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Palestinian family defends murder of Jewish man

Zionica — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:30:17 +0000

The family of 24-year-old Salam al-Zaghal is openly admitting to and defending his brutal murder of an Israeli Jew in Samaria last week. "What he has done is the duty of all Palestinians who suffer from the aggression of the army and the settlers," stated al-Zaghal's father, Ali al-Zaghal. It should come as little wonder…

Palestinian terrorist stabs Jewish man to death

Zionica — Sat, 04 May 2013 09:15:05 +0000

A Palestinian Arab terrorist on Tuesday stabbed to death a Jewish man waiting at a bus stop in central Samaria. The victim, Eviatar Borovzky, was to be laid to rest later that same afternoon. Israeli security forces immediately raided the home of the suspected assailant and took him into custody. It turns out the killer…

Who Killed Jesus?

Zionica — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:15:40 +0000

On the day of Pentecost, after healing a lame man, Peter said… Acts 3:12-15 …Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of…

White House map 'erases' Jerusalem, biblical territories

Zionica — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:00:29 +0000

Sources say Obama already has pledges to discuss land for peace The White House has released what it says is a map of Israel. The only problem is that Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights are missing. An Obama administration video highlighting the president’s plans for his Mideast trip depicts Jerusalem, the Golan and the West…

Children, Choosing Their Religion

Zionica — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:15:54 +0000

The fastest-growing religious affiliation in the United States is no religion at all. That has meant an increase in parents raising their children outside of the community provided by a church or synagogue. For Katherine Ozment, writing for Boston magazine, it also meant soul searching because, as she writes: As ambivalent as I am about organized religion,…

Churches Deserve Sandy Relief Funds

Zionica — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:15:27 +0000

Bill Donohue comments as follows: I have contacted House Speaker John Boehner asking him to support the amendment to the Hurricane Sandy recovery appropriations bill that was introduced by outgoing Senator Joseph Lieberman. The bill rightly says that houses of worship that were damaged or destroyed deserve federal assistance. I have also contacted FEMA chief…

The Twenty-Seventh Man

Zionica — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:56:18 +0000

On the night of August 12, 1952, a group of Yiddish writers was executed on Joseph Stalin’s orders for the crime of writing while Jewish. The executions, remembered as the Night of the Murdered Poets, were the tragic culmination of the grand romance between Jewish intellectuals and Marxism. Author Nathan Englander now has a new…

A Jewish View of Hurricanes

Zionica — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:36:08 +0000

With school closed, transportation suspended, and the local park off limits, I cast about for something other than “work” to fill the day. My thoughts turned to the weather, and I asked myself whether Judaism has anything instructive to say about hurricanes. Wind and rain are as old as creation. The ru’ah elohim, usually translated…

How Art Impacts the Brain

Zionica — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:43:57 +0000

Neuropsychiatrist and Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's recent book on the brain, art and the creative process is a fascinating look into the brand new area of research called "neuroaesthetics." Just as fascinating is his perspective on turn-of-the-century Vienna, the city of his birth, which later expelled him for being Jewish. When Auguste Rodin visited Vienna…