Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Flickr / Marco Verch / CC 2.0 / https://foto.wuestenigel.com/the-new-york-times-logo-on-a-computer-screen-with-a-magnifying-glass/ NY Times: Readers look hard to find any truth in its pages Worldwide antisemitism is getting worse, with a spike in expressions of Jew-hatred and attacks on Jews, reminiscent of levels during the years leading up to the Holocaust. Not so long ago, this […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Blue&White leader Benny Gantz takes the Knesset podium following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, November 10, 2019. On Sunday night, Blue&White chairman Benny Gantz, who was a guest at the wedding of the son of MK Ya’akov Asher (UTJ) in Bnei Brak, was booed by dozens of Yeshiva youths as he was […]

Photo Credit: pixabay {Reposted from the Jewish Policy Center website} One of the few points of unbounded bipartisan agreement in Washington has for decades been that U.S.-Israel security cooperation is right, good, mutually beneficial, and worth every nickel spent on it. It is well–grounded in facts and has acknowledged benefits to both sides. Advertisement ‘); […]

[embedded content] Rabbi Chayim Soloveichik of Kehillat Ohr Shalom in Ramat Beit Shemesh remembers a journey to his home from the airport with his parents in which his mother was seen gazing silently at the scenery passing by — and when asked about her thoughts, Rebetzin Soloveichik replied, “There’s so much space to build houses […]

Photo Credit: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores from Perú Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, 2017 Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has resigned his post following calls by international monitors for October 20 election results to be annulled, saying they found evidence of election fraud and “clear data manipulations” after Morales had allegedly won a fourth term. Saying he […]

Photo Credit: Hana Levi Julian NYPD squad car (illustrative) A 16-year-old teenager has been arrested in Brooklyn in connection with a series of attacks on Jewish men that took place earlier this month in the Boro Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Watch: Gang Cruising for Boro Park Jews Last Friday Night Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]

Photo Credit: pixabay There’s STILL no new government in Israel, and it looks like we may be going to a 3rd election inside of one year.Questions discussed:1) Why did PM Netanyahu give the Defense Ministry to Naftali Bennett?2) Can the Blue & White block form a government? What could it look like?3) Will we go […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Living life with uncertainty is hard. Going out of our comfort zone is difficult. Yet, it is precisely when we are called to go beyond our sense of self that we can become more and transform not only ourselves, but the entire world. This is the essence of the tests of Abraham […]

Photo Credit: Public Domain / Library of Congress Tombs of the Kings, Jerusalem French authorities have opened Jerusalem’s ancient “Tomb of the Kings” to the public for the first time in 10 years, The Associated Press reported Friday. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 […]

Photo Credit: Goran Horvat / Pixabay illustrative A Jewish cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut was the scene of a macabre mystery last week that has left gravediggers wondering what happened to a body that seems to have vanished. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); The grave […]