Commentary
Parshat Devarim: The Time to Follow
In the last month of his life, Moses gathered the people. He instructed them about the laws they were to keep and reminded them...
Lessons Learned From the Second Lebanon War
Fourteen years have passed since the eruption of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Now is an appropriate time to assess the conflict. While the Middle East has dramatically changed in the intervening years, the risk of a future Israel-Hezbollah war...
How Birthright Israel Has Helped Me Through a Global Pandemic
JNS.org - It’s not often that a person feels that he or she, as an individual, can have a real, tangible impact on a community through their work. For me, working as a tour educator...
Iran Sets Its Sights on Mecca
While most of the Western world is preoccupied with Iran’s role in Iraq and Syria, Yemen -- the “forgotten conflict” -- remains an integral and growing theater of operations for the expanding Iranian sphere of...
Has Erdogan Launched a New Age of Religious Wars?
JNS.org - To understand just how dishonest the discussion about Jerusalem is when conducted in...
2010 Peter Beinart Condemns Himself as Anti-Israel
Daniel Paul Rubenstein found an interview that Jeffrey Goldberg did with Peter Beinart when he released...
Bias and Bigotry at Syracuse University
JNS.org - What appeared to be a noble effort to discuss bias at Syracuse University...
The Connection Between Pan-Africanism and Zionism
Israel’s enemies today often ignore that Zionism and Pan-Africanism have intersecting histories. But they share...
Remembering a Jewish Advocate, Lost to COVID-19
JNS.org - Bertram (Benyamin) “Buddy” Korn, a Jewish activist, journalist, and community organizer, passed away...
Parshat Devarim: The Time to Follow
In the last month of his life, Moses gathered the people. He instructed them about the laws they were to keep and reminded them of...
Lessons Learned From the Second Lebanon War
Fourteen years have passed since the eruption of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Now is an appropriate time to assess the conflict. While the Middle East has dramatically changed in...
How Birthright Israel Has Helped Me Through a Global Pandemic
JNS.org - It’s not often that a person feels that he or she, as an individual, can have a real, tangible impact on a community...
Iran Sets Its Sights on Mecca
While most of the Western world is preoccupied with Iran’s role in Iraq and Syria, Yemen -- the “forgotten conflict” -- remains an integral and...
Has Erdogan Launched a New Age of Religious Wars?
JNS.org - To understand just how dishonest the discussion about Jerusalem is when conducted in venues where Israel is regarded with hostility, like The New...
2010 Peter Beinart Condemns Himself as Anti-Israel
Daniel Paul Rubenstein found an interview that Jeffrey Goldberg did with Peter Beinart when he released his Crisis of Zionism book. (I’m sure that a new...
Bias and Bigotry at Syracuse University
JNS.org - What appeared to be a noble effort to discuss bias at Syracuse University ironically turned into a vicious exercise in bias and bigotry,...
The Connection Between Pan-Africanism and Zionism
Israel’s enemies today often ignore that Zionism and Pan-Africanism have intersecting histories. But they share one great commonality -- both are international movements committed to...
Remembering a Jewish Advocate, Lost to COVID-19
JNS.org - Bertram (Benyamin) “Buddy” Korn, a Jewish activist, journalist, and community organizer, passed away on July 5 at the age of 64 shortly after...
How to Build Future Pro-Israel Leaders
JNS.org - In 17 newspapers around the world, people were introduced to an opportunity to inspire Jewish youth to explore the meaning of Theodor Herzl...
Free Speech in Saudi Arabia? Not If You Support Israel
In media appearances that shook conservative Saudi Arabia, Saudi journalist and commentator Abdul Hameed Ghabin came out strongly against Iran and against the Palestinians. His...
China Stakes Its Flag in Syria, and Expands Its Influence in the Region
On the eve of the Syrian civil war, Muhammad Jarah and Ahmad Bustati’s warehouse in Damascus symbolized China’s emergence as Syria’s largest supplier of industrial...
An Antisemitic, Totalitarian Wind Blows in Poland as Right-Wing Consolidates Power
JNS.org - I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against antisemitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard...
Examining the Israeli and US Media
In the US, a recent Gallup poll on public confidence in the US mass media documented a 41% trust when it comes to reporting the...
