Commentary
Ilhan Omar Has Company Pushing the Dual Loyalty Narrative
Another day, another chapter in the ongoing saga of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's antisemitism. Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, in 2012 accused Israel of "hypnotizing the...
The Media Only Cares About Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
Narrative and bias are the chief problems facing the news media today -- not, as some would have it, issues of revenue created from the rise of digital media and the Internet. The tendency to...
Wake Forest Retaliates Against Students for Standing Against Antisemitism
Most pro-Israel students are a beleaguered minority on campus these days. And what happens when they dare to stand up for themselves? One answer came last week, when Wake Forest University in North Carolina held...
New York Times Pushes Jerusalem Label on West Bank-Affiliated Scholar
A front-page New York Times article headlined “Israel’s Riddle: Is Netanyahu Irreplaceable?” refers to “Micah Goodman, a Jerusalem-based scholar” and subsequently to “Mr. Goodman, the Jerusalem scholar.” Back in 2017, when the Times profiled Goodman, it...
The UK Admits That Hezbollah Is Nothing But Terrorism; Europe Must Follow
If there is one lesson the world should have learned from Hezbollah’s 34 years of...
Do Jews Really Need Their Own Nobel Prize?
JNS.org - If the Genesis Prize was hoping for more media attention for its annual...
Parshat Pekudei: The Origins of Jewish Philanthropy
Pekudei has sometimes been called the accountant’s parsha, because it begins with the audited accounts...
Hamas’ Systematic Use of Civilians to Promote Terrorism
Since seizing power in a 2007 violent coup, Hamas has developed a range of cynical...
Jews Are the Collateral Victims of France’s Decline
I can precisely pinpoint Sunday, April 21, 2002, as the moment I decided to never...
Ilhan Omar Has Company Pushing the Dual Loyalty Narrative
Another day, another chapter in the ongoing saga of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's antisemitism. Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota, in 2012 accused Israel of "hypnotizing the world"...
The Media Only Cares About Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
Narrative and bias are the chief problems facing the news media today -- not, as some would have it, issues of revenue created from the...
Wake Forest Retaliates Against Students for Standing Against Antisemitism
Most pro-Israel students are a beleaguered minority on campus these days. And what happens when they dare to stand up for themselves? One answer came...
New York Times Pushes Jerusalem Label on West Bank-Affiliated Scholar
A front-page New York Times article headlined “Israel’s Riddle: Is Netanyahu Irreplaceable?” refers to “Micah Goodman, a Jerusalem-based scholar” and subsequently to “Mr. Goodman, the...
The UK Admits That Hezbollah Is Nothing But Terrorism; Europe Must Follow
If there is one lesson the world should have learned from Hezbollah’s 34 years of existence, it is this: Hezbollah has no distinct military and...
Do Jews Really Need Their Own Nobel Prize?
JNS.org - If the Genesis Prize was hoping for more media attention for its annual awards ceremony this year, it is certainly going to get...
Parshat Pekudei: The Origins of Jewish Philanthropy
Pekudei has sometimes been called the accountant’s parsha, because it begins with the audited accounts of the money and materials donated to the Sanctuary. It...
Hamas’ Systematic Use of Civilians to Promote Terrorism
Since seizing power in a 2007 violent coup, Hamas has developed a range of cynical ways to exploit civilians in the Gaza Strip to build...
Jews Are the Collateral Victims of France’s Decline
I can precisely pinpoint Sunday, April 21, 2002, as the moment I decided to never come back to France to build my adult life. While I...
When an African-American Hero Tried to Stop the Holocaust
In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote in the prophetic The Souls of Black Folk that “the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of...
Deal of the (Last) Century
JNS - A Nobel Peace Prize seemed within reach last week; the only thing missing was a small step by the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un,...
New York Times Op-Ed Writer Faults Paper’s Israel News Coverage
How bad is New York Times coverage of Israel? So bad that not even one of the newspaper’s contributing opinion writers appears to believe it. For the...
Ilhan Omar Is the Donald Trump of the Left
The remarks that Ilhan Omar has made over the past few days -- and watching how her fans on social media are responding to them...
I Used to Love Netanyahu, But It’s Time for Him to Go
I clearly remember the day that Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel: I was absolutely elated. Here was a leader who spoke to my heart,...
