Author: David Rutman

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 […]

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: […]