Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Avraham Fried Concert THE RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED.WINNERS ARE LISTED BELOW… JewishPress.com is giving away pairs of tickets to the Avraham Fried concert in Rishon L’Tzion.The concert will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, at 8:30 PM. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 […]

Photo Credit: Al Sharpton’s Facebook page Al Sharpton in Synagogue with Shofar On Sept. 29, U.S. President Donald Trump set out his nationalist political philosophy in his address before the UN General Assembly. Arguing that the nation-state is the best guarantor of human freedom and liberty, Trump set up a contrast between “patriots” and “globalists.” […]

Photo Credit: Meshoolam Levy Dr. Tovi Comet-Walerstein Science Award for 2019 given to Nobel Prize recipient Prof. Aaron Ciechanover (C) As the 2019 Nobel Prize winners are being announced this week and last in Oslo, Bar-Ilan University is honoring one of Israel’s 12 laureates of the coveted award. The University’s Cancer, AIDS and Immunology Research […]

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 […]