Random Act of Culture
A long time friend of Vistas sent this marvelous information and link to the below clip. No matter what your background--this is spectacular! Imagine shopping in one of the largest department stores, and suddenly an organ fires up and all throughout the store...
Weekly Bible Study~Vayeitzei~Genesis 28:10 to 32:3
This week's reading is Vayeitzei, "go out" and is from the book of Genesis, Chapters 28:10 to 32:3. Jacob leaves his hometown Be'er Sheva and journeys to Charan to the home of his uncle Laban. He stops for the night at a place that traditionally is considered to...
Kristallnacht~72 Years
During the evenings of November 9th and 10th, 1938, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were damaged or destroyed. The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem is holding a ceremony and symposium to mark 72 years since the Kristallnacht pogrom. The...
Now They are Putting Korans in Church Pews–Why?
This weekend, the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston along with Christian communities in Atlanta, Seattle, and Detroit will initiate a series of sermons that have been designed to produce an ecumenical reconciliation between Christianity and Islam. This...
Are Christians Being “Cleansed” from the Middle East?
The Mainstream Media, the UN and associates, and others, are constantly blaming all the ills of the world on Israel. Calls of brutality, apartheid and even comparisons to the holocaust. This is false propaganda, but sadly, we as humans are so tied to our evening news...
Befriend a Soldier
YNet News has published an interesting article about a New Website, Befriend a Soldier launched by former IDF soldiers aimed to connect discharged Israeli combat troops with the general population. It gives you, the general public worldwide, an opportunity to...
Bible Study for Week of 31 October~06November 2010
This week's study, Toldot, means "offspring" and "generations"; it also means "generations" in the more general sense, (ie) that which a person generates and produces. Thus, "the toldot of Isaac" are Isaac's two sons, Jacob and Esau, as well as the deeds and...
Israel’s Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace
From the time Israel was declared a state in 1948 it has been under attack. Time and again agreements have been drafted and even signed, but the violence has continued, with Israel so far being able to defend itself.Israel is one of the smallest countries in the...
Could this be Anti Semitism ?
During the 2010 World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Poland in an unprecedented move, an Iranian athlete took his place on the medal podium beside an Israeli athlete. The Iranian News stated:"This is the first time since the 1979 Revolution in Iran that an...
Outrageous! When did Rachel’s Tomb Become a Mosque ?
Arutz 7 has reported that on 21 October 2010, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) voted recently on a resolution prepared by seven Arab states, to officially declare Rachel's Tomb to be a mosque. UNESCO director Irena Bokova had...