Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Yaakov Cohen/Flash90 Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef {Originally posted to the author’s website} One must wonder what Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was thinking when last week he launched into a tirade against non-Jewish Russian immigrants to Israel and those Orthodox rabbis who seek welcoming ways to convert some of them. Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Avigdor Liberman (Israel Beiteinu) with Miri Regev (Likud) back when he still considered her a human being, May 30, 2016. Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman on Saturday night offered a bizarre response to a greeting from Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, in front of the cameras at the News 13 […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS Israeli demonstrators calling for the release of Naama Issachar, October 19, 2019. On Saturday night, Channel 12 News quoted an Israeli official who claimed there would be a quid pro quo in the deal for Naama Issachar’s pardon, and clarified: “What Israel gives Russia does not hurt us – but it’s […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The small shul used by Gerrer Chassidim in Rova 7, Ashdod, is not a standard building. It was temporarily constructed in a durable trailer, situated on Rechov Rabbi Tarfon. Before construction began, it was agreed that the trailer would be set on a slab of concrete. But when the work was […]

Photo Credit: Twitter Iranian students decline invitation to trample the painted flags of the U.S. and Israel. {Originally posted to the author’s website} Probably the most overlooked aspect of the “flags on the sidewalk” phenomenon in Iran is that, as the regime paints those flags everywhere, hoping Iranians will step on them, it is basically […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Mr. Chovel and Mr. Alter were neighbors who did not get along well. One day, the two got into a heated argument, and, in his rage, Mr. Chovel pushed Mr. Alter, who fell to the ground and sprained his ankle. When Mr. Alter recuperated, he demanded payment from Mr. Chovel. Mr. […]

Photo Credit: Prince Harry and Megan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex at New Zealand welcome ceremony, Oct. 28 2018, Wellington Effective immediately, Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have given up the right to be called “their royal highnesses.” Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace released statements on Saturday […]

Photo Credit: Lori Lowenthal Marcus Prof. (emeritus) Alan Dershowitz, of Harvard Law School. Celebrated Harvard Law Professor (emeritus) Alan Dershowitz and former US Solicitor General and independent counsel Ken Starr have joined President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, it was announced Friday, along with Robert Ray, Starr’s successor at the Office of Independent Counsel during […]

Photo Credit: South Street Temple. / StandWithUs Security camera footage of vandal. Police are searching for a man for who spray-painted a swastika and racial slur on a synagogue in Lincoln, Neb., and then took a picture of his “work.” According to surveillance video footage, the vandalism at South Street Temple took place at around midnight […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter / TPS Hezbollah logo The United Kingdom on Thursday froze Hezbollah assets after the British government classified the entire group as a terrorist entity last year. Reuters first reported the decision of the UK Finance Ministry on Friday. Gilad Erdan, Israel’s minister of public security and strategic affairs, applauded the move. […]