Commentary
Hanan Ashrawi, Friend of Terror
JNS.org - Hanan Ashrawi is a senior official of an organization that includes in its ranks those who are on the US government list...
Parshat Bechukotai: The Birth of Hope
This week, we read the Tochecha -- the terrifying curses warning of what would happen to Israel if it betrayed its Divine mission. We read a prophecy of history gone wrong. If Israel loses its...
American Military Aid Goes Beyond the Money
JNS.org - American military aid is the cornerstone of Israeli defense policy. Not just because of the money itself, which represents a significant portion of the IDF's budget, but because of the close-knit relationship with...
There Is Growing Support for Terrorists on College Campuses
A May 8 incident at San Diego State University (SDSU) highlights a trend of glamorizing Palestinian terrorists on college campuses, SDSU English Professor Peter C. Herman wrote Saturday at The Times of San Diego. He pointed...
Mel Gibson’s Chutzpah
It’s bad enough to make a film about a dysfunctional family that alludes to a...
Columbia University Hosts Journalist Who Can ‘Understand’ Antisemitism
Should a man who claims to “understand” why people are antisemitic be invited to speak...
Historians and Jews
When the Nazis achieved power, Hanns Johst wrote the play Schlageter, which was performed on...
Saving America: Donald Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Illness
Despite endless reassurances to the contrary, America’s core problems can never be fixed by ritualized...
What’s Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Trump Brexit’ Warning?
JNS.org - They are not quite conjoined twins, but it’s often the case that where...
Hanan Ashrawi, Friend of Terror
JNS.org - Hanan Ashrawi is a senior official of an organization that includes in its ranks those who are on the US government list of...
Parshat Bechukotai: The Birth of Hope
This week, we read the Tochecha -- the terrifying curses warning of what would happen to Israel if it betrayed its Divine mission. We read...
American Military Aid Goes Beyond the Money
JNS.org - American military aid is the cornerstone of Israeli defense policy. Not just because of the money itself, which represents a significant portion of...
There Is Growing Support for Terrorists on College Campuses
A May 8 incident at San Diego State University (SDSU) highlights a trend of glamorizing Palestinian terrorists on college campuses, SDSU English Professor Peter C....
Mel Gibson’s Chutzpah
It’s bad enough to make a film about a dysfunctional family that alludes to a wealthy Jewish family. But casting Mel Gibson as the sinister...
Columbia University Hosts Journalist Who Can ‘Understand’ Antisemitism
Should a man who claims to “understand” why people are antisemitic be invited to speak at Columbia University -- especially when this person wrote an...
Historians and Jews
When the Nazis achieved power, Hanns Johst wrote the play Schlageter, which was performed on Hitler’s 44th birthday. Act I, Scene 1 was the source...
Saving America: Donald Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Illness
Despite endless reassurances to the contrary, America’s core problems can never be fixed by ritualized political activity or elections. In essence, no American government --...
What’s Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Trump Brexit’ Warning?
JNS.org - They are not quite conjoined twins, but it’s often the case that where you find antisemitism, you will also find an associated anti-Americanism. Scholars...
Israel’s Only Option: The Diplomacy of Violence in Gaza
Ever since the unilateral disengagement from Gaza in the summer of 2005, Israel has engaged in “bargaining by the threat of violence” with Hamas. Within...
What Will the Jewish World Look Like in 20 Years?
JNS.org - There are stark differences in demographic trends for the world’s two major Jewish population centers -- the United States and Israel. Recent data...
What Einstein Would Have Thought of J Street, JVP, and IfNotNow
The American Council for Judaism was started in 1942 as an anti-Zionist Jewish group that tried to split the American Jewish community. Its position (since somewhat...
A Middle Ground on Trump and Orbán at the White House
Despite the fact that the Trump administration has spent two years communicating its concerns with Hungary regarding academic freedom, antisemitism, and other illiberal positions of...
75 Years Since Elie Wiesel Was Sent to Auschwitz
Seventy-five years ago this week, Elie Wiesel was deported from Sighet, Romania -- a small town in the Carpathian mountains -- at the age of...
