Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Christine Jamine / Pixabay Football (soccer ball) with Puma logo The PUMA Sportswear firm is facing a mammoth international boycott launched by the BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanctions) campaign against Israel over its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association (IFA). This past Saturday’s Global Boycott Day (Oct. 26) was the second BDS attempt […]

[embedded content] [Originally published at Elder of Ziyon] J-Street’s conference held a panel on “Fighting Anti-Semitism and its Weaponization in American Politics.” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Already by equating antisemitism with its supposed “weaponization” (which exists but is not nearly as big an issue,) the […]

Photo Credit: UN photo / Rick Bajornas Danny Danon, Permanent Israeli Representative to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council . Oct. 18, 2017 The United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) convened Monday for its periodical discussion on the situation in the Middle East, during which Israeli Ambassador to UN Danny Danon criticized the Council for […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Doug Goldstein How Much Do You Need to Save to Achieve Financial Independence? How much of your income do you need to put aside to achieve financial independence? Financial coach Todd Tresidder shares how he retired at the age of 35. He discusses effective retirement investing strategies and compares owning a piece […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / Gage Skidmore Amy Klobuchar U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Sunday that she “disagreed” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in March to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “It’s not a good idea to negotiate these things right now, […]

Photo Credit: YouTube Screenshot Dame Margaret Eve Hodge Margaret Eve Hodge (née Oppenheimer, a.k.a. Dame Margaret), a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barking in Greater London, was re-selected on Monday by her local party constituents to run for her own seat. She tweeted a picture of herself and her supporters with the headline: Victory! […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia IDF Intelligence Corps. badge IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi on Monday appointed Major General N. to head the Central Command’s intelligence division. She is the first female officer in IDF history to lead an intelligence division at a Command level. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, […]

Photo Credit: YouTube US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley at the AIPAC conference. March 5, 2018 Former US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Nikki Haley criticized Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for suggesting that the US redirect funds from Israel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, saying he “outdid himself” with his radical ideas. […]

Photo Credit: courtesy Rabbi Nataf While we speak about seven Noachide commandments, Jewish tradition has it that six of them were already commanded to Adam. According to this, the only new commandment given to Noach was not to eat a limb from a living animal. And yet when Noach gets off the ark, we read […]