Commentary
Why Is Biden Indifferent to a UN Celebration of Antisemitism?
JNS.org - At the UN Human Rights Council last Friday, Americans learned something important about the Biden administration’s views on combating racism and xenophobia....
This Passover, a Song of Thanks
JNS.org - It’s hard to believe that only a year has passed since Passover of 5780 (2020). Since the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gafner of blessed memory reinstated the tradition of the Priestly Blessing some...
What Kind of Freedom Do We Celebrate on Passover?
The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King” by Peniel E. Joseph....
The Truth About Palestinian Fatalities in the 2014 Hamas-Israel Confrontation
Whether or not Israel cooperates with a judicial team from the International Criminal Court, there is now likely to be renewed focus on the confrontation between Israel and Hamas that lasted from July 8 to...
Another Double Standard: Palestinian Law Excludes Israelis From Voting
We've been told countless times this year that Israel is a racist, apartheid state because...
How an IDF Doctor Saved Lives in Equatorial Guinea
JNS.org - On March 8, 2021, at least 100 people were killed and more than...
The End of PLO Political Hegemony in the West Bank
JNS.org - When Palestinian elections were first discussed, the spotlight immediately turned to the struggle...
The Difference Between a Merely ‘Religious’ Jew and a Principled One
Hearts & Minds: An Original Look at Each Parsha in the Torah by Pini Dunner;...
Why Israel’s ‘Critics’ Can’t Help Being Antisemitic, and How They Can Stop
The line “some of my best friends are Jews” used to be the signal that...
Why Is Biden Indifferent to a UN Celebration of Antisemitism?
JNS.org - At the UN Human Rights Council last Friday, Americans learned something important about the Biden administration’s views on combating racism and xenophobia. Paradoxically,...
This Passover, a Song of Thanks
JNS.org - It’s hard to believe that only a year has passed since Passover of 5780 (2020). Since the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gafner of...
What Kind of Freedom Do We Celebrate on Passover?
The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of...
The Truth About Palestinian Fatalities in the 2014 Hamas-Israel Confrontation
Whether or not Israel cooperates with a judicial team from the International Criminal Court, there is now likely to be renewed focus on the confrontation...
Another Double Standard: Palestinian Law Excludes Israelis From Voting
We've been told countless times this year that Israel is a racist, apartheid state because it doesn't allow Palestinians to vote, even though Israel has...
How an IDF Doctor Saved Lives in Equatorial Guinea
JNS.org - On March 8, 2021, at least 100 people were killed and more than 600 wounded in a series of explosions in the town...
The End of PLO Political Hegemony in the West Bank
JNS.org - When Palestinian elections were first discussed, the spotlight immediately turned to the struggle between Fatah and Hamas, and the fear that under cover...
The Difference Between a Merely ‘Religious’ Jew and a Principled One
Hearts & Minds: An Original Look at Each Parsha in the Torah by Pini Dunner; Otzrot Books, 2021. Many Jews believe that being religious is the...
Why Israel’s ‘Critics’ Can’t Help Being Antisemitic, and How They Can Stop
The line “some of my best friends are Jews” used to be the signal that one was dealing with an antisemite. Today, the tell has...
Has the Football Pitch Become Qatar’s Battlefield?
The football pitch has long pitted country against country. But recent developments suggest that the goalposts might have shifted, transforming the pitch into a proxy...
Major UK Paper Publishes Another Call to End the Jewish State
For the second time in as many months, The Guardian has published an op-ed calling for an end to the Jewish state. The latest piece,...
Passover and the US-Israel Bond
Here's a quick Passover recap: According to Heinrich Heine, the 19th century German poet, “Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent.” Professor Yehudah...
Why the Seder and Exodus Should Make Us Optimistic
Countless studies have explored the usefulness of optimism as a psychological phenomenon, and all of them have demonstrated that optimists have a higher quality of...
In Every Generation: How the Pesach Haggadah Sheds Light on Israel’s Security Situation
The ancient words that we will soon recite during the Passover seder can seem archaic or impertinent to our modern-day circumstances. How can the Haggadah,...
