Commentary
Zoom Can’t Be the Formula for a Post-Pandemic Jewish Future
JNS.org - After a horrendous year of pandemic, poverty, and polarization, will the coronavirus vaccine soon return the Jewish world to a semblance of...
The Twelfth Night
As a child, I felt fortunate to have eight days of Hanukkah, whereas Christian children only had one day of Christmas. But then I learned that was not quite correct; they had 12. In theory...
Trump’s Flaws Enabled His Middle East Successes
For those of my particular political persuasion, who might be called liberal conservatives or conservative liberals, the spectacle of the Trump presidency has not been edifying. Donald Trump has always seemed to us as, at...
Goodbye to 2020, and Looking Hopefully Ahead
On the first night of Pesach, we begin our Seder by asking Mah Nishtana Halayla Hazeh Mikol Haleilot? -- “why is this night different from all other nights?” It is a classic question of Jewish tradition,...
Israel-Arab Alliance: Biden’s Greatest Opportunity for a Foreign Policy Triumph
JNS.org - With four peace or normalization agreements signed between the State of Israel and...
Once Again, Political Battles Prove Too Tough for Israeli Generals
JNS.org - It seems that in modern-day Israel, no former general can make a successful...
Can Israel-Palestinian Negotiations Begin When Biden Takes Office?
JNS.org - As Joe Biden’s inauguration and entry into the White House approach, speculation grows...
It’s Time to Acknowledge Reality: The Middle East Is Changing
What started as a trickle has become a flood. Only weeks after the United Arab...
The Abraham Accords — and Kaddish on the South Lawn
Looking back at 2020, a lot comes to mind. What promised to be a strong...
Zoom Can’t Be the Formula for a Post-Pandemic Jewish Future
JNS.org - After a horrendous year of pandemic, poverty, and polarization, will the coronavirus vaccine soon return the Jewish world to a semblance of normalcy?...
The Twelfth Night
As a child, I felt fortunate to have eight days of Hanukkah, whereas Christian children only had one day of Christmas. But then I learned...
Trump’s Flaws Enabled His Middle East Successes
For those of my particular political persuasion, who might be called liberal conservatives or conservative liberals, the spectacle of the Trump presidency has not been...
Goodbye to 2020, and Looking Hopefully Ahead
On the first night of Pesach, we begin our Seder by asking Mah Nishtana Halayla Hazeh Mikol Haleilot? -- “why is this night different from...
Israel-Arab Alliance: Biden’s Greatest Opportunity for a Foreign Policy Triumph
JNS.org - With four peace or normalization agreements signed between the State of Israel and Arab countries, there is unprecedented momentum in the Middle East...
Once Again, Political Battles Prove Too Tough for Israeli Generals
JNS.org - It seems that in modern-day Israel, no former general can make a successful transition into politics. When one reads about the latest failures...
Can Israel-Palestinian Negotiations Begin When Biden Takes Office?
JNS.org - As Joe Biden’s inauguration and entry into the White House approach, speculation grows over the nature of the “peace process” negotiations the United...
It’s Time to Acknowledge Reality: The Middle East Is Changing
What started as a trickle has become a flood. Only weeks after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords with Israel in...
The Abraham Accords — and Kaddish on the South Lawn
Looking back at 2020, a lot comes to mind. What promised to be a strong year at its start turned out to be one of...
Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Celebrates the Birthday of a Mass Murderer
The Fatah Facebook page and Twitter feed published the below post. The photo is of Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led the attack that killed...
Jonathan Pollard, Home at Last
It was June, 1997. The phone rang. My 10-year-old daughter handed it to me and said with a knowing smile: “It’s Jonathan.” His now familiar...
David Riesman and American Assimilation
Today, David Riesman is mostly remembered for his celebrated The Lonely Crowd (1950). American Jewish life was hardly mentioned. Yet the book is inflected by Riesman’s...
Israel’s ‘West Point’ Increasingly Shapes the IDF Ground Forces
Lt. Col (res.) Gideon Sharav, head of the Military Studies department at the IDF’s Tactical Command College (TCC) and today a civilian employee of the...
It’s High Time for the UN to Stop Treating Israel Differently
The recent spate of annual anti-Israel resolutions at the UN is a telling reminder that Israel is treated according to a totally different standard than...
