Commentary
New IDF Civil Admin Head Appointed Amid Ongoing Power Struggles
JNS.org - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has tapped Brig. Gen. Hisham Ibrahim as the new head of Israel’s Civil Administration,...
MSNBC’S Velshi Invents Facts to Bash Israel
JNS.org - With hosts like Ayman Mohyeldin and Mehdi Hasan, opinions at MSNBC about Israel are strong, but facts are dispensable or, at best, malleable. Such is the level of fairness and accuracy that one could be forgiven for mistaking...
Bringing Back the Truth
JNS.org - Complaining about the erosion of free speech on college campuses has become so ubiquitous it’s almost dull. I can’t count how many articles I’ve read chronicling this demise. It’s as if we’ve all...
New Jersey Court Case Shows Religious Law Can’t Be Used to Suppress Women’s Rights
In an era where the fight for women’s rights often intersects with religious freedoms, this week’s groundbreaking decision from a New Jersey appellate court has ignited fevered discussion within the global Jewish community and beyond....
Should We Experience Love and Joy on Yom Kippur This Year?
We are now in the Jewish month of Elul, where we say goodbye to the...
Is UNESCO Going to Erase Jewish History From Another Israeli City?
When the United States rejoined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in...
What Happens in Kosovo Affects America, Europe, and the World
Over the past two years, I have written several opinion pieces about the situation in...
Hebrew Language ‘Symbolizes Far Right Israeli Militarism,’ New York Times Reports
A weekend opinion piece in the New York Times says of Hebrew, "For some, the...
Israel in Hollywood: How The Jewish State Never Makes The Cut in Film Reviews
The reception to Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s biopic on the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda...
New IDF Civil Admin Head Appointed Amid Ongoing Power Struggles
JNS.org - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has tapped Brig. Gen. Hisham Ibrahim as the new head of Israel’s Civil Administration, which...
MSNBC’S Velshi Invents Facts to Bash Israel
JNS.org - With hosts like Ayman Mohyeldin and Mehdi Hasan, opinions at MSNBC about Israel are strong, but facts are dispensable or, at best, malleable. Such is the level of...
Bringing Back the Truth
JNS.org - Complaining about the erosion of free speech on college campuses has become so ubiquitous it’s almost dull. I can’t count how many articles...
New Jersey Court Case Shows Religious Law Can’t Be Used to Suppress Women’s Rights
In an era where the fight for women’s rights often intersects with religious freedoms, this week’s groundbreaking decision from a New Jersey appellate court has...
Should We Experience Love and Joy on Yom Kippur This Year?
We are now in the Jewish month of Elul, where we say goodbye to the "lazy days of summer," and get back to business. The...
Is UNESCO Going to Erase Jewish History From Another Israeli City?
When the United States rejoined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in July of this year, there was some cautious optimism that...
What Happens in Kosovo Affects America, Europe, and the World
Over the past two years, I have written several opinion pieces about the situation in Kosovo, and how successive governments have failed their people. But...
Hebrew Language ‘Symbolizes Far Right Israeli Militarism,’ New York Times Reports
A weekend opinion piece in the New York Times says of Hebrew, "For some, the language symbolizes far right Israeli militarism." The article, written by Ilan...
Israel in Hollywood: How The Jewish State Never Makes The Cut in Film Reviews
The reception to Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s biopic on the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s role during the 1973 Yom Kippur War has been...
Palestinian Authority: The ‘Covetous’ Jews ‘Defile’ the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Want to Destroy It
One of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s annual libels is to blame the 1969 arson at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Israel, and to claim that it...
Cable News Hosts Hit New Low with Attacks on Israel
Two MSNBC talking heads, Mehdi Hasan and Ali Velshi, seem to be competing against each other in a despicable contest to trash Israel. Throwing loaded words...
Natan Sharansky: Dialogue Between Jews and Israelis Is Needed Right Now
"Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People," by Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy, featuring a special foreword by the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog (Hachette,...
Sex Before Marriage Off Limits to Orthodox Jewish Woman in New Dating Memoir
When actor Steve Carell starred in 2005’s The 40-Year-Old Virgin, many laughed. His character was so dorky that no woman wanted to sleep with him. What’s...
Archaeology or Politics: Does Newsweek Question the Existence of the Jewish Temple?
It should have been a straightforward journalistic report on an archaeological find in Jerusalem. Yet some media outlets needlessly managed to cast doubt on basic facts...
