Commentary
New York Times Covers Up Rashida Tlaib’s Antisemitic Tweet
In a recent article about Senate legislation opposing anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) efforts, The New York Times covered up a tweet by...
Hebron: The City With Extremists on Both Sides
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision not to extend the mandate of an international observer group in Hebron is likely to be denounced as yet another obstacle to peace, as well as being...
Parshat Mishpatim: The Torah Commands Us to Love the Stranger and the Immigrant
There are Torah commands that leap off the page by their sheer moral power. So it is in the case of the social legislation in Mishpatim. Amid the complex laws relating to the treatment of...
Palestinian Writer on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Maybe It Happened, Maybe It Didn’t
At the Palestinian news site Sama News, writer Khudair Abu Tammam discussed the Holocaust on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The first part of the article is mostly accurate, discussing specific atrocities committed against...
Donald Trump: It Can Happen Here
Times are changing. In 1960, when I was still in high school, John F. Kennedy...
Europe’s Empty Words on Antisemitism
This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day was preceded by what might be called “European antisemitism...
Jeremy Corbyn’s False Empathy on Holocaust Memorial Day
Last week, people gathered across the United Kingdom to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Labour leader Jeremy...
Racializing Antisemitism
Long ago, Raphael Patai’s The Myth of the Jewish Race (1975) should have dispelled the...
Kuwaiti Refuses to Compete Against an Israeli in California, Is Hailed as Hero by BDS
Kuwaiti jujitsu champion Abdullah Al Anjari has been very public on social media about his...
New York Times Covers Up Rashida Tlaib’s Antisemitic Tweet
In a recent article about Senate legislation opposing anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) efforts, The New York Times covered up a tweet by Representative...
Hebron: The City With Extremists on Both Sides
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision not to extend the mandate of an international observer group in Hebron is likely to be denounced...
Parshat Mishpatim: The Torah Commands Us to Love the Stranger and the Immigrant
There are Torah commands that leap off the page by their sheer moral power. So it is in the case of the social legislation in...
Palestinian Writer on Holocaust Remembrance Day: Maybe It Happened, Maybe It Didn’t
At the Palestinian news site Sama News, writer Khudair Abu Tammam discussed the Holocaust on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The first part of...
Donald Trump: It Can Happen Here
Times are changing. In 1960, when I was still in high school, John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States. Immediately and intelligently,...
Europe’s Empty Words on Antisemitism
This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day was preceded by what might be called “European antisemitism worrying week.” Leading European politicians issued many statements saying that...
Jeremy Corbyn’s False Empathy on Holocaust Memorial Day
Last week, people gathered across the United Kingdom to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who joined 200 Holocaust survivors at a service in...
Racializing Antisemitism
Long ago, Raphael Patai’s The Myth of the Jewish Race (1975) should have dispelled the pernicious notion that Jews are a biological “race.” We are...
Kuwaiti Refuses to Compete Against an Israeli in California, Is Hailed as Hero by BDS
Kuwaiti jujitsu champion Abdullah Al Anjari has been very public on social media about his decision on Saturday to drop out of a tournament in...
Behind Europe’s Antisemitism ‘Perception Gap’
JNS.org - A comprehensive survey of European attitudes to antisemitism released this month by the European Union displays what its authors call a “perception gap.”...
What I Learned From Following Auschwitz on Facebook
JNS.org - I follow Auschwitz on Facebook. That’s a strange concept. If Facebook had existed when Auschwitz was operational, perhaps history would have been different. Today,...
Why Does Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Prefer to Stay Silent?
JNS.org - After a notable absence that lasted for more than two months -- and crazy rumors that he was stricken with cancer and might...
Rethinking Israel’s Syria Campaign
Moscow’s public demand that Israel stop its attacks in Syria places Israel’s long-standing air campaign at a critical juncture despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s avowed determination to...
Revisiting Walter Eytan’s — and Israel’s — ‘First Ten Years’
The diplomatic history of Israel as related by Dr. Walter Eytan, the first director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry (from 1948 to 1959), considered the...
