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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Gilboa Mountains in Israel (1920 photo & today)
Mystery Picture -- Where Was This Picture Taken?
A Satellite Photo Helped Find the Location
Is this Kibbutz Tel Yosef? Photo from the "Cigarbox Collection"
of Dr.Othniel Seidon
The composition of this photo is striking -- a new Jewish settlement
The composition of this photo is striking -- a new Jewish settlement
at the foot of a mountain ridge and at the bottom of a gorge. On the
back someone wrote "Tel Yosef 1921," apparently the year, the only
date found on a photo in the Seidon collection. The kibbutz was named
after Yosef Trumpeldor, a Jewish Zionist hero who died defending
the Tel Hai settlement in 1920.
The photo is an enigma. Tel Yosef is located in the Jezreel Valley in
The photo is an enigma. Tel Yosef is located in the Jezreel Valley in
northern Israel, not located at the base of mountain. Research into
Tel Yosef's history uncovered that the kibbutz was located a few
kilometers away in its first years, and was located where Kibbutz
Ein Harod is located today. But it too was not at the foot of a mountain.
Beit Alpha at the foot of the Gilboa Mountains. Note the
gorge (Google Earth)
Modern technology helped us locate the chalutzim's (pioneers)
settlement 90 years ago.
A Google Earth search of the Jezreel-Gilboa area quickly found a
A Google Earth search of the Jezreel-Gilboa area quickly found a
possible location of the mystery picture -- the Kibbutz of Beit Alpha.
The settlement at the foot of the mountain and the gorge appear identical.
We checked Beit Alpha's history and photo archives and confirmed
We checked Beit Alpha's history and photo archives and confirmed
that the Cigar Collection photo was Beit Alpha and not Tel Yosef. T
he picture below shows the same tents and buildings.
From Beit Alpha's archives. Note the same tents and cabins
From Beit Alpha's archives. Note the same tents and cabins
as the photo on top
Saturday, May 25, 2013
"Man Cave" with Current & Historical Memories
Sharing my "man cave" with you!
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People, Inc.
Jerusalem, Israel and Iowa Hawkeyes flags
Derek Prince Ministries conference poster 2005
Western Wall photo from 1985, I Love Israel towel
I Love Israel towel
Derek Prince Ministries, All Nations Church
and Vision for Israel photos
USA & Israel flags
Vision for Israel Hanukkah t-shirt 2009 in Charlotte, NC
Vision for Israel Hanukkah t-shirt 2009 in Charlotte, NC
Star of David stained glass
Photo with Avraham Saidan
and the Martins
in Jerusalem 2004 (top shelf)
Otto & Lorraine Unzicker and Lila Martin
(2nd shelf)
The Western Wall
The Western Wall
Israel & USA flags
Israel items from 10 trips
Western Wall photo (1985); Israel photos
Derek Prince Ministries
Paul Balouche, Robert Stearns, Don Moen
with Steve Martin (worship leaders)
Phil Keaggy with Steve Martin
(top middle photo)
- also Don Moen, Robert Stearns, Paul balouche
All Nations Church photos (left side)
NASCAR #24 Jeff Gordon
All Nations Church (Mahesh & Bonnie Chavda)
Derek Prince Ministries
Derek Prince Ministries
#24 Jeff Gordon & #11 Darrell Waltrip
Abraham Lincoln and Golda Meir
Derek Prince Ministries
"Prophetic Destinies" Conference 2005
Charlotte, NC
Otto & Lorraine Unzicker and Lila Martin
(2nd shelf)
The Western Wall
The Western Wall
Israel & USA flags
Israel items from 10 trips
Derek Prince Ministries
Paul Balouche, Robert Stearns, Don Moen
with Steve Martin (worship leaders)
Phil Keaggy with Steve Martin
(top middle photo)
- also Don Moen, Robert Stearns, Paul balouche
All Nations Church photos (left side)
NASCAR #24 Jeff Gordon
All Nations Church (Mahesh & Bonnie Chavda)
Derek Prince Ministries
#24 Jeff Gordon & #11 Darrell Waltrip
Abraham Lincoln and Golda Meir
"Prophetic Destinies" Conference 2005
Charlotte, NC
"Islam, Sharia Law & Chrislam" - Gen. Jeremy Boykin - Islam - Oak Initia...
General Jeremy Boykin - "Islam, Sharia Law & Chrislam"
Friday, May 24, 2013
A Jewish Family's Exodus from Egypt
A Jewish Family's Emotional and Harrowing Exodus from Egypt
Friday, May 24, 2013 | Yossi Aloni
Dina Ovadia, today a soldier in the IDF Spokesperson Unit, was born in Egypt not knowing she was Jewish until the age of 15. In an emotional interview published on the IDF website, Ovadia spoke about her childhood in Alexandria, the earthshaking event that changed her life, the discovery of her Jewish identity, and her immigration to Israel and integration into local society.
Going by the name Roulin Abdullah throughout her childhood, Dina always felt that she belonged somewhere and to something else, but wasn't quite sure what that was. "I attended a Muslim school, and we were made to study the Koran, but I was constantly asking myself, 'Why am I learning this?'"
Nevertheless, Dina dedicated herself to her studies and began to excel. "They they told me to start wearing a veil during Koran lessons," she recalled. "I wasn't crazy about the idea. As a child, I felt it would make me look ugly." When Dina refused to wear the veil, her parents moved her to a Christian school where she felt much more comfortable, but still not quite at home.
Dina went on to talk about her constant struggles to fit in, and secret visits to local mosques and churches, which her parents had forbidden her to enter, though without explaining the reason.
"I never imagined that I was Jewish."
The discovery of her true identity will forever be with Dina as the most traumatic event of her childhood. On what was turning out to be a normal day at home studying while her brother and cousin played on the computer, suddenly the silence was shattered by the sound of gunfire and breaking glass. "I became frantic, fearing that someone was coming for us because we were somehow different from everyone else," said Dina. "I went outside and saw five masked men, Islamic activists." Armed with clubs and rifles, the men demanded to see the master of the house, whom they labeled "a Jew," an assertion that, at the time, was incomprehensible to Dina.
"I thought to myself, 'What the hell!,'" Dina remembered. "I did not understand why they were calling us Jews."
As the men entered the house, they threw Dina's mother into the hallway, causing her to faint. "They began to shout, and I was sure they had killed [my mother]," said Dina. "Then they went upstairs and I heard shots. I was sure my brother and cousin had been murdered."
Following their rampage, the Islamists informed the family that it had several days to leave Egypt, and in the meantime could not be seen outside the house. If the children were seen going to school, they would be abducted. "Islamic activists surrounded the house and began shooting into the air, cursing us as Jews."
A few days later, Dina's grandfather assembled the whole family and revealed the shocking truth. "He explained why he had kept us from getting too close to other religions, told us that we really were Jews, and informed us that we had a very short time to get out of Egypt," she said. "He told us that we were going to Israel."
Dina had a difficult time accepting this news, especially the part about moving to Israel, a country she had been taught was the enemy.
"At school we were always taught to hate Jews and Israelis," she said. "For example, one of my Koran tests included a poem calling for the murder of Jews. My grandfather did his best to offset this by telling us Israelis were not so bad. But at school we were taught the opposite. I even once participated in a demonstration where I waved a Palestinian flag, completely unaware that I was Jewish."
Exodus
The day of Dina's immigration to Israel symbolized the start of a new life. Finding herself on the airport in Tel Aviv, Dina and her family were greeted by an aunt who had fled to France with her family many years earlier. "It was weird. I did not understand the language, but I felt at peace," recalled Dina.
The family settled in Jerusalem and adopted Hebrew names. "I wanted so badly to fit in, but the first time I read the Jewish prayer book I held it upside down," she laughed. Dina's new beginning was far from easy. "One day at school I passed a girl who shouted, 'Hey, Arab girl!' And she and her friend started fighting with me and my cousin. The reception was not always pleasant."
After high school, Dina began her military service, passing between several positions before finding herself in the Spokespersons Unit, where today she manages the IDF's Arabic language accounts on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
"It's great to be able to show a positive side of the IDF to the Arab world," she said. "The best example was during the [last Gaza war] when our activities had a very big impact. Many in the Arab world were able to connect with us and come to realize that the IDF does not want to harm Arab civilians."
One day Dina hopes to return to Egypt, this time in her IDF uniform and tell the truth about Israel, especially to old friends who turned their backs on her after discovering she was Jewish. "I am Jewish, and I am proud of it."
British FM Denounces Terrorism, 'Settlements'
British FM Denounces Terrorism, 'Settlements'
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu & British Foreign Minister William Hague
CBNNews May 24, 2013
JERUSALEM, Israel -- British Foreign Minister William Hague said Wednesday's horrific murder in London by Islamists in his country reminded him of what Israelis have lived with for decades.
"We know the importance of defeating terror, something that is well understood here in Israel as well," Hague told reporters in Jerusalem Thursday, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hague referred to the Jewish state as "an important friend and strategic partner for the United Kingdom," later telling Sky News that his country condemns "settlements on occupied land," and Israel is losing support in England and other European countries over the issue.
Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Palestinian Authority leaders in Ramallah Thursday, reportedly offering to meet their demands for a construction freeze in all parts of Israel outside the 1949 armistice lines.
Dozens of anti-Israel and anti-U.S. protesters greeted Kerry as he arrived at the P.A.'s Mukata compound, waving placards denouncing perceived U.S. bias toward the Jewish state.
According to some sources, Netanyahu may have reneged on his promise not to impose another building moratorium after a 10-month freeze imposed by his government in 2010 failed to bring the P.A. back to negotiations, instead spawning more demands.
Mission Of Praise (1996) - Scott Wesley Brown - Hosanna! Music
Scott's Journey to Becoming a Musician
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My first attraction to music was my grandmother’s piano. It was one of those old Sunday
school uprights and barely in tune.
school uprights and barely in tune.
But to me it was the door that opened up into a world of endless possibilities,
especially for a three year old.
I received my first guitar for my seventh birthday and despite the fact that I had
no idea of how to tune it, I spent hours making up songs. But the real epiphany
came in sixth grade.
I was failing English grammar and my teacher was concerned that I just couldn’t
I was failing English grammar and my teacher was concerned that I just couldn’t
catch on. But then we launched into studying poetry. Our assignment was to
write a poem, which I accepted with great enthusiasm. I went home that night
with one single mission: to write a great poem!
The next morning I arrived at school so excited to turn my poem in to the teacher
The next morning I arrived at school so excited to turn my poem in to the teacher
and my heart leapt as she selected mine to read to the whole class. Before I caught
the bus home Mrs. Brewer asked me to write another poem and to bring it
back the following day, which I continued to do until the last day of school that year.
Each afternoon she would sit down with me and read through my poems helping
me steer through the grammar, the tense and the flow.
By the end of my sixth grade year I was starting to add music to those poems
By the end of my sixth grade year I was starting to add music to those poems
and thus a career was born. My first band, The Surfers, was formed.
Remember, The Beach Boys were one of the top groups then. Well, all
musical journeys need to start somewhere!
Little did I know in the sixth grade that I would end up in LA and Nashville
Little did I know in the sixth grade that I would end up in LA and Nashville
recording songs I’d written! Little did I know that I would discover what it
meant to follow Jesus! But the Lord captured my heart, and my music, and
has taken me on a journey around the world to over fifty countries and
every state in America.
Being a part of the early days of contemporary Christian music or “Jesus Music”
Being a part of the early days of contemporary Christian music or “Jesus Music”
as we called it in the 70’s was as exciting as blazing the new frontiers
of the wild west!
This was radical music for its time and just to see a drum set in a church
This was radical music for its time and just to see a drum set in a church
sanctuary was a marvel unto itself!
Times have certainly changed since the days when Larry Norman cried out,
Times have certainly changed since the days when Larry Norman cried out,
“Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?” Hundreds and hundreds
of music and worship CDs by so many talented Christian musicians have proven
that the music of the Kingdom marches on with each generation as they express
their adoration of our Redeemer.
My songs are all a part of my journey. I once said that they are my confessions.
My songs are all a part of my journey. I once said that they are my confessions.
They are also my profession: a profession of faith in the excellency of God!
To declare the supremacy of Christ through music, worship and mission is the
heart of all I do and all I sing. Soli Deo Gloria!
PS: And by the way, I got to meet The Beach Boys!
PS: And by the way, I got to meet The Beach Boys!
Israel Ministry of Tourism Newsletter - June 2013
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Messianic Believers in Israel
Jewish anti-missionaries take on Messianic believers
Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Israel Today Staff
The ultra-Orthodox organization Yad L'Achim has long been a thorn in the side of Israel's Messianic Jewish community. Sometimes more than a thorn - Jack Teitel, the Jewish terrorist who almost killed Messianic youth Ami Ortiz, is believed to have strong ties to the group.
Now Yad L'Achim is targeting a blossoming Messianic community in the coastal city of Bat Yam. The local edition of the Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot reported earlier this month that Yad L'Achim had received many complaints from residents upset about receiving "missionary material."
According to the article, local Messianic believers had visited homes in the area to share their faith. Yad L'Achim backers quoted in the piece also took offense at the reported recent founding of a new Messianic congregation, which they tried to paint as a "cult-ish" and "secretive" enterprise.
"We have a problem dealing with this issue, because the meetings take place in a private residential home in one of the apartment buildings so that naturally the activity there is very hidden and secretive," said one rabbi.
Oded Raban, a local Messianic Jew, refuted such nonsense, telling the paper that “there is nothing inappropriate in the [Messianic community's] activities ... [there is] no truth in the claims that we behave in an underhand manner. And if it comes across that way, the only reason is that we face such extreme antagonism, that it doesn’t leave us with many options.”
Raban reiterated what many other Messianic Israelis have stressed before:
"We have tens of thousands of believers in this country, and we are all citizens of this state. We are loyal to it, serve in the army, give to it, but our worldview is slightly different from other Jews’, and for that reason, other Jews see us as an anomaly. We, as our Jewish brothers, believe in God and see Him as the center of everything in this world."
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