Dispatch from Jerusalem

A Jewish Look at Intercession

{image_1} Today, Israel is in critical need of faithful intercessors. According to David Nekrutman, executive director of the Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation, it is a subject on the minds and hearts of both Christians and Jews.

When Netanyahu Goes to Washington

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On the Peace Process

“I am willing to make painful compromises to achieve this historic peace…This is not easy for me. I recognize that in a genuine peace, we will be required to give up parts of the Jewish homeland. In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. We are not the British in India. We are not the Belgians in the Congo. This is the land of our forefathers, the Land of Israel, to which Abraham brought the idea of one God, where David set out to confront Goliath, and where Isaiah saw a vision of eternal peace. No distortion of history can deny the 4,000- year- old bond, between the Jewish people and the Jewish land…

Ancient Agrarian Culture

{image_1} The Bible uses many illustrations from everyday life to explain the character and nature of God and our relationship with Him. Often deep spiritual truths are communicated by use of symbols which were commonplace in biblical times. However, we live 2,000 years after the time of Yeshua (Jesus) and 3,500 years after the times of the kings and prophets and are so culturally removed from their reality that often we miss rich insights.

A Garden of the Prophets and Sages

{image_1} Have you ever tried to imagine what the Land of Israel looked like when David sat on a hillside with his sheep or what it was like to be a shepherd boy? Have you ever been around sheep, walked in an olive grove, or seen a sycamore tree? I remember the thrill of first seeing a real shepherd with his sheep and walking down a dirt path that wound through a quiet olive grove. It was so easy to imagine Jesus and His disciples walking just up ahead.

A Garden of the Prophets and Sages

{image_1} Have you ever tried to imagine what the Land of Israel looked like when David sat on a hillside with his sheep or what it was like to be a shepherd boy? Have you ever been around sheep, walked in an olive grove, or seen a sycamore tree? I remember the thrill of first seeing a real shepherd with his sheep and walking down a dirt path that wound through a quiet olive grove. It was so easy to imagine Jesus and His disciples walking just up ahead.

Wisdom—Chokmah

{image_1} I frequently pray for wisdom, as I am sure all leaders do. Often, only the most difficult problems reach my desk since everything that can be solved by others has already been dealt with. I simply could not do my job without wisdom from the Lord. When King Solomon became king, he also recognized his need for wisdom. The Lord appeared to him one night and said, “Ask! What shall I give you?” Solomon responded, “Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?” (2 Chron. 1:7, 10).

Here Comes the Sun!

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A Miniscule Mouse

{image_1} How small can a mouse be? “Small. Really small.” That's the answer of Israeli start-up MicroPointing's CEO Ailon Tamir. His company is developing what looks to be the world's smallest mouse device—as minuscule as one square millimeter.

An Artificial Nose Detects Cancer

{image_1} One of the most exciting advances in non-invasive diagnostic tools for cancer and kidney disease is the invention of Israeli-Arab chemical engineer Dr. Hossam Haick. A professor at the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haick's unique specialty is using breath analysis to detect disease.

An Artificial Nose Detects Cancer

{image_1} One of the most exciting advances in non-invasive diagnostic tools for cancer and kidney disease is the invention of Israeli-Arab chemical engineer Dr. Hossam Haick. A professor at the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haick's unique specialty is using breath analysis to detect disease.