Commentary
For Christmas, CNN Regifts Antisemitism
Christmas Eve is normally a festive evening — full of joy, love, and kindness. Unfortunately, CNN chose to taint the holiday by erasing Jewish...
Let Our People Come Home
JNS.org – This past Shabbat, we read the Torah portion of Shemot, where Moses is asked by God to go to Pharaoh and demand that he “let my people go.” It is Pharaoh who recognizes that...
Why It’s Our Duty to Remember the Past
One of my first childhood memories is my pre-kindergarten “Pilgrim’s Landing” reenactment. Half the class dressed as Pilgrims, and sat in canoes. The other half was dressed as Native Americans, and we shared a mock...
Good News in the Fight Against Antisemitism
JNS.org - At this time of year-end recollections, we cannot forget that antisemitism has reached historic levels this year, including attacks on Jews in the streets of Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Southern Florida....
Biden’s Weak Defense of Democracy
JNS.org - The Summit for Democracy upset China’s totalitarian rulers. That’s the most positive thing...
The Tyranny of the Woke
JNS.org - I remember my undergraduate days, several decades ago, very well. It was a...
The Hamas Takeover of Gaza Killed the Two-State Solution
JNS.org - Earlier this month, Israel postponed a large housing project in Atarot, north of...
The Israeli Right and Left Are in Consensus About the Golan
JNS.org - On Dec. 14, 1981, the government of Menachem Begin applied Israeli sovereignty to...
Mainstream Jewish Groups Need to Understand That Interfaith Dialogue Legitimized CAIR
JNS.org - Perhaps some people were shocked when a leader of the Council on American-Islamic...
For Christmas, CNN Regifts Antisemitism
Christmas Eve is normally a festive evening — full of joy, love, and kindness. Unfortunately, CNN chose to taint the holiday by erasing Jewish history...
Let Our People Come Home
JNS.org – This past Shabbat, we read the Torah portion of Shemot, where Moses is asked by God to go to Pharaoh and demand that...
Why It’s Our Duty to Remember the Past
One of my first childhood memories is my pre-kindergarten “Pilgrim’s Landing” reenactment. Half the class dressed as Pilgrims, and sat in canoes. The other half...
Good News in the Fight Against Antisemitism
JNS.org - At this time of year-end recollections, we cannot forget that antisemitism has reached historic levels this year, including attacks on Jews in the...
Biden’s Weak Defense of Democracy
JNS.org - The Summit for Democracy upset China’s totalitarian rulers. That’s the most positive thing I can say about the two-day virtual conference convened by...
The Tyranny of the Woke
JNS.org - I remember my undergraduate days, several decades ago, very well. It was a heady, wonderful time when I first discovered the life of...
The Hamas Takeover of Gaza Killed the Two-State Solution
JNS.org - Earlier this month, Israel postponed a large housing project in Atarot, north of Jerusalem, where a Jewish settlement once stood. The project aimed to...
The Israeli Right and Left Are in Consensus About the Golan
JNS.org - On Dec. 14, 1981, the government of Menachem Begin applied Israeli sovereignty to the Golan Heights in the face of harsh criticism at...
Mainstream Jewish Groups Need to Understand That Interfaith Dialogue Legitimized CAIR
JNS.org - Perhaps some people were shocked when a leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently engaged in an epic rant against Jews,...
What Is Greatness?
Let me begin by sharing a question from the acclaimed author and lecturer Alison Armstrong: “What if greatness is as simple as reliably being that...
Parshat Shemot: The Power of Strong Women
The Book of Exodus starts with the enslavement of the Israelites. Up to this moment, the Torah has been following the lives of individuals --...
The Head of a Christian College in Bethlehem Is an Antisemite
In 2017, Premiere Christian News reported: Israel's occupation of Palestine is behind the exodus of Palestinian Christians from the region, according to a new study. Research carried...
Hit Piece Masquerading as Book Review: The Latest Apartheid Libel
With a title like “The State of Israel vs The Jews review: fierce indictment of a rightward lurch,” it is reasonable to think that The...
If Israel Can’t Be Blamed, the Media Doesn’t Report on the Palestinian Authority’s Crackdown on Critics
Ghanem Zreikat. Alaa al-Rabi. Amer Hamdan. Jihad Abdo. To the readership of prominent publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and others, the names of these...
