Commentary
Remembering Volkswagen’s Troubled, and Holocaust, History
On March 19, 2019, the world press widely reported that the chief executive of Volkswagen (VW), Herbert Diess, apologized for evoking a Nazi slogan...
Just Decades After the Holocaust, the Woke Mob Targets Jews and America
Commemorating Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- in New York always felt vaguely foreign, even un-American, to me. Heavily-accented, emotionally-scarred Europeans would describe the dark days in that dark continent, forgetting that we were...
America and the ‘GI Jews’
Prior to the 1960s, many Americans shared the belief that military conscription benefited young men and uplifted certain groups. World War II cemented this optimistic view. But there was no such consensus in August 1941,...
Israeli Politics Aren’t (Totally) Broken, But We Can Still Fix Them
Before last month’s national elections, I wrote about the nature of the race and how it had been stripped of all ideology and meaning. With all the votes counted and coalition negotiations in full swing, it...
Aviv Kochavi: Holocaust Survivors Represent the Light That Shone in the Darkness
JNS.org - To all soldiers, commanders and employees of the Israel Defense Forces: Holocaust Remembrance...
Why Are Jews and Poles Still Arguing About the Holocaust?
JNS.org - It’s a controversy in which there are no heroes, as well as one...
Antony Blinken Called the Wrong Guy
JNS.org - In a phone call with a Middle East leader last week, Secretary of...
Mansour Abbas and the Lebanonization of Israel
The political struggle in Israel has reached a deadlock because the actors are focused not...
Power Corrupts, Weakness Corrupts Absolutely
JNS.org - In the days before American liberalism jumped off track towards a warped “progressive”...
Remembering Volkswagen’s Troubled, and Holocaust, History
On March 19, 2019, the world press widely reported that the chief executive of Volkswagen (VW), Herbert Diess, apologized for evoking a Nazi slogan to...
Just Decades After the Holocaust, the Woke Mob Targets Jews and America
Commemorating Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- in New York always felt vaguely foreign, even un-American, to me. Heavily-accented, emotionally-scarred Europeans would describe the...
America and the ‘GI Jews’
Prior to the 1960s, many Americans shared the belief that military conscription benefited young men and uplifted certain groups. World War II cemented this optimistic...
Israeli Politics Aren’t (Totally) Broken, But We Can Still Fix Them
Before last month’s national elections, I wrote about the nature of the race and how it had been stripped of all ideology and meaning. With all...
Aviv Kochavi: Holocaust Survivors Represent the Light That Shone in the Darkness
JNS.org - To all soldiers, commanders and employees of the Israel Defense Forces: Holocaust Remembrance Day silences Israel and envelopes our country’s streets in quiet. The...
Why Are Jews and Poles Still Arguing About the Holocaust?
JNS.org - It’s a controversy in which there are no heroes, as well as one that in a more rational world no one would bother...
Antony Blinken Called the Wrong Guy
JNS.org - In a phone call with a Middle East leader last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Palestinian Arabs are entitled to...
Mansour Abbas and the Lebanonization of Israel
The political struggle in Israel has reached a deadlock because the actors are focused not on issues and ideology but on personal, sectorial, factional, and...
Power Corrupts, Weakness Corrupts Absolutely
JNS.org - In the days before American liberalism jumped off track towards a warped “progressive” agenda, one leading and wise liberal supplied a brilliant twist...
Why the Flawed ‘Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism’ Risks Setting Back Efforts to Fight Antisemitism
Last month, 200 academics published a document called "The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism," which they recommend should replace the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. You might...
Anti-Jewish Expulsions and Antisemitism in the Arab World
A series of stories over the past few weeks have highlighted the end of the Jewish communities in various Muslim and Arab nations. There are reportedly...
Jordan’s Volatility Could Shake Up the Middle East
Jordan's current domestic upheaval involves some prominent officials and members of the royal family who were arrested and charged with an attempted regime change. A regime...
Has Biden Already Betrayed the Trust of Pro-Israel Democrats?
JNS.org - It’s only been 11 weeks since Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States. With the president preoccupied with domestic...
Yes to Integration; No to Mansour Abbas and Self-Deception
JNS.org - The majority of right-wingers in Israel are interested in the integration and prosperity of the Arab sector. The right greatly respects the Arab-Israeli...
