Commentary
Profile of Israeli MK Ahmed Tibi Omits His Support for Terror
A March 19th Financial Times article focusing on MK Ahmed Tibi of the largely-Arab Joint List party (“Tibi vs Bibi: the Arab politician planning...
The Need for Jewish Proofreaders
I read The Economist religiously every week. Its coverage of world affairs in a concise and readable form, combined with its cultural, scientific, and review articles, are the best way to keep up to date with...
Members of Congress Misled Into Signing Racist Letter on Israel
JNS.org - Did you hear the shocking news? Sixty Congress members just signed a letter demanding that the Federal government stop the dismantling of any illegally built homes that have been built by Arabs. But...
Can the Arab World Cope With the Coronavirus?
Just as Italy is the source of much of the spread of the coronavirus in the Western world, Iran has been the source of most of the infections in the Arab world. The Iranian regime has...
The World’s Newest Virus Intersects With the World’s Oldest
The coronavirus pandemic may be new, but Jews have a long and tragic history when...
The Long-Term Political Fallout of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic, which is by definition egalitarian in the extreme and recognizes no physical...
Don’t Fear Shin Bet Technology for Curbing Corona
JNS.org - During the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Israeli government unanimously approved an...
There Is Nothing Holier Than Embracing Life
We closed our synagogue last Wednesday. There will be no more prayer services until the...
How Shin Bet, Israel Police Will Use Tracking Technology to Battle a New Enemy: COVID-19
JNS.org - The interim Israeli government took the unprecedented step on Monday night of passing...
Profile of Israeli MK Ahmed Tibi Omits His Support for Terror
A March 19th Financial Times article focusing on MK Ahmed Tibi of the largely-Arab Joint List party (“Tibi vs Bibi: the Arab politician planning to...
The Need for Jewish Proofreaders
I read The Economist religiously every week. Its coverage of world affairs in a concise and readable form, combined with its cultural, scientific, and review articles,...
Members of Congress Misled Into Signing Racist Letter on Israel
JNS.org - Did you hear the shocking news? Sixty Congress members just signed a letter demanding that the Federal government stop the dismantling of any...
Can the Arab World Cope With the Coronavirus?
Just as Italy is the source of much of the spread of the coronavirus in the Western world, Iran has been the source of most...
The World’s Newest Virus Intersects With the World’s Oldest
The coronavirus pandemic may be new, but Jews have a long and tragic history when it comes to viruses -- wrought by nature or conceived...
The Long-Term Political Fallout of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic, which is by definition egalitarian in the extreme and recognizes no physical or social borders, could cause complete breakdowns in already weak...
Don’t Fear Shin Bet Technology for Curbing Corona
JNS.org - During the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Israeli government unanimously approved an additional emergency measure to track and trace the steps of...
There Is Nothing Holier Than Embracing Life
We closed our synagogue last Wednesday. There will be no more prayer services until the coronavirus goes away. In hindsight, it was an easy decision to...
How Shin Bet, Israel Police Will Use Tracking Technology to Battle a New Enemy: COVID-19
JNS.org - The interim Israeli government took the unprecedented step on Monday night of passing emergency regulations to bypass existing law, and equip the Shin...
Iran’s Coronavirus Economic Meltdown
All Iran experts know how hard it is to get reliable data on that country. The regime obscures everything from basic macroeconomic figures to government...
A Response to COVID-19
Friends, we are living under conditions that we have never experienced before. It is not a Holocaust of course. But it is akin to the...
This Week’s Parsha: Communities and Crowds
Melanie Reid is a journalist who writes a regular column for London's The Times. A quadriplegic with a wry lack of self-pity, she calls her...
Students for Justice in Palestine Doesn’t Care About Justice for Palestinians
As a student at the University of Maryland (UMD), I didn’t get the chance to do everything that I had hoped to do before graduating....
Plagues, Pandemics, and Anti-Jewish Pathology
The Mongols -- fearsome warriors on horseback -- conquered China. Yet their greatest impact on world history came when Mongol armies transported rats, infected with...
