Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: YouTube screen grab / Fox News President Donald Trump signs the Executive Order US President Donald Trump signed an historic Executive Order on Wednesday recognizing Judaism as a nationality, rather than solely as a religion. Under the new order, Jewish college and university students will now be recognized as a protected class similar […]

[embedded content] New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced Wednesday at a news conference he has instructed security personnel to raise the city’s alert level to “high alert” in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting attack targeting a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey. He added that “hundreds” of NYPD officers have been deployed […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter / TPS Knesset The Israeli parliament formally voted to disperse itself in a unanimous vote of 91 to 0 on Wednesday night. The Knesset plenum approved the bill – which initiates an unprecedented third round of national elections to be held on March 2, 2020 — in its first reading before […]

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 Footage from CCTV cameras on the street near the JC Kosher Supermarket showing the domestic terror attack that took place Tuesday (Dec. 10) has gone viral, showing […]

Photo Credit: ABC7NY screen grab via YouTube Jersey City Public Safety Director James Shea and Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop speak with media on Wednesday morning, Dec. 11 2019 Law enforcement sources in Jersey City have named the two shooters who killed Jersey City Detective Joseph Seals in the Bay View Cemetery before calmly driving […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press As society becomes “greener,” a slew of green jobs have begun to emerge, the focus of which is to create a cleaner environment with less pollutants and carbon emissions. Indeed, demand for green jobs has increased exponentially. Here are some of the fastest growing green jobs: Water Quality Scientists and Technicians: […]

Photo Credit: Video screen grab via Facebook / Americans Against Antisemitism Jersey City residents wait for their children to be released from “lockdown” at school after attack on Jewish kosher supermarket in Greenville neighborhood, Dec. 10, 2019 As the bodies of the murdered Jews were still lying in their spilled blood after being shot to […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dating Coach, I am 25 and have been dating someone for 6 months. He keeps saying he is not ready to propose, and because of that we have stopped and re-started dating a few times. He is usually kind and sweet, and when he is, I am sure I can […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) is perhaps the most important figure in the history of visual arts in America. Before him, photographs were considered items that capture moments in time – and nothing more. Stieglitz changed that. As a virtuoso and visionary photographer; as a grand promoter of photography; as a discoverer and […]

Photo Credit: Royal Wine/Kedem With Chanukah coming upon us, I thought telling the story of the legendary Israeli winery Domaine du Castel would be appropriate. We often talk about the renaissance of a wine industry in Israel, which began in the 19th century. Philanthropist Baron Edmond de Rothschild, perhaps the most illustrious member of the […]