SWIFT stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, legally S.W.I.F.T. SC. It is a Belgian cooperative society providing services related to the execution of financial transactions and payments between banks worldwide. Its system is used for many cross-border financial transactions. …

Deutsche Welle reported the following:

Germany’s Scholz seeks strengthening EU competitiveness

16 March 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday delivered a government address to the German parliament, the Bundestag, ahead of next week’s EU summit. …

The Temple Institute had the following in its newsletter today:

Adar 24, 5783/March 17, 2023 …

Yitzchak Reuven gushes over how Israel rolls up their sleeves and builds a house for G-d to dwell within, and about Shabbat Parashat Hachodesh – marking the day of our past and future …

In his newsletter this month, Mike Gendron led with the following:

Discerning Truth in a World of Deception

We are living in a world where truth is being twisted, manipulated and suppressed by hypocritical politicians, government agencies, religious leaders, corrupt scientists and the liberal media. Our debased culture is redefining truth and reality. No one knows who to trust or how to avoid being misled or deceived. The only way we can be victorious is to fight the good fight of faith against …

The Temple Institute had the following in a newsletter today:

Adar 17, 5783/March 10, 2023

As we begin this week’s Torah reading … This Shabbat is also habbat Para, in which we also read from Numbers, chapter 19, verses 1-22, which discusses the red heifer (para aduma). …

A reader sent me a link to the following by Jared Dyson:

God is creating something beautiful in you

March 9, 2023 …

Each and every one of us is unique. We are all different, with different challenges, different circumstances, and different experiences in life. Yet, we all have one unique thing about us. We will never be the beautiful vessel that God wants us to be until we have been through the fire of life. …

The BBC reported the following:

The disputed history of the Coronation Stone

6 March 2023

On 6 May 2023, Charles III will be crowned on the sacred Stone of Scone – an ancient symbol of Scottish sovereignty whose history is mired in controversy and legend. …

NewsMax reported the following:

Oil for Charles III’s Coronation Consecrated in Jerusalem

March 5, 2023

Two senior clergymen in Jerusalem have consecrated the holy oil that will be used to anoint King Charles III during his coronation, as the Anglican Church seeks to underscore the monarchy’s long history and the royal family’s links to the Middle East. …

Here is more about the World Economic Forum:

To Technocrats, people ” become nothing more than cogs in the WEF’s great trans-humanist, technocratic machine.” This mechanistic thinking is at the root of Technocracy, which seeks to control all resources on the planet, including humans. As such, it is anti-human and anti-civilization. ⁃ TN Editor …