Commentary
Was Israel’s Entry Refusal a Boon or Bust for Tlaib and Omar?
Ever since the heavy British crackdown on Irish rebels after their defeat during the famous Easter uprising of 1916, policymakers have been acutely aware...
Omar, Tlaib, and Israel’s Nonexistent Anti-Propaganda Agency
The clumsy manner in which the Israeli government handled the non-visit to Israel of US Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar was not a mere mishap. It resulted from a structural problem. The government’s...
A Failure of Leadership: The Culture of Antisemitism on Campus
To the average American, the resurgence of antisemitism worldwide may come as a surprise. But it is no surprise to Jewish and pro-Israel university students. Our universities have unknowingly become propaganda machines for the most...
Jewish Predicaments: 1939 and 2019
The American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, not noted as a political thinker, nevertheless knew something about political paradoxes. Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...
An Election Outcome Reflecting the Will of the People
The decision to hold Israel's second election of 2019 was disgraceful and should have been...
Robert Mugabe: Death Without Justice
JNS.org - The world awoke to the sad news on Sept. 6 that Robert Mugabe,...
The New Terrorist Threat on Israel’s Borders
JNS.org - The turbulence in southern Israel over the weekend portends violent days ahead, which...
Hezbollah’s Demographic Problem Explains Its Restraint
Israel’s three-pronged attacks over the past two weeks in Syria, Iraq, and, above all, in...
The Torah and the Ecological Imperative
In the course of setting out the laws of war, the Torah adds a seemingly...
Was Israel’s Entry Refusal a Boon or Bust for Tlaib and Omar?
Ever since the heavy British crackdown on Irish rebels after their defeat during the famous Easter uprising of 1916, policymakers have been acutely aware that...
Omar, Tlaib, and Israel’s Nonexistent Anti-Propaganda Agency
The clumsy manner in which the Israeli government handled the non-visit to Israel of US Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar was not a...
A Failure of Leadership: The Culture of Antisemitism on Campus
To the average American, the resurgence of antisemitism worldwide may come as a surprise. But it is no surprise to Jewish and pro-Israel university students....
Jewish Predicaments: 1939 and 2019
The American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, not noted as a political thinker, nevertheless knew something about political paradoxes. Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first-rate...
An Election Outcome Reflecting the Will of the People
The decision to hold Israel's second election of 2019 was disgraceful and should have been avoided. Indeed, one of the big questions that could be...
Robert Mugabe: Death Without Justice
JNS.org - The world awoke to the sad news on Sept. 6 that Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe, had died at the age...
The New Terrorist Threat on Israel’s Borders
JNS.org - The turbulence in southern Israel over the weekend portends violent days ahead, which will force Israel to again face the familiar dilemma of...
Hezbollah’s Demographic Problem Explains Its Restraint
Israel’s three-pronged attacks over the past two weeks in Syria, Iraq, and, above all, in Dahiya -- the vast Shiite neighborhood in Beirut where Hezbollah...
The Torah and the Ecological Imperative
In the course of setting out the laws of war, the Torah adds a seemingly minor detail that became the basis of a much wider...
The US Must Institute Laws Against Antisemitism
The recent reports surrounding US neo-Nazi website Vanguard News Network (VNN)’s publication of photos of students and faculty at Yeshiva University (YU) in New York...
President Truman, George Marshall, and Israel
Some in American Jewry are split over whether Donald Trump is the most pro-Israel or pro-Jewish president in the history of the US. Before Trump,...
New Dershowitz Memoir Is a Must-Read for Israel Advocates
JNS.org - World-renowned author, criminal lawyer, Harvard law professor and civil rights defender Alan Dershowitz sets the tone for his support of Israel in the...
Former Obama Speechwriter Offers Answers to ‘Why Be Jewish?’ Question in New Book
Why be Jewish? Nowadays, embracing Jewish identity and practice is optional, even for those who were born into it. Sarah Hurwitz’s own story is an example....
For the US and Iran, War Is Not an Option
Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or Iran deal) was sadly based on a lack of understanding of...
