Commentary
Jewish Students Have Endured Enough
The Executive Order that President Donald Trump signed on December 11 provides Jewish students the same protections granted to other minority groups under Title...
Progress on ‘the Jewish Question’
JNS.org - If you happen to be an antisemite, you’ve had a disappointing week. In Britain, the Labour Party suffered its worst defeat in decades. That British voters are eager to get on with Brexit...
The Ugly Truth About BDS and Campus Antisemitism
JNS.org - In the week since President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order enforcing Title VI protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for Jewish students subjected to antisemitism on college campuses, efforts to...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. Chanukah’s historical context is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus, and The Wars of the Jews. The Greek Empire was split following the death of Alexander the Great (323...
Why FDR Turned Away Jewish Students
A recent New York Times article told the poignant story of an unlikely romance between...
Pompeo Brings Down the House
JNS.org - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned fire on Monday to a large group...
Iran Sees a Jewish Conspiracy — in the Saudi Royal Family
Some people still try to claim that Iran isn't antisemitic, but merely anti-Israel. The few...
Why NATO Must Survive
Seventy years ago, at the dawn of the Cold War, NATO was forged as a pan-Atlantic...
Booker’s Condemnation of Jersey City Shooting Not Strong Enough
Armed to the teeth, two domestic terrorists stormed a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City last...
Jewish Students Have Endured Enough
The Executive Order that President Donald Trump signed on December 11 provides Jewish students the same protections granted to other minority groups under Title VI...
Progress on ‘the Jewish Question’
JNS.org - If you happen to be an antisemite, you’ve had a disappointing week. In Britain, the Labour Party suffered its worst defeat in decades....
The Ugly Truth About BDS and Campus Antisemitism
JNS.org - In the week since President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order enforcing Title VI protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. Chanukah’s historical context is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus, and The Wars of the Jews. The Greek Empire...
Why FDR Turned Away Jewish Students
A recent New York Times article told the poignant story of an unlikely romance between two prisoners in Auschwitz. Buried deep within the full-page feature about...
Pompeo Brings Down the House
JNS.org - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned fire on Monday to a large group of House Democrats who lambasted him last month for declaring...
Iran Sees a Jewish Conspiracy — in the Saudi Royal Family
Some people still try to claim that Iran isn't antisemitic, but merely anti-Israel. The few thousand Jews who still live in Iran tell any visitors...
Why NATO Must Survive
Seventy years ago, at the dawn of the Cold War, NATO was forged as a pan-Atlantic alliance to resist Soviet aggression. From its outset, the US...
Booker’s Condemnation of Jersey City Shooting Not Strong Enough
Armed to the teeth, two domestic terrorists stormed a Kosher supermarket in Jersey City last Tuesday, cutting down two openly-identifying Hasidic Jews, Moshe Deutsch, 24,...
Theodor Herzl at the Opera
To understand Theodor Herzl, it’s helpful to think about opera. In the summer of 1895, a distraught Herzl wandered the streets of Paris, contemplating the fate...
Overcoming Anti-Zionism With a Trip to Israel
European anti-Zionism feeds and merges with European antisemitism. Antisemitic incidents in Europe increase during periods of conflict between Israel and its neighbors, and about 85%...
On Hanukkah, Remember Those Who Can’t Celebrate Their Religion
Hanukkah is fast approaching. Soon, Jews all over the world will begin celebrating the Festival of Lights, gathering together to light the menorah and exchange...
President Trump, Antisemitism and the New York Times
The New York Times displayed evident signs of unease over President Donald Trump’s recent executive order including antisemitism within the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
Parshat Vayeshev: How Fate Guides the Course of History
The story of Joseph and his brothers, spread over four parshiyot, is the longest and most tightly-scripted of all the narratives in the Torah. Nothing...
