Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Desmond / US Embassy Iraq / Wikimedia Iraqi Army officers increase the number of soldiers during the second day of protests at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2020. An Iraqi journalist and his cameraman were shot to death this weekend just hours after having posted a video Friday […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90 Habayit Hayehudi chairman Rabbi Rafi Peretz (L) and National Union chairman Bezalel Smotrich The central committee of Bayit Yehudi voted on Monday to approve a merger with the Otzma Yehudit party in the upcoming March 2nd national elections. The discussions and the vote apparently didn’t go smoothly, however. […]

Photo Credit: CCTV footage, screen grab via Twitter / Christian @Lafvnte Domestic terrorists targeting Jews in JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey on Dec. 10, 2019 Law enforcement officials say a bomb found in the van registered to one of the two suspects in the horrific attack on a Jersey City kosher grocery […]

Photo Credit: Moshe Shai / Tiberias It’s going to be a long night in the city of Tiberias, folks. Tiberias Mayor Ron Kobi has been informed that he’s out of a job, but he’s not willing to go quietly. In fact, he’s not willing to go at all. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Recap: Last installment we discussed the religious response to Haskalah and its push for education, modernization and acculturation. The Hirschian approach, encapsulated by the phrase “Torah im derech eretz,” allows for progress that can ultimately enhance one’s avodas Hashem as long as it does not contradict the Torah. The Chasam Sofer […]

Photo Credit: Ester Katz Silvers As the Holy Ark was opened the feeling of anticipation in the room was palpable. There wasn’t one person who didn’t feel a connection to the Bar Mitzvah boy who would soon be reading from the Torah. Before the scroll was opened, though, his father cleared his throat and made […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Ron Kobi Minister Ze’ev Elkin decided on Monday that Ron Kobi, the mayor of Tiberias (Tiveria) will be removed from office. Kobi was unable to pass a budget for his city, even with the extension he was provided by the Interior Ministry. The extension expired on September 30, 2019. Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: بوف کر on Twitter Iranian policemen beating a crowd of protesters. November 2019 Iran is continuing its policy of blocking the internet from its citizens in order to stop them from organizing protests against the Islamic regime and to prevent news of the protests from reaching the outside world. The latest location to […]

Photo Credit: Nathalie Balaban and Jiafeng Liu MRSA microscope Every year in the United States, more than 35,000 people die and 2.8 million get sick from antibiotic-resistant infections. Now, a team led by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU)’s Professor Nathalie Balaban and Shaarei Zedek Medical Center’s Dr. Maskit Bar-Meir has shown that resilient bacteria may […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Arab youth shoot fireworks during clashes with Border Guard Police in Shuafat in Jerusalem. (archive photo) The Jerusalem District Court on Monday ordered two terrorists who launched fireworks directly at an Israeli family’s home in the Old City of Jerusalem to compensate the family members for NIS 305,000 and pay the […]