Opinion
Turkey’s Generation Z: A Youth Challenge to Erdogan
Political scientists call them “Generation Z.” They are young Turks born around the turn of...
IDF Budget Uncertainty Could Spell Trouble for Israel’s ‘Momentum’ Plan
The Israeli defense establishment is preparing for an attempt to secure a suitable defense budget,...
Remembering a Jazz Age Jewish Publisher
Horace Liveright (pronounced “live right”) was born in 1886 to German Jewish parents who anglicized...
The Good Society Is One Whose Leaders and People Behave Morally
Moses, having set out the prologue and preamble to the covenant and its broad guiding...
Shmuley Boteach’s Negative Response to Ice Cube’s Positive Public Outreach to Jews Is Wrongheaded
It is no pleasure for me to show that Shmuley Boteach again carelessly gets things...
Ruminations on Writing
“New Project.docx” on my computer screen has enabled me to become the writer — if...
China’s Effect: A Global NATO
A shift is taking place in global military thinking. NATO, arguably the most successful military...
Rabbi Steinsaltz, Jerusalem, and Zionism
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, who passed away on August 7 in Jerusalem at the age of...
Israel’s War of Attrition Is Potently Relevant Today
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the end of Israel’s least remembered conflict --...
The Negative Repercussions of the IDF’s Flight From South Lebanon in May 2000
The IDF’s departure from Lebanon after 18 bloody years was the fulfillment of a campaign...
Aliyah: Living the Zionist Dream and Building the Modern State
JNS.org - When I met Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) founder and president Sarah Stern in...
In 2020, a New Kind of Bar Mitzvah Learning
JNS.org - When Marina and Vladimir Druskin of Boston began planning for their son Mark’s...
As Israel Struggles With COVID-19, Belzer Rebbe Exacerbates Problem
“Israel remains among the top countries globally as well.” Top, mind you. Number 8, in...
