Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90 IDF soldiers close the gate to the Island of Peace in Naharaim. Nov. 9, 2019. In 1994, Yitzchak Rabin signed a peace treaty with Jordan, which failed to live up to its name. As part of the treaty, Israel leased the areas of Naharayim and a section of Tzofar (Al-Ghamr) for […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Naftali Bennett and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset. Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed New Right leader MK Naftali Bennett as Israel’s new Defense Minister, on Friday. The appointment will be confirmed by the government on Sunday. According to a tweet by MK Ayelet Shaked (New Right) Netanyahu offered the New Right party […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Advice From A CaterpillarWhen I was an egg, I too, clung onto leafin shaded safety, hidden underside.And fastened by a pinprick of beliefI dared to dream I was a butterfly.  A hunger hatched. I ate the home I knewthen inched along the disappearing green.In shedding every skin that I outgrew,became a […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I recently acquired a map printed in Paris in 1764 that serves as a reminder of a once thriving Jewish community. Suriname – a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America – boasts few Jews today, but centuries ago it was home to a sizable and wealthy Jewish community. […]

Photo Credit: China Glatt Since 1994, China Glatt has been a culinary highlight of Boro Park’s bustling 13th Avenue shopping district. Last summer, China Glatt upped its game with a tasteful makeover by designer Sruly Schechter, giving it just the right mix of contemporary decor, privacy, and a comfortable ambiance to match its reputation for […]

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Photo Credit: Yishai Fleisher (((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) It’s all happening in the Land of Israel as Abraham makes his way away from his original home to the Promised Land. Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is joined by his daughter Leah on the eve of her Bat Mitzvah (!!) to discuss Lech Lecha, the Matriarch Rachel, […]

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Photo Credit: pixabay The last time I happened to be in America, it was around Parshat Lech Lecha. On Shabbat, I prayed in three different shuls and heard three different sermons. Not one of them mentioned Eretz Yisrael. In one opulent shul, there were a plethora of free brochures in the lobby on the fundamental […]

Photo Credit: YouTube screenshot President Emmanuel Macron vists Lebanon, Jan 28, 2017. France is taking steps to help Lebanon solve its difficulties in forming a new government in the face of failed efforts to reach an agreement between the multiple ethnic factions, while street protests against the political elite continue, al-Joumhouria reported on Friday. High-ranking […]