Commentary
Litigating the Balfour Declaration: The Revealing Lies Behind the Latest Move of Palestinian Symbolism
November 3 is the hundred-and-third anniversary of Britain’s Balfour Declaration, the pronunciamiento by His Majesty’s Government of its support for the establishment of a...
Remembering a Jewish Anthropologist — and a Spy
Franz Boas was the archetypal anthropologist as truth teller. Boas’ antithesis -- the anthropologist as a spy without a conscience -- was Mark Zborowski. His two careers have been excavated separately by Steven J. Zipperstein and...
Arabs From Gulf States Rush to Learn the Hebrew Language
JNS.org -Maysoon Hameed comes home from work as a vice president at First Abu Dhabi Bank, spends time with her family -- and then begins a 90-minute live Hebrew class online. “After the UAE signed [the...
China and the Dangers of Current Supply Chains
The COVID-19 pandemic ramped up discussion about changing global supply chains. This notion was present before the epidemic, when tensions with China were growing on a number of fronts: trade; Beijing’s geopolitical ambitions related to its...
Why Can’t Universities Define Antisemitism?
Aren’t academics supposed to be able to define a word? How is it then that...
What The Forward Should Acknowledge About Saeb Erekat
JNS.org - Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren’s recent article in The Forward about Saeb Erekat mentions “a...
Peter Beinart’s Assault on the Abraham Accords
JNS.org - Peter Beinart’s latest attack on the Jewish state that he opposes as vehemently...
New York Times Editors Want to Send $5 Billion More to Iran. Here Are Nine Reasons They’re Wrong.
The New York Times is seizing on the coronavirus pandemic to push the idea of...
Israeli and American Defense Establishments Agree on Accelerated Defense Deliveries
JNS.org - Days after Defense Minister Benny Gantz returned to Israel from the United States...
Litigating the Balfour Declaration: The Revealing Lies Behind the Latest Move of Palestinian Symbolism
November 3 is the hundred-and-third anniversary of Britain’s Balfour Declaration, the pronunciamiento by His Majesty’s Government of its support for the establishment of a "national...
Remembering a Jewish Anthropologist — and a Spy
Franz Boas was the archetypal anthropologist as truth teller. Boas’ antithesis -- the anthropologist as a spy without a conscience -- was Mark Zborowski. His two...
Arabs From Gulf States Rush to Learn the Hebrew Language
JNS.org -Maysoon Hameed comes home from work as a vice president at First Abu Dhabi Bank, spends time with her family -- and then begins...
China and the Dangers of Current Supply Chains
The COVID-19 pandemic ramped up discussion about changing global supply chains. This notion was present before the epidemic, when tensions with China were growing on...
Why Can’t Universities Define Antisemitism?
Aren’t academics supposed to be able to define a word? How is it then that university professors and administrators are incapable of defining “antisemitism?” They...
What The Forward Should Acknowledge About Saeb Erekat
JNS.org - Editor-in-Chief Jodi Rudoren’s recent article in The Forward about Saeb Erekat mentions “a single Israeli protester” and a few members of Knesset who...
Peter Beinart’s Assault on the Abraham Accords
JNS.org - Peter Beinart’s latest attack on the Jewish state that he opposes as vehemently as he professes to have its best interests at heart...
New York Times Editors Want to Send $5 Billion More to Iran. Here Are Nine Reasons They’re Wrong.
The New York Times is seizing on the coronavirus pandemic to push the idea of easing American economic sanctions on Iran, notwithstanding Iranian interference in...
Israeli and American Defense Establishments Agree on Accelerated Defense Deliveries
JNS.org - Days after Defense Minister Benny Gantz returned to Israel from the United States to hammer out a new procurement arrangement ahead of an...
Sudan and Israel: An Era of Change
Prior to gaining independence in 1956, British-ruled Sudan had good relations with the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine and later with the State of Israel....
The Israel-Sudan Agreement Is Bad News for Hamas
JNS.org - Hamas is very concerned about the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel. Sudan, a Sunni Muslim state, has for many years been a...
As Turkey’s Lira Tumbles, Erdogan Pursues Neo-Ottoman Visions
As Turkey's lira sunk to a record low last Thursday, and the Turkish economy, hit hard by the coronavirus, attempts to bounce back, the Islamist...
Parshat Lech Lecha: The Torah and Conformity
Leaders lead. That does not mean to say that they do not follow. But what they follow is different from what most people follow. They...
The Problem With the Joint Arab List in Israel
On October 15, Israel's Knesset, with the support of 80 of its 120 Knesset members, ratified the historic peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates,...
