Commentary
Did We Need Another Sandy Koufax?
JNS.org - The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American...
Israeli Arabs Welcomed in Saudi Arabia: Diplomatic Breakthrough or Cynical Ploy?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS)’s calls to invite Israeli Arabs to live and work in Saudi Arabia could be either a diplomatic breakthrough or a cynical ploy. If the former, it could indicate...
Turkey’s Assault on the Kurds: The Silence of the Islamists
A stateless people comprised of a large number of Sunni Muslims is being bombarded by a country with an overwhelming military advantage. It's the kind of thing that normally has American Islamist groups organizing protests...
Europe Must Do the Right Thing on Hezbollah
What do Arab governments know about Hezbollah that the European Union refuses to acknowledge? The Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have both labeled Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The EU, by contrast, determined six years...
The Americans, the Kurds, the War
JNS.org - Two days after announcing the betrayal of America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, US...
Sukkot Is a Call to Change the World
Every Jewish festival has several different levels of significance. There are always personal, national, agricultural,...
Released Terrorist Protests Court-Imposed Restrictions
A recently released would-be jihadist who wanted to attack southern California military targets and synagogues...
Propagating the False Narrative That Zionists Are ‘Anti-Palestinian’
JNS.org - Let me tell you how my guilt was decided before my case was...
Netanyahu’s Undemocratic Tactics Cost Him the Election
JNS.org - It’s still unclear whether Israel’s next election will be in four years or...
Did We Need Another Sandy Koufax?
JNS.org - The story of Sandy Koufax choosing not to pitch on Yom Kippur is one of the great narrative tales of modern American Jewish...
Israeli Arabs Welcomed in Saudi Arabia: Diplomatic Breakthrough or Cynical Ploy?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS)’s calls to invite Israeli Arabs to live and work in Saudi Arabia could be either a diplomatic breakthrough...
Turkey’s Assault on the Kurds: The Silence of the Islamists
A stateless people comprised of a large number of Sunni Muslims is being bombarded by a country with an overwhelming military advantage. It's the kind...
Europe Must Do the Right Thing on Hezbollah
What do Arab governments know about Hezbollah that the European Union refuses to acknowledge? The Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have both labeled...
The Americans, the Kurds, the War
JNS.org - Two days after announcing the betrayal of America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, US President Donald Trump decided to belittle them for good measure....
Sukkot Is a Call to Change the World
Every Jewish festival has several different levels of significance. There are always personal, national, agricultural, and universal themes. Rituals, laws, and customs exist to reinforce the...
Released Terrorist Protests Court-Imposed Restrictions
A recently released would-be jihadist who wanted to attack southern California military targets and synagogues will be subject to warrantless searches of his home and...
Propagating the False Narrative That Zionists Are ‘Anti-Palestinian’
JNS.org - Let me tell you how my guilt was decided before my case was ever presented. I went with my colleagues to hear Noura Erakat...
Netanyahu’s Undemocratic Tactics Cost Him the Election
JNS.org - It’s still unclear whether Israel’s next election will be in four years or four months. But either way, if the center-right wants a...
Sut Jhally’s Occupation of UMass Amherst’s Classrooms
Sut Jhally, professor of communications at UMass Amherst, has made it perfectly clear that he regards college classrooms as indoctrination zones. He revealed this in 2017,...
After Trump’s Syria Betrayal, Can Jews or Anyone Really Trust Him?
For many American Jews, a candidate’s attitude and policy positions on Israel are important, and for some, it is the one issue that determines their...
The Sukkah, Rabbinic Law, and Jewish Survival
Unless you are an aficionado of Jewish law, the name “Pri Megadim” will mean very little to you. Nonetheless, it happens to be the title of...
Revisionist ‘Scholars’ Seek to Distort and Disparage David Ben-Gurion
By ignoring millions of declassified documents from the period of the British Mandate (1920-48) and Israel’s early days that show the claim of premeditated dispossession...
Sadly, German Synagogue Was Better Protected Due to Past Attacks
In the Times of Israel (TOI) account of the first person shooter video made by the neo-Nazi murderer Stephan Balliet, he is described as being...
