Commentary
Parshat Lech Lecha: No One Is Perfect
Abraham is the first, full character study in the Torah. The “ten generations” between Adam and Noah, and then again between Noah and Abraham,...
New York Times Faults Jeopardy Host Mayim Bialik for Pro-Israel Stance
Mayim Bialik is too pro-Israel to be the host of the television game show “Jeopardy.” That’s the weird, underlying premise of a recent front-of-the-arts section New York Times news article. The headline is framed as a question:...
UNC Teachers Defend Instructor Who Doesn’t Believe Israel Should Exist
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chapter of the American Association of University Professors (UNC-AAUP) issued a statement last week in support of instructor Kylie Broderick, who recently tweeted the term “Zionist dirtbags,”...
‘Bring Down the State of Israel’: Media Outlets Obscure BDS Campaign’s True Goal in Sally Rooney Boycott Coverage
The debate over Irish author Sally Rooney’s severing of ties with an Israeli publisher in line with her support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement continues. Over the last two days, numerous international media...
Israeli Writer’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ Is a Hit
Israeli writer and show creator Hagai Levi's "Scenes From a Marriage" shouldn't have worked. True,...
Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage
Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to...
Israel Can’t Ignore China’s Threat to the Free World
JNS.org - Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some...
Supporting a Defense System That Saves Lives in the Line of Fire
JNS.org - Israeli leaders and medical professionals are intimately familiar with the destructive force of...
Beautiful World, Where Are You? Best-Selling Author’s Israel Boycott Is Hypocritical and Antisemitic
Sally Rooney is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in the literary scene right now. The...
Parshat Lech Lecha: No One Is Perfect
Abraham is the first, full character study in the Torah. The “ten generations” between Adam and Noah, and then again between Noah and Abraham, are...
New York Times Faults Jeopardy Host Mayim Bialik for Pro-Israel Stance
Mayim Bialik is too pro-Israel to be the host of the television game show “Jeopardy.” That’s the weird, underlying premise of a recent front-of-the-arts section New...
UNC Teachers Defend Instructor Who Doesn’t Believe Israel Should Exist
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chapter of the American Association of University Professors (UNC-AAUP) issued a statement last week in support of...
‘Bring Down the State of Israel’: Media Outlets Obscure BDS Campaign’s True Goal in Sally Rooney Boycott Coverage
The debate over Irish author Sally Rooney’s severing of ties with an Israeli publisher in line with her support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions...
Israeli Writer’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’ Is a Hit
Israeli writer and show creator Hagai Levi's "Scenes From a Marriage" shouldn't have worked. True, Levi has the chops from HBO's “Our Boys" and Showtime’s...
Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage
Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to rescind Israel’s observer status, when the AU executive council meets...
Israel Can’t Ignore China’s Threat to the Free World
JNS.org - Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to...
Supporting a Defense System That Saves Lives in the Line of Fire
JNS.org - Israeli leaders and medical professionals are intimately familiar with the destructive force of rockets fired indiscriminately by terror groups based in the Gaza...
Beautiful World, Where Are You? Best-Selling Author’s Israel Boycott Is Hypocritical and Antisemitic
Sally Rooney is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in the literary scene right now. The 30-year-old Irish author’s 2017 debut novel, "Conversations With Friends," was...
Article on German Antisemitism Ignores the Elephant in the Room
An article in The Independent on the rise of antisemitism in Germany by the Berlin-based journalist Erik Kirschbaum, did what so many media reports on...
Media Erase Jewish Connection to Newly Uncovered Ancient Winery in Israel
The Israeli and Jewish media recently reported on the discovery in Yavne of a 1,500-year-old complex capable of producing some two million liters of wine...
Israel Considering Laws to Hold Social Media Giants Liable for Incitement By Users
A team of experts working for the Israeli Ministry of Communications is considering new laws that would hold social media companies liable for incitement posted...
BDS Proves Once Again That it’s All About the Antisemitism
JNS.org - Irish novelist Sally Rooney thinks that she’s an advocate for human rights, and that prejudice and hate have nothing to do with her...
Elect Judges, Not Party Loyalists
JNS.org - When Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar published the list of candidates for the Supreme Court, ahead of the expected appointment of four new...
