Commentary
Rogen and Maron: A Tale of Two Idiots
JNS.org - In their rambling mission to define the ubiquitous modern American-Jewish identity, comedians Seth Rogen and Marc Maron decided on a recent episode...
Don’t Forego a Historic Opportunity to Apply Sovereignty Over the West Bank
Virtually overnight, the coronavirus pandemic descended upon us, inflicting sickness and death. Not surprisingly, this depressed us and made us angst-ridden, as it did to others around the world. An unprecedented economic crisis, with massive...
Is Sovereignty Irrelevant?
The controversy over whether Israel can, or should, extend sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and the Jordan Valley has been momentarily overshadowed. The coronavirus resurgence and the nightly gathering...
Arab Media Outlets Still Believe the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
While there are occasions here and there when the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are called out as a hoax in Arab media, most of the time they are accepted as fact. Three prominent examples...
When Managing Chaos, a Little Humility Wouldn’t Hurt
We recently marked Tisha B'Av during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Talmudic sages who established the mourning...
Chessed Is the Highest Achievement of the Moral Life
An interesting phrase appears at the end of last week’s parsha and at the beginning...
Look Who’s Calling Whom ‘UnXeptable’
JNS.org - Israeli expatriates living in California gathered on Friday near the Golden Gate Bridge...
What to Teach (and Not Teach) Your Children About Israel
JNS.org - As if Jewish educators didn’t have enough problems these days, actor Seth Rogen...
Even During a Pandemic, It’s Always the Jews…
JNS.org - One of the most frightening twists of the global coronavirus pandemic is the...
Rogen and Maron: A Tale of Two Idiots
JNS.org - In their rambling mission to define the ubiquitous modern American-Jewish identity, comedians Seth Rogen and Marc Maron decided on a recent episode of...
Don’t Forego a Historic Opportunity to Apply Sovereignty Over the West Bank
Virtually overnight, the coronavirus pandemic descended upon us, inflicting sickness and death. Not surprisingly, this depressed us and made us angst-ridden, as it did to...
Is Sovereignty Irrelevant?
The controversy over whether Israel can, or should, extend sovereignty over Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and the Jordan Valley has...
Arab Media Outlets Still Believe the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
While there are occasions here and there when the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are called out as a hoax in Arab media, most...
When Managing Chaos, a Little Humility Wouldn’t Hurt
We recently marked Tisha B'Av during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Talmudic sages who established the mourning practices for Tisha B’Av shaped the Jewish memory of the...
Chessed Is the Highest Achievement of the Moral Life
An interesting phrase appears at the end of last week’s parsha and at the beginning of this week’s, and they are the only places where...
Look Who’s Calling Whom ‘UnXeptable’
JNS.org - Israeli expatriates living in California gathered on Friday near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Singing the...
What to Teach (and Not Teach) Your Children About Israel
JNS.org - As if Jewish educators didn’t have enough problems these days, actor Seth Rogen set off a controversy which, along with giving his new...
Even During a Pandemic, It’s Always the Jews…
JNS.org - One of the most frightening twists of the global coronavirus pandemic is the worldwide uptick in antisemitism. This almost included a prime-time slot...
What Jews Have to Say to Seth Rogen
JNS.org - Comedian and actor Seth Rogen made news with some provocative comments during an interview on Marc Maron’s podcast, WTF. The interview was ostensibly...
Two New Books Examine the Heyday of the Broadway Theater
Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey by Bob Avian (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). The Understudy by Ellen Tovatt Leary (Hansen Publishing, 2020). Bob Avian is not...
Israel Versus Anyone: A Military Net Assessment of the Middle East
Most published Middle Eastern military net assessments are based primarily on lists of units and equipment. Unfortunately, history proved that such lists are all too...
Qatar Spreads Conspiracy Theories About Israel’s Alleged Role in the Egypt-Sudan-Ethiopia Crisis
While Ethiopia has threatened to mobilize its 105 million citizens in the event that Egypt puts up obstacles to the building of the Great Ethiopian...
After COVID, India Must Foil China’s Designs
On June 15, 2020, Chinese communist troops killed 20 Indian Army personnel, including the commanding officer of the 16th Bihar Regiment, in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh. India’s former Foreign Secretary...
