Commentary
New York Times Depiction of Moynihan as ‘Anti-Trump’ Ignores Jerusalem Embassy
An article by a New York Times reporter uses the release of a new documentary about Daniel Patrick Moynihan to describe the former senator...
Danish BDS-Supporting Bank Behind Vast Money-Laundering Scheme
Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, has admitted that its Estonian banking subsidiary has been involved in what is probably the largest money-laundering scandal in Europe’s history. In recent years, this deeply corrupt bank has boycotted...
The University of Michigan Has a Big Problem
News from Michigan tends to reach me here in Israel given my personal and professional ties to the state. Having taught at Queens College CUNY and at Yeshiva University, and as a lawyer whose undergraduate...
Go Home, Lara Alqasem!
JNS.org - The entry ban of Lara Alqasem, who served as university president of Students for Justice in Palestine when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Florida, by security at Ben-Gurion International...
Hamas Probes Israel’s Defenses, Ups Ante With Crossbows
JNS.org - Friday was particularly violent on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Around 15,000...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
JNS.org - Given the rising tensions on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, it is time we...
The Princely Bubble Has Burst
JNS.org - Only a few weeks ago, with US-Turkey relations on the rocks over the...
Merkel’s Approach to Israel Has Not Progressed
JNS.org - German-Israeli relations are difficult in view of Germany’s Nazi past. Angela Merkel does...
Floating Above Hurricane Michael
It was exactly 50 years ago to this very day, the first day of Chesvan,...
New York Times Depiction of Moynihan as ‘Anti-Trump’ Ignores Jerusalem Embassy
An article by a New York Times reporter uses the release of a new documentary about Daniel Patrick Moynihan to describe the former senator from...
Danish BDS-Supporting Bank Behind Vast Money-Laundering Scheme
Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, has admitted that its Estonian banking subsidiary has been involved in what is probably the largest money-laundering scandal in Europe’s...
The University of Michigan Has a Big Problem
News from Michigan tends to reach me here in Israel given my personal and professional ties to the state. Having taught at Queens College CUNY...
Go Home, Lara Alqasem!
JNS.org - The entry ban of Lara Alqasem, who served as university president of Students for Justice in Palestine when she was an undergraduate student...
Hamas Probes Israel’s Defenses, Ups Ante With Crossbows
JNS.org - Friday was particularly violent on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Around 15,000 people participated in demonstrations in which seven Palestinians were killed...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
JNS.org - Given the rising tensions on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, it is time we ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman...
The Princely Bubble Has Burst
JNS.org - Only a few weeks ago, with US-Turkey relations on the rocks over the detention of Pastor Andrew Brunson, it seemed like Saudi Arabia...
Merkel’s Approach to Israel Has Not Progressed
JNS.org - German-Israeli relations are difficult in view of Germany’s Nazi past. Angela Merkel does not ignore her country’s history, and has played a significant...
Floating Above Hurricane Michael
It was exactly 50 years ago to this very day, the first day of Chesvan, 1968. The Lubavitcher Rebbe was giving a very special talk...
Changing Attitudes on Israel: Hard Work Pays Off
JNS.org - Hard work pays off. The encouraging numbers indicating that European public opinion is beginning to swing in favor of Israel prove it. Since Israel’s...
America Wouldn’t Let Her In, So Why Should Israel?
JNS.org - Some American pundits are slamming Israel for denying entry to Palestinian-American student Lara Alqasem. Perhaps they should take a look at America’s own...
The Price of Saudi Friendship
JNS.org - In one sense, the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi after he entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, last week is...
Hebrew University Crossed a Red Line on Lara Alqasem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem crossed a red line last week after it joined the judicial appeal against the Israeli government's decision to bar anti-Israel...
The Man Who Chose Israel
I am the CEO of the Israel Scholarship Education Foundation. This organization, founded in 1977, helps young people in Israel’s periphery and development towns to...
