Commentary
Jewish Composer Maury Yeston Discusses His Music and Musicals
Close your eyes when you listen to a Maury Yeston song, and you'll often be transported -- to Italy (Nine), Paris (Phantom), or the...
Mondoweiss Attacks New York Times for Hyping Attack on Iran
I don't read Mondoweiss, but sometimes people send me links and I simply cannot get over how people think that it's a serious site. The New York Times reported that Israel assassinated an Al-Qaeda leader in...
Radical Middle East Actors Increasingly Turn to Drones
Radical actors throughout the Middle East and beyond are increasingly turning to various types of drones to enhance their attack capabilities, and this trend looks set to accelerate. Meanwhile, the use of drones by jihadist...
The Significance of the Al-Masri Assassination
JNS.org - On Aug. 7, two gunmen on motorcycles fired shots on a white Renault L90 sedan in the affluent northern Tehran suburb of Pasdaran. Initial reports identified those killed in the vehicle as Lebanese...
Can Democrats Finally Repudiate ‘The Squad’?
JNS.org - Not everybody in the Democratic Party is in love with “The Squad.” Even...
Changing Attitudes Toward Religiosity: A Double-Edged Sword for Arab Rulers
JNS.org - The worldview of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his United Arab...
Designating Antisemitism: Positives and Pitfalls
JNS.org - One of the more reprehensible aspects of the global campaign to strip Israel...
The IDF’s New Iran and Strategy Directorate Takes the Big Picture Approach
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently formed the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate...
Kristallnacht and the Legacy of Jew Hatred
The ninth of November was the anniversary of the Kristallnacht attack on the Jews of...
Jewish Composer Maury Yeston Discusses His Music and Musicals
Close your eyes when you listen to a Maury Yeston song, and you'll often be transported -- to Italy (Nine), Paris (Phantom), or the docks...
Mondoweiss Attacks New York Times for Hyping Attack on Iran
I don't read Mondoweiss, but sometimes people send me links and I simply cannot get over how people think that it's a serious site. The New...
Radical Middle East Actors Increasingly Turn to Drones
Radical actors throughout the Middle East and beyond are increasingly turning to various types of drones to enhance their attack capabilities, and this trend looks...
The Significance of the Al-Masri Assassination
JNS.org - On Aug. 7, two gunmen on motorcycles fired shots on a white Renault L90 sedan in the affluent northern Tehran suburb of Pasdaran....
Can Democrats Finally Repudiate ‘The Squad’?
JNS.org - Not everybody in the Democratic Party is in love with “The Squad.” Even as they celebrated their apparent victory in the presidential election,...
Changing Attitudes Toward Religiosity: A Double-Edged Sword for Arab Rulers
JNS.org - The worldview of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his United Arab Emirates counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed rejects any political expression of...
Designating Antisemitism: Positives and Pitfalls
JNS.org - One of the more reprehensible aspects of the global campaign to strip Israel of its legitimacy is the fact that so many leading...
The IDF’s New Iran and Strategy Directorate Takes the Big Picture Approach
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently formed the Strategy and Third Circle Directorate (a reference to countries in Israel’s third-circle periphery, with Iran...
Kristallnacht and the Legacy of Jew Hatred
The ninth of November was the anniversary of the Kristallnacht attack on the Jews of Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland in 1938. The Nazis unleashed...
Normalizing With Cairo Rather Than Riyadh Could Be a Major Achievement
It has become almost a mantra that the prime objective of the Abraham Accords is a peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel. This overlooks...
Iran Is Already Saying No to Joe Biden
JNS.org - Well, that didn’t take long. With Joe Biden set to be the next American president, Iran is already refusing to renegotiate the Joint...
Parshat Chayei Sarah and the Wisdom of Old Age
Earlier this week, The New York Times carried a fascinating article. It had nothing to do with the disputed presidential election results, so you will...
Biden and Israel: Continuity and Change
In almost all transitions from one US administration to another, there is both continuity and change in American foreign policy and US-Israel relations. Joe Biden...
Myths and Facts About Biden for His Critics
After the last four Orwellian years, it should come as no surprise that some Biden critics are unhinged. To get an idea, I saw one...
