Commentary
Why Storytelling Is Essential to Jews and Judaism
Sometimes others know us better than we know ourselves. In the year 2000, a British Jewish research institute came up with a proposal that...
What Putin Said at the Holocaust Forum…
JNS.org - Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory. The Russian dictator claimed that 40% of the six million...
Why Jordan Won’t Impede the US Peace Plan
JNS.org - Jordan has been a strategic partner of Israel for many years, even before the 1994 peace treaty was signed. The main reason for this is their common enemy: the Palestinian national movement. Israel and...
Mourning the Holocaust, but Celebrating Israel
JNS.org - At last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Israel’s former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, himself a survivor, said he was incapable -- “unauthorized” -- to extend forgiveness for the murder of...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Matter?
Almost every US administration has come up with a peace plan, and they all have...
Palestinians and Arabs Could Benefit So Much From Peace With Israel
When US President Donald Trump stated that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, he...
With Putin’s Proposed Changes, Russia Begins Its Transition to One-Party Rule
On January 15, 2020, in his State of the Nation address to the Russian political...
Are the US and Iran Headed Toward War?
Opposition to the US has been a key component of the theocratic Iranian regime’s identity...
Never Again? What About Palestinian Antisemitism?
We’ve often argued that the British media’s anti-Israel bias is just as evident in the...
Why Storytelling Is Essential to Jews and Judaism
Sometimes others know us better than we know ourselves. In the year 2000, a British Jewish research institute came up with a proposal that Jews...
What Putin Said at the Holocaust Forum…
JNS.org - Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory....
Why Jordan Won’t Impede the US Peace Plan
JNS.org - Jordan has been a strategic partner of Israel for many years, even before the 1994 peace treaty was signed. The main reason for...
Mourning the Holocaust, but Celebrating Israel
JNS.org - At last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, Israel’s former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, himself a survivor, said he was incapable...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Matter?
Almost every US administration has come up with a peace plan, and they all have one thing in common -- failure. The Trump plan will...
Palestinians and Arabs Could Benefit So Much From Peace With Israel
When US President Donald Trump stated that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of Israel, he was merely acknowledging what everyone already knew. Jerusalem has been...
With Putin’s Proposed Changes, Russia Begins Its Transition to One-Party Rule
On January 15, 2020, in his State of the Nation address to the Russian political elite, Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed some major constitutional amendments,...
Are the US and Iran Headed Toward War?
Opposition to the US has been a key component of the theocratic Iranian regime’s identity since 1979. The founder of that regime, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,...
Never Again? What About Palestinian Antisemitism?
We’ve often argued that the British media’s anti-Israel bias is just as evident in the stories they ignore as in the skewed nature of the...
Palestinian Terrorists Keep Defying Their Profile
JNS.org - The latest Palestinian Arab stabbings of Jews in Israel won’t get much attention since -- fortunately -- nobody was killed. Attacks that don’t...
Israel’s Strikes in Syria Hurt Iran’s Purse Strings
Israel’s attacks on the Iranian build-up in Syria have been unrelenting, though they are not without dangers -- most of all, the possibility of incidents...
An Open Letter to the Polish People on the Birkenau Church
To the people of Poland: As we approach the 75th anniversary commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz, I reach out to you in the spirit of peace....
Bombing Auschwitz
The new BBC documentary about the question of bombing Auschwitz deserves an award -- for creative fiction. Through omissions, distortions, and “reenactments” of conversations with...
Israeli Control of the Jordan Valley Is Non-Negotiable
JNS.org - Three fundamental questions crystallize the distinctions between the various positions on the matter of Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley. The first question: How...
