Commentary
White Supremacists Are Not the Only Violent Antisemites
JNS.org - Francine Graham and David Anderson drove their van on Dec. 10 to the JC Kosher Supermarket in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey...
Netanyahu Builds Momentum With Key Victories in Likud Primary and Supreme Court Challenge
JNS.org - After two Israeli elections passed without the formation of a coalition government, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit released his long-awaited announcement that he would formally indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, opponents of the...
The Attempt to Dejudaize Jesus
“Bishop Sasse! Do I, an Aboriginal, have to tell you how to be a Christian?” - Australian Aboriginal leader William Cooper confronting Nazi Bishop Martin Sasse in the Kristallnacht Cantata: A Voice of Courage. Christmas has come...
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
You’ve been asked the question before. Are you a glass-half-full kind of person, or is your glass always half-empty? You might think to yourself -- who cares? After all, what difference does it make one way...
Fighting the Demonization of Israel at the ICC
JNS.org - Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The...
After Monsey, It’s Time to Say Jewish Lives Also Matter
JNS.org - A horrific attack on the Jewish community in Monsey, NY took place on...
Proof That the Head of Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Care About Antisemitism
Ken Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, tweets more that President Trump does. Yet...
Why Talking About ‘Jewish Genius’ Is Controversial
JNS.org - Anyone who has, as I have, spent his professional life covering the Jewish...
The December Doldrums in Full Force
JNS.org - The doldrums of December took on new meaning this year — most especially...
White Supremacists Are Not the Only Violent Antisemites
JNS.org - Francine Graham and David Anderson drove their van on Dec. 10 to the JC Kosher Supermarket in the Greenville neighborhood of Jersey City...
Netanyahu Builds Momentum With Key Victories in Likud Primary and Supreme Court Challenge
JNS.org - After two Israeli elections passed without the formation of a coalition government, and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit released his long-awaited announcement that he...
The Attempt to Dejudaize Jesus
“Bishop Sasse! Do I, an Aboriginal, have to tell you how to be a Christian?” - Australian Aboriginal leader William Cooper confronting Nazi Bishop Martin Sasse...
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
You’ve been asked the question before. Are you a glass-half-full kind of person, or is your glass always half-empty? You might think to yourself -- who...
Fighting the Demonization of Israel at the ICC
JNS.org - Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, announced on Dec. 20: “I am satisfied that war...
After Monsey, It’s Time to Say Jewish Lives Also Matter
JNS.org - A horrific attack on the Jewish community in Monsey, NY took place on Saturday, the seventh night of Hanukkah, when a machete-wielding assailant...
Proof That the Head of Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Care About Antisemitism
Ken Roth, the head of Human Rights Watch, tweets more that President Trump does. Yet I cannot find any tweets where he denounces antisemitism that...
Why Talking About ‘Jewish Genius’ Is Controversial
JNS.org - Anyone who has, as I have, spent his professional life covering the Jewish world as a journalist is not likely to spend much...
The December Doldrums in Full Force
JNS.org - The doldrums of December took on new meaning this year — most especially for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Holiday cheer was replaced by holiday fear,...
Will American Jews Flee to Israel?
JERUSALEM — The blood was barely dry from the attack by a machete-wielding assailant who wounded five Jews at a Monsey, New York Hanukkah party...
Will Bernie Sanders Become the First Jewish President?
JNS.org - We’re still more than a month away from the first actual votes being cast in the Democratic presidential race. But an analysis piece published...
No More Sitting Ducks: Jews Need to Learn Self-Defense
JNS.org - After each antisemitic attack, Jews seem to get weaker and more vulnerable. One reason is that instead of taking real action, we prefer...
New York Times Editors Falsely Blame Bret Stephens for ‘Mistake’ in Column on Jewish Genius
The New York Times has published an “Editors’ Note,” inaccurately accusing the newspaper’s own star columnist, Bret Stephens, of committing a “mistake” by “uncritically” citing...
Jews and Slavery Reparations
In The Chicago Tribune, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of Reform Judaism’s Religious Action Center, has offered his prescription for racial healing through reparations for slavery. Rabbi...
