Commentary
For the High Holidays, Double Down on Your Giving
JNS.org - With Jewish communal life turned upside down during these pandemic times, and the High Holidays fast approaching, the anxiety of uncertainty is...
An Open Faculty Letter to the USC Community on Supporting Zionist Students at USC
We, the undersigned faculty of USC, have followed the case of Rose Ritch and her resignation from student government with great dismay. As described in the supportive statement by President Folt, and fully detailed in...
Indonesia and the Battle for the Soul of Islam
In Indonesia, Java’s mosque landscape resembles a map dotted with flags marking outposts of warring parties. Mosques with three-tiered tiled roofs reflect traditional Javanese cultural houses of worship. They outnumber the rapidly growing number of...
Remembering One of Israel’s Fiercest Intellectual Defenders
Edward Alexander, the Jewish scholar and author who passed away recently at age 84, was called “Seattle’s Jeremiah" by his hometown newspaper. An Israeli publication once hailed him as “Jewry’s premier polemicist.” For more than...
Civil War Antisemitism
The Civil War, the most polarizing time in US history until today, was very much...
A Message to Our Leaders: Stop Politicizing Jewish Issues
With the Democratic and Republican Party conventions now behind us, I took some time to...
The Campus in Historical Context
I have written many articles on the campus climate, and some have raised hackles because...
Occupation Vs. the ‘Abraham Accord’
JNS.org - One of the greatest successes of the “Abraham Accord” -- the nascent diplomatic...
New Sharansky Book Discloses Strains Between Netanyahu, US Jews
“Liberal American Jews really don’t like Israel,” a frustrated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told then-Jewish...
For the High Holidays, Double Down on Your Giving
JNS.org - With Jewish communal life turned upside down during these pandemic times, and the High Holidays fast approaching, the anxiety of uncertainty is reaching...
An Open Faculty Letter to the USC Community on Supporting Zionist Students at USC
We, the undersigned faculty of USC, have followed the case of Rose Ritch and her resignation from student government with great dismay. As described in...
Indonesia and the Battle for the Soul of Islam
In Indonesia, Java’s mosque landscape resembles a map dotted with flags marking outposts of warring parties. Mosques with three-tiered tiled roofs reflect traditional Javanese cultural...
Remembering One of Israel’s Fiercest Intellectual Defenders
Edward Alexander, the Jewish scholar and author who passed away recently at age 84, was called “Seattle’s Jeremiah" by his hometown newspaper. An Israeli publication...
Civil War Antisemitism
The Civil War, the most polarizing time in US history until today, was very much a part of the American Jewish experience. In 1860, in...
A Message to Our Leaders: Stop Politicizing Jewish Issues
With the Democratic and Republican Party conventions now behind us, I took some time to reflect on a concern that has been ailing the American...
The Campus in Historical Context
I have written many articles on the campus climate, and some have raised hackles because my articles have relied on empirical data and observation to...
Occupation Vs. the ‘Abraham Accord’
JNS.org - One of the greatest successes of the “Abraham Accord” -- the nascent diplomatic relations deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel...
New Sharansky Book Discloses Strains Between Netanyahu, US Jews
“Liberal American Jews really don’t like Israel,” a frustrated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told then-Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky in 2015, according to an account...
It’s Time to Recognize the Contribution of the Jewish Resistance to the Rescue of the Jews of France
Although the Jewish Resistance Organization in France carried out one of the Holocaust’s most extraordinary rescue operations, the story is not well known in either...
US-China Relations Are in Trouble
The world has changed a great deal since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019. One aspect of this change is...
Israel’s Security Barrier: A Political Ruse in the Guise of Security
Thousands of West Bank Palestinians, maybe even tens of thousands, recently crossed the security barrier and arrived in buses to various beaches in Israel. The...
Parshat Ki Tavo: Be Silent and Listen
During our first coronavirus lockdown, there was one question I was asked more than any other: What about prayer? Just when we needed it the...
Aliyah During COVID-19
To see Israel today is to witness prophecies come true: the Jews are back in the mix, on their land, and at the helm of...
