Commentary
Needed Stat: A Medical School in Ariel
JNS.org - In recent years, Israel has faced a shortage of doctors who trained in the Jewish state. More than half of the new...
BBC Ignores Important Developments on Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Nearly five years ago, a filmed report titled “Ethiopia’s Jewish community divided“ was broadcast on BBC World News television and promoted on the Middle East and Africa pages of the BBC News website: As Jewish people around the...
Anti-Israel Bias in Public Schools Is an American Problem
JNS.org - The disturbing trend that US public schools are fast becoming a new ground for anti-Israel activism should concern every American -- not just the Jewish community. Non-profit watchdog groups and scholars that track antisemitism...
New York Times Food Section Joins the Boycott-Israel Movement
The New York Times, which favors trade with Iran and Cuba, has recently been throwing its institutional weight behind the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel. The newspaper published an official Times staff editorial...
No, Israel Was Not Created by the United Nations
Arab News has a typical anti-Israel screed by Chris Doyle, director of the London-based Council for...
Waiting Out Trump?
The headline in the February 5 Washington Post, “Europe’s strategy on Trump: Hope for no...
How Anti-Israel Bias in a Boston Suburb’s Public Schools Is a Case Study of an Emerging National Trend
JNS.org - Over the past decade, the Boston suburb of Newton has been beset by...
BDS Plays a Nazi Tune Outside Carnegie Hall
There was a lot to jeer at this past Sunday. I'm not referring to the...
Primary Concerns and the Israeli Elections
JNS.org - It’s not a hot news flash that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...
Needed Stat: A Medical School in Ariel
JNS.org - In recent years, Israel has faced a shortage of doctors who trained in the Jewish state. More than half of the new doctors...
BBC Ignores Important Developments on Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Nearly five years ago, a filmed report titled “Ethiopia’s Jewish community divided“ was broadcast on BBC World News television and promoted on the Middle East and Africa...
Anti-Israel Bias in Public Schools Is an American Problem
JNS.org - The disturbing trend that US public schools are fast becoming a new ground for anti-Israel activism should concern every American -- not just...
New York Times Food Section Joins the Boycott-Israel Movement
The New York Times, which favors trade with Iran and Cuba, has recently been throwing its institutional weight behind the movement to boycott, divest from,...
No, Israel Was Not Created by the United Nations
Arab News has a typical anti-Israel screed by Chris Doyle, director of the London-based Council for Arab-British Understanding. He writes, "Israel was a child of the UN,...
Waiting Out Trump?
The headline in the February 5 Washington Post, “Europe’s strategy on Trump: Hope for no second term,” captured the sentiment of not only leaders around...
How Anti-Israel Bias in a Boston Suburb’s Public Schools Is a Case Study of an Emerging National Trend
JNS.org - Over the past decade, the Boston suburb of Newton has been beset by controversy over how the conflict in the Middle East is...
BDS Plays a Nazi Tune Outside Carnegie Hall
There was a lot to jeer at this past Sunday. I'm not referring to the lackluster Super Bowl game in Atlanta, but rather the shameful...
Primary Concerns and the Israeli Elections
JNS.org - It’s not a hot news flash that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the nemesis of the local left-wing media. Nor is it...
Dangers of a Mideast Nuclear Arms Race Cast a Long Shadow
JNS.org - The danger of a Middle Eastern nuclear arms race in the near future is casting a shadow over the long-term future of a...
Parshat Terumah: The Synagogue as a Portable Home
Parshat Terumah describes the construction of the Tabernacle -- the first collective house of worship in the history of Israel, which was eventually succeeded by the...
On Top of the Brexit Crisis, Does Ireland Want to Awaken Ugly Memories of Antisemitism?
You might think that today’s Brexit worries would be enough to preoccupy Ireland’s government. Instead, the lower house of Ireland’s parliament has escalated the BDS...
Examining Belgian Antisemitism
Though antisemitism in Belgium is widespread and has many facets, it gets little international attention. Two current issues have temporarily changed this, at least somewhat....
Yes to the Ayalon Bridge on Shabbat, But No to the Eurovision Song Contest
On September 1, 2016, I published an essay discussing the crisis about people working on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv railway on Shabbat. I argued that if it...
