Commentary
The Washington Post Gives CAIR a Boost
“Fake news is cheap to produce,” Toomas Hendrik Ilves once observed, but “genuine journalism is expensive.” The former Estonian prime minister’s observation is only...
Why Jews Must Take Responsibility for Their Own Security
Thankfully, the January 15 hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, ended as it should have -- with terrorist Malik Faisal Akram killed and all hostages, including Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, freed unharmed. Akram was...
How to Make Sure the Holocaust Is Not Forgotten
JNS.org - The antisemitic hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas on Jan. 15 brought to the surface bitter memories of the Holocaust: Jews being singled out simply because they were Jews. Eighty years ago, on Jan. 20, 1942,...
The UN Descent to Its Deepest Depths of Hostility to Israel
JNS.org - The inherent, long-existing political hostility against the State of Israel within the United Nations in general and the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHCR), in particular, comes as no surprise to anyone. However, the recent...
US Policy on Iran: Learning From the Past?
JNS.org - Ten days before the toppling of the Shah of Iran, president Jimmy Carter...
The Agony and the Pride of Being a Jew in America
JNS.org - To be a Jew today means your life will be defined by collective...
The Unspoken Truths Behind the Texas Synagogue Attack
JNS.org - The attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where the rabbi and...
What Those Who Accept the ‘Stolen Land’ Myth Don’t Understand
JNS.org - One of the tragicomic if all too prevalent customs of contemporary woke corporate...
American Jews Will Not Cower
The horrific events this past Shabbat at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, highlighted once...
The Washington Post Gives CAIR a Boost
“Fake news is cheap to produce,” Toomas Hendrik Ilves once observed, but “genuine journalism is expensive.” The former Estonian prime minister’s observation is only partially...
Why Jews Must Take Responsibility for Their Own Security
Thankfully, the January 15 hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, ended as it should have -- with terrorist Malik Faisal Akram killed...
How to Make Sure the Holocaust Is Not Forgotten
JNS.org - The antisemitic hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas on Jan. 15 brought to the surface bitter memories of the Holocaust: Jews being singled out simply...
The UN Descent to Its Deepest Depths of Hostility to Israel
JNS.org - The inherent, long-existing political hostility against the State of Israel within the United Nations in general and the UN’s Human Rights Council (UNHCR),...
US Policy on Iran: Learning From the Past?
JNS.org - Ten days before the toppling of the Shah of Iran, president Jimmy Carter told a conference of world leaders on the Island of...
The Agony and the Pride of Being a Jew in America
JNS.org - To be a Jew today means your life will be defined by collective moments of agony and of pride. Jewish people may be...
The Unspoken Truths Behind the Texas Synagogue Attack
JNS.org - The attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where the rabbi and three other Jews were taken hostage until they managed to...
What Those Who Accept the ‘Stolen Land’ Myth Don’t Understand
JNS.org - One of the tragicomic if all too prevalent customs of contemporary woke corporate culture is the way many groups and corporations now open...
American Jews Will Not Cower
The horrific events this past Shabbat at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, highlighted once again that there are forces out there who hate Jews...
After Texas Synagogue Attack, CAIR Revives Its Campaign to Free Aafia Siddiqui
Less than four days after a gunman held four Jews hostage inside a Texas synagogue in a doomed attempt to free a convicted terrorist, the...
Take Time to Celebrate the ‘Wins’ and the Growth of Jewish Life
This past Sunday, I tuned into a livestream event that was utterly unique -- the Torat Imecha Nach Yomi siyum. Over the past two years,...
Days After Texas Synagogue Attack, Jewish Voice for Peace Hosting NYC Rally To Free Jailed Palestinian Terrorist
The name Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is something of a misnomer for a group that has, among other activities, ardently campaigned in support of...
Parshat Yitro: Look for Outside Solutions with an Open Mind
The most important feature of this week's parsha is arguably Judaism’s greatest contribution to the world -- the so-called Ten Commandments. A normal commandment in...
What Do Other Presbyterians Think About One Group’s Anti-Israel Hate?
Israel is a slave state, and American Jews need to fight against it. That’s the message the highest elected official in the largest Presbyterian church in...
