Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Yisroel Brook Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries print historic Tanya at Ramat Trump (Trump Heights) The first residents of Trump Heights — a new town in the Golan Heights named after US President Donald Trump — arrived last Thursday at their new abode. Trump Heights Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, […]

[embedded content] One of the most important mitzvot described in the Torah is that of returning to and “settling” the Land of Israel – a commandment that has been referred to with increasing concern in recent years as anti-Semitism continues to rise in various countries outside the State of Israel. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ […]

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Photo Credit: Screenshot: The Jewish Chronicle A U.K. Jewish Chronicle editorial urging non-Jews to not vote for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn The United Kingdom’s Jewish Chronicle published a front-page editorial message to non-Jews expressing Jewish concerns about Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn possibly becoming prime minister. “Putting oneself in the shoes of another person, or another group, […]

Photo Credit: Wikipedia / Mtattrain New NYPD (New York Police Department) statistics show an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes targeting Jewish riders on New York City subways, The City reported on Wednesday. Since Oct. 20, the NYPD has logged 42 hate-crime complaints involving anti-Semitic acts in the subway—a 162 percent increase over similar incidents reported […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay / Free Photos Longtime Friends of the IDF (FIDF) supporters Haim and Cheryl Saban donated $15 million to support Israeli soldiers at an annual tribute to the Israel Defense Force held at the landmark Beverly Hilton Hotel this past Thursday night. Top single donations announced at the event included $15 million from […]

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. […]