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ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
The Complicated Politics of Hating Israel
JNS.org - Thursday, Sept. 23 was a banner day for pro-Israel Democrats. But in the aftermath of the party leadership’s swift move to undo what...
How a Budget Standoff Demonstrated the Partisan Split Over Israel
JNS.org - The Iron Dome missile-defense system has long been one of the least controversial aspects of the US-Israel relationship. Funding for the idea was...
Why Was the Jewish Response to Durban a Failure?
JNS.org - Exactly 20 years ago, the egregious proceedings of the Durban Conference illustrated how the international community, and in particular the United Nations had...
The Obligation to Remember, Even on a Day When We Look Inward
JNS.org - It comes in a part of the Yom Kippur service that even many of those who are more than three-day-a-year synagogue-goers often skip...
Time for Both Parties to Repent for Their Nazi Analogies
JNS.org - After a generation in which Holocaust education has proliferated in the United States, it’s fair to ask whether all that lip service paid...
The Real Lesson of 9/11 Isn’t a Story About Islamophobia
JNS.org - One of the strangest aspects of post-9/11 America has been the compulsion of so many to change the narrative about the attacks that...
Will the Plight of Afghans Recast the Debate About Refugees?
JNS.org - In recent years, many Jewish groups have redoubled their advocacy for more liberal immigration laws. This was rooted in remembrance of the immigrant...
Flattery and Empty Promises Won’t Preserve an Alliance
JNS.org - The reviews at home were mixed for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s first meeting with President Joe Biden. Many of those who despise...
Why the Crown Heights Pogrom Still Matters
JNS.org - Three decades have passed since the Crown Heights pogrom, and any assessment of the memory of that tragic event must start with an...
Has Biden Anything to Offer Bennett But More Trouble?
JNS.org - In theory, the planned meeting this week between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and President Joe Biden ought to be exactly what both...
Two Cranky Old Jews Symbolize Everything That’s Wrong With Our Political Culture
JNS.org - Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who cares? In theory, no one ought to. But when the...
Can Biden Reverse Course and Abandon Obama’s Policies?
JNS.org - President Joe Biden has tried to shift the responsibility to his predecessors and to just about everyone but himself regarding the situation in...
The Cost of Disgrace Is Not Cheap
JNS.org - For those old enough to remember the images of the last days of South Vietnam, recent events in Afghanistan are shockingly familiar. In...
You Can’t Be ‘Pro-Israel’ If You Defend Anti-Zionists
JNS.org - It appears that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) may have finally gone a bit too far even for some of her left-wing Jewish allies...
