Archive for December, 2007

By Sara A. Carter - A strict policy to arrest, prosecute and jail illegal aliens who cross into the U.S. has shown significant success in reducing crossings and crime along the Texas border, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officials said this month.
The first 45 days of Operation Streamline — a collaborative effort of local, state and...
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By Miguel Angel Gutierrez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought.
Mexican archeologists found the ruins, which are about 36 feet high, in the central Tlatelolco area, once a...
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The North Korean government is reportedly setting up fake underground churches and disguising national security agents as defectors to expose Christians, reported a North Korea-focused online news agency.
The North Korean government is reportedly setting up fake underground churches and disguising national security agents as defectors to expose Christians, reported a North Korea-focused online news agency.
The Daily...
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One by one, the sacred relics - a medal of the Virgin Mary, a crucifix and other revered objects - are taken from a cupboard and placed on an altar for a Christmas Eve rite passed down through centuries from Japan's earliest Christians.
Then, kneeling in the simple hall built where martyrs are said to have been burned...
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Deal gives synagogue privileges for $1 a year
Boulder soon will feature an eruv, a thin filament strung on utility poles, to accommodate Orthodox Jews
BOULDER, Colo. – The city of Boulder has given permission for a string to be connected to utility poles so members of an Orthodox Jewish congregation to carry on their lives...
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, by Naomi Wolf
"So it turns out that we are at war -- a long war, a global war, a war for our civilization."
The line might well have been written by Norman Podhoretz but in fact it comes from Naomi Wolf in her...
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by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon
My brush with anti-Semitism.
The request hardly seemed unreasonable.
"Pardon me, I seem to have run out of tissues. Can I please get some more?"
Larry was just one of 160 of us who journeyed to Eastern Europe for nine days this past August. It was Day Two...
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Israel's Home Front Command is preparing the public for possible war scenarios.
The Home Front Command on Sunday launched a public information campaign, during which every Israeli household will receive a manual titled "Being Protected and Prepared." The manual, which is available in several languages, instructs the public on subjects such as the type...
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Israeli scholar believes Christ's birth was in Galilee town with same name
As millions celebrate the birth of Jesus, a question has arisen about the actual location the Son of God came into the world.
The Bible mentions Bethlehem in both the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but an Israeli archaeologist believes another...
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Israeli law forbids non-Muslim worship while Hamas broadcasting from Judaism's holiest site
By Aaron Klein
Temple Mount
JERUSALEM – Rabbinic leaders and Temple Mount activist groups here today demanded the Israeli government allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site.
Israeli restrictions forbid Jewish prayer on the Temple...
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