Author: David Rutman

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire and an end to the war between the two countries. Trump said the ceasefire would begin in about six hours, at approximately midnight Eastern time, when both sides would conclude any ongoing military operations. “It has been fully agreed […]

I realize there’s a lot going on in the world right now, so it’s easy to get distracted, but would someone please check in on former President Barack Obama. I fear that he must be seriously unwell. Israel’s pre-emptive attack against Iran nine days ago, and the knock-out punch delivered by the United States early […]

The U.S. military attacked Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump stated. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan,” Trump wrote. “All planes are now outside of Iran air space.” “A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, […]

The first siren caught me barefoot in Jerusalem, standing in a rented apartment from which I didn’t yet know how to flee. As a trauma psychologist, I arrived in Israel in late May, treating survivors of the brutal Oct. 7, 2023, Nova Music Festival attacks by Hamas, as they came to a retreat center in […]

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of North America has named two Los Angeles residents to leadership positions in its western and southern regions. Rachel Charnick, a former Jewish Journal reporter who published under the name “Rachel Brand,” has been appointed the managing director of Hadassah West, while Lauren Rothman has been hired as managing director […]

A lachrymose river runs, like the Tigris, through Samantha Ellis’s new book “Chopping Onions on My Heart: On Losing and Preserving Culture.” In almost every chapter, Ellis mourns the loss of yet another aspect of Iraqi Jewish culture, chief among them, the Judeo-Iraqi Arabic language, but also the nabug fruit, and the ability to fit […]

Since Oct. 7, 2023 my early morning routine has looked like this: reciting Modei Ani, the traditional prayer Jews say when they first wake up, and then hopping on my cell phone to scan what I had missed over the past six hours. All of us have become way too accustomed to being greeted daily with […]

According to Israeli news media, over 100,000 Israeli citizens have been stuck in the U.S. and around the world since the war against Iran began. The Israel Airport Authority (IAA) emphasized that “even when the Defense Department allows the resumption of flights, the flight frequency will be limited in order to minimize risks and ensure […]

Now that Israel and Iran are finally at war, let us hope that we are witnessing the final days of the medieval mullahs and ayatollahs—along with their barbaric henchmen—who have brutalized the women, homosexuals and dissident students of Iran since the very first days of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Before they targeted their own […]

At least three Israels were killed last night and several others seriously injured as Iran launched a series of retaliatory strikes on Israel. The strikes follow Israel’s launch of a preemptive operation against Iran on Thursday night, which is still ongoing, aimed at preventing the Islamic regime from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran initially responded […]