Commentary
Young American Jews Say ‘IfNotNow Doesn’t Speak For Us’
We are young Jews from across the United States. We represent the left, right, and center of the political spectrum. We are Ashkenazi, Sephardi,...
A New York Times Columnist Exploits Martin Luther King’s Legacy to Lacerate Israel
"My conscience leaves me no choice,” wrote New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander on January 20, than to declare that it is “time to break the silence on Palestine.” She aligns herself with Rev. Martin...
New York Times Columnist Cheers for Boycotting Israel
“Time to break the silence on Palestine,” is the headline over New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Alexander’s article, and a pretty good indication of where it’s going, because there’s no “silence” to break on...
Anti-Israel Hit Job Conflates Press Freedoms in Israel and Palestinian Territories
If you were a writer spotlighting Israeli Arab media issues for a magazine like the Columbia Journalism Review, your reporting would include interviews with veteran Israeli Arab journalists, media personalities, news directors, and other heavyweights...
Netanyahu’s Welcome ‘Ambiguity’ Breach
JNS.org - In a virtually unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Sunday...
A Tu BiShvat Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. The Jewish Arbor Day, Tu Bishvat (ט"ו בשבט) highlights human gratitude for the creation...
The Case Against Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take...
In 2019, Oaths Are Meaningless
Anyone who has attended a Kol Nidrei service will know that there are seven terms in...
Donald Trump, the Syrian Kurds — and ‘Never Again’
According to a recent poll, 37 percent of Americans believe that Benjamin Franklin -- not...
Young American Jews Say ‘IfNotNow Doesn’t Speak For Us’
We are young Jews from across the United States. We represent the left, right, and center of the political spectrum. We are Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi,...
A New York Times Columnist Exploits Martin Luther King’s Legacy to Lacerate Israel
"My conscience leaves me no choice,” wrote New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander on January 20, than to declare that it is “time to break...
New York Times Columnist Cheers for Boycotting Israel
“Time to break the silence on Palestine,” is the headline over New York Times opinion columnist Michelle Alexander’s article, and a pretty good indication of...
Anti-Israel Hit Job Conflates Press Freedoms in Israel and Palestinian Territories
If you were a writer spotlighting Israeli Arab media issues for a magazine like the Columbia Journalism Review, your reporting would include interviews with veteran...
Netanyahu’s Welcome ‘Ambiguity’ Breach
JNS.org - In a virtually unprecedented move, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Sunday that the IDF has been “working with impressive success to...
A Tu BiShvat Guide for the Perplexed, 2019
1. The Jewish Arbor Day, Tu Bishvat (ט"ו בשבט) highlights human gratitude for the creation of fruit-bearing trees. Jewish tradition stipulates a one-sentence blessing before...
The Case Against Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to call for an early election, scheduled to take place on April 9, was nothing short of another political...
In 2019, Oaths Are Meaningless
Anyone who has attended a Kol Nidrei service will know that there are seven terms in Hebrew and Aramaic for vows and oaths. They must have...
Donald Trump, the Syrian Kurds — and ‘Never Again’
According to a recent poll, 37 percent of Americans believe that Benjamin Franklin -- not Thomas Edison -- invented the light bulb. But Americans’ historical...
Code Pink Visits Iran Looking for … Peace?
JNS.org - Code Pink, the women’s anti-war group that is active in the anti-Israel boycott campaign, recently announced on its website an obscure “peace delegation” to the...
Trump Can’t Devastate the Turkish Economy Because Bogus US Ally Qatar Will Save Erdogan Yet Again
There have been inexplicable phenomena in the Middle East for some years now. Any attempt to explain them logically comes up against a dead end,...
How Shabbat Observance Has Preserved the Jewish People
Sometime in the 18th century, a group of Russian-Orthodox Christians revolted against the strict hierarchical religious environment of Russian-Orthodoxy and embraced Judaism -- or at...
New York Times Retreats From Gaza Medic War Crime Investigation
Two and a half weeks after a front-page Sunday investigative project in which ten New York Times journalists accused Israel of “possibly a war crime,”...
The Latest Proof That the Iran Nuclear Deal Has Failed to Work
In explaining how the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran would prevent the Islamic dictatorship from developing nuclear weapons, the Obama White House claimed on its website that...
