Author Archives: Martin

Martin M. van Brauman     For you are a holy people to the Lord, your God; the Lord, your God, has chosen you to be for Him a treasured people above all the peoples that are on the face … Continue reading →

 Martin M. van Brauman   It shall be on that day that I will make Jerusalem for all the peoples a burdensome stone, all whose bearers become lacerated; and all the nations of the world will gather against it . … Continue reading →

 Martin M. van Brauman   Are the Jewish people, the elder brothers and sisters, fellow travelers under Judaism with the followers of Jesus on the way to the Kingdom of God? For from Zion will the Torah come forth, and … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman       Why do we pray?  Prayer is an outpouring of the heart.  This outpouring is derived from a communion with God.  We ask for new strength, vision, hope and understanding.  We seek help to … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman   The serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die; for God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman   In January of 2015, the mysterious death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman once again shows how the world ignores pure evil directed toward the Jewish people.  The next day, he was scheduled to present evidence … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman   There is a spark of divine light in all things.  That inner spark of divine light is created to improve man’s spiritual and material existence and is to varying degrees found in different religions.[1]  The … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman   The Christian theologian Paul van Buren in his book A Theology of the Jewish-Christian Reality called “the Jewish-Christian reality” a mental territory that will not allow for being Christian without a relationship with Judaism. God’s … Continue reading →

Martin M. van Brauman     During the end of the 19th Century and the dawn of the 20th Century, Theodor Herzl held a deterministic view of anti-Semitism as an eternal occurrence: Perhaps we could completely assimilate into the people … Continue reading →

 Martin M. van Brauman   In a suburb of Buenos Aires on May 11, 1960, Mossad agents abducted Adolf Eichmann, the monster behind the implementation of the “Final Solution,” and brought him to Israel for trial.[1]  Vatican diplomats called on … Continue reading →