Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Jewish Press My good friend Bleemy, who was brought up in Toronto and now lives in Yerushalayim, told me the following true story in which she played a part. Bleemy’s mother, Rivka, had two sisters, Minnie and Katie. The years went by and Auntie Katie went to live in a senior citizens’ home […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press “The king of Sodom went out to meet Avraham after his return from defeating the kings…” (Bereishis 14:17). The Medrash (Bereishis Rabbah) relates that all the idol worshippers gathered to chop cedars to form a huge stage. Avraham was seated above and they praised him, saying, “You are our king.” Advertisement […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Question: What did our sages mean when they said that anyone who resides outside the Land Israel is like an idol worshipper? Is that what all of us residing outside Israel are – idol worshippers? M. Goldblum(Via E-Mail) Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, […]

Photo Credit: FBI.gov Ahlan Tamimi – FBI Wanted Poster The United States has rejected a claim by Jordan over its refusal to extradite wanted Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, after a Jordanian court ruled in 2017 that Amman’s extradition treaty with Washington is invalid, despite the U.S. State Department saying the opposite in a report published […]

Photo Credit: Ela Faust / Wikimedia ‘Island of Peace’ in Naharayim, in 2009. Jordan has refused an Israeli request to extend a deadline for return of 25-year leased fields in the northern Arava and Naharayim enclaves, in order to enable the Jewish farmers time to harvests their crops before relinquishing the lands leased from Amman […]

Photo Credit: Avraham Hillel Schreiber / TPS Emergency drill at Branco Weiss School, 12 March 2019 A group of doctors from Canada on Thursday completed a five-day course at Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national medical emergency service, and have joined the organization’s international emergency unit. The nine doctors include specialists in emergency medicine, internal […]

Photo Credit: Hans / Pixabay Honey (illustrative) A team of Technion researchers was awarded a gold medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) in Boston for producing bee-free honey. The team, including 12 members from six Technion faculties, developed a sustainable “BeeFree” honey using engineered bacteria, which processes a nectar-like solution using secreted […]

Photo Credit: Arye Green 2014 Evrona Reserve oil spill The Europe Asia Pipeline Company Ltd. (EAPC) will pay more than NIS 100 million in damages for the disastrous 2014 oil spill in southern Israel, one of the worst ecological disasters the country has ever experienced. The Civil Enforcement Unit in the State Attorney’s Office (STO) […]

Photo Credit: Maoz Vaystooch / TPS Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev by Benjamin Brown Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev sent a letter to the President of Brazilian football club Corinthians thanking the club for its show of solidarity as the Jewish world was set to mark the anniversary of […]

Photo Credit: pixabay In this week’s episode, Jono and Ross talk about a new Israeli invention designed to help drivers stay awake by emitting a foul odor. In keeping with the theme of smells, Jono asks Ross about America’s love of Pumpkin spice. Snoop Dog gets a well-deserved spot as a spokesman for an Israeli […]