Commentary
Hezbollah Is the Only Winner in Lebanon
JNS.org - “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is a French epigram immortalized by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue...
‘There Is a Jew Hiding Behind Me — Come and Kill Him’
JNS.org - When the former Trump administration announced that it was moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December 2017, the reaction in the Muslim world and among Muslim communities in the...
Why Was the Jewish Response to Durban a Failure?
JNS.org - Exactly 20 years ago, the egregious proceedings of the Durban Conference illustrated how the international community, and in particular the United Nations had legitimized antisemitism. A conference whose purpose was to oppose racism...
Initial Taliban Moves Don’t Convince Afghanistan’s Neighbors of a New Regime
The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press is mixed at best. Afghanistan’s neighbors are not holding their...
Why We Need Sukkot
After watching the recent Afghanistan debacle unfold, I could not help but be reminded of...
Antisemitism Masked as Anti-Israel Bias at Berkeley
Last week, the University of California, Berkeley, took the top spot in the annual Forbes...
Don’t Omit the ‘Why’ of September 11, 2001
"But the enemy is not just 'terrorism,' some generic evil. This vagueness blurs the strategy....
Yom Kippur: The Zionist Holiday You Never Knew
A better understanding of the central, unifying themes of each of the Jewish holidays and...
New York Times Iran Reporter Denounces Critics as ‘Trolls’
A New York Times reporter who covers Iran is defending herself after nearly 100 Iranians...
Hezbollah Is the Only Winner in Lebanon
JNS.org - “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is a French epigram immortalized by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of...
‘There Is a Jew Hiding Behind Me — Come and Kill Him’
JNS.org - When the former Trump administration announced that it was moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in December 2017, the reaction...
Why Was the Jewish Response to Durban a Failure?
JNS.org - Exactly 20 years ago, the egregious proceedings of the Durban Conference illustrated how the international community, and in particular the United Nations had...
Initial Taliban Moves Don’t Convince Afghanistan’s Neighbors of a New Regime
The Taliban’s record in recent weeks on making good on promises to respect human and women’s rights as well as uphold freedom of the press...
Why We Need Sukkot
After watching the recent Afghanistan debacle unfold, I could not help but be reminded of the Suez Crisis of 1956 — with a sense of...
Antisemitism Masked as Anti-Israel Bias at Berkeley
Last week, the University of California, Berkeley, took the top spot in the annual Forbes rankings of America’s top colleges. The business magazine offered a...
Don’t Omit the ‘Why’ of September 11, 2001
"But the enemy is not just 'terrorism,' some generic evil. This vagueness blurs the strategy. The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more...
Yom Kippur: The Zionist Holiday You Never Knew
A better understanding of the central, unifying themes of each of the Jewish holidays and their unique, separate liturgies can be like throwing open the...
New York Times Iran Reporter Denounces Critics as ‘Trolls’
A New York Times reporter who covers Iran is defending herself after nearly 100 Iranians signed an open letter to Times editors accusing her of...
The Terrorists’ Escape From Gilboa Prison Is a Wake-Up Call
The escape of six terrorists from Israel’s Gilboa prison caused countrywide hysteria, as did the shooting death of Border Police officer Sgt. Barel Hadaria Shmueli...
A Day Like No Other
The Torah says of Yom Kippur, “For this day will atone for you, to cleanse you of your sins and you will be purified before...
Where Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Going?
From the earliest days of the Iranian military nuclear program, it was directed primarily at Israel, which the revolutionary regime in Tehran deems an archenemy...
Western Islamists and Afghanistan
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's declaration of victory have inspired Islamists across the world. The Taliban announced its intent to enforce strict...
The Obligation to Remember, Even on a Day When We Look Inward
JNS.org - It comes in a part of the Yom Kippur service that even many of those who are more than three-day-a-year synagogue-goers often skip...
