Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Mark Neiman / GPO President Reuven Rivlin at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly in Tel Aviv 2018 President Rivlin has arrived in London, England where he is on a working visit at the invitation of the Portland Trust, where he is to participate in a meeting of heads of impact […]

Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton / Flash 90 Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron, January 7, 2019. The Bank of Israel Monetary Committee announced Monday it will keep the interest rate which the Bank charges commercial banks at 0.25 percent until early January. “The Monetary Committee’s assessment is that in view of the […]

Photo Credit: courtesy, Israel MFA Remains of mortar shell that exploded in a Sderot kindergarten yard The IDF has confirmed that a mortar shell landed Monday evening in an open field in the Eshkol Regional Council district after being fired at southern Israel from Gaza. There are no specific details on exactly where the shell […]

Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90 Smoke from a rocket launch in Gaza. Nov. 13, 2019 Although no Red Alert incoming rocket alert siren was triggered, Gaza terrorists fired a rocket at southern Israel shortly before 6:30 pm Monday evening, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 news. The rocket reportedly landed […]

Photo Credit: Andrew McIntire/TPS An Israeli employment center. Israel’s unemployment rate fell to a record low of 3.4% in October, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), indicating a resilient job market. In September, the unemployment rate was 3.6%, a record Israel reached twice before, and the continued decline brought the Israeli job market […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Doug Goldstein Modern Portfolio Theory is important strategy that many financial advisors use to minimize risk and maximize returns for their clients. Today’s guest on The Goldstein on Gelt show is Dr. Harry Markowitz, winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Economics, who invented Modern Portfolio Theory. Find out what Modern Portfolio […]

Photo Credit: Mark Neiman (GPO) President Rivlin at the official memorial ceremony for the fallen of Operation Kadesh, Nov. 25, 2019 Speaking on Monday at the official memorial ceremony for the fallen of Operation Kadesh, marking 63 years since the Sinai War, President Rivlin said: “Whoever thinks that we have forgotten how to deal with […]

Photo Credit: Dominic Alves via Flickr Uber car in London Transport for London on Monday announced that it had revoked Uber’s license to operate private taxis in London after it had been discovered that anonymous Uber drivers conducted more than 14,000 trips using the company’s system. The agency announced its decision not to renew the […]

Photo Credit: Wisam Hashlamoun / Flash 90 Palestinian Authority attackers use slingshots to throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes in the Gush Etzion village of Tuqua The Palestinian Authority (PA) will lead a “day of rage” on Tuesday throughout Judea and Samaria in protest of the recent US announcement that Israel’s presence in […]