Author Presents Clarity to a Misunderstood Messiah

Christian Newswire/:

Author Dan Kane addresses the identity of the Jewish Messiah in his new book, “Is Yeshua the Prophesied Messiah of the Hebrew Bible?” (WinePress, 2009).

“The Jewish people have never been presented with an accurate description of biblical Christianity. The Yeshua many rejected in not the Yeshua of the New Testament, but the Jesus of the cults. My book presents a clear picture of the Jewish Messiah as described by the Jewish authors of the promised second covenant.”

Kane’s book targets questions such as:

• Who was Yeshua, Jesus of Nazareth?

• What is the relationship between the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible?

• Where do the Talmud and other historical writings fit into the equation?

• Why did observant Jews use blood sacrifices for atonement and why did they stop?

Kane notes that the Christian Bible, like the Hebrew Bible, was written by HaShem-worshiping Jews. He furthermore posits that the promised new covenant welcomes both Jews and Gentiles.

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Obama doesn’t get it

Guy Bechor, YNet:

When I read that President Obama will call for normalization of ties between the Arab world and Israel at the early stages of his “peace plan,” I shrugged. Yet when I read that he intends to settle the Palestinian refugees in the Arab states they currently live in, and grant them monetary compensation, I was amused.

These are pipe dreams, just like the “Arab democracy” vision of his predecessor that collapsed loudly and brought disaster to the region. This is a rookie plan of an intern who believes that the Israeli-Arab conflict can be resolved with a quick and arrogant gesture. It is clear that whoever came up with this plan lacks understanding of the history, demography, and mostly the fears of the region.

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Reflections on the Iranian Enigma

by Victor Davis Hanson:

Thoughts on Iran

1)  Why did we reject the Bush policy of non-engagement with a monster like Ahmadinejad, who oppressed his own and threatened nuclear destruction to Israel? Is it all that moral, or all that wise, or all that much in U.S. realpolitik interests to apologize to a thug? Does it show solidarity with the Iranian people to court a nut? What is so smart in making Iran the center of our attention rather than the Maliki democratic government in Iraq? Hamas rather than democratic Israel? Is what we are now seeing in the streets of Iran proof of all the praise once heaped on theocratic “democratic” Iran by the likes of Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and the New York Times?

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Obama’s Persian Tutorial

By FOUAD AJAMI:

President Barack Obama did not “lose” Iran. This is not a Jimmy Carter moment. But the foreign-policy education of America’s 44th president has just begun. Hitherto, he had been cavalier about other lands, he had trusted in his own biography as a bridge to distant peoples, he had believed he could talk rogues and ideologues out of deeply held beliefs. His predecessor had drawn lines in the sand. He would look past them.

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The Times inconsistency on kidnapping coverage

by Ed Morrissey, HOT AIR:

Over the weekend, I explained my decision to stay quiet about the kidnapping of the New York Times’ David Rohde when I first learned about it in March.  The Times asked me to refrain from publishing it in order to keep from endangering Rohde, which I agreed could risk his life by giving the Taliban kidnappers exactly what they wanted — an audience.  I’m happy with my decision, but Marc Danziger at Winds of Change points out that the Times themselves don’t stick to that policy when someone other than a NYT reporter gets abducted:

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When America’s Enemies Experience Domestic Unrest

By Leslie S. Lebl, AT:

In 1980, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, a joke circulated in Warsaw: “What’s the difference between Afghanistan and Poland? Answer: Afghanistan begins with an “A” and Poland with a “P”. In other words, Poland might be Western and more prosperous but, in the end, it was just as vulnerable as Afghanistan to Soviet coercion.

That joke, however, has resonance today. The summer of 1980 saw the birth of Solidarity, a unique worker’s movement within and against the “worker’s paradise” of the People’s Republic of Poland. The philosophical and psychological impact of a working class rebellion was tremendous; it was in fact fundamental to the subsequent demise of the Soviet Union.

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Dodge Facts, Skip Details, Govern Chicago-Style

By Michael Barone, Examiner:

We pundits like to analyze our presidents and so, as Barack Obama deals with difficult problems ranging from health care legislation to upheaval in Iran, let me offer my Three Rules of Obama.

First, Obama likes to execute long-range strategies but suffers from cognitive dissonance when new facts render them inappropriate. His 2008 campaign was a largely flawless execution of a smart strategy, but he was flummoxed momentarily when the Russians invaded Georgia and when John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate. On domestic policy, he has been executing his long-range strategy of vastly expanding government, but may be encountering problems as voters show unease at huge increases in spending.

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Faith in man always disappoints (and always will)

President Obama’s Betrayal of Secular Jews

Iris Evans apologizes for nothing

Raphael Alexander, NP:

I have to admit that I’m a little surprised at the backlash over comments made by Alberta’s Finance Minister Iris Evans, and her subsequent apology. What’s even stranger is that a politician feels the need to apologize over something that is an entirely admirable belief.
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