Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Iranian Pres. Hassan Rouhani / Twitter Acct Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has announced the discovery of a new oil field in the southwestern Khuzestan province, which he said Sunday contains an estimated 53 billion barrels of crude oil. “This is in a big oil field that stretches 2,400 sq […]

Yisrael Medad talks with Doron Keidar about the history of the ever-changing status quo on the Temple Mount. An amazingly insightful discussion that shouldn’t be missed. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 25 });

Photo Credit: WikiCommons. Former Congressman Joe Walsh. {Originally posted to the JNS website} Once a staunch pro-Israel Illinois congressman between 2011 and 2013, Joe Walsh launched this past summer a long-shot Republican primary challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump, whom many have deemed to be the most pro-Israel figure ever in the White House. Advertisement […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot Nancy Pelosi says House will go forward with Trump impeachment inquiry {Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website} November, the month signaling the approach of winter, brings the American public the promise of a bitter, dishonest, political spectacle — casting a poisonous gloom over the traditional winter holidays celebrating faith and […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Larry’s Letters Nov. 8, 2019 Independent Jewish Voices Canada Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); My Dear Fellow Jews, I would be very grateful if you would circulate this to the members of your chapter. It is very important for Jews to […]

Photo Credit: Montage of Public Images {Originally posted to The Lid website} Yesterday’s big political news was former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement he was registering for the Democratic presidential primary in Alabama, as a move toward a possible 2020 run. Policy-wise, Bloomberg is more of a moderate than most of the Democratic presidential field. […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay Stephen Flatow’s op-ed last month resonated with me. I was a Conservative Jew for most of my life. I didn’t become Orthodox until my daughter married Orthodox. It was a long, slow path, but I made it. How? Let me go back several decades. In fact, let me go back to 1907 […]

[embedded content] Rabbi Zev Leff, Chief Rabbi of Moshav Matityahu speaks about the Biblical Patriarch Abraham in a series of important mainstream rabbonim hailing from English-speaking communities abroad who have moved to Israel on Aliyah, who have agreed to speak on camera about this mitzvah and its importance. The series – and the organization – […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS Shin Bet booth at the CYBERTECH 2017 Cyber Security Conference, Tel Aviv. The IDF and US Cyber Command last week held their fourth Cyberdome exercise, preparing for cyber-attacks from hackers threatening the national security of both countries. The drill was part of the annual training program planned between the IDF and […]

Photo Credit: Mila Aviv / Flash 90 The sun sets at the Ginosar beach at Lake Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel. A record heat wave has warmed the Land of Israel so far this month, with temperatures ranging in the high 20s to above 30 degrees celsius across the country for the […]