An apocryphal story is told of Napoleon Bonaparte entering a darkened synagogue and observing weeping Jews, sitting on low stools. Asking what misfortune had occurred to cause such behavior, he was informed that it was the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av.
On that day, as Napoleon learned, Jews commemorate […]

I updated the title of the story to highlight the fact that while the Iranian press published this story, it has appeared no where else. It seems as though the article is entirely a fraud. It certainly makes me sense a certain measure of desperation coming out of Iran… “Pay […]

About two thirds of the [Israeli] public want the Temple rebuilt, including about half of secular Israelis, a new survey conducted for Ynet and the Gesher organization revealed.
The survey was held by the Panels Institute among 516 respondents that are a representative sample of the adult Jewish population. The margin of […]

(IsraelNN.com) The Temple Institute will begin building the sacrificial altar on Thursday, Tisha B’av, a fast day when Jews mourn the destruction of the Temple some 2,000 years ago.

The sacrificial altar was located in the center of the Temple, and upon it the Kohanim (priests) offered the numerous voluntary and […]

AINA: Conference season starts a bit early for Islamists hoping to make Britain part of the Islamic caliphate (Khilafah), and Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s national Conference, “The Struggle for ISLAM and the call for Khilafah” in London today will certainly be one of the less tedious get-togethers this year (although less chance of a boozy […]

Muslim principal allegedly irate that wrestler left Islam to be baptized. So much for all of the American Muslim calls for tolerance.

WND: A high school hall-of-fame and Christian wrestling coach in Dearborn, Mich., claims he was muscled out of his long-tenured coaching job by the school’s principal, a devout Muslim, because the […]

Derek Leman’s Blog:
How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! . . . She weeps bitterly in the night, tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously […]

JPOST: Jesus supports the IDF and he wants his believers to be the best soldiers they can be.
Members of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. That was the message conveyed by members of the local Messianic Jewish community via sacred texts, prayer and talks, to a group of […]

Hat Tip Haggaj:

(IsraelNN.com) As Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning over the destruction of the Temple, approaches, Members of Knesset met to talk about the Temple, its role in Jewish life, and Israel’s approach to the Temple Mount today.

Dr. Mordechai Keidar discussed the political implications of Israel’s stance vis-a-vis the Temple Mount. Referring […]

Piece by piece, the Islamist AKP Government of Turkey is chipping away at the only arm of the Turkish government left that has not fallen to the Islamists.

SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Two retired Turkish generals went on trial on Monday in a group of 56 people accused of planning a coup in […]