Commentary
Oh, Eno! The Folly of Boycotts
JNS.org - The battle over the cultural boycott of Israel involving two of the most seminal rock musicians of the last half-century continued in...
The Story of Joseph, the Holocaust, and Why Forgiveness Requires Closure
In 1976, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal published a small book called The Sunflower. The book was inspired by a troubling and evocative memory that had plagued Wiesenthal ever since the Second...
Kirk Douglas and the Role of Jewish Masculinity
Kirk Douglas was born more than 100 years ago in Amsterdam, New York, 28 miles from Albany. Beginning life as Issur Danielovich, Douglas’ parents were illiterate immigrants from Belorussia. Because the mills and factories of...
Louis Farrakhan: America’s Foremost Antisemite
According to the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitic incidents in the US increased 57% in 2017. This is the largest increase since 1979. The October 2018 murders of 11 Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh have placed...
Hezbollah Has No Respect for Human Life
JNS.org - After the Israeli military announced the discovery of several Hezbollah attack tunnels near...
It’s Islamic Terrorism, Stupid!
JNS.org - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Matteo Salvini was blasted...
How America Helps Hezbollah
JNS.org - The terror organization Hezbollah has built tunnels from Lebanese territory into northern Israel;...
Is Netanyahu’s Realpolitik Right or Wrong?
I have long considered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be an indispensable man --...
After Antisemitic Attacks, Are Jews Safer in the East Than the West?
JNS.org - The October attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh put a...
Oh, Eno! The Folly of Boycotts
JNS.org - The battle over the cultural boycott of Israel involving two of the most seminal rock musicians of the last half-century continued in earnest...
The Story of Joseph, the Holocaust, and Why Forgiveness Requires Closure
In 1976, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal published a small book called The Sunflower. The book was inspired by a troubling and...
Kirk Douglas and the Role of Jewish Masculinity
Kirk Douglas was born more than 100 years ago in Amsterdam, New York, 28 miles from Albany. Beginning life as Issur Danielovich, Douglas’ parents were...
Louis Farrakhan: America’s Foremost Antisemite
According to the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitic incidents in the US increased 57% in 2017. This is the largest increase since 1979. The October 2018 murders...
Hezbollah Has No Respect for Human Life
JNS.org - After the Israeli military announced the discovery of several Hezbollah attack tunnels near its northernmost border with Lebanon, Metula resident Michael Mezeika noted that...
It’s Islamic Terrorism, Stupid!
JNS.org - Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Matteo Salvini was blasted by members of his government and the media on Tuesday...
How America Helps Hezbollah
JNS.org - The terror organization Hezbollah has built tunnels from Lebanese territory into northern Israel; their intention was infiltration. It turns out, however, that IDF...
Is Netanyahu’s Realpolitik Right or Wrong?
I have long considered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be an indispensable man -- even Israel’s “mini-Churchill.” Yet admirers like me need to remind...
After Antisemitic Attacks, Are Jews Safer in the East Than the West?
JNS.org - The October attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh put a renewed spotlight on antisemitism in the United States, which has...
Another New York Times Columnist Needs a History Lesson
JNS.org - New York Times op-ed columnist Michelle Goldberg has stirred quite a hornet’s nest with her recent article declaring that anti-Zionism is not antisemitic....
The Pompeo Doctrine
JNS.org - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a rare speech last week on the overall strategic vision of the United States 30 years after...
Erdogan’s Self Interest Always Comes Before His Values
Is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a devout ideologue or a pragmatist? The answer is both. Perhaps a more relevant question is: When is he...
Parshat Vayigash: Does My Father Love Me?
It is one of the great questions we naturally ask each time we read the story of Joseph: Why did he not, at some time...
Award-Winning Irish Journalist Tweets Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory
Gemma O’Doherty is an award-winning Irish investigative journalist. She spent 16 years at the Irish Independent, and according to her website, she has contributed to...
