Commentary
Ocasio-Cortez Should Visit ‘The Evidence Room’
JNS.org - It’s a sign of how politicized our national discourse has become that nothing is out of bounds -- not even the Holocaust. When...
Cary Nelson Makes the Progressive Case Against BDS
For academics who support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Cary Nelson’s recently published book -- Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Faculty Campaign Against the Jewish State -- is very bad news. The book...
Did You Know Richard Wagner Almost Brought His Antisemitism to the US?
Six years ago -- on the 200th anniversary of his birth -- Richard Wagner was still in the news, due to never-ending controversies over whether his music should be played by Israeli symphony orchestras. Probably...
The Evergreen Antisemitism of Malaysia’s Prime Minister
Earlier this year, the student union at Cambridge University hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. If there was a list of the world’s top antisemites, he would certainly be prominent on it. In October 2003, the...
‘We Are All Jews,’ David Brooks Claims, Stretching Definition to Breaking Point
“We are all Jews,” New York Times columnist David Brooks claimed in a recent column. By...
A Rabbinic Call to End Gun Violence
JNS.org - “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.”(Lev.19:16) “An act of violence...
The Real Reason the Palestinians Won’t Attend the Bahrain Conference
JNS.org - Both the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are boycotting...
Trump’s Saudi Arms Sale Is About Politics and Economics, Not Security
President Trump wants to use his emergency powers to sell billions of dollars’ worth of...
Why We Fear Freedom — Shelach Lecha
The episode of the spies is one of the most tragic in the entire Torah....
Ocasio-Cortez Should Visit ‘The Evidence Room’
JNS.org - It’s a sign of how politicized our national discourse has become that nothing is out of bounds -- not even the Holocaust. When Rep....
Cary Nelson Makes the Progressive Case Against BDS
For academics who support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Cary Nelson’s recently published book -- Israel Denial: Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Faculty Campaign...
Did You Know Richard Wagner Almost Brought His Antisemitism to the US?
Six years ago -- on the 200th anniversary of his birth -- Richard Wagner was still in the news, due to never-ending controversies over whether...
The Evergreen Antisemitism of Malaysia’s Prime Minister
Earlier this year, the student union at Cambridge University hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. If there was a list of the world’s top antisemites,...
‘We Are All Jews,’ David Brooks Claims, Stretching Definition to Breaking Point
“We are all Jews,” New York Times columnist David Brooks claimed in a recent column. By which he meant, all modern Americans are “creative minorities.” The full...
A Rabbinic Call to End Gun Violence
JNS.org - “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor.”(Lev.19:16) “An act of violence is an act of desecration.” (Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur...
The Real Reason the Palestinians Won’t Attend the Bahrain Conference
JNS.org - Both the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are boycotting the US-initiated economic conference in Bahrain. While they would like...
Trump’s Saudi Arms Sale Is About Politics and Economics, Not Security
President Trump wants to use his emergency powers to sell billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia on national security grounds. Congress wants...
Why We Fear Freedom — Shelach Lecha
The episode of the spies is one of the most tragic in the entire Torah. Who sent them and to what end is not entirely...
The Bahrain Conference Is a First Step Forward
This week’s economic workshop in Bahrain, where the US administration is presenting its “Peace to Prosperity” plan for development of the Palestinian economy, is an...
There Won’t Be Peace Until the Palestinians Accept Israel
Amnesia and willful ignorance seem to be running amok in today’s political arena, especially when it comes to Israel and the Palestinians -- mostly due...
If Iran Breaks the Nuclear Deal, It Could Be Very Close to the Nuclear Threshold
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano confirmed on June 10 that Iran is realizing its threat to increase its rate of uranium enrichment, in direct defiance...
What the Trump Peace Plan Cannot Accomplish
JNS.org - When the Trump administration released the economic portion of its Middle East peace plan last week, the avalanche of criticism was immediate and...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Desecrates the Holocaust
Holocaust memory is dying in America. A recent poll discovered that 22 percent of American millennials don’t know what the Holocaust is and an astounding two-thirds...
