Commentary
What Hostages? Media Ignore Hamas’ Captives, Oct. 7 Massacre
For the past five months, Israel has repeatedly stated its aims in the war against Hamas: destroy the terrorist organization, and secure the release...
Hezbollah Offensive Would Be Oct. 7 on Steroids, Observers Say
JNS.org - Thousands of rockets, thousands of casualties and devastating strikes to major infrastructure, cutting off water and electricity to Israel’s citizens—this is the likely scenario of an attack by Hezbollah across the Jewish state’s...
War Is Hell. Everywhere.
JNS.org - “War,” the Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is famously said to have told a group of army cadets some years after the American Civil War, “is hell.” More than a century and...
The Russian Dictator’s Double Terrorism Standards
JNS.org - Following Friday’s massacre at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the outskirts of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a video address to his nation. The slaying of “dozens of peaceful, innocent...
Bomb Threats in the Naked City
JNS.org - It’s the email no parent wants to receive: “Emergency Building Evacuations” read the...
Israel Must Carry Out Its Mission, and Ignore Biden and Sullivan
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan thinks Israel is making a major error. “A major ground...
New York Times Reporting From Gaza Should Carry a Warning Label: ‘Restricted by Hamas’
The New York Times appears to be yielding to immense outside pressure to tilt its...
I’m a Fashion Designer, and I Wear My Israeli Pride
Fashion can be used to express yourself, make a statement, and show what you believe...
Israel Must Enter Rafah to Defeat Hamas and Prevent Future Terror Attacks
I almost walked past it, yet it’s been seared into my brain ever since. While...
What Hostages? Media Ignore Hamas’ Captives, Oct. 7 Massacre
For the past five months, Israel has repeatedly stated its aims in the war against Hamas: destroy the terrorist organization, and secure the release of...
Hezbollah Offensive Would Be Oct. 7 on Steroids, Observers Say
JNS.org - Thousands of rockets, thousands of casualties and devastating strikes to major infrastructure, cutting off water and electricity to Israel’s citizens—this is the likely...
War Is Hell. Everywhere.
JNS.org - “War,” the Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is famously said to have told a group of army cadets some years after the...
The Russian Dictator’s Double Terrorism Standards
JNS.org - Following Friday’s massacre at the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the outskirts of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a video address...
Bomb Threats in the Naked City
JNS.org - It’s the email no parent wants to receive: “Emergency Building Evacuations” read the subject line. “This morning, we were made aware of a...
Israel Must Carry Out Its Mission, and Ignore Biden and Sullivan
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan thinks Israel is making a major error. “A major ground operation [in Rafah by Israel against Hamas] would be a...
New York Times Reporting From Gaza Should Carry a Warning Label: ‘Restricted by Hamas’
The New York Times appears to be yielding to immense outside pressure to tilt its Gaza war coverage even further against Israel. Last week "more than...
I’m a Fashion Designer, and I Wear My Israeli Pride
Fashion can be used to express yourself, make a statement, and show what you believe in. As a clothing designer myself, I pay attention to...
Israel Must Enter Rafah to Defeat Hamas and Prevent Future Terror Attacks
I almost walked past it, yet it’s been seared into my brain ever since. While visiting a Palestinian town in the West Bank two years...
Golden Age of American Jewry May Be Ending, But Jews Thrive in Meritocracy
The headlines seem bleak for Jews: “The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending”; “Jewish Erasure From American Life”; “The Vanishing.” The articles tell a...
How a Letter From Jewish Clergy Undermines Israel and Harms Jews
This week, a group of American rabbis, cantors, and student clergy, under the banner of an organization called T’ruah, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden expressing...
Port of No Return: The US Plan for Aid Relief in Gaza
The US has chosen to cross the Rubicon. In his 2024 State of the Union address, President Biden reminded Americans, “The United States has been...
Despite Deadly Stabbing, Hopeful Signs for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel
Israeli soldier Uri Moyal’s visit to a café in southern Israel last Thursday ended up being his last. While Moyal waited in line, Fadi Abu Altayef,...
Purim, Amalek, and the Shabbat to Remember
The Shabbat before Purim is always called Shabbat Zachor -- the Shabbat to Remember. It specifically refers to the battle that took place when the Israelites...
