Commentary
The Ayatollahs’ Anxiety Is Showing
JNS.org - Whether the uprising in Iran is leading to the ultimate collapse of the 40-year reign of the ayatollahs remains to be seen....
Future Crimes We Are Committing Now
Verbal abuse of computer systems like Siri or Alexa. Mistreating your iRobot vacuum cleaner. Hurting your grass by using lawn mowers. These daily incidents -- which are commonplace today -- might someday be condemned as...
‘The Lions’ Den’: A Crucial Examination of Zionism and the Left That Falls Short
The first thing to say about Susie Linfield’s The Lions' Den is that it's an excellent book on a burning topic. Anyone with even a passing interest in how the academic and political Left, broadly...
An Unfair Attack on the JNF — From an Unlikely Source
The official journal of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has published an article depicting the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a colonialist exploiter of the Palestinian Arabs. Is this an appropriate way for a...
Getting Iran Out of Syria: The Dayan Formula
Military correspondents have reported that in the IDF General Staff’s assessment, it is doubtful whether...
A Holocaust Survivor Recalls the Miracle of Israel’s Founding
During World War II, I was lucky to survive with my parents and brother; another...
Parshat Vayishlach: The Secret of Greatness
William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is probably his most enduring and popular comedy. At one point, the...
Will Impeachment Ramifications Point Fingers at American Jews?
JNS.org - Regardless of how Jewish Americans feel about US President Donald Trump — whether...
Nancy Pelosi Could Use a Little Hate
Last week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked a question by a reporter: “Do...
The Ayatollahs’ Anxiety Is Showing
JNS.org - Whether the uprising in Iran is leading to the ultimate collapse of the 40-year reign of the ayatollahs remains to be seen. But...
Future Crimes We Are Committing Now
Verbal abuse of computer systems like Siri or Alexa. Mistreating your iRobot vacuum cleaner. Hurting your grass by using lawn mowers. These daily incidents --...
‘The Lions’ Den’: A Crucial Examination of Zionism and the Left That Falls Short
The first thing to say about Susie Linfield’s The Lions' Den is that it's an excellent book on a burning topic. Anyone with even a...
An Unfair Attack on the JNF — From an Unlikely Source
The official journal of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has published an article depicting the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a colonialist exploiter of...
Getting Iran Out of Syria: The Dayan Formula
Military correspondents have reported that in the IDF General Staff’s assessment, it is doubtful whether expanding offensive activity -- however successful -- can cause Tehran...
A Holocaust Survivor Recalls the Miracle of Israel’s Founding
During World War II, I was lucky to survive with my parents and brother; another died from pneumonia. He was two years old. I was...
Parshat Vayishlach: The Secret of Greatness
William Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night is probably his most enduring and popular comedy. At one point, the unfortunate Malvolio discovers a letter he thinks has been written by Countess Olivia,...
Will Impeachment Ramifications Point Fingers at American Jews?
JNS.org - Regardless of how Jewish Americans feel about US President Donald Trump — whether they view him as a menace to democracy (I do),...
Nancy Pelosi Could Use a Little Hate
Last week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked a question by a reporter: “Do you hate the president, Madam Speaker?” Pelosi, visibly upset, returned to...
Palestinian Arab Volunteers in the British Army in World War II: A Reality Check
Israel’s Declaration of Independence notes the historic role played by Palestinian-Jewish volunteers of the British Army during World War II: In WWII the Jewish Community of...
As Jews, We Must Never Give Up — and Always Rise Up
"Mommy, who is going to hide us if there is another Holocaust?” I asked when I was seven years old. There was a moment of...
Know Your Worth as a Jew
I was born in Israel to Jewish parents, Rachel and Mordecai Paldiel, and never knew my maternal grandfather, because he was killed in Israel’s 1948...
Bullets for Bodies: A Sick Twist in Iran Protests
There have been protests and riots across Iran, brutally put down by Iranian security forces and the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The government is charging...
The Two-State Plan May No Longer Be Viable — and Israel Must Find a New Solution
JNS.org - Some in Israel sought to question the motives and significance of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s declaration last month that Israeli settlements...
