Commentary
The Naftali Bennett Riddle
One week before the deadline expires for Benjamin Netanyahu to either form a new government or return the mandate to President Rivlin, the prime...
Celebrating Lag B’Omer for Jews Today
Author's note: Of course, I had no idea when I wrote this column a week ago that we would be witnessing this tragedy. This could have been and should have been foreseen; people have been...
Revealed: How Hezbollah Is Still Aiding Syria and Assad
Hezbollah is using a network of Lebanese fuel companies to illegally smuggle fuel from Lebanon to the Assad regime in Syria, despite international sanctions, a new report by an Israeli watchdog claims. The Alma Research and...
The Tragedy of Benjamin Netanyahu
The ancient Greeks who invented the tragedy based it, in many ways, on an idea first articulated by the philosopher Heraclitus: ethos anthropo daimon — character is fate. What makes a man successful, they understood,...
Exploring America’s Greatest (and Jewish) Living Writer
"The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia" by Rick Pender (Rowman & Littlefield), 2021 A recent op-ed in The...
No Justice for Jews in France
For better or for worse, Jews are instinctively guided by memory. The Torah embedded Zachor...
The Myth of a ‘Longer and Stronger’ Iran Deal
For months, President Biden and his surrogates have consistently claimed that their goal in engaging...
More Than Oranges: The Continuing Success of the Israeli Economy
Growing up in Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s in a Zionist household meant being...
Charles Barkley and Appreciating Jewish Customs
JNS.org - In a controversial 1993 Nike Air commercial, Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley, one...
The Naftali Bennett Riddle
One week before the deadline expires for Benjamin Netanyahu to either form a new government or return the mandate to President Rivlin, the prime minister...
Celebrating Lag B’Omer for Jews Today
Author's note: Of course, I had no idea when I wrote this column a week ago that we would be witnessing this tragedy. This could...
Revealed: How Hezbollah Is Still Aiding Syria and Assad
Hezbollah is using a network of Lebanese fuel companies to illegally smuggle fuel from Lebanon to the Assad regime in Syria, despite international sanctions, a...
The Tragedy of Benjamin Netanyahu
The ancient Greeks who invented the tragedy based it, in many ways, on an idea first articulated by the philosopher Heraclitus: ethos anthropo daimon —...
Exploring America’s Greatest (and Jewish) Living Writer
"The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia" by Rick Pender (Rowman & Littlefield), 2021 A recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal argued that Stephen Sondheim is America's greatest...
No Justice for Jews in France
For better or for worse, Jews are instinctively guided by memory. The Torah embedded Zachor in our national DNA 3,000 years ago in Egypt, and...
The Myth of a ‘Longer and Stronger’ Iran Deal
For months, President Biden and his surrogates have consistently claimed that their goal in engaging Iran and in any potential re-entry into the Iran nuclear...
More Than Oranges: The Continuing Success of the Israeli Economy
Growing up in Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s in a Zionist household meant being aware of the precarious nature of the Israeli economy and...
Charles Barkley and Appreciating Jewish Customs
JNS.org - In a controversial 1993 Nike Air commercial, Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley, one of the best basketball players in the world, proclaimed, “I...
Human Rights Watch Exploits Its Mission for Hate
JNS.org - In the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviet bloc and the Arab league combined forces in the United Nations to promote antisemitism and demonize...
The Ramifications of a US Return to the 2015 Nuclear Agreement
JNS.org - The United States is keen to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and is likely to do so even though Iran...
Violence in Jerusalem for Political Gain in Ramallah
JNS.org - There is nothing that boosts Palestinian leaders’ popularity like their leading terror campaigns against Israel. This is the reason why suddenly, after months...
New York Times Essayist, Obama CIA Chief, Infuriates Jews by Accusing ‘Scarred’ Nation of Lacking Empathy
Jewish readers are furious about a New York Times opinion writer who issued a tweet complaining that he can’t understand why Jews aren’t more “empathetic...
The Gaza Rocket Attack on Israel: The Neighbors Smell Weakness
Last Friday and Saturday, terrorists fired 36 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip. This attack was not a single incident that can be defined...
