Commentary
Don’t Believe the Hysterics on Canceling the Iran Nuclear Deal
A great hue and cry went up throughout Europe and from former Obama administration officials and various foreign policy experts when President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal (JCPOA)....
Tish’a B’Av — The Ninth of Av: Who Needs the Temple?
One of the most puzzling elements of Jewish tradition is the institution of the Temple and its sacrificial rites. Although the Temple served many purposes, sacrifices lay at the very heart of its mission. There are...
The Jewish State Must Remain Jewish
A wide range of international voices reacted with outrage to the legislation passed this week in Israel that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The law -- which has been labeled...
The US-Israel Strategic Relationship: An Israeli Minister’s View
The US-Israel relationship has a deep and long history -- on many levels, and across a wide spectrum of issues paramount to both nations. From Harry Truman’s recognition of the state of Israel to President...
The ‘Occupation’ and the Old-New Romance of Socialism
JNS.org – At only 28 years old and with nothing but an upset primary win in...
Guidelines for Astute Antisemites in the UK Labour Party
Each new major move of the British Labour party in regard to antisemitism strengthens the...
The UK’s Labour Party and Antisemitism: Enough Is Enough
It’s official. The UK Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn is no longer...
India and the Collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal
The withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal is likely to deal a...
Poland’s History Hangs Heavy; So Does Its Present
“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past,” William Faulkner famously wrote. While Faulkner...
Don’t Believe the Hysterics on Canceling the Iran Nuclear Deal
A great hue and cry went up throughout Europe and from former Obama administration officials and various foreign policy experts when President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal (JCPOA). Critics...
Tish’a B’Av — The Ninth of Av: Who Needs the Temple?
One of the most puzzling elements of Jewish tradition is the institution of the Temple and its sacrificial rites. Although the Temple served many purposes,...
The Jewish State Must Remain Jewish
A wide range of international voices reacted with outrage to the legislation passed this week in Israel that defines the country as the nation-state of...
The US-Israel Strategic Relationship: An Israeli Minister’s View
The US-Israel relationship has a deep and long history -- on many levels, and across a wide spectrum of issues paramount to both nations. From...
The ‘Occupation’ and the Old-New Romance of Socialism
JNS.org – At only 28 years old and with nothing but an upset primary win in a New York City congressional district on her résumé, being...
Guidelines for Astute Antisemites in the UK Labour Party
Each new major move of the British Labour party in regard to antisemitism strengthens the probability that as long as Jeremy Corbyn is its leader,...
The UK’s Labour Party and Antisemitism: Enough Is Enough
It’s official. The UK Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn is no longer a safe place for Jews. It is no longer a...
India and the Collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal
The withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal is likely to deal a blow to India’s strategic investments in energy-rich Iran and land-locked...
Poland’s History Hangs Heavy; So Does Its Present
“The past is never dead. It isn’t even past,” William Faulkner famously wrote. While Faulkner was writing of his native Mississippi, he could have been...
The Terrorist Semi-States of Hamas and Hezbollah
The terrorist threat that Israel faces is an unusual one because the terrorist organizations seeking to destroy it control their own territory, making them a...
Albert Einstein’s Judaism
Albert Einstein, the greatest physicist since Isaac Newton, was a Jew. That is a simple and obvious statement, but what does it mean? Einstein's relationship with...
The ‘If Only Israel’ Syndrome
The "If Only Israel" (IOI) syndrome is the misguided notion -- peddled in the name of Israel's “best interests” by some in the diplomatic, academic, and...
What Role Should the US Play in the Peace Process?
All US Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives -- initiated by Democratic and Republican presidents -- have failed. They were doomed to failure by the tendency to downplay the complex intra-Arab/Muslim...
After Helsinki, US Abandons Its Legal Obligations in Syria
Among several noteworthy and interrelated Helsinki summit policy derelictions -- most obviously, Vladimir Putin’s still unpunished aggressions in Crimea -- US President Donald Trump chose to ignore America’s...
