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A vicious wave of anti-Semitism is hitting the United States
Just since the first of the year, nearly 70 Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) have received bomb threats.
Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized around the country -- in St. Louis alone in recent days, more than 100 headstones in a Jewish cemetery were destroyed.
Anti-Semitic attackson American college campuses have nearly doubled, according to ADL.
Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders are speaking out, as they should. So are the President, senior administration officials and Members of Congress, denouncing these attacks and calling for action to protect the Jewish people.
Over the weekend, in a show of solidarity with the suffering of the Jewish people, Vice President Mike Pence -- a devout Evangelical Christian -- took his family and advisors to the Dachau concentration campin Germany.
"Today, 11 Jewish community centers received phoned-in bomb threats," reported the JCC Association of North America.
"This comes in the aftermath of three waves of bomb threats in January (Jan. 9, Jan. 18, and Jan. 31), resulting in, through today, 69 incidents at 54 JCCs in 27 states and one Canadian province in total," the JCCANA reported.
"All bomb threats in both January and today have proven to be hoaxes, and all JCCs impacted have returned to regular operations." Thank God.
President Trump -- whose son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is Jewish, and whose daughter, Ivanka, converted to Judaism to marry him -- has been criticized for not speaking out faster or more forcefully.
“The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible, and are painful, and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil,” the President said, according to the New York Times.
Such hate-driven attacks against Jewish people (or Muslims, or Christians, or atheists or anyone else) are so ugly and despicable. Let's be faithful in praying for them to stop, but let's also look for ways to take a stand against such hatred, and stand with -- and care for -- those who are suffering right now.
[I'll provide updates in the days and weeks ahead.]
[NOTE: the image is the cover of Time magazine from the summer of 2002.]
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After CBS announced its sitcom Living Biblically, FOX joined the biblical TV train with its drama The Scroll.
Icon Queen Latifah is behind the project, which Holly Carter's faith-based entertainment company Releve will produce.
The Scroll will reimagine some of the Bible's most popular stories in present day through a group of friends and colleagues that are modern-day versions of some of the Bible's most notable characters, Deadlinereports.
Carter's Releve Entertainment also produced Preachers Of ... series on Oxygen! and BET's 106 & Gospel. She's worked on films including The Gospel starring Idris Elba and Boris Kodjoe; In the Mix starring Usher Raymond; Mama I Want to Sing with Lynn Whitfield, Hill Harper and singer Ciara; and A Beautiful Soul starring Deitrick Haddon and Harry Lennix.
Carter also contributed to major gospel stars' careers, including Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Cece Winans, Mary Mary, Kierra Sheard, Mali Music and Deitrick Haddon.
The Scroll is in development to hit the network next season.
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A member of Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces takes his position during a battle with Islamic State militants in Andalus neighborhood of Mosul. (REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani)
Michael Youssef Warns of Impending Terrorism in the US: The Barbarians Are Here
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While the debate continues over recent US immigration policy, Dr. Michael Youssef's latest book, The Barbarians Are Here, highlights the urgency for Christians to respond to the current crisis of radical Islamic terrorist attacks in the West.
"For decades, Westerners were vaguely aware that Islamist barbarians were in the deserts of the Middle East, executing infidels and raiding villages with unrecognizable names. Then came the terrorist attacks of 9/11, followed by attacks at the Boston Marathon, San Bernardino and more. Now terrorists seem to be emerging everywhere, unleashing senseless death and destruction on our nation. They are here, and their goal is nothing less than global conquest," said Dr. Youssef. "There is hope to overcome the threat Islam poses to the free world—but we must act now before it is too late."
He added: "This book is not an assault on Muslim people. I love Muslims and have all my life. This is why, with God's help, I founded a ministry which is now actively proclaiming the gospel, discipling the lost and helping the persecuted throughout the Muslim world. However, I am not afraid to call Islamic terrorists what they are."
Of the more than 40 books he has written, Dr. Youssef believes that The Barbarians Are Here is the most important book he has ever written: "This book is the culmination of my 42 years in the ordained ministry. It is the apex of my passion to reach the lost for Christ and proclaim the gospel of the truth of Jesus Christ. I say this not out of pride or because of something that I have done, but because its message is a burden that God has placed on my heart."
Even before its official March 7 release, the book has already seen an overwhelming response, with hundreds of thousands tuning in to a TV special and ordering the book, already making it a top seller in its genre.
Lieutenant Colonel Allen B. West, Executive Director at the National Center for Policy Analysis, has commended the book for its bold insights, saying: "The world has witnessed a policy of delusion, appeasement and denial when it comes to engaging the global Islamic jihad movement. Dr. Michael Youssef sounds the clarion call on this clear and present danger, providing a critical exegesis of what we must do."
R. Albert Mohler, Jr, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has also provided a strong endorsement of The Barbarians Are Here, and said: "This book is an illuminating discussion of the times and of the challenges Islam poses to the advance of the gospel. Let this book shape how you think, pray and take the gospel to the ends of the earth."
Dr. Youssef concluded: "We are not doomed to destruction, even though the barbarians are already here. But we haven't a moment to lose. I want to urge you with every ounce of my being—read this book."
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