Author: David Rutman

In 2010, Ellen Latham, co-founded an exercise studio in Ft. Lauderdale called Orangetheory. What began as one small business in 2010 is now a movement with 1,200 studios in 22 countries, over 800,000 members and over $1 billion in sales. An article I recently read explains the philosophy and science behind this popular trend. Unlike […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Now that the holidays are over, school is in full swing. Not just for the children, but also for me, as I have decided to go back to school this year. My classwork comes with a large amount of homework, which leaves me with less time to do homework with my […]

Photo Credit: ABC News YouTube report / Screen grab Kincaid Fire on Monday morning, Oct 28 2019, ABC Good Morning American news report (JNS) Up and down the state of California, synagogues, Hebrew schools and Jewish residents are dealing with effects of wildfires that have consumed tens of thousands of acres in recent days, from […]

[embedded content] US Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has caught up with two of the other members of “The Squad” in formally endorsing Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. [embedded content] Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); The fourth member of […]

Photo Credit: Judy Waldman They say everything is bigger in Texas and Ohr HaTorah is no exception. Big is not defined by their 40,000 square foot building, their two-acre property, or by their 300 to 500 Shabbos attendees. Even their success is big. Success. That was the word that kept coming to mind as I […]

Photo Credit: Facebook/COurtesy {Originally posted to the Aish website} Standing at the corner of Wilkins and Shady Avenues in Squirrel Hill, I gaze at the Tree of Life building and reflect how a Jewish prayer hall is called “sanctuary” – a safe haven of peace, love and spiritual communion. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: […]

Photo Credit: Faigie Heiman Writers never vacation. Their lives consist of writing, or thinking about writing. I like to believe that thinking about writing keeps my mind active, even when relaxing in a comfortable chair. I remember my paternal great-grandmother, known as “the Bobcha Yehudis” sitting comfortably in a straight-back chair. My maternal great-grandfather sat […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir / TPS Interior Minister Aryeh Deri at a briefing held at Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, December 2017 Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Monday signed an order banning three Hamas operatives from leaving the country. The three are linked to the Hamas headquarters in Turkey, the order said. The three banned […]

Photo Credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Oct. 28 2019 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spent much of their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday discussing how to address the threat of […]

Photo Credit: Herwig Reidlinger / Wikimedia Jerusalem’s Flower Gate (Herod’s Gate) (Archive) Israeli security forces prevented an Arab terrorist from stabbing a man in Jerusalem on Monday. The incident took place near the Flower Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, […]