Commentary
Israel, US Jews, and the Left-Right Rift
JNS.org - In an op-ed this week on the rift between American Jews and Israel, Haaretz’s Chemi Shalev compares the “troubled marriage” to a romantic union gone...
Marc Lamont Hill’s Slip Up and Slide Down
JNS.org - I do not know if Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill adopted his extreme pro-“Palestine-as-Arab” position due to a deep delve into the history of Zionism, Arab nationalism, and complex political and diplomatic...
A New York Times Editor Rises to Defend the Latke
An editor at The New York Times is leaping to the defense of the latke after publishing a pre-Hanukkah article warning about the potentially fatal health risks of eating fried potatoes. On Friday (Fry-Day?) the Algemeiner reported...
At the Centenary of the End of World War I, Is the World Safer?
It all began on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, then the center of Bosnia, a province annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. On that day, Gavrilo Princip, a member of the ultra-nationalist group “Black Hand,” stood...
Hanukkah Memories
Every year, as Hanukkah approaches, I remove the First Book of Maccabees from my book case....
The Lethal Error in Appeasing Iran
JNS.org – When the Obama-brokered Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015, one of the...
An Open Letter to the President of Tufts University
Dear Dr. Anthony Monaco President, Tufts University As a former Tufts medical student, full-time academic, retired Professor...
BDS in Politics and on the College Campus
BDS news in November was dominated by the midterm elections. Several BDS supporters were elected...
Jewish Solutions at the Mexican Border?
When the US Department of Homeland Security began separating children from their parents who entered...
Israel, US Jews, and the Left-Right Rift
JNS.org - In an op-ed this week on the rift between American Jews and Israel, Haaretz’s Chemi Shalev compares the “troubled marriage” to a romantic union gone sour....
Marc Lamont Hill’s Slip Up and Slide Down
JNS.org - I do not know if Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill adopted his extreme pro-“Palestine-as-Arab” position due to a deep delve into the...
A New York Times Editor Rises to Defend the Latke
An editor at The New York Times is leaping to the defense of the latke after publishing a pre-Hanukkah article warning about the potentially fatal health...
At the Centenary of the End of World War I, Is the World Safer?
It all began on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, then the center of Bosnia, a province annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. On that day, Gavrilo...
Hanukkah Memories
Every year, as Hanukkah approaches, I remove the First Book of Maccabees from my book case. The inscribed purchase date, November 1977, anticipated the Hanukkah following...
The Lethal Error in Appeasing Iran
JNS.org – When the Obama-brokered Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015, one of the many spurious reasons offered for that agreement was that it...
An Open Letter to the President of Tufts University
Dear Dr. Anthony Monaco President, Tufts University As a former Tufts medical student, full-time academic, retired Professor of Radiology (Tufts, BU) -- and a student of Middle...
BDS in Politics and on the College Campus
BDS news in November was dominated by the midterm elections. Several BDS supporters were elected to the House of Representatives, notably Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar,...
Jewish Solutions at the Mexican Border?
When the US Department of Homeland Security began separating children from their parents who entered the US illegally seeking asylum, American Jewish organizations spoke up. Now,...
Fried Potatoes Are Deadly, New York Times Warns as Hanukkah Nears
It may be the most strangely-timed article in the history of moveable type. The New York Times has chosen the week before Hanukkah to publish a...
CNN Was Right to Fire Marc Lamont Hill
CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill accused Israel of denying “citizenship rights and due process to Palestinians just because they are not Jewish,” and expressed his...
Israel’s Humanity Is Repaid With Terror
JNS.org - Israel gives the Palestinian Arabs self-rule in large sections of Judea-Samaria, and they use it to promote terrorism. Israel releases Palestinian terrorists from prison...
Parashat Vayeshev: Refusing Comfort and Keeping Hope
The deception has already taken place. Joseph has been sold into slavery. His brothers dipped his coat in blood. They bring it back to their...
Parashat Vayeshev: Hanukkah and the Future of Israel
History -- the study of cause and effect in our world -- has been a serious challenge for honest historians. In many ways, interpreting history...
