Commentary
Opposition to UAE Arms Deal Plays Into Iran and Turkey’s Strategy
The recent US government decision to sell arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raised objections from politicians and NGOs, even when the sale...
Who Says Morocco Never Persecuted Its Jews?
JNS.org - The news that Israel and Morocco are about to “normalize” their relations has been met with jubilation in Israel -- and in the Moroccan diaspora. The first direct flight has taken off for...
Hanukkah in Dubai
JNS.org - In my wildest dreams, I never imagined lighting a menorah in the United Arab Emirates on the eighth day of Hanukkah. Nor had I contemplated saying Kaddish for my father on his 14th...
Examining Raphael Warnock’s Israel Sermon
We previously wrote about Rev. Raphael Warnock's response to an anti-Israel letter that he signed before running for Senate. But Warnock's signing of the 2019 letter was not his first set of flagrantly unfounded anti-Israel...
Latest New York Times Rant About ‘Israeli Settler Colonialism’ Is Seen as Sign of ‘Mental Breakdown’
A professor at the University of Southern California and Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist is out with a...
Black and Jewish: Braving the Pitfalls, Jews of Color Find Peace
JNS.org - It’s one of the few rap videos around that features a lead singer...
Biden Should Take Advantage of Middle East Sea Change
JNS.org - Our ability to recognize and understand historical trends in real time gives us...
Why Is No One Complaining About Billions in Aid to Jordan and Egypt — Only Israel?
Yesterday, a tweet went viral that claimed that the COVID-19 relief bill included $500 million...
The Emerging US Standpoint on Moderate Arab States
Joe Biden’s entry into the White House on January 20, 2021 is raising severe anxiety...
Opposition to UAE Arms Deal Plays Into Iran and Turkey’s Strategy
The recent US government decision to sell arms to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raised objections from politicians and NGOs, even when the sale forms...
Who Says Morocco Never Persecuted Its Jews?
JNS.org - The news that Israel and Morocco are about to “normalize” their relations has been met with jubilation in Israel -- and in the...
Hanukkah in Dubai
JNS.org - In my wildest dreams, I never imagined lighting a menorah in the United Arab Emirates on the eighth day of Hanukkah. Nor had...
Examining Raphael Warnock’s Israel Sermon
We previously wrote about Rev. Raphael Warnock's response to an anti-Israel letter that he signed before running for Senate. But Warnock's signing of the 2019...
Latest New York Times Rant About ‘Israeli Settler Colonialism’ Is Seen as Sign of ‘Mental Breakdown’
A professor at the University of Southern California and Pulitzer-Prize-winning novelist is out with a 2,000-word essay in The New York Times exhorting his fellow...
Black and Jewish: Braving the Pitfalls, Jews of Color Find Peace
JNS.org - It’s one of the few rap videos around that features a lead singer in frockcoat, tallis, and shtreimel -- paired with a cascade...
Biden Should Take Advantage of Middle East Sea Change
JNS.org - Our ability to recognize and understand historical trends in real time gives us greater power to harness current events. By grasping the meaning...
Why Is No One Complaining About Billions in Aid to Jordan and Egypt — Only Israel?
Yesterday, a tweet went viral that claimed that the COVID-19 relief bill included $500 million for Israel. It was designed to make people think that...
The Emerging US Standpoint on Moderate Arab States
Joe Biden’s entry into the White House on January 20, 2021 is raising severe anxiety among leaders in Sunni Arab countries classified as moderate. Their...
The Story of Philadelphia’s First Jewish Doctor
Sometimes, the biographies of individuals and cities intersect in ironic ways. A case in point is Dr. David Nassy, a leader of Dutch Suriname’s Sephardic...
Stop Ignoring Antisemitism in Inconvenient Places
An exhibition that is currently running at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London reveals that in every European country that fell under Nazi control, there...
With Turkey and Israel, Interests Talk, Sentiments Walk
JNS.org - Spring has arrived in Ankara earlier than expected. A change of tune, which has been music to Israeli ears, has emanated from the...
Israel’s Growing Cyber Threat
JNS.org - A week after the discovery of the worst cyber attack in US history, the full extent of which is still unknown, it appears...
Why Did the BBC Help Promote Syrian and Russian Propaganda?
Last month, the BBC Radio 4 program Intrigue aired a series that was produced, written, and presented by Chloe Hadjimatheou called "Mayday" (also available as...
