Commentary
The New Face of Combating Antisemitism
JNS.org - I attended the inaugural summit organized by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM), the global interfaith coalition of grass-roots activists, thinkers and diplomats...
Instead of Cancelling Meyers Leonard, Let’s Invite Him for Shabbat Dinner
JNS.org - The process of cancelling NBA player Meyers Leonard for using an antisemitic slur has begun in earnest. The social media condemnation machine is in full swing. The key players are taking their positions....
The Palestinian Issue Is Absent From the 2021 Israeli Elections
Even before the elections to the current Knesset, we made it clear to the electorate at every opportunity that we prefer a Jewish state, even if not in all parts of Israel, over a bi-national...
Islamist Extremists Try to Silence Dutch Author With Death Threats
At 23, her first book now tops her country's bestseller list -- an autobiographical novel praised by critics nationwide. She has been featured in interviews on TV, in newspaper articles, and in women's magazines. But...
Remembering the ‘Chinese Schindler’ — Who Saved Many More Lives
Ho Feng-Shan, “The Chinese Schindler,” was born in rural Hunan in 1901. Ho grew up...
Zionists Pioneered ‘Cancel Culture,’ Professor Claims
American Zionists are to blame for pioneering cancel culture, a British professor claims in a...
An Urgent Crisis: Holocaust Education Is Fading in America
According to the US Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, 63 percent of millennials in...
Does the Biden Administration Believe Iran Is Behind Most Shia Militias?
JNS.org - A controversy that occurred during a recent question-and-answer session for reporters by Pentagon...
A Call Not to Ratify California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum
JNS.org - In an effort to create a more culturally relevant curriculum that encourages students...
The New Face of Combating Antisemitism
JNS.org - I attended the inaugural summit organized by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM), the global interfaith coalition of grass-roots activists, thinkers and diplomats working...
Instead of Cancelling Meyers Leonard, Let’s Invite Him for Shabbat Dinner
JNS.org - The process of cancelling NBA player Meyers Leonard for using an antisemitic slur has begun in earnest. The social media condemnation machine is...
The Palestinian Issue Is Absent From the 2021 Israeli Elections
Even before the elections to the current Knesset, we made it clear to the electorate at every opportunity that we prefer a Jewish state, even...
Islamist Extremists Try to Silence Dutch Author With Death Threats
At 23, her first book now tops her country's bestseller list -- an autobiographical novel praised by critics nationwide. She has been featured in interviews...
Remembering the ‘Chinese Schindler’ — Who Saved Many More Lives
Ho Feng-Shan, “The Chinese Schindler,” was born in rural Hunan in 1901. Ho grew up poor. His mother was a devout Christian; his father, a...
Zionists Pioneered ‘Cancel Culture,’ Professor Claims
American Zionists are to blame for pioneering cancel culture, a British professor claims in a new article. Under the headline “The Spectre of Totalitarianism,” the essay...
An Urgent Crisis: Holocaust Education Is Fading in America
According to the US Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey, 63 percent of millennials in the United States are unaware that six million innocent Jews...
Does the Biden Administration Believe Iran Is Behind Most Shia Militias?
JNS.org - A controversy that occurred during a recent question-and-answer session for reporters by Pentagon press secretary John Kirby may have revealed a troubling insight...
A Call Not to Ratify California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum
JNS.org - In an effort to create a more culturally relevant curriculum that encourages students to feel “more personally empowered,” the State of California’s Department...
The Plague of the Middle East in 2021 Remains Iran
JNS.org - The United Nations, the setting for my five-year service as Israel’s 17th Permanent Representative, has traditionally been an unwelcome and problematic arena for...
From Durban to The Hague: 20 Years of NGO Lawfare
JNS.org - The announcement by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that she was opening investigations against Israel for alleged war crimes should not...
New Biography Explores a Defender of Israel
Lone Voice, The Wars of Isi Leibler, by Suzanne Rutland, Gefen Books (2021) Communal leaders who take on establishment bodies and challenge accepted wisdom are not...
Israeli Intelligence Cooperation with Arab Allies Thwarts Iranian Terrorism
The large-scale withdrawal of US military forces from the Middle East, which occurred during the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, handed Iran an...
New Book Explores UK-Jewish Relations Through Humor and Firsthand Experience
The Taming of the Jew, by Tuvia Tenenbom (Geffen Publishing, 2021). Prophecy is gone from Israel. We no longer hear vox dei, but only vox populi,...
