Commentary
UNRWA’s Message of Hate and Indoctrination
The education of Palestinian schoolchildren must change drastically if there is ever to be a lasting negotiated peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why?...
Antisemitism in the West
Western political parties are undergoing an astonishing antisemitism crisis. The British Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn have been exposed as deeply and irrevocably antisemitic. The US Democratic Party has now nominated nearly a...
Israel’s Nationality Law, UN Resolution 181, and the Arab List
Ever since 1988, when after 40 years of rejection, the PLO feigned acceptance of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 on the partition of mandatory Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the resolution has been the...
CAIR Chief Meets with Turkish and Iranian Presidents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invited Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) executive director, to meet with them in New York during this week's UN General Assembly meeting. "It's not about...
Saving the Transatlantic Partnership in the Age of Trump
These days, I consider myself an endangered species. I am a committed transatlanticist. Until just...
Linda Sarsour’s Blood Libel
When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background...
Study Abroad in Turkey, Anyone?
JNS.org - Earlier this month, the Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter published a moving article...
Build the Temple Without Using Your Hands
In these days of commotion and information overload, we relentlessly seek answers in the outside...
Sukkot and Impermanence
In discussing the festival of Sukkot, the Talmud gives all the various possible explanations for...
UNRWA’s Message of Hate and Indoctrination
The education of Palestinian schoolchildren must change drastically if there is ever to be a lasting negotiated peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Why? Because...
Antisemitism in the West
Western political parties are undergoing an astonishing antisemitism crisis. The British Labour Party and its leader Jeremy Corbyn have been exposed as deeply and irrevocably...
Israel’s Nationality Law, UN Resolution 181, and the Arab List
Ever since 1988, when after 40 years of rejection, the PLO feigned acceptance of UN General Assembly Resolution 181 on the partition of mandatory Palestine...
CAIR Chief Meets with Turkish and Iranian Presidents
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invited Nihad Awad, the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) executive director, to meet with them in New...
Saving the Transatlantic Partnership in the Age of Trump
These days, I consider myself an endangered species. I am a committed transatlanticist. Until just a few years back, that was rather unexceptional. But no...
Linda Sarsour’s Blood Libel
When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background -- so says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim...
Study Abroad in Turkey, Anyone?
JNS.org - Earlier this month, the Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter published a moving article in Time magazine about how President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s mushrooming...
Build the Temple Without Using Your Hands
In these days of commotion and information overload, we relentlessly seek answers in the outside world. Endless questions arise about what it means to be...
Sukkot and Impermanence
In discussing the festival of Sukkot, the Talmud gives all the various possible explanations for the origin and purpose of a Sukkah. Its final idea...
Hezbollah’s Growing Partnership with Lebanon’s Army Provides Operational Cover
Hezbollah and Lebanon's official army -- the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) -- are increasingly cooperating with one another, Israeli military sources say, and this relationship...
The Tehran Summit and Iran’s Regional Ambitions
The recent Russian-Turkish-Iranian summit in Tehran underscored the Islamic Republic’s determination to take an active and central part in the future reconstruction of Syria in...
More Aid for the Antisemite Abbas?
JNS.org - It was just four months ago that Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas delivered a speech that even critics of Israel acknowledged was...
State Department Report Mentions Palestinian ‘Martyr Payments’ for the First Time
There are a few major differences between the annual US State Department report on terrorism in the West Bank and Gaza this year, as compared...
A Liberal View on the Left and Antisemitism
As a center-left liberal, I feel uniquely qualified to discuss the problem of antisemitism in the progressive community -- where opposing Israel is on the...
