Commentary
How to Understand the US Failure in the Middle East
I've written about the malevolent influence of Arabists in the US government. After leaving public service, many seek to influence policy and public opinion....
Truth-Telling to Advance Peace
JNS.org - Critics of the Trump administration’s determination that settlements “are not per se illegal” assert that it is detrimental to the possibility of peace. Like President Donald Trump’s move of the US embassy to...
Arab-Israeli Progress: Grateful for a Ray of Light
JNS.org - "There’s a crack in everything,” Leonard Cohen famously wrote in one of his songs. “That’s how the light gets in.” For the better part of a century, one issue in particular has stubbornly resisted...
We Must Stop Yeshivas From Robbing Our Children of a Secular Education
On my first day of graduate school to pursue my degree in social work, my professor introduced herself as Dr. Mizrahi and asked the class what came to mind when they heard the name Mizrahi....
Parshat Toldot: Love Heals the Lover and the Loved
It’s a haunting question. Why did Isaac love Esau? The verse says so explicitly: “Isaac,...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on...
Dutch Court Case Reignites Europe’s Focus on ISIS Children
He is a handsome boy, about 9 or 10 years old, with large, pale green...
The Story of Esau: Be Honest With Yourself
In October 1897, Sigmund Freud wrote to his close friend and confidant, the idiosyncratic German-Jewish...
Legalizing Politics and Politicizing the Law
JNS.org - One of the modern era’s most dangerous problems is the conflation of politics...
How to Understand the US Failure in the Middle East
I've written about the malevolent influence of Arabists in the US government. After leaving public service, many seek to influence policy and public opinion. One...
Truth-Telling to Advance Peace
JNS.org - Critics of the Trump administration’s determination that settlements “are not per se illegal” assert that it is detrimental to the possibility of peace....
Arab-Israeli Progress: Grateful for a Ray of Light
JNS.org - "There’s a crack in everything,” Leonard Cohen famously wrote in one of his songs. “That’s how the light gets in.” For the better part...
We Must Stop Yeshivas From Robbing Our Children of a Secular Education
On my first day of graduate school to pursue my degree in social work, my professor introduced herself as Dr. Mizrahi and asked the class...
Parshat Toldot: Love Heals the Lover and the Loved
It’s a haunting question. Why did Isaac love Esau? The verse says so explicitly: “Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebecca...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on the headquarters of pro-Iranian militia headquarters in Iraq’s southern provinces....
Dutch Court Case Reignites Europe’s Focus on ISIS Children
He is a handsome boy, about 9 or 10 years old, with large, pale green eyes and dark hair. He speaks softly, conversing with a...
The Story of Esau: Be Honest With Yourself
In October 1897, Sigmund Freud wrote to his close friend and confidant, the idiosyncratic German-Jewish otolaryngologist Wilhelm Fliess, inter-alia telling him that “being entirely honest...
Legalizing Politics and Politicizing the Law
JNS.org - One of the modern era’s most dangerous problems is the conflation of politics with law. Political questions are increasingly treated as legal ones,...
Netanyahu Indictments Are Shifting Few Israeli Voters
According to a poll released this week by Israel Hayom, 64 percent of Israelis say that the indictments against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit...
It’s Time to Cancel the Jew Exception
I am going to need a financial advisor. In a few months I'm going to get a check from the US government for $5 million. Here's how...
While Acknowledging Past Antisemitism, Church of England Fails to Right Historical Wrongs
Widely reported in the British media last week was a Church of England “teaching document” on Christian-Jewish relations. The document, titled “God’s Unfailing Word,” was...
The Iranian Regime vs. the Fuel Protests
On Nov. 15, Iranians discovered to their horror that not only had fuel prices spiraled from 1,000 to 1,500 tomans per liter ($0.30 to $0.45),...
Dear Netanyahu: Please Step Down Now
After the electoral impasse, I was one of the first of Prime Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-term admirers and supporters to suggest that unless he made a...
