Commentary
Why No Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran Will Ever Last
Iran has decided to send 7,500 troops to Iraq, supposedly to provide protection for Shiite pilgrims. But once they are there, there will be little accounting...
Erdogan and the Kurds: Inspired By Putin?
Turkey’s policy of suppressing Kurdish identity and denying the Kurds their cultural and political rights midwifed the birth in the 1970s of militant groups like the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), which only recently dropped its...
My Torah Goes to Prison
I was recently honored for my pro bono work in the criminal justice arena, including my work on several successful clemency efforts, by having a Torah dedicated to me. It was a deeply spiritual moment...
Iran Views US Withdrawal From Syria as an Opportunity
JNS.org - Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal of US special forces from the area as a new...
Amid NBA-China Uproar, Remembering When Jews Mixed Sports and Politics
The growing relationship between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the government of China has...
Success Awaits Those Who Persevere
The name Thomas Haig Palmer will mean nothing to you, unless you are a keen...
The Pittsburgh Shooting Should Be Off-Limits to Partisans
JNS.org - It was a crime that shocked American Jewry to its core. The murder...
Fascism Is Not a Matter of Taste
At the signing of the notorious Hitler-Stalin Pact, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov was asked to...
Turkey’s Pyrrhic Victory in Syria
Turkey’s military incursion into northeastern Syria had an ostensibly happy ending on its seventh day,...
Why No Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran Will Ever Last
Iran has decided to send 7,500 troops to Iraq, supposedly to provide protection for Shiite pilgrims. But once they are there, there will be little accounting of...
Erdogan and the Kurds: Inspired By Putin?
Turkey’s policy of suppressing Kurdish identity and denying the Kurds their cultural and political rights midwifed the birth in the 1970s of militant groups like...
My Torah Goes to Prison
I was recently honored for my pro bono work in the criminal justice arena, including my work on several successful clemency efforts, by having a...
Iran Views US Withdrawal From Syria as an Opportunity
JNS.org - Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal...
Amid NBA-China Uproar, Remembering When Jews Mixed Sports and Politics
The growing relationship between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the government of China has become a source of controversy. One NBA team’s general manager...
Success Awaits Those Who Persevere
The name Thomas Haig Palmer will mean nothing to you, unless you are a keen aficionado of early- and mid-19th-century United States history -- and...
The Pittsburgh Shooting Should Be Off-Limits to Partisans
JNS.org - It was a crime that shocked American Jewry to its core. The murder of 11 worshipers during Shabbat-morning services at the Tree of...
Fascism Is Not a Matter of Taste
At the signing of the notorious Hitler-Stalin Pact, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov was asked to justify partnering with the Nazis. His retort: “fascism is a...
Turkey’s Pyrrhic Victory in Syria
Turkey’s military incursion into northeastern Syria had an ostensibly happy ending on its seventh day, with all state and non-state actors in the Syrian theater...
In Rochester and Elsewhere, Jewish Organizations Must Forcefully Fight Anti-Zionists
The “Witness Palestine Film Festival” in Rochester, New York, is now celebrating its eighth year. In past years, the event lasted for one week and...
Parshat Bereishit: The Genesis of Love
In The Lonely Man of Faith, Rabbi Soloveitchik drew our attention to the fact that Bereishit contains two separate accounts of creation. The first is...
Israel’s Holiday Government
JNS.org - While the world oohed and aahed with the news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was returning his coalition-building mandate to President Reuven...
Mennonites Need to Keep Their Side of the Street Clean
Mennonites living in the United States and Canada have been pretty critical of Israel over the past few decades, but when it comes to confronting...
For German Jews, More Security Is Not Enough
After the Halle, Germany synagogue shooting during Yom Kippur, there were the usual outpourings of condemnation, pavement flowers for the victims, and feel-good statements of...
