Commentary
Black and Jewish Communities Stand Together Against Hate
JNS.org - You don’t have to look far to see that hate and division are tearing apart our communities. But it’s our own fault....
Algeria’s Referendum: Stirrings of Democracy and the Decline of Islamism
Algeria is physically distant from Israel and not uppermost in Israeli minds. The last headlines featuring Algeria in the Israeli press appeared decades ago, when Algeria hosted the Palestinian National Council of the PLO in...
The Ayatollahs’ Men in Europe
The ayatollahs in Iran have established a vast network of mosques and other organizations across Europe to export and organize their nefarious activities. Take Norway, for example. Norway's Police Security Service (PST) reportedly has asked for...
Macron and El-Sisi Face Uphill Battles for Religious Reform
At first glance, comparing respective religious reform efforts in Egypt and France seems far-fetched, but Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and French President Emanuel Macron each want to reform Islamic education in their countries. Macron aims...
Rewriting of History in Brussels at a Strange New Museum: ‘House of European History’
The Nazis wanted to exterminate a race, and Karl Marx wanted to exterminate a social...
American Exceptionalism and Contradictions
By now, the world has concluded that America is insane. A crazy country filled with...
China Wants to Blind the World
JNS.org - American democracy may be immersed in crisis at the present time, but the...
Conspiracy Theories and Political Insanity
JNS.org - There was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the fever swamps...
Biden-Harris and the US-Israel Relationship: the Jury Is Still Out
In the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the MirYam Institute hosted a...
Black and Jewish Communities Stand Together Against Hate
JNS.org - You don’t have to look far to see that hate and division are tearing apart our communities. But it’s our own fault. We...
Algeria’s Referendum: Stirrings of Democracy and the Decline of Islamism
Algeria is physically distant from Israel and not uppermost in Israeli minds. The last headlines featuring Algeria in the Israeli press appeared decades ago, when...
The Ayatollahs’ Men in Europe
The ayatollahs in Iran have established a vast network of mosques and other organizations across Europe to export and organize their nefarious activities. Take Norway,...
Macron and El-Sisi Face Uphill Battles for Religious Reform
At first glance, comparing respective religious reform efforts in Egypt and France seems far-fetched, but Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and French President Emanuel Macron...
Rewriting of History in Brussels at a Strange New Museum: ‘House of European History’
The Nazis wanted to exterminate a race, and Karl Marx wanted to exterminate a social class. Our guide at the House of European History (HEH)...
American Exceptionalism and Contradictions
By now, the world has concluded that America is insane. A crazy country filled with crazy people who have gone off the deep end. A...
China Wants to Blind the World
JNS.org - American democracy may be immersed in crisis at the present time, but the various claims of its death are, as Mark Twain might...
Conspiracy Theories and Political Insanity
JNS.org - There was a time when conspiracy theories were confined to the fever swamps of American society. Cottage industries of book publishers grew up...
Biden-Harris and the US-Israel Relationship: the Jury Is Still Out
In the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the MirYam Institute hosted a debate titled: “Which Presidential Ticket Is Best for the US-Israel...
Moderna’s Israeli Medical Exec ‘Awed’ by Vaccine Results
JNS.org - As Israel marks its 2,737th death from COVID-19 this week, and with 817 new infections confirmed on Tuesday alone, hopes are pinned on...
Israel Respects Gay Rights; the Palestinians Do Not
The University of Pittsburgh’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a meeting in October on the topic of “pinkwashing” -- the accusation...
Emmanuel Macron’s Napoleon Moment
I have always been fascinated by Napoleon Bonaparte. As a schoolboy, I read the Dutch historian Pieter Geyl’s Napoleon: For and Against, and realized that...
The Al-Masri Assassination: Another Iranian Intelligence Failure
On Friday, August 7, 2020, at around 9:00 p.m., shots were heard in the prosperous Pasdaran district of Tehran. Two individuals on a motorcycle had...
Esau’s Callous Ambivalence in 2020
I love this quote from Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821): "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." (Though I expect he wasn’t happy that...
