Commentary
The True Face of American Antisemitism Is Primarily Anti-Orthodox
JNS.org - If you’re Jewish, how afraid should you be of being a victim of a violent antisemitic hate crime? In the wake of...
Voting Against Israeli Electoral Apathy
JNS.org - An informal man-in-the-street survey broadcast on Monday evening on Israel’s Channel 12 revealed what everybody has been predicting: voter turnout for the Sept. 17 Knesset elections is going to be low. Israelis have been...
Get Ready for ISIS to Make a Comeback
JNS.org – When the Second Intifada broke out in 2000, Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin boasted that the desire of his people for death in the service of Hamas was greater than the Israelis’ desire...
Why America Must Confront Power-Hungry Iran
With each passing week, Iran’s strategy comes into sharper focus: harass the international community and try to sow concern in energy markets without taking action that would prompt a kinetic response. Iran is a radical force,...
Daily Mail Distributes a Million Maps Listing Tel Aviv as Israel’s Capital
The 975,000 thousand or so British news consumers who purchased the Sunday, Sept. 1st print edition of...
Is World War II History Still Relevant?
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, when...
I Embrace My Israeli Arab Identity
JNS.org - Israeli television host Yaron London’s comments about Arab culture (earlier this week, he...
Sustaining Peace and Development in a Changing World
“The first manifestation of existence was speech. ... Without speech the world has no voice.” -...
What the Jewish Left Needs to Understand About Working People
JNS.org - For the overwhelming majority of Americans, Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end...
The True Face of American Antisemitism Is Primarily Anti-Orthodox
JNS.org - If you’re Jewish, how afraid should you be of being a victim of a violent antisemitic hate crime? In the wake of the...
Voting Against Israeli Electoral Apathy
JNS.org - An informal man-in-the-street survey broadcast on Monday evening on Israel’s Channel 12 revealed what everybody has been predicting: voter turnout for the Sept....
Get Ready for ISIS to Make a Comeback
JNS.org – When the Second Intifada broke out in 2000, Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin boasted that the desire of his people for death in...
Why America Must Confront Power-Hungry Iran
With each passing week, Iran’s strategy comes into sharper focus: harass the international community and try to sow concern in energy markets without taking action...
Daily Mail Distributes a Million Maps Listing Tel Aviv as Israel’s Capital
The 975,000 thousand or so British news consumers who purchased the Sunday, Sept. 1st print edition of the Daily Mail (The Mail on Sunday) gotta nice freebie:...
Is World War II History Still Relevant?
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, when German forces invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, is the...
I Embrace My Israeli Arab Identity
JNS.org - Israeli television host Yaron London’s comments about Arab culture (earlier this week, he referred to Arabs as “wild men” and called Arab culture...
Sustaining Peace and Development in a Changing World
“The first manifestation of existence was speech. ... Without speech the world has no voice.” - Nizami Ganjavi, 12th-century Azerbaijani poet, in The Treasure House of...
What the Jewish Left Needs to Understand About Working People
JNS.org - For the overwhelming majority of Americans, Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer. But like other federal holidays, such as Memorial...
Bret Stephens Was Justly Outraged When He Was Called an Insect
After a report that the New York Times headquarters had been infested with bedbugs, George Washington University Professor David Karpf tweeted last Monday, “The bedbugs...
Abbas Is Right: It’s Time to Phase Out the Palestinian Authority
JNS.org - When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced in July that he was canceling the PA’s security cooperation with Israel, veteran Israeli journalist Khaled...
Yiddish and Other Languages
I speak French with my head and Yiddish with my heart. I learned French in school and made it my field of study and my profession....
BDS Proponents Push for Publicity as New School Year Looms
The most important BDS incident in August was the refusal by Israel to admit two leading BDS supporters, Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar...
An Inside Look at the Struggle Against ISIS
Below is an excerpt from Seth J. Frantzman’s After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (Gefen Publishing, Jerusalem, 2019) After a short...
