Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying: “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.”
Shana Tova—A Good Sweet Year to You!
We don’t normally think of the Scots in terms of those who rescued Jewish people from the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. When the name, Jane Haining, from Dunscore, Dumfriesshire in Scotland came to my attention, I determined to know more about her courageous selfless life.
What does my Scottish-Irish-Norwegian background bring to the discussion about Israel, you ask?
Despite the narrative routinely championed by the liberal media, Israel’s War of Independence was a defensive war—a war of survival. Simultaneously attacked by five Arab states and perilously outnumbered by armies with superior weaponry, Israel emerged the victor with God’s help.
O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
The Balfour Declaration accelerated movement toward a homeland for the Jewish people and was the first recognition of Zionist aspirations by a world power.
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