Commentary
Tehran Meddles in US-Iraq Strategic Talks
JNS.org - US and Iraqi officials began a series of talks on June 11 as part of a “strategic dialogue” on military, trade, and...
New York Times Revives Apartheid Charge Against Israel Amid Anti-Annexation Push
The New York Times is up to its old tricks -- and even some new ones -- in a no-holds-barred campaign against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plans. The bias and tendentiousness of...
How Zoom Can Provide Jewish Communal Experiences During the Coronavirus
JNS.org - Cantor Levi Cohen was looking forward to beachfront Sabbath services in the Hamptons, scheduled months ahead of time. Instead, he found himself in his three-bedroom flat, surrounded by paintings of a beach scene...
Kohelet, Tolstoy, and the Red Heifer
The command of the parah adumah, the Red Heifer, with which our parsha begins, is known as the hardest of the mitzvot to understand. The opening words, zot chukat ha-Torah, are taken to mean, this...
Ignore EU Officials on Annexation
With the release of the Trump peace plan, Israeli communities in the ancient Jewish heartland...
UK Op-Ed Attacks the ‘Injustice’ of Israel’s Founding
Anti-Zionist Israeli-British "historian" and activist Avi Shlaim penned an op-ed in The Guardian arguing that...
Is Abbas Destroying Evidence of the PA’s Support for Terrorism?
The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security services to destroy...
The Achievements of Birthright Israel
JNS.org - There are some sights that embody the eternal spirit of the people of...
Hamas Is Not Letting Up Against Israel
Some individuals serve as terrorist entrepreneurs or enablers, working with multiple militant organizations of different...
Tehran Meddles in US-Iraq Strategic Talks
JNS.org - US and Iraqi officials began a series of talks on June 11 as part of a “strategic dialogue” on military, trade, and economic...
New York Times Revives Apartheid Charge Against Israel Amid Anti-Annexation Push
The New York Times is up to its old tricks -- and even some new ones -- in a no-holds-barred campaign against Israeli Prime Minister...
How Zoom Can Provide Jewish Communal Experiences During the Coronavirus
JNS.org - Cantor Levi Cohen was looking forward to beachfront Sabbath services in the Hamptons, scheduled months ahead of time. Instead, he found himself in...
Kohelet, Tolstoy, and the Red Heifer
The command of the parah adumah, the Red Heifer, with which our parsha begins, is known as the hardest of the mitzvot to understand. The...
Ignore EU Officials on Annexation
With the release of the Trump peace plan, Israeli communities in the ancient Jewish heartland seemed poised to be absorbed into the modern Jewish state....
UK Op-Ed Attacks the ‘Injustice’ of Israel’s Founding
Anti-Zionist Israeli-British "historian" and activist Avi Shlaim penned an op-ed in The Guardian arguing that the UK should recognize Palestine, but ultimately attempted to undermine...
Is Abbas Destroying Evidence of the PA’s Support for Terrorism?
The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security services to destroy “secret documents, fearing possible Israeli raids on their offices,” according...
The Achievements of Birthright Israel
JNS.org - There are some sights that embody the eternal spirit of the people of Israel in one glance: a grandfather holding his newborn grandson...
Hamas Is Not Letting Up Against Israel
Some individuals serve as terrorist entrepreneurs or enablers, working with multiple militant organizations of different backgrounds. Mohammed al-Zawari, an engineer who contributed to drone arsenals...
The Law of Annexation: What’s Right and What’s Wrong?
On June 10, a website called opiniojuris.org circulated an article entitled An Open Letter to the Israeli Government, which claims that Israel’s plans to annex...
The Status of the West Bank
Many of the most vociferous opponents of applying sovereignty over parts of the West Bank are former senior security officials who use their professional authority...
Demolishing the ‘Deadly Exchange’ Lies About US-Israel Police Training
Steven L. Pomerantz, one of the architects of the programs to have US police train with Israeli police, puts to rest the lies by Jewish...
Wellesley Tudor Pole and Living Our Best Lives
Plagues often bring out soothsayers and those who predict the end of days. Why else is Nostradamus still popular? Every culture has its unusual characters...
Washington Post Amnesia on Israel and ‘Annexation’
JNS.org - “History,” the late historian Bernard Lewis wrote, “is the collective memory and if we think of the social body in terms of the...
