Commentary
A Tale of Two Narratives
JNS.org – At the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies a clash of two narratives. On the one hand, there is the stirring, fact-based Zionist...
Advice from the Ex-State Department Crowd has Proven Wrong Again and Again
JNS.org – Twice in recent weeks, Arab workers from Gaza have been arrested in Israel for terrorist activity. Can you imagine what would happen if 100,000 Gazans were being admitted to Israel every day? That’s not...
Trump Runs the Risk of Losing Israel
JNS.org – When Donald Trump laments that the Jewish community is not supporting him enough, one can see where he is coming from, especially if one measures this as a function of his Israel bona...
Beware of Iran’s Reformist Clerics
JNS.org – The first confirmed execution by the Iranian regime of a participant in the historic protest wave currently engulfing the country was reported widely last week. The victim, 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari, was arrested on...
Jewish Non-Readers Showing “Solidarity” With New York Times Labor Union, With Humor, Glee
Long-suffering Jewish readers and non-readers of New York Times are greeting the one-day walkout of...
Hanukkah and the History of Antisemitism
As children at Hanukkah time, we would sing “Maoz Tzur Yeshuati" as we lit the...
Battling the World’s Oldest Hatred
It’s been a busy couple of months for antisemitism. The most recent crisis began in...
Fatah Brags It Murdered 20 Israelis in 2022; 90% of Terrorist ‘Martyrs’ Were Fatah Members
When a terrorist is killed during his/her attack against Israelis, it is Palestinian Authority (PA)...
How Israel Is Silenced on Social Media
Palestinian activists have long complained that they are being censored online. During the May 2021 Hamas-initiated...
A Tale of Two Narratives
JNS.org – At the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies a clash of two narratives. On the one hand, there is the stirring, fact-based Zionist narrative....
Advice from the Ex-State Department Crowd has Proven Wrong Again and Again
JNS.org – Twice in recent weeks, Arab workers from Gaza have been arrested in Israel for terrorist activity. Can you imagine what would happen if...
Trump Runs the Risk of Losing Israel
JNS.org – When Donald Trump laments that the Jewish community is not supporting him enough, one can see where he is coming from, especially if...
Beware of Iran’s Reformist Clerics
JNS.org – The first confirmed execution by the Iranian regime of a participant in the historic protest wave currently engulfing the country was reported widely...
Jewish Non-Readers Showing “Solidarity” With New York Times Labor Union, With Humor, Glee
Long-suffering Jewish readers and non-readers of New York Times are greeting the one-day walkout of 1,100 of the paper’s unionized staff with a classic Jewish...
Hanukkah and the History of Antisemitism
As children at Hanukkah time, we would sing “Maoz Tzur Yeshuati" as we lit the candles. This translates as, “The strength of my Rock [referring...
Battling the World’s Oldest Hatred
It’s been a busy couple of months for antisemitism. The most recent crisis began in early October, after Fox News aired Tucker Carlson’s interview with...
Fatah Brags It Murdered 20 Israelis in 2022; 90% of Terrorist ‘Martyrs’ Were Fatah Members
When a terrorist is killed during his/her attack against Israelis, it is Palestinian Authority (PA) policy to claim that Israel summarily executed an innocent victim....
How Israel Is Silenced on Social Media
Palestinian activists have long complained that they are being censored online. During the May 2021 Hamas-initiated war against Israel, the claims that Israel was somehow working...
Tackling Antisemitism Through College Football
Sam Salz donning his jersey and his kippah on the sidelines of a Texas A&M game is a perfect counter to rising antisemitism. Ostensibly the...
Academia’s Selective Deviation from Freedom of Inquiry
Freedom of inquiry, meaning vigorous analysis and debate of controversial issues, is supposed to constitute an integral element of higher education. American universities have traditionally...
Palestinian Official Calls Jews ‘Apes and Pigs.’ Where’s the Outrage?
If a US or European presidential advisor was to stand in front of a crowd and make the profoundly racist assertion that “Black people are...
Qatar Punctures FIFA’s Political Fantasy
If the Qatar World Cup proved anything, it’s that sports and politics are inseparable Siamese twins joined at the hip. Politics popped up at every twist...
What I Learned Lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale
JNS.org - A professional in the pro-Israel world read that I had lectured at his and his son’s alma mater, Columbia University. He wanted to...
