Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz {Reposted from that author’s website} It’s still unclear whether Israel’s next election will be in four years or four months. But either way, if the center-right wants a better outcome, it needs to learn the lessons of September’s election. So here are two: First, while center-right voters realize that many things […]

Photo Credit: Yossi Zeliger / Flash 90 Leader of the Arab Joint List, Ayman Odeh seen at a memorial service during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at the Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2018. Israeli Arabs mark the Nakba day commemorating the expulsion and fleeing of Arabs as a result […]

[embedded content] Turkey’s National Defense Ministry tweeted on Tuesday that “a total of 595 PKK/PYD-YPG terrorists have been ‘neutralized’ since the beginning of Turkey’s anti-terror operation in northern Syria.” According to Anadolu, Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” to imply the individuals in question surrendered, were killed, or captured. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Naftali Bennett, May 9, 2019. New Right leader Naftali Bennett on Monday night, the end of the first day of Sukkot in Israel, called on the members of Blue&White, led by Benny Gantz and Yair lapid, to “come down from their tree,” because now is “the time for unity and responsibility.” […]

Photo Credit: Hana Levi Julian / JewishPress.com Extra benefits to landscaping in Arad for those “in the know.” People living in the northern Negev city of Arad don’t have to look at a calendar to know when the Hebrew month of Tishrei has arrived: a quick glance at the sidewalks will do just as well. […]

Photo Credit: Kirshenbaum Esrog Company What does harvesting esrogim entail? How many months of work is required? What percentage come out kosher? These questions and more were answered in a recent Jewish Press interview with esrog grower Haggai Kirshenbaum, owner of the Kirshenbaum Esrog Company, and Tzvi Kirshenbaum (no relation), the company’s packing manager. The […]

Photo Credit: Yael Trusch On Today’s Leap of Faith, Penina Speaks with writer, international speaker and creator of the Jewish Latin Princess blog and podcast, Yael Trush. Yael shares her inspirational Journey to Torah as well as some words of wisdom for those facing challenges in their own journey to Torah. Another fascinating episode of […]

Photo Credit: Flash 90 Rav Avraham Shapira Rav Avraham Elkana Kahana Shapira – former chief rabbi of Israel and rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem – passed away on the first day of Sukkot 12 years ago at the age of 93. A seventh-generation Jerusalemite, Rabbi Shapira was born in the Old […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press We have already discussed developing the skill to discern a story that others are unaware of by seeing and hearing. That brings us to – you guessed it! – speech. The way we speak, and the measure of discipline that we employ, remind us of the legendary sage that revolutionized the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Dear Dating Coach, I have been divorced for two years now, and I finally feel ready to date again and hopefully get remarried. I’m just feeling a bit overwhelmed and lost about the whole “shidduch process” at this stage of my life. The first time around I was 20 years old […]