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  • From Netivyah, Jerusalem.

    By Joseph Shulam. Our congregation in Jerusalem is Roeh Israel. The English translation of our congregation’s name is Shepherd of Israel. Last Shabbat, When the time came to open the Torah cabinet and the Torah Scroll was taken out of the iron fireproof metal safe, my eye caught the difference between the two poles of […]

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Forty-Four.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Vaetchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11. 17th August 2024/13 Av. Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. (Deuteronomy 3:27) Picture by Helen McNeill. On Tuesday of this week, Tisha B’Av […]

  • BLAME GAME.

    UK Christians shocked by Archbishop’s call for Israeli withdrawal. by Charles Gardner. A call by the Archbishop of Canterbury for Israel to end its ‘occupation’ of Palestinian territory has been met with shock by UK Christians supporting the Jewish state. In welcoming the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s presence in the so-called […]

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Forty-Three.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22. 10th August 2024/6 Av. On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law. (Deuteronomy 1:5) Picture by Helen McNeill, including imagery linking to the Haftarah portion for this week, Isaiah 60:1-22. Remembrance is a major theme in Scripture. It occurs in […]

  • THE MISSING LINK.

    Christian convention glosses over Israel – the biggest issue of the day. by Charles Gardner. I have just returned from what must surely be among the most inspirational Christian events on the planet. The Keswick Convention will be celebrating 150 years of its annual Bible teaching festival which now runs over three weeks in the […]

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Forty-Two.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Matot/Massei: Numbers 30:1-32:42/Numbers 33:1-36:13. 27th July 2024/21 Tammuz.  Everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. (Numbers 31:23) Picture by Helen McNeill. Next week […]

  • Victory over Goliath.

    Inspiring memories from 1967 and 1924. by Charles Gardner. I have just been sent a Daily Express newspaper cutting dated June 9, 1967, full of smiling faces as Israel swept to victory in the Six-Day War. Described as “pictures of victory…of a people happy to be in complete control – for the first time in […]

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Forty-One.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Pinchas: Numbers 25:10-29:40. 27th July 2024/21 Tammuz. On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work. (Numbers 29:7) Picture by Helen McNeill Coming to what will seem like wilderness days in today’s world, we will do well to consider […]

  • Shabbat celebration at No 10.

    New British PM Sir Keir Starmer’s family keep Jewish traditions. by Charles Gardner. Following the Labour landside in the British General Election, the nation long responsible for spreading the gospel across the world is having to get used to a new Prime Minister who doesn’t believe in God. Sir Keir Starmer, a lawyer who is […]

  • Developing the Theme of Family through the Torah Portions. Number Forty.

    Dr Clifford Denton. Balak: Numbers 22:2-25:9. 20th July 2024/14 Tammuz. I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. (Numbers 24:17) Picture by Helen McNeill The spiritual power to bless or to curse is shown through the Torah portion […]