Commentary
New York Times Editorial Lectures: ‘Israelis Should Care More’
The New York Times these days only rarely publishes staff editorials, and it saves the ones it thinks are most important for the Sunday...
Why Antisemitism Thrives on Social Media
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 2021 was a nadir in the history of American antisemitism, with the most recorded antisemitic incidents since the ADL began collecting data in 1979. In the newly published book "Antisemitism...
Israel’s Destruction Is Championed at the University of Chicago
In March, I detailed Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)’s campaign against academic freedom at the University of Chicago. Since then, the situation has only deteriorated. SJP’s initial anti-Israel boycott targeted courses about Israel that “legitimize”...
The Torah and the Power of Reconciliation
This week’s Torah reading consists of seemingly disparate themes -- but really, they all connect in a parable of alienation and reconciliation. Everything was prepared for the invasion of the Land of Israel. The tribes were...
When Your Family Is the Victim of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Recently, and at long last, the antisemite who has been vandalizing my family’s...
Lesson From a Government’s Likely Collapse? Stop Worrying About International Opinion
JNS.org - It’s a lesson Israelis should have learned long ago. Still, the experience of...
Middle East Professors Boycott Israel — Where’s the Moral Outrage?
Hours after the American Studies Association (ASA) announced its membership had voted to endorse an...
The DNA of a Rabbinical Emissary
Nations, just like individuals, possess a certain genetic makeup that defines their behavior, growth, and...
Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor Fans the Flames of Religious War
At the International Conference for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud...
New York Times Editorial Lectures: ‘Israelis Should Care More’
The New York Times these days only rarely publishes staff editorials, and it saves the ones it thinks are most important for the Sunday newspaper,...
Why Antisemitism Thrives on Social Media
According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 2021 was a nadir in the history of American antisemitism, with the most recorded antisemitic incidents since the ADL...
Israel’s Destruction Is Championed at the University of Chicago
In March, I detailed Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)’s campaign against academic freedom at the University of Chicago. Since then, the situation has only...
The Torah and the Power of Reconciliation
This week’s Torah reading consists of seemingly disparate themes -- but really, they all connect in a parable of alienation and reconciliation. Everything was prepared for...
When Your Family Is the Victim of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Recently, and at long last, the antisemite who has been vandalizing my family’s business in a Jewish suburb of Boston for nearly a...
Lesson From a Government’s Likely Collapse? Stop Worrying About International Opinion
JNS.org - It’s a lesson Israelis should have learned long ago. Still, the experience of the last 12 months should have reminded them of it...
Middle East Professors Boycott Israel — Where’s the Moral Outrage?
Hours after the American Studies Association (ASA) announced its membership had voted to endorse an academic boycott of Israel in 2013, the American Association of...
The DNA of a Rabbinical Emissary
Nations, just like individuals, possess a certain genetic makeup that defines their behavior, growth, and progress. For the nation of Israel (i.e., the Jewish people),...
Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor Fans the Flames of Religious War
At the International Conference for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations -- Mahmoud...
Double Standards Haunt US and Europe in NATO Dispute with Turkey
US and European acquiescence in Turkey's long-standing refusal to honor Kurdish ethnic, cultural, and political rights has come home to roost with Turkish opposition to...
The Dangers of Exaggerating the Impact of the Death of an ‘Al Jazeera’ Propagandist
JNS.org - Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in a war of narratives. As the weaker side, the Palestinians expend tremendous effort on framing incidents...
Shavuot, the Six-Day War and the Sorry ‘Status Quo’ on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - Israeli and Diaspora Jews visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday to celebrate Shavuot—the holiday marking the revelation of the Torah to...
The Israeli Government Has Lasted a Year; Was it Worth It?
JNS.org - Like a terminally ill patient who has defied a doctors’ predictions, the government led by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali...
Jews Have Bigger Problems Than a Fake Nose on an Actor’s Face
JNS.org - In contemporary popular culture dominated by social media, it doesn’t take much to start a controversy that can trend on Twitter. In this...
