Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Bar-Ilan University Prof. Haim Cohen Fatty liver, or hepatic steatosis, which develops when the body produces too much fat or doesn’t metabolize fat efficiently enough, affects around 25% of the global population. Excess fat is stored in liver cells, where it accumulates and can cause fatty liver and other diseases. In a study […]

Photo Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 The Gaza Strip fence An Arab suspect was identified by IDF soldiers late Monday morning as he was crossing the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, the IDF Spokesperson reported. IDF fighters who were jumped to the spot identified the suspect with a knife and fired at […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Russian olim attend an event marking the 25th anniversary of the great Russian Aliya, December 24, 2015. 154,474 olim who are entitled to an Israeli citizenship under the law of return as family members of Jews, but who are not recognized as Jews by any religious definition, have come to Israel […]

Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90 {Originally posted to the CAMERA website} In both Hebrew and English, Haaretz this week egregiously misreported on Palestinian refugees, falsely alleging that 5.5 million were uprooted from their homes. In her Dec. 16 article (“Pressing Refugee Crisis Requires Global Action, UN Urges Nations at Geneva Forum“), Lee […]

Photo Credit: Andrew McIntire/TPS Erez Crossing, on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, the entrance point from Gaza into Israel. Gaza, Jul 12, 2015. The IDF is expanding the number of travel permits it is issuing to Gazans ahead of Christmas, enabling them to travel to Jerusalem and Bethlehem for the holiday. The […]

Photo Credit: courtesy, Kobi Levi Israeli footwear designer Kobi Levi and Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg Looking for that special something to brighten up your wardrobe for this year’s Festival of Lights? Or perhaps you’re searching for a gift for that femme fatale in your life? If either of the above apply, seek no further. Two […]

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz Three non-Jewish teenagers in Berlin attacked their fellow Jewish classmate in Marienfelde at a secondary school on the Alt-Marienfelde Street last Thursday. The attackers hurled anti-Semitic verbal abuse at him at around 9:20 am, during physical education class while strangling him, according to a statement by Berlin police, reported in a […]

Photo Credit: Aviv Hertz / TPS Four people were killed and 12 were injured in a bus crash on Route 40, close to Ben Gurion International Airport. Lod, Dec 22, 2019. Four people are dead and more than a dozen others were injured after a Number 947 Egged bus traveling from Jerusalem to Haifa collided […]