Commentary
The Secret of the Teachers Who Inspire Us
Most of us have heard the quote from writer William Arthur Ward: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The...
Palestinians Assault Women Journalists … and the World Yawns
JNS.org - Nothing exposes the incredible hypocrisy of Israel’s critics more than their response to the treatment of Palestinian Arab women. All the human rights organizations and Jewish “peace” activists who claim to care about women’s rights...
The Search for God: The Greatness and the Present Setback of Halachic Living
There is little doubt that Halacha greatly complicates life for the religious Jew. There is no other religion that requires so much dedication and includes so much emphasis on detail. There is hardly a nook...
The PLO Threatens to File a Complaint Against the US at the ICC
From Maan: The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said today that the Palestinian leadership is going to the International Criminal Court to file a complaint against US President Donald Trump's...
Arab States Aren’t Waiting for the Palestinians Any Longer
JNS.org - The pundits have declared that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace initiative will fail before...
The Forces Behind US and Israeli Bills to Withhold Pay-to-Slay Terror Financing
JNS.org - The passage of an Israeli law to withhold funds that the Palestinian Authority (PA)...
How the Syrian War Could Still Threaten Israel
JNS.org - The headlines trickling down from Israel’s northern sector near Syrian are far more dramatic...
Heeding the Lessons of Jewish Unity and Democracy from Natan Sharansky
JNS.org - Natan Sharansky is exiting the center stage of Jewish life. The 70-year-old former Soviet...
The Chosen People and Antisemitism
I recently remarked to my six-year old daughter that I love the God of Israel....
The Secret of the Teachers Who Inspire Us
Most of us have heard the quote from writer William Arthur Ward: “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great...
Palestinians Assault Women Journalists … and the World Yawns
JNS.org - Nothing exposes the incredible hypocrisy of Israel’s critics more than their response to the treatment of Palestinian Arab women. All the human rights organizations and...
The Search for God: The Greatness and the Present Setback of Halachic Living
There is little doubt that Halacha greatly complicates life for the religious Jew. There is no other religion that requires so much dedication and includes...
The PLO Threatens to File a Complaint Against the US at the ICC
From Maan: The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said today that the Palestinian leadership is going to the International Criminal...
Arab States Aren’t Waiting for the Palestinians Any Longer
JNS.org - The pundits have declared that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace initiative will fail before it has even been introduced. The pundits’ predictions aside, Trump’s...
The Forces Behind US and Israeli Bills to Withhold Pay-to-Slay Terror Financing
JNS.org - The passage of an Israeli law to withhold funds that the Palestinian Authority (PA) uses to pay terrorists for killing Jews is the correction of...
How the Syrian War Could Still Threaten Israel
JNS.org - The headlines trickling down from Israel’s northern sector near Syrian are far more dramatic than the situation on the ground: The Syrian army has...
Heeding the Lessons of Jewish Unity and Democracy from Natan Sharansky
JNS.org - Natan Sharansky is exiting the center stage of Jewish life. The 70-year-old former Soviet dissident and prisoner turned author, Israeli politician, and for the...
The Chosen People and Antisemitism
I recently remarked to my six-year old daughter that I love the God of Israel. She fumed and cried out, "Not only people in Israel...
PA TV to Pregnant Palestinians: Your Fetus Will Be a ‘Martyr for Palestine’
Pregnant mothers all over the world are busy imagining the future of their unborn child and wishing only the best for them. The Palestinian Authority, however,...
The Palestinian Who Was Killed Twice
A man sits on the ground waving a Palestinian flag. Barbed wire separates him from an IDF tank. He is an amputee. And to many Palestinians, Ibrahim Abu Thuraya is a...
Working Towards an Israeli Victory
What do Israelis think of the idea of Israel winning and the Palestinians losing? It's a radical idea, very different from the 50-year-and-counting win-win assumption of...
Jewish West Bank Communities: The Kernel of a Tolerant Palestinian State
Just as Israel is a Jewish state of nearly nine million citizens where approximately two million non-Jews live in peace and security, there is no...
An Open Letter to the Participants Who Left Their Birthright Israel Trip
To those who recently left their Birthright Israel trip: I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I am hesitant to engage with you, because a response would...
