Commentary
New Government Shows Israel Never Was an Apartheid State
The state of Israel has a new prime minister. After four rounds of elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political opponents have banded together to form...
Rethinking Israeli-Turkish Relations
This year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Efraim Elrom, Israel’s Consul General in Istanbul, who was abducted and murdered after three days in captivity by a radical leftist Turkish organization. At the...
Finishing the Job: A Welcome Condemnation of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Responding to the mounting expectations of his Jewish constituents, US Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) took a welcome baby step in the fight against antisemitism last Thursday by taking the lead on issuing a...
Biden’s Disengagement
JNS.org - US President Joe Biden embarked on his first overseas trip last week since entering office. The message he sought to relay to his hosts and the rest of the world was that “America...
Can a Bennett-Lapid Government Rise to the Challenges Facing the Jewish State?
JNS.org - A nervous Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett struggled for nearly an hour to deliver...
Friends, Israelis, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears
JNS.org - “The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious,” eulogizes Mark Antony in...
Lethal, Own-Goal War Journalism on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - The month of May 2021 taught us Israelis many unfortunate things — things...
The Antisemitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
JNS.org - In the first round of the French presidential election in 2017, nearly one...
The Lessons Menachem Begin Left Us
JNS.org - The release of a new documentary film about one of Israel’s past prime...
New Government Shows Israel Never Was an Apartheid State
The state of Israel has a new prime minister. After four rounds of elections, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political opponents have banded together to form a...
Rethinking Israeli-Turkish Relations
This year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Efraim Elrom, Israel’s Consul General in Istanbul, who was abducted and murdered after three days...
Finishing the Job: A Welcome Condemnation of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Responding to the mounting expectations of his Jewish constituents, US Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) took a welcome baby step in the fight against...
Biden’s Disengagement
JNS.org - US President Joe Biden embarked on his first overseas trip last week since entering office. The message he sought to relay to his...
Can a Bennett-Lapid Government Rise to the Challenges Facing the Jewish State?
JNS.org - A nervous Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett struggled for nearly an hour to deliver what was supposed to be a 10-minute address at one...
Friends, Israelis, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears
JNS.org - “The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious,” eulogizes Mark Antony in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. He then goes on to...
Lethal, Own-Goal War Journalism on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - The month of May 2021 taught us Israelis many unfortunate things — things we hoped were not true (and continue to hope are...
The Antisemitism of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
JNS.org - In the first round of the French presidential election in 2017, nearly one in five voters marked their ballots for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the...
The Lessons Menachem Begin Left Us
JNS.org - The release of a new documentary film about one of Israel’s past prime ministers wasn’t timed to coincide with a historic change in...
We Are Entering a New Era of Jew Hatred
In the West, we are seeing the beginning of a new phase of discrimination against Jews. Many cannot openly identify as Jews without fear of...
Korach and the Arguments of Destruction
If you’re British and of a certain age, you are probably a fan of the irreverent 1970’s comedy sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. I...
Social Justice Includes Support for Israel
W.E.B. Du Bois once spoke of a “double-consciousness” felt by Black people in the United States. Even when accepted by white society, he argued that Black Americans...
Hate Signaling: How the Media Spreads Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Review of Books. I love the range of articles and reviews on literature and culture. But...
Remembering Our Friend and Scholar, Harold Brackman
The below article is an adaptation of a eulogy delivered last week on behalf of historian and frequent Algemeiner contributor Harold Brackman. In the Jewish...
