Jul 28, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1852 that poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, author of such poems as “Paul Revere’s Ride,” visited the Jewish cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. His visit to the centuries-old cemetery inspired him to write a poem about those who were laid...
Jul 28, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,” Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is high; and it is not the Lord who has done...
Jul 27, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1969 that the remains of 25 members of those who had committed suicide at Masada in 73 A.D. were interred at the foot of the mountain with full military honors. To most Israelis, the story of Masada is equivalent to what the Alamo is to many...
Jul 27, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; they have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation. (Deuteronomy 32:21) Once again, through His servant Moses, the Almighty addressed the issue of...
Jul 26, 2024 | All Posts, On This Day |
It was on this day in 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln revoked orders that had been issued by Ulysses S. Grant expelling all Jews from military districts under his command. Grant’s General Order #11 ordered Jews off of their property simply because they were Jews....
Jul 26, 2024 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they did not know, to new gods, new arrivals that your fathers did not fear. (Deuteronomy 32:17) Throughout this prophetic song, there are those constant reminders of Israel’s penchant for infidelity and the...
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