Jesus crucixion andresurrection. But until now, the main CJ .

In the past, excavation o the site Old Citys main trac route which . R -v, t nsst pub wks nJ G Ashuk (pn- kt) t w x I- Aq A.

Archeologists have uncovered thepaving stones o the Byzantine shop-png stt, w w un un 4.5 (15 ) .

Finally we have proo that thestreet really existed, said the head o x, O S. I the exact path that is marked on thes [Mb] p. T psn w

Byzantine Shopping District Uncovered

k H L .

Te exposed 6-meter (20-oot) sec-tion o the street passes rom the westinto the center o Jerusalems Old Cityn stns upn g stn tt sup-p wt t t ts 40,000 snts.T 96 q (1,000 q ) 5 - (16.5 ) . M .In addition, pottery, coins and bronzewgts us t su pus ts Bz .

Ts stt ws t nt ung tmost [commercially] successul periodin the history o [ancient] Jerusalem,S . I [stt] tu psv t ut t 1,500 .

Te excavation also revealed an q J, AD.It was ound beneath the road in the D C M D S.

Te side o the aqueduct was dis- x-vation, Sion said. When we removedthe stones in its side and peeked intoit we saw a splendidly-built aqueduct walk crouched down or a distance ox 40 [131 ]. I

v xtng t tnk tt n n s st .

F x, -ings will be recovered to restore thef O C. Y

By Netanel Doron

X MARKS THE SPOT

Archaeologist

Oer Sion with the

Madaba Map

LAYERS OF CIVILIZATIONThe ancient shopping district is

in the same area as todays Arab

bazaar in Jerusalems Old City


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c u l t u r e

T D M, H, C , . H, A, 2010 Y Dwith special exhibitions around the city and the opening o the DesignM .

T , , I R A. I x PC P N Yk M M A, z 21 . I , I D A Cond Nast Travelerz.

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Israel Museum Gets a Facelift

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- Yossi, did you hear about this? TheJordanians are nally demanding the re-turn of the Dead Sea Scrolls that Israel

stole from them.

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- Really???

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these scrolls, which prove the exis-

tence of the people of Israel thou-sands of years ago and the existence of

the Temple in Jerusalem!

- This is a Jewish conspiracyto build the Third Temple!

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generAtion to generAtion: When Britishdiplomat Herbert L. Samuel (1870-1963) took over

as the rst high commissioner or British MandatePalestine in 1920, he also became the rst Jew to rule

over the Holy Land since the destruction o the Second

Temple in 70 AD. Samuel, whose Hebrew name wasEliezer Ben Menachem, served in

the position until 1925. Eighty-ve

years later, his grandson, who has

the same Hebrew name, took part

in the inauguration o the rebuiltHurva Synagogue in the JewishQuarter o Jerusalems Old City

(see pages 16-17).

JerusAlem rebuilt:Following the reconstruction

o the Hurva Synagogue, the next project isthe Tieret Yisrael (Glory o Israel) Syn-

agogue which is also in the Jewish

Quarter. This once magnicent edi-

ce, built in the mid-19th century,

was destroyed by the Jordanian army

during the War o Independence in

1948, as was the Hurva.

hAil the emPoror! Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I

(1830-1916) visited Jerusalem in 1870. While touring the

Tieret Yisrael Synagogue with its Austrian-born Rabbi

Nissan Bek, the emperor asked: Where is the dome?

Rabbi Bek quipped: In honor o

Your Majestys visit, the building

took of its hat! The emperor

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associated with his gravesite. American JeremyHulsh, 31, Vera Wister, 32, Sk, - J.

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GRANDPAS SECRETS: An Israeli soldier makes an emotional visit to Auschwitz

INTERCONTINENTALcouple

SHOUT JOYFULLY,you waste places o Jerusalem!

(Isaiah 52:9)

GATES OF ZION (Psalm 87:2)


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hey met while at-tending a conerence oryoung Jewish entrepre-neurs rom all over theworld, which included avisit to Herzls grave. Notlong ater, while hikingtogether on Mount Mer-

on in northern Israel,Hulsh proposed

marriage. hatdid it or Wister who then madealiyah (immigrated to Israel).

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