Commentary
Palestinian Prisoners Day Misleads Students Worldwide
JNS.org - This year’s Palestinian Prisoners Day (PPD) took place on April 17. Every year, activists use this occasion in an attempt to draw...
Equality Begins With Education
The parsha of Bamidbar is generally read on the Shabbat before Shavuot, z’man matan torateinu -- “the time of the giving of our law,” the revelation at Sinai. So the Sages, believing that nothing is...
Saudi Arabia’s Problems: Coronavirus, the Economy, and Geopolitics
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) may feel the global coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout are the more immediate of his problems as the kingdom gradually lifts restrictions put in place to stymie...
Why Are We Silent on Palestinian Terrorism?
JNS.org - A young Israeli soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal, was stoned to death last week by Palestinian Arab terrorists. The response of the American Jewish left was appalling. However, the response of the rest of the...
Israel and Egypt Don’t Need American Peacekeepers in the Sinai
JNS.org - In May 1967, the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the Sinai Peninsula set in...
Will Arizona Revise State Law to Track Crimes Tied to Antisemitism?
Arizona legislators are trying to amend their existing state hate crime law to track crimes...
The Unlearned ‘Nakba’ Lesson About Compromise
JNS.org - Palestinian Arabs continue to learn the wrong history lesson. On May 15, as...
Suddenly, Our Jewish Temples Are Shaking
JNS.org - For centuries, Jewish life revolved around a glorious piece of real estate --...
Don’t Criticize Israel on Judea/Samaria
JNS.org - In the months ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce plans...
Palestinian Prisoners Day Misleads Students Worldwide
JNS.org - This year’s Palestinian Prisoners Day (PPD) took place on April 17. Every year, activists use this occasion in an attempt to draw international...
Equality Begins With Education
The parsha of Bamidbar is generally read on the Shabbat before Shavuot, z’man matan torateinu -- “the time of the giving of our law,” the...
Saudi Arabia’s Problems: Coronavirus, the Economy, and Geopolitics
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) may feel the global coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout are the more immediate of his problems as...
Why Are We Silent on Palestinian Terrorism?
JNS.org - A young Israeli soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal, was stoned to death last week by Palestinian Arab terrorists. The response of the American Jewish left...
Israel and Egypt Don’t Need American Peacekeepers in the Sinai
JNS.org - In May 1967, the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the Sinai Peninsula set in motion a series of events that led to war. But...
Will Arizona Revise State Law to Track Crimes Tied to Antisemitism?
Arizona legislators are trying to amend their existing state hate crime law to track crimes “that manifest evidence of prejudice based on antisemitism.” A version...
The Unlearned ‘Nakba’ Lesson About Compromise
JNS.org - Palestinian Arabs continue to learn the wrong history lesson. On May 15, as they do every year, they relive the sorrow of 1948,...
Suddenly, Our Jewish Temples Are Shaking
JNS.org - For centuries, Jewish life revolved around a glorious piece of real estate -- the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Jewish holidays, holy rituals, sacrifices,...
Don’t Criticize Israel on Judea/Samaria
JNS.org - In the months ahead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce plans to extend Israeli sovereignty over portions of the West Bank...
Iran’s Nuclear and Military Efforts Continue Amid Coronavirus
In July 2019, Iran began to explicitly violate the July 2015 nuclear agreement. The recent IAEA report (March 3, 2020) addressed the following breaches by...
How Can We Help Foreign Journalists Understand Israel?
Israel’s traditional approach to the problem of slanted journalism -- angry letters, op-eds, and comments -- is failing. Despite the valiant and intelligent efforts of...
Charles Lindbergh’s ‘America First’ Antisemitism Also Embraced Eugenics
Philip Roth’s novel The Plot Against America, now an HBO miniseries, is an alternative history in which Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940...
Coronavirus Dating Demands Everyone Become a Matchmaker
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a vast landscape of loneliness across the world, where so many singles are either quarantining alone or even with parents...
One Professor’s Anti-Israel Fantasy
Of the laceration of Israel there is no end. The most recent contributor to this favored pastime is Noura Erakat, a Rutgers University professor and...
