Commentary
The NAACP’s Failure to Deal With Rodney Muhammad’s Antisemitism
JNS.org - Imagine the following scenario: The regional director of a mainstream Jewish organization in a city that is home to sizable Jewish and...
How Iran Illustrates the Fallacy of Social Media Censorship
JNS.org - Israeli human-rights attorney and Zionist advocate Arsen Ostrovsky hit the nail on the head during a recent Knesset committee hearing about social media. Directly addressing a representative of Twitter named Ylwa Pettersson, who appeared...
Hezbollah Is Responsible for the Beirut Disaster
JNS.org - Hezbollah controls security at the Beirut port, which it uses for its smuggling operations and for storing weapons. The assessment in Lebanon is that the investigation of the massive explosion at the port...
Jewish Responsibility During Black Lives Matter
While there will be no quarrel regarding the Biblical admonition to pursue justice, what actually constitutes justice is less clear. There is the sense that if one willfully wrongs another and is held accountable, the...
Is Russia’s Quest for World Power in Trouble?
An important part of Russia’s grand strategy in terms of foreign policy is its purposeful...
Libya and Battleground Africa
Sudan’s recent announcement of the detention of 122 mercenaries heading for Libya may point to a...
A Personal Relationship With God Is Reachable — if We Believe in It
In his old age, the late Sir Roger Bannister was the absolute epitome of an...
Could National Service Bring America Together?
JNS.org - America might be as divided as it has been since the Civil War....
The NAACP’s Failure to Deal With Rodney Muhammad’s Antisemitism
JNS.org - Imagine the following scenario: The regional director of a mainstream Jewish organization in a city that is home to sizable Jewish and black...
How Iran Illustrates the Fallacy of Social Media Censorship
JNS.org - Israeli human-rights attorney and Zionist advocate Arsen Ostrovsky hit the nail on the head during a recent Knesset committee hearing about social media....
Hezbollah Is Responsible for the Beirut Disaster
JNS.org - Hezbollah controls security at the Beirut port, which it uses for its smuggling operations and for storing weapons. The assessment in Lebanon is...
Jewish Responsibility During Black Lives Matter
While there will be no quarrel regarding the Biblical admonition to pursue justice, what actually constitutes justice is less clear. There is the sense that...
Finding Love on Tu B’Av
Did you know that there was an ancient tradition that on two days of the year, unmarried girls used to go out dancing in the...
Is Russia’s Quest for World Power in Trouble?
An important part of Russia’s grand strategy in terms of foreign policy is its purposeful creation and management of conflict zones across the post-Soviet space....
Libya and Battleground Africa
Sudan’s recent announcement of the detention of 122 mercenaries heading for Libya may point to a growing interest by the Government of National Accord (GNA), the...
A Personal Relationship With God Is Reachable — if We Believe in It
In his old age, the late Sir Roger Bannister was the absolute epitome of an elderly British gentleman -- urbane, well-spoken, and courteous to a...
Could National Service Bring America Together?
JNS.org - America might be as divided as it has been since the Civil War. According to Pew Research data, more than four in 10...
Another Anti-Israel Lie Pushed by Palestinian Activist
When people say or write things, they should try to avoid contradicting themselves on a factual or logical basis. This is the essence of the...
My Heart Breaks for Lebanon
JNS.org - Once again, terror hits my country. Once again, there are images of death in my homeland -- bodies are spread all over my...
The Beirut Blast Changes Everything for Hezbollah
JNS.org - Even before all the details emerged about the enormous explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, it was clear that this event would change...
Is the Democratic Platform Anti-Israel? Not as Republicans Would Have You Believe
Republicans desperate to tar the Democrats as anti-Israel are now promoting the idea that the party platform is hostile to Israel. While I could write a...
‘Start-up Nation’ Adds E-Commerce to List of Business-Model Successes
JNS.org - Israel has long been tagged the “start-up nation,” but a less-talked-about niche in the high-tech arena is electronic commerce -- or e-commerce --...
