Author: Teddy Chadwick

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Most Expensive City in the World

As of 2021, Tel Aviv has displaced Paris as the most expensive city to live in; also outpacing Manhattan and Singapore.

This is largely due to the dollar’s weakness relative to the strengths of the shekel. The result: a US dollar now trades at a 14% loss for the shekel. So the dollar’s buying power in Israel has decreased by 14%.

For every $100, now $114 are needed to buy the same amount of goods in Israel.

Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai quoted in Israeli media:

“Tel Aviv will become increasingly more expensive, just as the entire country is becoming more expensive,” he said in an interview with Haaretz. “The fundamental problem is that in Israel there is no alternative metropolitan center. In the United States, there is New York, Chicago, Miami and so on. In Britain, there’s Greater London, Manchester and Liverpool. There you can move to another city if the cost of living is too onerous.”

https://m.benzinga.com/article/24385642

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DVD’s are In: Handel’s Messiah

Hebrew-language Live orchestra and choir rendering of Handel’s Messiah.

Minimum donation $20 (add $5 extra for shipping from Israel), and with each copy shipped, we donate one copy FREE to someone in need. For multiple copies, just $10 flat fee shipping–no matter how many you request.

 

 

Just send an offering via JTOD “donate” link page and let me know how many copies you request. Audio CD’s also available for minimum $8 donation. The CD is an excerpt of the audio from the same concert as the DVD.

As you know, I’ve been a part of this choir and on the board for years, proclaiming the Word in song in Hebrew.

The quality of audio and video recording here is excellent. Messiah was originally composed in English in about 2 weeks by G.F. Handel and performed first in Dublin, and over the centuries has been translated into many languages. Finally, a first Hebrew translation has been sung within Israel since 2007 and this is perhaps the best recording, outdoors before a live audience gathered at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. A very special event, indeed.

Text from the back of the DVD case: “The beloved classical oratorio “Messiah” by G.F. Handel performed in Hebrew at the most apt of places – the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem where we remember the resurrection of the Messiah.”

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Concert Choir News

We have had a wonderful winter season of concerts for the Ensemble Choir program of liturgical Scripture classical music.

Now available: DVD and CD from our performance of Handel’s Messiah!

In Hebrew!

Recorded Live at Jerusalem’s Garden Tomb.

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Galatians 1: Don’t Pump a Different Gospel

This video on yt: https://j.mp/3mggF4g

Galatians 1:6-9’s protection against false gospels, prophecies, visions, dreams, PLUS: a new pump for bicycle tires makes all the difference.

Imagine this: A very eloquent preacher shows up in the city or on the internat and makes convincing arguments for why it all makes perfect sense to follow his religious ideas.  How can people avoid deception?  What if people cannot manage to formulate counter-arguments?

Or, this: A flash of lightning appears in the living room and a 15-foot tall angel appears wearing a white robe, with a loud voice and overpowering presence that immediately blows up the microwave, toaster, and all electric light bulbs.  He delivers instructions and a powerful religious message.  How does one deal with that?

Here in this video I attempt to explain a powerful Scripture that was given in order to help us.  If this info had been widely known, many lives could have been saved.  Don’t be duped!

 

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Will Gaza Attack Israel Again?

In May 2021, Gaza launched over 4,000 rockets at Israel, in many attempts to overwhelm Israel’s “Iron Dome” defensive technology. The tech still functioned at 90% effectiveness. Militant groups in Gaza are undoubtedly preparing for another attack, while regional powers such as Egypt and Qatar work for negotiations.

Jpost Article link: https://j.mp/37Mffpu