Commentary
Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Participate in This Year’s Women’s March?
Every year as we approach the weekend honoring the memory of the late Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., I always think about Dr. King’s...
Parshat Beshalach: Rational Explanations for Miracles Don’t Take Away Their Wonders
The splitting of the Red Sea is engraved in Jewish memory. We recite it daily during the morning service, and we speak of it again after the Shema, just before the Amidah. It was the...
Why Israel Must Seek the Golan Heights Now
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a public declaration of Israel's interest in having the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Senators Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz have introduced legislation urging just...
O Brave New (Repaired) World
Jonathan Neumann’s new book To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel is a scathing analysis of the pseudo-religion of “tikkun olam” -- the idea of “repairing,” “fixing,” or “healing” the world....
Palestinian Conspiracy Theories Explain the Lack of Peace
Though media outlets covering the region subject nearly every Israeli moral failure to something akin...
The Nation of Islam Gets Taxpayer Funds to Incite Hatred of Jews
Ask average US taxpayers if they would give money to an organization that is openly...
Saudi Arabia and the West’s Right-Wing: A Dubious Alliance
While purporting to be focused on promoting a more tolerant form of Islam, Saudi Crown...
The Truth About T’ruah and Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, of the self-advertised “Jewish social justice lobby” T’ruah, has made her latest...
Trump Should Endorse the Bush-Sharon Letter
We don't know what Donald Trump's “ultimate deal” for Mideast peace will look like, but...
Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Participate in This Year’s Women’s March?
Every year as we approach the weekend honoring the memory of the late Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., I always think about Dr. King’s close...
Parshat Beshalach: Rational Explanations for Miracles Don’t Take Away Their Wonders
The splitting of the Red Sea is engraved in Jewish memory. We recite it daily during the morning service, and we speak of it again...
Why Israel Must Seek the Golan Heights Now
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a public declaration of Israel's interest in having the United States recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Senators...
O Brave New (Repaired) World
Jonathan Neumann’s new book To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel is a scathing analysis of the pseudo-religion of “tikkun...
Palestinian Conspiracy Theories Explain the Lack of Peace
Though media outlets covering the region subject nearly every Israeli moral failure to something akin to a forensic examination, Palestinians (as we’ve documented continually) are...
The Nation of Islam Gets Taxpayer Funds to Incite Hatred of Jews
Ask average US taxpayers if they would give money to an organization that is openly racist and antisemitic, and you would get a resounding "no"...
Saudi Arabia and the West’s Right-Wing: A Dubious Alliance
While purporting to be focused on promoting a more tolerant form of Islam, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is instituting reforms that are designed...
The Truth About T’ruah and Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, of the self-advertised “Jewish social justice lobby” T’ruah, has made her latest foray into the tangled politics of Israeli-Diaspora relations with an...
Trump Should Endorse the Bush-Sharon Letter
We don't know what Donald Trump's “ultimate deal” for Mideast peace will look like, but we have some hints based on statements by Palestinian officials. So...
Amid Trump’s Withdrawal, Israel Is Still Doing America’s Dirty Work in Syria
JNS.org - For some observers, this past weekend’s revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the Jewish...
BDS Is Contemptible, But Academic Boycotts Have Their Place
Academic boycotts, rightly understood and employed, are an effective means of isolating and stigmatizing universities and other institutions that support authoritarian regimes (like Erdogan’s Turkey)...
A Full Plate Awaits Israel’s New IDF Chief
JNS.org - It’s not surprising that Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot spent his last night as army chief in the command bunker underneath IDF headquarters in...
Context Is Key: The Gaza March Was a Riot, Not a Protest
JNS.org - Over the past several weeks, there has been much discussion of the events last spring on the border between Israel and the Gaza...
Fatah Official: Arab Leaders Meeting Israelis Is a Stab in the Back to Palestinians
Ma'an reports that Abbas Zaki, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, said that reports of visits by official Arab delegations to Israel "constitute a...
