Dispatch from Jerusalem

North American Aliyah Highest Since 1983

The aliyah (immigration) rate from North America this year is the highest it has been since 1983, according to the Jewish Agency. More than 3,100 North Americans moved to Israel by the end of 2005.

Tony Gelbart, cofounder of Nefesh B’Nefesh— Jewish aliyah organization, insisted, “This is just the beginning. We are rolling up our sleeves and getting to work…you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Light Rail Collides with Antiquity

About five kilometers (3 miles) north of the Old City, the Moriah Company––a municipal company contracted to prepare the infrastructure for Jerusalem’s new Light Rail system––unearthed a first-century community that existed sometime between the Second Temple destruction in AD 70 and the Bar-Kochba Rebellion of AD132.

Post Election Quotes

After Hamas won a landside victory in the Palestinian election on January 25, the following statements were made:

Help for Broken Vertebra

The first clinical trials of a new and minimally invasive procedure for vertebral fracture reconstruction have recently been started at the Beilinson Hospital in Petah-Tikva. The new method uses a smart implant made of Titanium that is inserted into the spinal cord of the patient using a small tube. The implant, called Bidex, grips a broken vertebra, and creates scaffolding, which lifts the vertebra up in order to allow the insertion of a special “glue” which is used to repair the broken vertebra.

Salt-Tolerant Plants – An Agricultural Revolution

The productivity of crops is greatly affected by salt stress. The progressive salinization of soil, estimated at around 20% of irrigated land, has made the genetic improvement of salt tolerance an urgent priority for the future of agriculture. Salt tolerant plants can facilitate use of marginal areas for crop production or allow a wider range of sources of irrigation water.

A Jot or a Tittle

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“I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” Matthew 5:18, NIV

De-Icer For New Car Models

As an Israeli, Solomon Franco had never experienced an iced-over windshield until he moved to London. After painstakingly scraping the ice off, he wondered how it was possible that humanity had developed the technology to reach the moon, but still had not figured out a way to automatically clear windshields of snow and ice.

Move Zionist Regime to Europe

More than once Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has publicly denied the Holocaust: “They have created a myth with the name of ‘Holocaust’ and consider it to be above God, religion, and the prophets.” Addressing an international summit of nearly 50 Muslim heads of state, he said, “Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces. We don’t accept this claim.”

3-Minute Bread! Matza Make Your Own

By Charleeda Sprinkle

“On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread” (Lev. 23:6).

Just about the first thing you think of when you think of Passover or Pesach is matza, the unleavened, cracker-like bread eaten during the eight-day festival. Why do I say eight when the above Scripture says seven? First comes Passover, commemorating the day the lamb was slaughtered and eaten the night before the Israelites left Egypt. The seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows, celebrating the actual Exodus.

Why Recognize Israel?

In an interview aired on Al-Manar TV on the day of Hamas’s victory, Hamas leader Mahmoud AI-Zahar put the organization’s principles forward very clearly, including plans to continue with terror.