Commentary
Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
April 24th is the date of the annual memorial that Armenians observe to recall the horrific massacres carried out by the Turkish government in...
Lapid and Bennett Officially on the Clock to End Netanyahu’s Tenure
JNS.org — For the second time in a little more than a year, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government has passed to his political rivals. Unable to form a stable right-wing...
The News Unfit to Print in The New York Times
The case of Jordan Burnette and his repeated attacks on synagogues in New York’s Bronx borough comes at a period when hate crimes against Jews in New York are at alarmingly high levels. Over a period...
President Biden and Israel
President Joe Biden has a long record of discomfort with Israel. Four decades ago, in a meeting of Senators with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Biden warned that continued settlement expansion could undermine American support for...
New York Times Finds Riverdale Synagogue Attacks Not ‘Fit to Print’
Rock-throwing attacks on four synagogues in the Bronx, for which a suspect was arrested and...
A Jewish Artist Finds Hope Amid COVID and a Life in Entertainment
To say that Yuval David is prolific would be an understatement. The Jewish actor, host,...
Practicing Feminism While White
The year 2021 is already a bad year for feminist truth-tellers. In March, three brave Indigenous...
The Book of Ruth: A Zionist Story for Shavuot
The duality of Shavuot is undeniable -- the yom tov exists, or rather co-exists, with...
The Battle Between Erdogan’s Turkey and Sisi’s Egypt
The ascendance of non-Arab states and the decline of Arabic-speaking states over the past few...
Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
April 24th is the date of the annual memorial that Armenians observe to recall the horrific massacres carried out by the Turkish government in 1915....
Lapid and Bennett Officially on the Clock to End Netanyahu’s Tenure
JNS.org — For the second time in a little more than a year, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government has passed...
The News Unfit to Print in The New York Times
The case of Jordan Burnette and his repeated attacks on synagogues in New York’s Bronx borough comes at a period when hate crimes against Jews...
President Biden and Israel
President Joe Biden has a long record of discomfort with Israel. Four decades ago, in a meeting of Senators with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Biden...
New York Times Finds Riverdale Synagogue Attacks Not ‘Fit to Print’
Rock-throwing attacks on four synagogues in the Bronx, for which a suspect was arrested and released, have been national and international news. CNN covered the story....
A Jewish Artist Finds Hope Amid COVID and a Life in Entertainment
To say that Yuval David is prolific would be an understatement. The Jewish actor, host, filmmaker, and activist, seems to have an endless amount of...
Practicing Feminism While White
The year 2021 is already a bad year for feminist truth-tellers. In March, three brave Indigenous Australian women flew to the capital in Canberra to draw...
The Book of Ruth: A Zionist Story for Shavuot
The duality of Shavuot is undeniable -- the yom tov exists, or rather co-exists, with distinctly different facets. On the one hand, there is its...
The Battle Between Erdogan’s Turkey and Sisi’s Egypt
The ascendance of non-Arab states and the decline of Arabic-speaking states over the past few decades has become a common theme in political commentary and...
Human Rights Watch Crosses the Line With Latest Attack on Israel
JNS.org - Antisemitism may be the world’s oldest hatred, but it’s still a long way from death’s door. What I find particularly distressing, if not...
How Turkey and Israel Treat Minorities
JNS.org - When the Israeli military aircraft hit sites on April 16 linked to the Gaza Strip’s terrorist Hamas government, including an armaments production facility...
The Upside of Israel’s Electoral Mess
JNS.org - If someone in Israel just woke up after being in a coma for the last two years, they’d have a lot of catching...
New York Times Writer Charged as Iranian Agent Is Called ‘Foolish’ by Federal Judge
The New York Times opinion writer accused of serving as an unregistered, paid foreign agent of Iran may have a legal defense, the federal judge...
The Story of America’s Non-Jewish, First ‘Jewish Novelist’
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but today’s unforgiving ideologies define it as a form of appropriation or theft -- especially if it...
