Author: David Rutman

Many elected officials, candidates, political analysts and podcast hosts affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, and related far-leftist ilk, probably don’t kiss their mothers very often. I say this not only because their parents must be embarrassed that they raised kids so woefully ignorant of history, hateful of America and its freedoms, resentful of […]

For more articles from The Media Line, click here. Nikolai Mladenov’s newly announced Gaza agreement offers a rare glimmer of hope amid years of bloodshed and despair. At its core is a straightforward proposition: the phased disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian terror organizations in exchange for the eventual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the […]

I read Elly Katz. I’ve published Elly Katz. But I’ve never met Elly Katz, so I never got to see her disability. Elly had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a rare connective tissue disorder that lacks a cure. What I knew very well about Elly was what she wrote. But those words, in an odd way, gave […]

Everyone has a breaking point. For UCLA Professor Judea Pearl, that breaking point came when a new report revealed an alarming rise in the boycott of Israeli academics across Europe and other Western countries, including the United States. Among the most egregious examples, BDS activists are pushing to sever ties between the European Union and […]

Recently I heard someone say that one of the biggest challenges of our time is being forced to choose between truth and tribe. It resonated me with on a deep level. I have identified as a liberal for most of my adult life because I care about equality of opportunity, individual rights, and racial justice. […]

Senator John Fetterman sat on stage in front of a packed room at Israel on Campus Coalition’s 2026 National Leadership Summit on Tuesday, August 4 in Washington, D.C., speaking about his unwavering support for the Jewish state. “I’m proud to be here today,” he told the audience. “It’s been very clear that if people or […]

Holocaust Museum LA, the anchor institution of the Goldrich Cultural Center, has added international tech executive Omar Mir to its honorary board of directors while announcing Mir’s support to expand the museum’s “Testimony of Truth” experience. Omar Mir, member of Holocaust Museum LA’s honorary board of directors. Courtesy of Holocaust Museum LA “We are very […]

Rabbi Daniel Costin Burg, the new leader of Hamakom in West Hills succeeded retiring co-senior Rabbis Richard Camras and Stewart Vogel just one month ago. But talking to The Journal on the Conservative congregation’s hilltop campus, he sounded and looked as if he had come home. In a way he had. Rabbi Burg was ordained […]

When I tell people I’m a nonobservant Orthodox Jew, there is usually a small pause, followed by a look that says: Pick one. I understand it. The phrase sounds like a hedge, or like someone claiming a title he hasn’t earned. But I don’t think it’s a contradiction. It helps to start with where this […]