Commentary
The Clause That Could Scupper the Iran Nuclear Accord
A little-noted provision in the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran could scupper the deal’s resuscitation. The provision’s magic date is 2023. If the Biden...
‘We Will Never Forget Israel’s Help’
JNS.org - March 11, 2011, began as an ordinary winter day with gray skies for the 12,000 people living in the fishing village of Minamisanriku. None of them knew that within several hours their world...
China’s Rulers Have a New and Unimproved Version of Rules-Based Order
JNS.org - Top Biden administration officials met in Anchorage this month with top officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Reporters characterized their exchange as an “ugly verbal spat,” “an exchange of insults” and...
New York Times Corrects Its Error About ‘Grapefruit Juice’ in Havdalah
An article in the New York Times reports on a high school baseball player, Elie Kligman, who won’t play games on the sabbath. In general it’s nice to see the Times portray observant Jews as something...
2021 Israeli Elections: Extremists Became Stronger — and There’s Still No Alternative to Netanyahu
The 2021 Israeli election ended -- once again -- without a clear outcome. Although the right-wing...
Why You Should Be Highly Alarmed by — and Yet Totally Ignore — the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism
So many academic antisemites’ charters have been published in recent years, that it's tempting simply...
Change of Command Brings Focus to IDF’s Gaza Defense Plans
In the middle of Israel's recent elections, a terrorist faction in the Gaza Strip fired...
How Many American Jews Are There, and Does it Really Matter?
JNS.org - This past weekend, the White House Passover seder was hosted by America’s Second...
A Call to Action Against Oberlin’s ‘Professor of Peace’
JNS.org - Oberlin College professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who has been given the title, “professor...
The Clause That Could Scupper the Iran Nuclear Accord
A little-noted provision in the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran could scupper the deal’s resuscitation. The provision’s magic date is 2023. If the Biden administration chooses...
‘We Will Never Forget Israel’s Help’
JNS.org - March 11, 2011, began as an ordinary winter day with gray skies for the 12,000 people living in the fishing village of Minamisanriku....
China’s Rulers Have a New and Unimproved Version of Rules-Based Order
JNS.org - Top Biden administration officials met in Anchorage this month with top officials of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Reporters characterized their exchange...
New York Times Corrects Its Error About ‘Grapefruit Juice’ in Havdalah
An article in the New York Times reports on a high school baseball player, Elie Kligman, who won’t play games on the sabbath. In general it’s...
2021 Israeli Elections: Extremists Became Stronger — and There’s Still No Alternative to Netanyahu
The 2021 Israeli election ended -- once again -- without a clear outcome. Although the right-wing bloc won 59 seats (if you include Naftali Bennett), a...
Why You Should Be Highly Alarmed by — and Yet Totally Ignore — the Jerusalem Declaration of Antisemitism
So many academic antisemites’ charters have been published in recent years, that it's tempting simply to ignore the wrongly named Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism -- it...
Change of Command Brings Focus to IDF’s Gaza Defense Plans
In the middle of Israel's recent elections, a terrorist faction in the Gaza Strip fired a mid-range rocket at the southern city of Be'ersheba shortly...
How Many American Jews Are There, and Does it Really Matter?
JNS.org - This past weekend, the White House Passover seder was hosted by America’s Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. The Brooklyn, NY-born lawyer is the first...
A Call to Action Against Oberlin’s ‘Professor of Peace’
JNS.org - Oberlin College professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who has been given the title, “professor of peace,” is anything but. He has been accused of war...
The Most Unlikely Passover Seder
JNS.org - On the eve of Passover, I was one of 13 people driving through the rolling sand dunes between Abu Dhabi and the remote...
PA Financial Support for Terrorism Circumvents US and Israeli Law
JNS.org - The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians over the Palestinian Authority’s payment of grants to some 12,000 terrorists and families of shahids (“martyrs”)...
Yet Another Attempt to Sanitize Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Another week, another solemn definition of what does and doesn’t constitute antisemitism, another quixotic attempt to slow the growing adoption of the International...
The Iran-China Deal Is Cause for Israeli Concern
JNS.org - While Israel was busy with the domestic political imbroglio surrounding last week’s Knesset elections, a strategic threat that could threaten the country’s very...
Ignore Jonathan Pollard’s Terrible Advice
JNS.org - It was probably inevitable that we hadn’t heard the last of Jonathan Pollard. When the convicted spy landed in Israel last fall, most...
