Commentary
American Jews Should Stay Out of Israeli Elections
American Jews have long touted Israel as the lone democracy in the Middle East, and noted that it shares the same values and interests...
Time to Dump the Failed Two-State Solution
For just about as long as there have been efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calls for a two-state solution have choked the global conversation. So much so that many people have come to believe...
Jewish Leader Refuses New York Times Apology Over ‘Deeply Antisemitic’ Cartoon
A major Jewish organization is refusing to accept the New York Times’ apology for the Times publishing a cartoon depicting the prime minister of Israel as a dog. The cartoon, of Netanyahu’s face with dog ears...
Why Asking Questions Is Good
The Haggadah that we read on Pesach was a response to the tragic loss of the Temple and Jewish political autonomy some 2,000 years ago. Its composers wanted to pay tribute to the Temple and...
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: Revisiting the Slaughter of Christians
April 24 marked the “Great Crime,” i.e. the genocide of Christians -- mostly Armenians but...
Experiencing Antisemitism at Cornell
As an American Jew, antisemitism has loomed large in my life. At home, my parents...
Will Internal Differences Disrupt the Russia-China Alliance Against America?
Addressing last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, then-US Secretary of Defense James Mattis dismissed fears...
Shmuley Boteach: What’s Behind My Dispute With Alan Dershowitz
My dispute with Alan Dershowitz over Qatar is nothing personal -- as some have foolishly...
The US Is Right to Crack Down on Iran and the Revolutionary Guard Corps
In an unprecedented move earlier this month, the United States designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
American Jews Should Stay Out of Israeli Elections
American Jews have long touted Israel as the lone democracy in the Middle East, and noted that it shares the same values and interests as...
Time to Dump the Failed Two-State Solution
For just about as long as there have been efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calls for a two-state solution have choked the global conversation....
Jewish Leader Refuses New York Times Apology Over ‘Deeply Antisemitic’ Cartoon
A major Jewish organization is refusing to accept the New York Times’ apology for the Times publishing a cartoon depicting the prime minister of Israel...
Why Asking Questions Is Good
The Haggadah that we read on Pesach was a response to the tragic loss of the Temple and Jewish political autonomy some 2,000 years ago....
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day: Revisiting the Slaughter of Christians
April 24 marked the “Great Crime,” i.e. the genocide of Christians -- mostly Armenians but also Assyrians -- that took place under the Islamic Ottoman...
Experiencing Antisemitism at Cornell
As an American Jew, antisemitism has loomed large in my life. At home, my parents and grandparents have told me about the antisemitism they faced...
Will Internal Differences Disrupt the Russia-China Alliance Against America?
Addressing last year’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, then-US Secretary of Defense James Mattis dismissed fears first voiced in 1997 by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter’s National...
Shmuley Boteach: What’s Behind My Dispute With Alan Dershowitz
My dispute with Alan Dershowitz over Qatar is nothing personal -- as some have foolishly suggested -- but rather cuts to the core of Jewish...
The US Is Right to Crack Down on Iran and the Revolutionary Guard Corps
In an unprecedented move earlier this month, the United States designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization. The shift in...
The Truth About the ADL’s Position on Settlement Annexation
In his article, "The ADL Distorts the Annexation Debate,” Stephen M. Flatow completely mischaracterizes our piece in The Forward. Contrary to Flatow's assertion, the ADL’s piece...
Sanders Slanders Israel … Again
JNS.org - Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), who is running for president again, has added another “pearl” to his library of remarks about Israel, characterizing its right-wing government as...
How Much Did YouTube and PayPal Make From Owen Benjamin’s Jew-Hatred?
It happens every day, even on weekends. Sometime in the late afternoon or early evening West Coast time, several thousand people log onto YouTube’s livestream service...
Will Democrats Revive the Appeasement of Iran?
JNS.org - When Jewish and pro-Israel Democrats were put to the test in 2015, most of them failed. Faced with the dilemma of whether to stick...
What Would Menachem Begin Do About the Trump Peace Plan?
JNS.org - In the United States, we sometimes longingly remember past presidents and envision how they would have responded to today’s challenges. The same is...
