Dispatch from Jerusalem

More On The James Ossuary

Just when you thought the James ossuary was a fake, world experts declare it is authentic. When questioned about the James ossuary inscription, which reads, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus,” paleographer Ada Yardeni said, “If this is a forgery, I quit!”

Unusual Trade: Israel Exports Surplus Apples To Syria

For the second straight year, Israeli apple growers expanded their customer base
to include an unlikely, but eager purchaser of their surplus produce–Syria.

Olmert: We Must Evacuate Jews

During his victory speech on March 28, Ehud Olmert made clear his administration will immediately seek to “evacuate Jews” from most of the West Bank [Judea and Samaria]. Kadima officials also have stated the party would seek to give parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians to form a state.

Probing Into Tel Dan

Tel Dan is located in the Hula Valley, where the largest tributary of the Jordan River begins its southern journey. The scenery is breathtaking, as well as inspiring, when one considers the vast wealth of history it has experienced.

Predictions of the West’s Demise

“We say to this West, which does not act reasonably and does not learn its lessons: By Allah, you will be defeated. You will be defeated in Palestine…True, it is Israel that is being defeated there, but when Israel is defeated…those who call to support it are defeated.

Counting the Omer The Value of a Day: Crispy Barley Cookies

By Charleeda Sprinkle

“ You shall count fifty days…” Leviticus 23:15. Pentecost (Greek, meaning “fiftieth”) or Shavuot (Hebrew, meaning “weeks”) is a biblical feast that starts this year on the evening of the second of June. Although there are 50 days between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot, the two holidays are very connected, because God tells us to count the days between them—a command most of us overlook. Jews call this “counting the omer” (a sheaf or measurement of grain).The counting always starts on the second day of Pesach.

From Without… How Hamas Suicide Bombers Say Good-Bye

One of Hamas’s more recent videos features the “good-bye” statements made by two would-be Hamas suicide terrorists (see “Farewell Videos” on PMW Web site): “Jihad is the only way to liberate Palestine—all of Palestine—from the impurity of the Jews.”

Lost Cousins Reunite After 66 Years

For 66 years, Ella Friedvald, 82, and her 79-year-old sister Lila were sure that their cousin Krystyna had been killed in the Holocaust, just as she was convinced they were long dead.

After all, the three women were barely teenagers when the Germans invaded Poland and their families were separated. After the war, Ella and Lila settled in Israel, while Krystyna, 79, made her home in the United States. But a faded postcard sent from a German labor camp 60 years ago and the determination of a very persistent octogenarian to claim her family’s pre-war life insurance benefits led to their reunification.

From Within…Arab Party Seeks To Eliminate Jewish Identity Of Israel

The platform of the Israeli Arab political party Balad calls for transforming the Jewish State into a Jewish-Arab state with no distinct Jewish character. Arutz Sheva’s Dalia HaLevy probed into the Arabic-language Web site of Knesset Member Azmi Bishara’s Balad party, also known as the National Democratic Assembly (NDA). NDA’s platform negates the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, which defines “the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.”

Meet the New Prime Minister

Ehud Olmert is the head of the Kadima party, a new party established by Ariel Sharon. In the March 28 election, the Kadima party received 29 seats in the Knesset, catapulting Ehud Olmert to the position of Prime Minister. So, who is Ehud Olmert? Olmert’s father, Mordechai, was a Russian Jew but studied in China and made aliyah (immigrated) from there to the British Mandate in 1933. Mordechai served in the third and fourth Knessets and was deeply involved with economic policies as a revisionist.