Commentary
A Novel Shows That We All Have the Power to Change the World
Over the weekend, I read a great novel -- The Remembrance: Nathan’s Memoir by Larry Roth. For those of us who believe in a...
The Rebbe and Trump on Achieving Peace
Perhaps no one had more public conversations about the development of the Trump peace plan with its chief architect, Jason Greenblatt, than I did. We held approximately seven public events in New York, one in...
The New York Times Dreads Peace
When President Donald Trump’s peace plan was released, assuring Israel of sovereignty along the Jordan River, the security of settlements in Biblical Judea and Samaria, and the entirety of Jerusalem including the Old City under...
Trump’s Impossibly Pragmatic Peace Plan
The peace plan released by the president is the most sensible ever devised -- and, simultaneously, the least sensible. Jared Kushner was right about two things: First, that all previous paradigms for pursuing peace failed;...
Ruth Wisse’s Jewish Power Is on Display in New Edition of Her Groundbreaking Book
“Is this the prophet Ruth Wisse?” I ask over the phone to the professor emerita...
My Problem with Religion
Marx was right. Religion is the opiate of the masses. And Freud was right too...
The Arab World Vs. the Palestinians
JNS.org - The Arab world didn’t hold its breath on Tuesday upon the revelation of...
Remembering the Great Jewish Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude Himmelfarb, prolific historian of the Victorian period, professor emeritus of history at City University...
Complaints on Antisemitism Executive Order Highlight Climate on Campus
The new Executive Order extending protections to Jewish students under the 1964 Civil Rights Act...
A Novel Shows That We All Have the Power to Change the World
Over the weekend, I read a great novel -- The Remembrance: Nathan’s Memoir by Larry Roth. For those of us who believe in a higher...
The Rebbe and Trump on Achieving Peace
Perhaps no one had more public conversations about the development of the Trump peace plan with its chief architect, Jason Greenblatt, than I did. We...
The New York Times Dreads Peace
When President Donald Trump’s peace plan was released, assuring Israel of sovereignty along the Jordan River, the security of settlements in Biblical Judea and Samaria,...
Trump’s Impossibly Pragmatic Peace Plan
The peace plan released by the president is the most sensible ever devised -- and, simultaneously, the least sensible. Jared Kushner was right about two...
Ruth Wisse’s Jewish Power Is on Display in New Edition of Her Groundbreaking Book
“Is this the prophet Ruth Wisse?” I ask over the phone to the professor emerita of Yiddish literature at Harvard. I mean it, only half-joking, in...
My Problem with Religion
Marx was right. Religion is the opiate of the masses. And Freud was right too that religion is wish-fulfillment and satisfies the need for a...
The Arab World Vs. the Palestinians
JNS.org - The Arab world didn’t hold its breath on Tuesday upon the revelation of Donald Trump’s peace plan, and generally responded with restraint and...
Remembering the Great Jewish Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude Himmelfarb, prolific historian of the Victorian period, professor emeritus of history at City University of New York, graduate of New Utrecht High School in...
Complaints on Antisemitism Executive Order Highlight Climate on Campus
The new Executive Order extending protections to Jewish students under the 1964 Civil Rights Act has generated a number of complaints to the Department of...
Does Jews Living Where They ‘Shouldn’t’ Lead to Attacks?
Recent attacks on Jews in Jersey City and Monsey, New York, have prompted some in the media to opine about whether the victims in any...
What Do Critics Think Palestinian Leaders Should Do to Advance Peace?
We previously noted that an Independent editorial (paywall) on Trump’s new peace plan ("Peace talks are the only way to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,"...
If Arab States Support Trump’s Peace Plan, Why Do Some Jews Reject It?
“All Muslims who come in peace will be welcome to visit and pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque.” This statement is emblazoned on the map of a...
Ideologues, From Both Right and Left, Are Poisoning America and Abetting Antisemitism
One of the greatest challenges facing Jews today is dealing with the fact that even lethal antisemitism is not being addressed properly by our own...
Reservations About the Trump Peace Plan
Along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, all my friends are delighted with Donald Trump's plan to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I agree that, in contrast with prior...
