Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90 Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer, July 23, 2002. Hyper-partisanship has claimed yet another victim – this time a person who, in normal times, would be considered a tzaddik. And while the vultures may crow over their misbegotten victory, we are all the poorer for it. Rabbi Elimelech Firer is a phenomenon in […]

Photo Credit: Gaza Now Facebook page Explosions in the sky as the IAF attacks southern Gaza, Nov. 15, 2019 Operation Black Belt continues, as the IDF attacked targets of the Islamic Jihad terror organization in the Gaza Strip overnight Friday. The attacks took place about three hours after the last barrage of Islamic Jihad rockets […]

Photo Credit: Sraya Diamant/TPS Israeli trucks carrying supplies for the Gazan people, entering Kerem Shalom cargo crossing on the Israel – Gaza border. Kerem Shalom, Jul 9, 2019. The IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced late Thursday that the Erez and Kerem Shalom border crossings with Gaza were reopened for the […]

Photo Credit: TPS Home hit by a Gaza rocket in Ashkelon. Nov. 12, 2018 The city of Ashkelon announced late Thursday night that it, too, will close its schools Friday due to the risk of rocket fire, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 television news. The announcement was made after Gaza terrorists launched […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I recently acquired a Yiddish booklet published called Hoypt Yedies Vegn Emigratsye In Galveston. Published in 1907, the work contains information and promotional material on the opportunities and success that can be found by moving to Galveston, TX. When we think of the throngs of Jewish immigrants to this country who […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90 Iron Dome anti-missile defense battery set up in the southern Israeli city of Sderot fires an intercepting missile. Iron Dome fighters shot down two rockets over the city of Sderot late Thursday night, launched by Gaza terrorists. The system was activated when it became clear the rockets were […]

Photo Credit: Helen Schwimmer Growing up, my family sang long, soul-stirring, chassidic nigunim at our Shabbos table, but during the week, we listened to the music of our uncle Shlomo, a”h – the twin brother of my father, Rav Eliyahu Chaim Carlebach, a”h. His records played all day long. We five Carlebach girls could sing […]

Photo Credit: pixabay In response to the targeted killing of arch-terrorist Baha Abu Al-Atta, Arab militants besieged the Jewish state with over 500 missiles in less than 72 hours. School closings, industrial paralysis, traumatized children hovering in bomb shelters and relentless wails of air raid sirens have defined the past week in the Jewish State. […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Rod Reuven Dovid Bryant and Jerry Gordon bring back Dr. Stephen Bryen to address Iran’s provocative nuclear and missile threats to Israel and the US. Dr. Bryen is a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense during the Reagan Era, a noted military technologist and Asia Times columnist. This timely discussion occurred on news […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel / Flash 90 Israeli school children sit in bomb shelters equipped by donors, waiting for the rocket fire to end. (Archive: June 2, 2015.) Local communities living near the Gaza border have elected to keep their schools closed this Friday after having been told they could return to their regular routine […]