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ARTICLES BY: Ben Cohen / JNS.org
The Joy of Israel and India, Together at Last
JNS.org - Israel’s defenders in America should take great pleasure from the success of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to the Jewish state last...
A Jewish Version of Intersectionality
JNS.org - Whatever else is said these days about antisemitism, it remains the case that being accused of it is a surefire way of gaining name...
Welcome to the Shia Corridor
JNS.org - If you haven’t encountered the term “Shia corridor” yet, chances are that you will in the coming weeks, particularly if the ongoing confrontation between...
Corbyn Didn’t Win, So British Jews Shouldn’t Give Up on Labour
JNS.org - For me, the main takeaway from the British election on June 8 was that Jeremy Corbyn, the far-left leader of the opposition Labour party,...
Our Friends in the Gulf
JNS.org - Gamal Abdel Nasser and Osama bin Laden must be turning in their graves. The decision by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain...
Alberto Nisman and Sarah Halimi: Shared Fate of 2 Very Different Jews
JNS.org - This is a story about the shared fate of two quite different Jews. They were separated from each other by continents and oceans. His native...
From Greeley, Colorado to Manchester, England
JNS.org - For those -- like me -- who’d never really given any thought to singer Ariana Grande before the terrorist atrocity at her concert in Manchester, it took a...
Despite Trump’s Israel Missteps, There Are Opportunities for Mideast Peace
JNS.org - By any standards, it was an extraordinary week for US-Israel relations -- and that's before President Donald Trump even arrived in Israel for his official visit. It...
The Drumbeat Against Jewish Ritual in Europe Sounds Once More
JNS.org - This past week, Jewish ritual observance came under attack in both Belgium and Norway. While there is nothing suggesting that the respective moves against...
Can Trump Survive Abbas?
JNS.org - Donald Trump was something of a motivational speaker when he welcomed Mahmoud Abbas, the gerontocrat at the helm of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for the last...
What’s at Stake in the Sebastian Gorka Dispute
JNS.org - For much of this year, a bitter debate has raged over the character and opinions of Sebastian Gorka, who was appointed as a deputy...
The American Pastor at Erdoğan’s Mercy
JNS.org - As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed near-dictatorial powers following his dubious victory in a constitutional referendum April 16, a Christian pastor from North...
From the Passover Seder to the Real World
JNS.org - At my family’s Passover seder this year, we read -- as we always do -- from the traditional Sephardic haggadah, in keeping with the customs of the Jewish...
Ken Livingstone: Enabler of Evil
JNS.org - I’ve written many times about the antisemitism that continues to plague the British Labour Party -- a once noble party of both opposition and government...
