Commentary
Hampton Kosher Hot Dogs at Qatar’s Bloody World Cup
The day after Christmas, Bloomberg News published an article titled, “New York Hot Dog Rabbi to Make Qatar Kosher for World Cup.” Weird. A few questions immediately...
Remembering Amos Oz — the Dreamer
Amos Oz -- writer-poet, prophet, and would-be politician -- is dead. Israel and the Jewish world will probably never see his like again. As an American Jew, I see Oz in terms of American comparisons. He and...
The US Withdrawal from Syria Teaches Israel a Hard Lesson
The Oslo peace process took place under unique global circumstances. The Soviet Union had just collapsed and the Cold War had come to an abrupt end with the West’s clear victory. The US became “the...
Syria Withdrawal Proves Trump Is Both Unpredictable and Unreliable
As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Trump demonstrated with his announcement of US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his insistence the “world is a dangerous place” has never been truer. The troop withdrawals, coupled...
Is There a Biblical — and Genetic — Reason Why Jews Support the Kurds?
The Kurds have been treated horribly. Like Jews, they are a religious and secular ethnic...
Brazil: A Golden Opportunity
The crowds of people waving Brazilian flags to welcome Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his...
Bennett Swings for the Fences
JNS.org - Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked felt they were up against a glass ceiling....
Israel, Greece, and Cyprus Join Hands in Beersheba
JNS.org - Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are building a democratic bloc in the eastern Mediterranean....
The New York Times ‘War Crime’
Imagine appropriate news coverage of the horrific Nazi slaughter of six million Jews. Then imagine...
Hampton Kosher Hot Dogs at Qatar’s Bloody World Cup
The day after Christmas, Bloomberg News published an article titled, “New York Hot Dog Rabbi to Make Qatar Kosher for World Cup.” Weird. A few questions immediately presented...
Remembering Amos Oz — the Dreamer
Amos Oz -- writer-poet, prophet, and would-be politician -- is dead. Israel and the Jewish world will probably never see his like again. As an American...
The US Withdrawal from Syria Teaches Israel a Hard Lesson
The Oslo peace process took place under unique global circumstances. The Soviet Union had just collapsed and the Cold War had come to an abrupt...
Syria Withdrawal Proves Trump Is Both Unpredictable and Unreliable
As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Trump demonstrated with his announcement of US troop withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan that his insistence the “world is...
Is There a Biblical — and Genetic — Reason Why Jews Support the Kurds?
The Kurds have been treated horribly. Like Jews, they are a religious and secular ethnic group that stands outside the official Christian and Muslim world....
Brazil: A Golden Opportunity
The crowds of people waving Brazilian flags to welcome Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to the South American country are just one reason...
Bennett Swings for the Fences
JNS.org - Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked felt they were up against a glass ceiling. That the Habayit Hayehudi party, which had welcomed them to...
Israel, Greece, and Cyprus Join Hands in Beersheba
JNS.org - Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are building a democratic bloc in the eastern Mediterranean. Their recent trilateral summit in Beersheba highlighted the strong momentum...
The New York Times ‘War Crime’
Imagine appropriate news coverage of the horrific Nazi slaughter of six million Jews. Then imagine coverage, by the same newspaper, of the accidental killing --...
American Retreat From Syria May Be the Least Bad Option for Israel
An American Jewish figure I’ve long admired, with impeccable pro-Israel credentials, sent a wire in response to my recent column that appeared under the headline,...
Maybe Today’s Zionists Can Still Learn From Ludwig Lewisohn
Observers today love to analyze Israel-Diaspora tensions, but it would do both sides well to remember how integral American Jewish intellectuals once were to the...
Too Big to Fail? How UNRWA Fails the Palestinians — and the World
To the consternation of many, the US government will no longer provide $350 million a year to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
No Palestinian-Israel Peace in 2019 — but Here Are Some Developments We Can Expect
For Israel, 2019 will likely bring great achievements but also great disappointments. The achievements will include: continued growth of Israel’s innovation economy; increased tourism; and development...
Ten New York Times Journalists Accuse Israel of ‘Possibly a War Crime’
The New York Times devoted a lot of resources to its investigative project about the death of a 20-year-old Gaza medic named Rouzan al-Najjar. The...
