Commentary
Iran’s Multifarious Network of Influence in the West
JNS.org - The Trump administration placed Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of the Islamist regime in Iran, on the US sanctions list a...
Israel Should Extend Sovereignty to the Jordan Valley Now
JNS.org - There is strong consensus in Israel’s defense establishment that Israel must maintain a permanent military presence in the Jordan Valley. Extending sovereignty is the best way to secure that. Sovereignty also facilitates peace...
Israeli COVID Travel Restrictions: An Ethical Borderline
JNS.org - Of the many transformative realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps the most evident on the global scale is how it has forced nations suddenly to develop identities that are wholly independent of...
Fighting Food Shortages in Israel During COVID-19
JNS.org - In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of starvation because of economic struggles during the coronavirus outbreak are...
Hamas Courts Iran and Terrorist Allies to Fight Israel — Annexation or Not
Over the past month, Hamas has ramped up its diplomatic efforts to secure additional financial...
Blacks and Jews Together: Building Ladders Instead of Walls
Recent current events remind me of a beautiful story I heard years ago. A boy...
Orthodox Judaism Must Embrace Female Rabbis
The issue of female rabbis in Orthodox Judaism has come to the fore again --...
Iran Is Using Charities and Humanitarian Groups to Export Its Revolution
JNS.org - A new report that maps out the ways in which Iran’s overseas elite...
For Black Antisemites, Visiting Auschwitz Is Not the Answer
JNS.org - American Jews are making a mistake. When Philadelphia Eagles football player DeSean Jackson...
Iran’s Multifarious Network of Influence in the West
JNS.org - The Trump administration placed Mohammad Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of the Islamist regime in Iran, on the US sanctions list a year...
Israel Should Extend Sovereignty to the Jordan Valley Now
JNS.org - There is strong consensus in Israel’s defense establishment that Israel must maintain a permanent military presence in the Jordan Valley. Extending sovereignty is...
Israeli COVID Travel Restrictions: An Ethical Borderline
JNS.org - Of the many transformative realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps the most evident on the global scale is how it has forced...
Fighting Food Shortages in Israel During COVID-19
JNS.org - In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of...
Hamas Courts Iran and Terrorist Allies to Fight Israel — Annexation or Not
Over the past month, Hamas has ramped up its diplomatic efforts to secure additional financial and military support to deter Israel from annexing parts of...
Blacks and Jews Together: Building Ladders Instead of Walls
Recent current events remind me of a beautiful story I heard years ago. A boy was shorter than his younger brother, and it bothered him...
Orthodox Judaism Must Embrace Female Rabbis
The issue of female rabbis in Orthodox Judaism has come to the fore again -- this time through a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court...
Iran Is Using Charities and Humanitarian Groups to Export Its Revolution
JNS.org - A new report that maps out the ways in which Iran’s overseas elite unit, the Quds Force, operates in Syria under various guises,...
For Black Antisemites, Visiting Auschwitz Is Not the Answer
JNS.org - American Jews are making a mistake. When Philadelphia Eagles football player DeSean Jackson made blatantly antisemitic remarks, Jewish Patriots player Julian Edelman invited...
Turkey Will Betray America and the West
The US political elite has long suffered from “Who lost that country?” syndrome. It started with the Truman administration, which failed to prevent the communist...
The Necessary Means: The Black-Jewish Divide
In this time of profound racial unrest in the US, with African Americans publicly expressing their entirely justified anger and rage at the continuing injustices...
The West Takes a Step Back From ‘Cancel Culture’
This week, the fightback against “woke culture” -- the almost Orwellian control of what one is allowed to think and say in polite company --...
Bari Weiss’ Resignation Letter Was a Service to Press Freedom
JNS.org - I grew up worshiping The New York Times. To this day, I live on the paper’s home page. Only lately, as much as...
How China Is Exploiting American Unrest
The state-controlled Chinese media enthusiastically covered the protests and rioting that followed the George Floyd killing. It compared the American protests to the protests in...
