Commentary
Yahya Sinwar Explains How Hamas Hasn’t Changed
JNS.org - In the weeks since footage emerged of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insinuating that native-born British Jews have a feeble grasp...
Is the New Israel Fund Violating US Non-Profit Policy?
The New Israel Fund (NIF) openly backs groups that have endorsed the boycott of Israel and it has long engaged in a wide variety of activities which we consider to be most harmful to the State...
Those Who Dish Out Criticism Should Be Able to Take It
On Monday, a staffer at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) made a mistake on social media regarding the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When CAIR pointed out the mistake, the staffer acknowledged the error...
Yuval Harari and Religion
I always enjoy reading books that challenge my preconceptions. Whether it was Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Pinker, or all the other atheists who hated religion, I read them with interest, to see if they could...
Israel Must Rethink Its Syria Strategy After Downing of Russian Plane
The crisis between Jerusalem and Moscow over culpability for the recent downing of a Russian...
Israel Circumvents Abbas to Help Provide Electricity to Gaza
This is from Haaretz: There may be some relief in store for the electricity shortage in...
Trump Administration: No ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US Passports
JNS.org - Despite the United States recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December and relocating...
I Believe This Palestinian Teenager
JNS.org - Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager jailed for assaulting an Israeli soldier, says that she...
The Lessons of Adam and Eve
I don’t expect that you have heard of Dr. Ian Walker, a professor at Bath...
Yahya Sinwar Explains How Hamas Hasn’t Changed
JNS.org - In the weeks since footage emerged of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn insinuating that native-born British Jews have a feeble grasp of...
Is the New Israel Fund Violating US Non-Profit Policy?
The New Israel Fund (NIF) openly backs groups that have endorsed the boycott of Israel and it has long engaged in a wide variety of activities...
Those Who Dish Out Criticism Should Be Able to Take It
On Monday, a staffer at the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) made a mistake on social media regarding the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When...
Yuval Harari and Religion
I always enjoy reading books that challenge my preconceptions. Whether it was Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Pinker, or all the other atheists who hated religion,...
Israel Must Rethink Its Syria Strategy After Downing of Russian Plane
The crisis between Jerusalem and Moscow over culpability for the recent downing of a Russian plane in Syria has far less to do with the...
Israel Circumvents Abbas to Help Provide Electricity to Gaza
This is from Haaretz: There may be some relief in store for the electricity shortage in the Gaza Strip. Under an agreement drawn up in recent...
Trump Administration: No ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ on US Passports
JNS.org - Despite the United States recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December and relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv in May, Americans born in...
I Believe This Palestinian Teenager
JNS.org - Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager jailed for assaulting an Israeli soldier, says that she supports violence against Jews and seeks the destruction of Israel. I...
The Lessons of Adam and Eve
I don’t expect that you have heard of Dr. Ian Walker, a professor at Bath University in England. Usually described by the media as a “traffic...
New York Times Now Finds Ari Fuld’s Death Not Fit for Website Either
Not only did The New York Times find the murder of Ari Fuld, an Israeli-American who was fatally stabbed last month by a Palestinian Arab, not...
Conversion Is Not About Halachah
Is conversion at all possible? This may sound like a rhetorical question, since the answer is in the affirmative. Yet, this question goes to the...
After Exposure of Beirut Missile Sites, Hezbollah and Lebanon Launch Damage Control
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision last week at the UN General Assembly to reveal the location of secret missile sites in Beirut,...
Bereishit 5779: The Three Stages of Creation
“And God said, let there be… and there was… and God saw that it was good.” Thus unfolds the most revolutionary, as well as the...
Iran Must Be Priority Number One
JNS.org - For a moment, it seemed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would dominate the UN General Assembly, as well as the international agenda for the coming...









