Commentary
Abbas Pulls Out the Stops to Neutralize Rival Mohammed Dahlan
JNS.org - The Palestinian political arena is riotous and raging following the decision of Nasser al-Kidwa, a senior Fatah figure and the nephew of...
Will We Miss Anything After We Leave Our Pandemic Cocoons?
JNS.org - With vaccinations spreading rapidly like millions of bees pollinating prairies, the United States is finally starting to come out of its hibernation. Even Disneyland has announced it will reopen in April. This reopening is...
Biden’s First Unforced Blunder
Even before Inauguration Day, then president-elect Joe Biden had already made his first unforced diplomatic blunder, expressing his eagerness to return to the discredited JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), also known as the Iran...
An American Turncoat and Iranian Espionage
On February 8, 2019, former US intelligence specialist Monica Witt was charged with betraying her oath to protect and defend the US by conducting espionage on behalf of Iran. She stands accused of delivering US...
Macron Is Right; Islamo-Leftism Is a Threat
It started with a beheading. Last October, 18-year-old Chechen refugee Abdullakh Anzorov used a cleaver to...
Germany Can Show True Repentance by Confronting Iran
In the aftermath of World War II, Germany has tried to atone for the Holocaust:...
The New York Times’ ‘Occupation’ Obsession
Last month, in one of his debut articles as New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief,...
The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
JNS.org - The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq,...
Our Middle Eastern ‘Situational Ethics’
JNS.org - The Middle East is a brutal region. In December 2020, Ruhollah Zam, an...
Abbas Pulls Out the Stops to Neutralize Rival Mohammed Dahlan
JNS.org - The Palestinian political arena is riotous and raging following the decision of Nasser al-Kidwa, a senior Fatah figure and the nephew of Yasser...
Will We Miss Anything After We Leave Our Pandemic Cocoons?
JNS.org - With vaccinations spreading rapidly like millions of bees pollinating prairies, the United States is finally starting to come out of its hibernation. Even...
Biden’s First Unforced Blunder
Even before Inauguration Day, then president-elect Joe Biden had already made his first unforced diplomatic blunder, expressing his eagerness to return to the discredited JCPOA...
An American Turncoat and Iranian Espionage
On February 8, 2019, former US intelligence specialist Monica Witt was charged with betraying her oath to protect and defend the US by conducting espionage...
Macron Is Right; Islamo-Leftism Is a Threat
It started with a beheading. Last October, 18-year-old Chechen refugee Abdullakh Anzorov used a cleaver to murder history teacher Samuel Paty on the streets of a...
Germany Can Show True Repentance by Confronting Iran
In the aftermath of World War II, Germany has tried to atone for the Holocaust: It is illegal to deny the Holocaust in Germany. There...
The New York Times’ ‘Occupation’ Obsession
Last month, in one of his debut articles as New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief, Patrick Kingsley focused on Israel’s distribution of coronavirus vaccines. But...
The Shiite Crescent: The Middle East’s Arc of Crisis
JNS.org - The Shiite Crescent is an imagined geopolitical entity composed of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. These countries are home to the majority...
Our Middle Eastern ‘Situational Ethics’
JNS.org - The Middle East is a brutal region. In December 2020, Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian journalist living in exile in France, was kidnapped and...
History, the Holocaust, and Hatred in Turkey’s School Textbooks
JNS.org - Time and again, the Middle East has taught us that whatever political problems or challenges a given regime may be facing, it always...
Courage Was the Reason Campus Antisemites Were Beaten
JNS.org - It was a familiar story but with an unfamiliar conclusion. A Jewish student objected to the antisemitic slanders promoted by a student organization...
Parshat Ki Tissa and the Meaning of Jewish Community
Earlier this week, we moved back into our synagogue after a full calendar year of being unable to gather for services in our beautiful building....
Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis Is a Trauma on the World’s Conscience
The 10-year old war in Syria has gone far beyond tragic mass devastation. The body and soul of two Syrian generations have been crushed. Their...
Why Judaism — and the World — Needs a Messianic Vision
The course of human civilization, if one can use that term, has progressed and continues to, in a series of slow cycles. The German philosopher...
