Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: David Cohen/Flash90 Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. The Zionist Federation of Australia attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to promote Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to Health Minister on Sunday. In an open letter, Australia’s Zionist Federation president Jeremy Leibler warned Netanyahu that the appointment is “a slap in the face to the Australian […]

Photo Credit: Mark Neyman (GPO) President Rivlin with Christian leaders, December 30, 2019. President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, December 30, held the traditional reception for the heads of the Christian denominations in Israel to celebrate the new year at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, and used the occasion to invite the Pope to visit and […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Ramat Gan council’s vote on the 2020 budget More than six months after Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama Ha’Cohen (Likud) approved free city buses on Shabbat, on Sunday the Ramat Gan city council approved the budget to run the project for the coming year as well. The vote was part of […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Children polishing Stolpersteine in Berlin. Gunter Demnig, a German artist best known for his Stolperstein (stumbling stone) memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, on Sunday installed his 75,000th Stolperstein in Memmingen, Bavaria, in memory of Benno and Martha Rosenbaum, who were persecuted under the Nazi regime, the Stolperstein Society announced. […]

Photo Credit: Copyright-free images Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Ismail Haniyeh {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} Palestinian Authority leaders are upset: a survey published on December 11 by Transparency International, a global organization that “gives voice to the victims and witnesses of corruption,” found that corruption is increasing in the PA and in five […]

Photo Credit: Teaneck Police Twitter account Teaneck, NJ cops The Associated Press reported on Sunday that the Saturday night machete stabbing attack on a Rabbi’s home in Monsey, NY, has led New Jersey towns with a large Jewish presence to increase their police forces’ alertness to potential anti-Semitic attacks. Teaneck’s Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly announced […]