Commentary
The New York Times Is Enthralled by Hating Israel
By now the enduring motto of The New York Times – “All the News That’s Fit to Print” – is understood to mean all...
The Israeli Elections: Radical Otherness
As we are asked to vote for a new Israeli government, it may be important to consider some crucial issues that seem to be overlooked by most people, even by the competing parties who apparently...
Voting Against Israel Doesn’t Stop AIPAC From Supporting Cory Booker
During a CNN town hall last week, presidential candidate Cory Booker made headlines in the Jewish press by reciting a few words in Hebrew. Asked by a pastor how his faith would influence him as...
Parshat Tazria: The Sacrifices of Childbirth Don’t Demean Women
At the start of this week's parsha, there is a cluster of laws that challenged and puzzled the commentators. They concern a woman who has just given birth. If she gives birth to a son,...
In North Carolina, Linda Sarsour Defends Anti-Israel Attacks and Denies Her Antisemitism
What happens when a fan of Linda Sarsour has some power over the county budget?...
The Triumph of Menachem Begin’s Legacy
JNS.org - Washington’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights is without a doubt...
Arab Authorities Abuse Their Power Over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
JNS.org - Jordan took the dramatic step last week of significantly increasing Palestinian Arab control over...
Another Antisemite in the Democratic Party
He has engaged in “crude antisemitism,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. He has “consistently impugned...
The Duplicitous Double Standard of the United Nations and the Golan Heights
JNS.org - There are 194 nations in the world. Out of those, precisely 193 acquired their...
The New York Times Is Enthralled by Hating Israel
By now the enduring motto of The New York Times – “All the News That’s Fit to Print” – is understood to mean all the...
The Israeli Elections: Radical Otherness
As we are asked to vote for a new Israeli government, it may be important to consider some crucial issues that seem to be overlooked...
Voting Against Israel Doesn’t Stop AIPAC From Supporting Cory Booker
During a CNN town hall last week, presidential candidate Cory Booker made headlines in the Jewish press by reciting a few words in Hebrew. Asked...
Parshat Tazria: The Sacrifices of Childbirth Don’t Demean Women
At the start of this week's parsha, there is a cluster of laws that challenged and puzzled the commentators. They concern a woman who has...
In North Carolina, Linda Sarsour Defends Anti-Israel Attacks and Denies Her Antisemitism
What happens when a fan of Linda Sarsour has some power over the county budget? The answer could be seen in Orange County, North Carolina...
The Triumph of Menachem Begin’s Legacy
JNS.org - Washington’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights is without a doubt an unprecedented diplomatic achievement that can be attributed to the...
Arab Authorities Abuse Their Power Over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
JNS.org - Jordan took the dramatic step last week of significantly increasing Palestinian Arab control over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. As a result, the antisemitic...
Another Antisemite in the Democratic Party
He has engaged in “crude antisemitism,” according to the Anti-Defamation League. He has “consistently impugned the loyalty of American Jews,” said the American Jewish Congress....
The Duplicitous Double Standard of the United Nations and the Golan Heights
JNS.org - There are 194 nations in the world. Out of those, precisely 193 acquired their territory through the use of military force. That’s how borders...
Is It Islamophobic to Deny That ‘Palestine’ Exists?
JNS.org - Despite repeated comments in which she repeated hateful anti-Semitic tropes, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) escaped even the mildest slap on the wrist from...
Alliances With Dictators Won’t Benefit Israel
The world’s leading states have long believed in certain alleged benefits of realpolitik, or power politics. Although such traditional patterns of thinking would normally appear...
A Cyprus, Greece, and Israel Alliance Serves US Interests
Long ago, the Mediterranean was known as the Middle Sea, because it provided the principal means of communication between empires and civilizations. Today’s Mediterranean is...
The Jews Who Fought Hitler in Hollywood
Ben Urwand’s The Collaboration: Hollywood's Pact With Hitler (2013) is one of two recent books arguing that the legendary Hollywood studio heads were less than...
Fear of Isolation and Collapse Drive Hamas’ Violent Extortion Racket
When it seized power in a violent 2007 coup, Hamas thought that it would turn the Gaza Strip into a shining example of Palestinian Muslim...
