Commentary
Why Would Anyone Celebrate the Anniversary of UNRWA?
Last week, UNRWA celebrated its 70th anniversary. The question is -- why? What is there to celebrate? UNRWA was originally meant to be a temporary...
The ‘Getcha’ Sting
The Wall Street Journal’s op-ed page on May 1 attacked “The FBI’s Flynn Outrage,” but neglected an identical, if not greater, outrage that the FBI perpetrated seven years ago against Orthodox Jews who wanted to...
Celebrating San Remo and Jewish Sovereignty
Last week, we celebrated the momentous occasion of the 100-year anniversary of the San Remo Conference (April 19-26, 1920), convened in San Remo, Italy by the Supreme War Council of the allied powers (the British...
Coronavirus and the Arab Culture of Secrecy
Misinformation is a pillar of governance in most Arab regimes. Anyone trying to follow current events in the Arab world could be misled into believing the royal families and political leaders never get sick. Illness among...
Coronavirus Threatens to Drive Wedge Into US-Gulf Relations
The coronavirus crisis is changing the political landscape of the Middle East, as non-governmental organizations...
Despite COVID-19, the Israeli Economy Will Continue to Thrive
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Israel’s economy grew...
British Jews Are Too Eager to Embrace Starmer’s Still Dubious Labour Party
JNS.org - In both Britain and America, the Jewish community is increasingly badly served by...
How Much of Trump’s Foreign Policy Would Biden Preserve?
JNS.org - Democrats can’t wait until next January. They’re hoping that the next inauguration day...
Judaism’s Priorities During Coronavirus and Other Times
My nephew Dov, a philosopher, scholar, and rabbi of YAKAR Jerusalem, sent me an essay...
Why Would Anyone Celebrate the Anniversary of UNRWA?
Last week, UNRWA celebrated its 70th anniversary. The question is -- why? What is there to celebrate? UNRWA was originally meant to be a temporary refugee...
The ‘Getcha’ Sting
The Wall Street Journal’s op-ed page on May 1 attacked “The FBI’s Flynn Outrage,” but neglected an identical, if not greater, outrage that the FBI...
Celebrating San Remo and Jewish Sovereignty
Last week, we celebrated the momentous occasion of the 100-year anniversary of the San Remo Conference (April 19-26, 1920), convened in San Remo, Italy by...
Coronavirus and the Arab Culture of Secrecy
Misinformation is a pillar of governance in most Arab regimes. Anyone trying to follow current events in the Arab world could be misled into believing the...
Coronavirus Threatens to Drive Wedge Into US-Gulf Relations
The coronavirus crisis is changing the political landscape of the Middle East, as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and militants in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon...
Despite COVID-19, the Israeli Economy Will Continue to Thrive
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Israel’s economy grew by 3.3% in 2019. While this is slightly lower than...
British Jews Are Too Eager to Embrace Starmer’s Still Dubious Labour Party
JNS.org - In both Britain and America, the Jewish community is increasingly badly served by leaders who seem less and less able to distinguish between...
How Much of Trump’s Foreign Policy Would Biden Preserve?
JNS.org - Democrats can’t wait until next January. They’re hoping that the next inauguration day will be the end of their long nightmare and they...
Judaism’s Priorities During Coronavirus and Other Times
My nephew Dov, a philosopher, scholar, and rabbi of YAKAR Jerusalem, sent me an essay he recently published entitled “On Social Distancing and Deontology.” It...
Don’t Trust Putin’s Lies on Coronavirus
The coronavirus has caused a three-dimensional crisis in Russia: a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a personal crisis for President Vladimir Putin. The false...
The Palestinian Refugee Scam
Can history be undone? The correct answer is: of course not. Surely what happened happened, notwithstanding any subsequent discomfort with the result. Not so fast. For example:...
What We Can Learn From COVID-19: ‘Things’ Don’t Always Make Us Happy
Elective surgery in most hospitals has been eliminated. Pollution is way down in Los Angeles and other places in the world, because people are not...
A Vaccine for Israel’s Political Paralysis?
The coronavirus pandemic has emerged as a vaccine to the political paralysis in Israel. Even if the vaccine has a temporary effect, and holds for...
Where Are Orthodox Leaders on Unacceptable Coronavirus Behavior?
To be perfectly frank, until earlier this week, I had never heard the name Rabbi Chaim Mertz. And truthfully, nor would I have heard of...
