A Memoir of Miracles: The Joseph and Rebecca Bau Story

A petite, Israeli woman named Clila Bau-Cohen is telling us the story of her parents, Joseph and Rebecca Bau. Her accented English is animated and frequently tinged with delight as her parents’ story unfolds. This is a love story—with all the joy and optimism that embodies true love. But the romance between Joseph and Rebecca

The World Is Silent, Except When it Comes to Israel

The massacre in Mosul and its surroundings is shocking. Everyone is killing and massacring everyone. Not just ISIS. The world is watching. The world knows. And the world is keeping quiet. It also happened in Aleppo in Syria. The big hospital was ruined. The world knows, watches and keeps silent. The world’s greatest power has

Renewal of Nature

“For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender shoots will not cease.” Job 14:7 Traveling through the lush, forested areas of the Jerusalem hills, it is difficult to imagine the dry, barren landscape that the pioneers of the State of Israel found

The Language of Destruction

My friend, Henry, (not his real name) was in his early teens when the Nazis came to power in his native Germany. Although Jewish, he was extremely popular in his German school, elected president of his class, a football hero and a star pupil. One morning as the school day began, Henry’s teacher called him

Tastes of the Promised Land

I never expected to fall in love with Israeli food. The Promised Land, I presumed, was famous for echoes of events of times gone by, the footprints of biblical characters and locations made famous by Scripture. Tasty treats and mouthwatering meals, I reasoned, did not fit into such a mental picture. Of course, I hardly

Israel–Arab States’ Relationship Status: It’s Complicated

For years, Arab nations have kept Israel at an arm’s length and avoided public moves that would imply there was any relationship between them at all. But during the last year, a former Saudi Arabian general actually visited Israel, the Egyptian foreign minister paid an official visit to Jerusalem—and those were just two of the

A Godly Generation in Critical Times

American journalist, Tom Brokaw, argues that the World War II generation, more commonly called “The Greatest Generation,” is to be credited with much of the freedom and prosperity that America enjoys today. They were a generation born and raised in tumultuous times marked by economic depression and war. Yet, they developed values of “personal responsibility,

Sweet Potato “Cups” filled with Dried Fruits and Couscous

Ingredients: 5 slices of sweet potato, each 2” thick 5 tbsp. date honey (or regular honey) 3 tbsp. roasted almond slivers 3 tbsp. prunes, cubed 3 tbsp. dried apricots, cubed 3 tbsp. dried cranberries 6 dates, sliced 2/3 cup cooked couscous, seasoned with salt and pepper 1 onion, sliced into small cubes Olive oil Brown

Diapers Made from Jellyfish

What do jellyfish and diapers have in common? They are both contributors to environmental problems today. Warmer ocean temperatures have produced, among other things, an ever-increasing number of jellyfish; and, disposable diapers, which take hundreds of years to disintegrate and therefore are overwhelming our landfills. Two unrelated problems solved with one creative solution from Cine’al,

Genetic Contributor to Alzheimer’s Identified

A new Tel Aviv University study identified a gene coding for a protein that turns off neurotransmission signaling, which contributes to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The gene, called RGS2 (Regulator of Protein Signaling 2), has never before been implicated in AD. The study, published in Translational Psychiatry, may lead to new avenues for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease—possibly

Netanyahu: I’m hopeful about our region

“There is hope in your future,” says the LORD, “that your children shall come back to their own border.” Jeremiah 31:17 The Middle East Is Changing “I’m going to dispel a longstanding myth about me and I think you should brace yourselves. If you read some of the, well the other papers in this

Rare First Temple Document Revealed

A rare and important document written on papyrus and dating to the time of the First Temple (seventh century BC) was exposed in an enforcement operation initiated by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)’s Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery. The document was illicitly plundered from one of the Judean Desert caves by a band

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