Opinion
Alan Dershowitz Should Come Clean About Qatar
Alan Dershowitz published a blistering response to my column asking him why he was publicly...
Protests Could Prompt New Democratic Revolutions in the Gulf
The past eight years have not been particularly kind to the Gulf counter-revolution. Its one...
Nineteen Ways You Know It’s Passover in Israel
JNS.org - If you’ve never heard an Arab calling out alter zachen (“old things”) in...
Why Do We Eat Matzah on Passover? For Humility
The Talmud, in tractate Berachoth (17a), poses the question of why it is forbidden to eat...
Setting Aside a Matzah for Israel’s Remaining Missing Soldiers
JNS.org - Standing among thousands at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, I felt...
State and Religion in Israel on Pesach
The return of a right-wing government in Israel, heavily reliant on religious parties, is a...
A Pesach Lesson From Entebbe
Last month, former airline pilot Michel Bacos died in France at the age of 94....
The Annexation of the Settlements
On the eve of his re-election as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu indicated on Israeli television...
The Founding Fathers of Israel’s Scientific Legacy
While technically a failure, the crash landing of an Israeli space probe on the moon’s...
Netanyahu’s Victory — and What Comes Next
Israeli voters have chosen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in what was essentially a referendum over...
The Jewish Treasures of Notre Dame
JNS.org - The world was transfixed this week by the devastating images of flames and...
Netanyahu and Jewish Worry About What the Neighbors Might Think
JNS.org - A few days ahead of the Knesset elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed...
Alan Dershowitz Responds to Shmuley Boteach: You Won’t Silence Me
Shmuley Boteach is at it again. Now he is telling me what I can and...









