Commentary
What Nexus Gets Wrong and IHRA Gets Right With Antisemitism
JNS.org - A new working definition of antisemitism was unveiled last week by the Nexus Task Force, a project of the Knight Program in...
Hamas Reminds the World That It Wants to Destroy Israel — and No One Cares
The position of the United States, the UN, the EU, and Russia about what a legitimate Palestinian government would look like has been consistent since this statement made in 2006: "It is the view of...
‘Antisemitism-Lite’ in Contemporary Germany
On December 10, 2020, the English edition of Haaretz published an article under the headline, “In Germany, a witch hunt is raging against critics of Israel. Cultural leaders have had enough.” The piece discussed the Initiative...
Anzia Yezierska: The Tenement House ‘Cinderella’
Applied to American Jews, the “white privilege” concept oversimplifies and misstates a complicated history. Anzia Yezierska -- once romanticized by Hollywood publicists as America’s "Cinderella of the Tenements” -- is a case study. Later fudging the facts...
Reuven Rivlin: The People’s Choice
JNS.org - Waking up on election day is always exciting. The site of ballot boxes...
Bibi at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - By Tuesday night, exit polls from the elections for the 24th Knesset will...
Biden’s ‘Nine-Miles-Wide Plan’
JNS.org - The Biden administration reportedly intends to demand that Israel return to the nine-miles-wide...
Does the Haggadah Teach the Meaning of Life?
JNS.org - Some Jews can’t get enough of the inspiration it offers for questions and...
Why Yesh Atid Is the Right Party to Lead Israel
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy...
What Nexus Gets Wrong and IHRA Gets Right With Antisemitism
JNS.org - A new working definition of antisemitism was unveiled last week by the Nexus Task Force, a project of the Knight Program in Media...
Hamas Reminds the World That It Wants to Destroy Israel — and No One Cares
The position of the United States, the UN, the EU, and Russia about what a legitimate Palestinian government would look like has been consistent since...
‘Antisemitism-Lite’ in Contemporary Germany
On December 10, 2020, the English edition of Haaretz published an article under the headline, “In Germany, a witch hunt is raging against critics of...
Anzia Yezierska: The Tenement House ‘Cinderella’
Applied to American Jews, the “white privilege” concept oversimplifies and misstates a complicated history. Anzia Yezierska -- once romanticized by Hollywood publicists as America’s "Cinderella of...
Reuven Rivlin: The People’s Choice
JNS.org - Waking up on election day is always exciting. The site of ballot boxes carrying the state emblem reminds me of days long ago,...
Bibi at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - By Tuesday night, exit polls from the elections for the 24th Knesset will show whether or not predictions of the kind of deadlock...
Biden’s ‘Nine-Miles-Wide Plan’
JNS.org - The Biden administration reportedly intends to demand that Israel return to the nine-miles-wide pre-1967 armistice lines. Should we be surprised? How dangerous would...
Does the Haggadah Teach the Meaning of Life?
JNS.org - Some Jews can’t get enough of the inspiration it offers for questions and debate. Others grow up counting pages in it, waiting, often...
Why Yesh Atid Is the Right Party to Lead Israel
As Israel heads into its fourth elections in just two years, it can be easy to be fed up with the non-stop horse-race political coverage....
Turkey, Russia, and the Middle East
It is often claimed that Turkey made a definitive break with the West in 2003 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power....
Planning for Antisemitism in Planned Giving to Universities
A few years ago, a woman contacted the pro-Israel organization where I work, StandWithUs, worried about her late husband’s legacy. He had spent his career...
This Passover, Let Us Release Our Anger
Operation Warp Speed was an unreported success of the Trump administration, in the unprecedented marshaling of public and private resources to develop multiple COVID-19 vaccines...
Benjamin Netanyahu: With Two More Mandates, We Will Propel the Economy Forward
JNS.org - My fellow Israelis, I ask you to vote for the Likud under my leadership so that we can propel the Israeli economy forward...
Yair Lapid: We Will Foster Unity
JNS.org - Benjamin Netanyahu has put me on posters, hung me off bridges, and has talked about me constantly. To fan the flames, he did...
