Commentary
A Scandalous Halachic Decision Disgraces Ethiopian Jews — and Judaism Itself
When I joined the Jewish people as a young man of 16 -- being the child of a mixed marriage -- I could not...
The Bible, Secularism, and Antisemitism
Antisemitism is the most insidious hatred in history. Aversion to Jews has flourished under so many circumstances that it is hard to find a common denominator accounting for its manifold manifestations. However, there have been...
Iran’s Quds Day: Ideology or Interests?
On June 8, the Islamic Republic of Iran held its annual “Quds Day” to express the nation’s support for the Palestinian struggle. Iran invests a great deal of effort into commemorating this event and mobilizes...
Bigoted Columnist Claims Israeli Jews Are ‘Poisoning the Wells’
The official visit of future British monarch Prince William to Israel has generally been a very positive event. It’s disappointing, then, to see British journalist and commentator Peter Oborne using the opportunity to write a...
PA Official Admits There Is No ‘Proof’ That Israel Poisoned Arafat
JNS.org - For years, the Palestinian Authority has been spreading the libel that Israel murdered Palestinian...
My Late Father: The Greatest Generation Up Close
Twenty years ago this week, my father passed away. In his declining years, he had few...
Parsha Balak: Assimilation Won’t Solve Antisemitism
This is an extraordinary moment in Jewish history for good and not-so-good reasons. For the first...
Interest in Past Leaders Reflects the Crisis on the Israeli Left
The crisis of the Israeli left is reflected in the sharply declining interest in Yitzhak...
US Foreign Policy Cannot Ignore Human Rights
US President Donald Trump traveled to Singapore to negotiate nuclear issues, not to discuss North...
A Scandalous Halachic Decision Disgraces Ethiopian Jews — and Judaism Itself
When I joined the Jewish people as a young man of 16 -- being the child of a mixed marriage -- I could not have...
The Bible, Secularism, and Antisemitism
Antisemitism is the most insidious hatred in history. Aversion to Jews has flourished under so many circumstances that it is hard to find a common...
Iran’s Quds Day: Ideology or Interests?
On June 8, the Islamic Republic of Iran held its annual “Quds Day” to express the nation’s support for the Palestinian struggle. Iran invests a...
Bigoted Columnist Claims Israeli Jews Are ‘Poisoning the Wells’
The official visit of future British monarch Prince William to Israel has generally been a very positive event. It’s disappointing, then, to see British journalist...
PA Official Admits There Is No ‘Proof’ That Israel Poisoned Arafat
JNS.org - For years, the Palestinian Authority has been spreading the libel that Israel murdered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat by poisoning him. This PA propaganda has...
My Late Father: The Greatest Generation Up Close
Twenty years ago this week, my father passed away. In his declining years, he had few friends and only a tiny family, and since he was...
Parsha Balak: Assimilation Won’t Solve Antisemitism
This is an extraordinary moment in Jewish history for good and not-so-good reasons. For the first time in almost 4,000 years, we have simultaneously sovereignty and...
Interest in Past Leaders Reflects the Crisis on the Israeli Left
The crisis of the Israeli left is reflected in the sharply declining interest in Yitzhak Rabin compared to Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir among Israelis....
US Foreign Policy Cannot Ignore Human Rights
US President Donald Trump traveled to Singapore to negotiate nuclear issues, not to discuss North Korean violations of basic human rights. Still, any such willful...
New York Times Caught Flat-Footed in Upset of Congressman by Israel Critic
The New York Times is being criticized for missing the story about the upset defeat of a veteran New York City congressman by a 28-year-old...
The Palestinian Refugee Scam
Another Nakba Day, the annual commemoration of the catastrophic displacement of Palestinians from their homes in the 1948 war launched by Arab states to annihilate...
US Islamists Ignore Erdogan’s Authoritarianism, Celebrate Win
Unbelievably, a number of American Islamists are hailing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election Monday to a new five-year term as a win for democracy. In truth,...
Media Outlets Ignore Allegation That Hamas Paid Gaza Family to Blame Israel for Baby’s Death
UK media outlets have largely attributed the death of eight-month-old Layla al-Ghandour in Gaza on May 15 to tear gas used by the IDF to quell...
Jared Kushner Has It All Wrong on the Palestinians
JNS.org - We don’t yet know the details of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that presidential adviser Jared Kushner is preparing. But we do know how Kushner...
