Commentary
A Safe Sukkot — at Home and Outside
JNS.org - Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday -- a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself --...
The No. 1 Lesson of the Intifada: Initiate and Control
JNS.org - As strange as it might sound, Israeli society has repressed the memory of the Second Intifada. Despite the heavy price it exacted, there is no day of commemoration or memorial site for it,...
Nobody Is Ignoring the Palestinians
JNS.org - The common refrain heard from media pundits and left-wing critics of the Gulf kingdoms’ recognition of Israel is that it ignores the Palestinian Arabs. Here is how New York Times correspondent Michael Crowley began...
The ‘Peace Processoriat’ Was Wrong for Many Reasons
JNS.org - When a key member of the professional Middle East peace processoriat acknowledges that his community might have, in fact, been wrong, it is worthwhile to read what he has to say. But in...
The EU’s Hypocrisy on Housing Demolitions in Israel
Entering the phrase “housing demolitions” in the EU’s official site yields a shocking result: 18...
Jewish Racial Relations and the Heyday of New York Sports
For New Yorkers, the pinnacle of “the golden age” of sports came after World War...
Historical Proof of Jewish Continuity in Israel
The continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel may not be obvious to many...
An ‘Unorthodox’ Lesson for Netflix’s Esty
Maria Schrader may have won an Emmy for directing Unorthodox, but that doesn't mean there...
Antisemitism’s ‘Long March Through the Institutions’
It’s commonplace nowadays to make the claim that young American Jews, especially on college campuses,...
A Safe Sukkot — at Home and Outside
JNS.org - Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday -- a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself -- the...
The No. 1 Lesson of the Intifada: Initiate and Control
JNS.org - As strange as it might sound, Israeli society has repressed the memory of the Second Intifada. Despite the heavy price it exacted, there...
Nobody Is Ignoring the Palestinians
JNS.org - The common refrain heard from media pundits and left-wing critics of the Gulf kingdoms’ recognition of Israel is that it ignores the Palestinian...
The ‘Peace Processoriat’ Was Wrong for Many Reasons
JNS.org - When a key member of the professional Middle East peace processoriat acknowledges that his community might have, in fact, been wrong, it is...
The EU’s Hypocrisy on Housing Demolitions in Israel
Entering the phrase “housing demolitions” in the EU’s official site yields a shocking result: 18 of the first documents to appear concern Israeli demolitions of...
Jewish Racial Relations and the Heyday of New York Sports
For New Yorkers, the pinnacle of “the golden age” of sports came after World War II. The Yankees won five straight World Series, and the...
Historical Proof of Jewish Continuity in Israel
The continuous Jewish presence in the Land of Israel may not be obvious to many Jews or non-Jews, particularly with respect to indigeneity. In a...
An ‘Unorthodox’ Lesson for Netflix’s Esty
Maria Schrader may have won an Emmy for directing Unorthodox, but that doesn't mean there will be any more episodes of the Netflix hit. Apparently,...
Antisemitism’s ‘Long March Through the Institutions’
It’s commonplace nowadays to make the claim that young American Jews, especially on college campuses, are becoming steadily more alienated from Israel and Zionism, and...
The Yom Kippur War: Much More Than an Intelligence Failure
From the very beginning of the Yom Kippur War, an exaggerated emphasis on the intelligence failure served the IDF senior command. It made it possible...
Do Arab States Really Support the Palestinians?
In Israel and in much of the Western world, we tend to think the Arab world is united in its support for the Palestinians --...
Protecting Religious Freedom in the Middle East
It started with his father. As fighting and instability ravaged Iraqi villages and cities, a local Shiite militia offered a means for him to save his...
Should Military Service Be a Career? The Long Roots of the Yom Kippur War Debacle
As the cardinal lesson from the War of Independence, the Israeli defense establishment decided, as Prime Minister and Defense Minister David Ben-Gurion told the Knesset...
China Could Signal Increased Engagement with Iran — But It Hasn’t
There are two ways that Beijing could signal its interest in moving ahead with a proposed $400 billion economic and military cooperation agreement with Iran:...
