Commentary
A Tale of Two Women Targeted by ‘Dishonored’ Ex-Husbands
JNS.org - When details emerged of the murder on Tuesday night of a 30-year-old mother of three Rabab Abu Siam in the central Israeli...
NBA’s ‘Freedom’ Spreads Message of Peace Through Sports in Israel
JNS.org - “If you could change anything in this world, what would it be?” asked NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, while seated among 30 Jewish, Christian and Muslim, children during a break in the action...
Maccabiah Matches and Hunger Games
JNS.org – It was extraordinary to be among the more than 10,000 competitors overall, and one of more than 1,200 members of the US team, at the Maccabiah games that just ended in Israel. Maccabiah divides...
Editor Who Pushed Anti-Zionism Gets a Promotion at New York Times
The new Sunday Opinion editor of the New York Times will be Max Strasser, a longtime critic of Israel who, as a Times editor, championed Peter Beinart’s public renunciation of Zionism. The news was greeted with...
Unique and Unexceptional
Last month, I traveled to Mexico City to attend a wedding. It was my first...
Mastriano Shows How Not to Defuse an Antisemitism Controversy
JNS.org – American conservatives have gotten to the point where they are often unmoved by...
Israel Must Choose a Winning IDF Chief of Staff
JNS.org – An army does not determine policy, but merely executes it. Policy determines ability,...
Israeli TV’s Shallow, Irresponsible Stunt
JNS.org – We are accustomed to the concept of wars being waged in the name...
Nasrallah Is Risking Another Lebanon War
JNS.org – In an interview with adoring interviewer Ghassan Ben Jeddou on Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV,...
A Tale of Two Women Targeted by ‘Dishonored’ Ex-Husbands
JNS.org - When details emerged of the murder on Tuesday night of a 30-year-old mother of three Rabab Abu Siam in the central Israeli city...
NBA’s ‘Freedom’ Spreads Message of Peace Through Sports in Israel
JNS.org - “If you could change anything in this world, what would it be?” asked NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, while seated among 30 Jewish,...
Maccabiah Matches and Hunger Games
JNS.org – It was extraordinary to be among the more than 10,000 competitors overall, and one of more than 1,200 members of the US team,...
Editor Who Pushed Anti-Zionism Gets a Promotion at New York Times
The new Sunday Opinion editor of the New York Times will be Max Strasser, a longtime critic of Israel who, as a Times editor, championed...
Unique and Unexceptional
Last month, I traveled to Mexico City to attend a wedding. It was my first time in this sprawling capital city that nestles 7,350 feet...
Mastriano Shows How Not to Defuse an Antisemitism Controversy
JNS.org – American conservatives have gotten to the point where they are often unmoved by efforts by their liberal antagonists to get them to disavow...
Israel Must Choose a Winning IDF Chief of Staff
JNS.org – An army does not determine policy, but merely executes it. Policy determines ability, not the other way around. According to Israeli law, the...
Israeli TV’s Shallow, Irresponsible Stunt
JNS.org – We are accustomed to the concept of wars being waged in the name of religion. There’s less acknowledgment of the war being waged...
Nasrallah Is Risking Another Lebanon War
JNS.org – In an interview with adoring interviewer Ghassan Ben Jeddou on Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah escalated his threats against Israel over...
Addressing Israel’s Cost of Living Is a Zionist Imperative
JNS.org – There is a tendency in Israel to associate certain issues with specific parts of the population or the political spectrum. The large social justice...
Hating With the Hadids: How a Family of Social Media Stars Is Waging War on Israel
Collectively, the Hadid family boasts 135 million Instagram followers, which is roughly the population of Israel 15 times over. It is, therefore, no exaggeration to...
Tisha B’Av 2022: Let’s End the Hatred of Jew Vs. Jew
Before we can truly address the threat of antisemitism, we -- as Jews -- need to confront the hatred we harbor for one another. Every time...
For Turkey’s President, the Failed Coup Was a ‘Gift From God’
On July 15, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “celebrated” the sixth anniversary of a failed military coup -- "a major victory" that presumably protected the...
An Egyptian Woman’s Brutal Killing Sparks Renewed Hijab Debate
Egyptians were shocked last month by the brutal stabbing murder of a college student, Naira Ashraf, in front of Mansoura University's gates. The killer was...
