Commentary
‘Soft Power’ in the US, Israel, and Around the Globe
The term “soft power” entered the lexicon in the 1990s, but its use has accelerated dramatically in recent years, reflecting the explosion of the digital age. Soft...
A Dead Gaza Baby
Last month Israel began to confront a daily barrage of fire kites and burning tire smoke across its Gaza border, igniting fires that destroyed thousands of acres of farm land and nature preserves. The day...
Club Z Combats Silence in the Face of Antisemitism
JNS.org – At Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., students were asked to write positive messages in chalk on the pavement, but someone drew a giant swastika underneath the message “Toasted Jew.” What did the...
Celebrating the ‘Haley Effect’
JNS.org - In many Jewish households on Friday nights, parents bless their daughters in the names of our matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. We do so to hold out our highest role models to our girls....
Could Sunday’s Election in Turkey Be Its Last?
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suffocating hold on power in Turkey, and the...
‘New Rules of Engagement’: Hamas Provokes Israel With Incendiary Aerial Devices
Hamas is attempting to create "new rules of engagement" in its war against Israel, as...
Learning the Lessons of Gaza
JNS.org – In the view of many Israeli security experts, the results of the 2014 Gaza...
Why Is a Study of Palestinian School Books Being Kept Secret from the US Congress?
Why does the US State Department continue to block the publication of the congressional investigation...
‘Soft Power’ in the US, Israel, and Around the Globe
The term “soft power” entered the lexicon in the 1990s, but its use has accelerated dramatically in recent years, reflecting the explosion of the digital age. Soft power...
A Dead Gaza Baby
Last month Israel began to confront a daily barrage of fire kites and burning tire smoke across its Gaza border, igniting fires that destroyed thousands...
Club Z Combats Silence in the Face of Antisemitism
JNS.org – At Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., students were asked to write positive messages in chalk on the pavement, but someone drew a...
Celebrating the ‘Haley Effect’
JNS.org - In many Jewish households on Friday nights, parents bless their daughters in the names of our matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. We do so...
Could Sunday’s Election in Turkey Be Its Last?
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s suffocating hold on power in Turkey, and the deterioration of the country’s democracy and Islamist-based foreign relations, is...
‘New Rules of Engagement’: Hamas Provokes Israel With Incendiary Aerial Devices
Hamas is attempting to create "new rules of engagement" in its war against Israel, as the terrorist organization recognizes that Israel's military will likely avoid...
Kaddish for Gaza
A few weeks ago, a group of Jews gathered in front of Parliament in London to say Kaddish for those Gazans killed on the border in what...
Learning the Lessons of Gaza
JNS.org – In the view of many Israeli security experts, the results of the 2014 Gaza war were decisive. “Operation Protective Edge” -- the counterattack against...
Why Is a Study of Palestinian School Books Being Kept Secret from the US Congress?
Why does the US State Department continue to block the publication of the congressional investigation of Palestinian textbooks taught in schools run by the United...
America Lost Charles Krauthammer Just When We Needed Him Most
Fox News political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, and New York Times best-selling author just scrape the surface in describing the life and career of Charles...
Hamas Is Badly Misreading the Rocket Situation
JNS.org - The mortar shell and rocket barrage launched at southern Israel on Wednesday was a signal by Hamas that it plans to change the existing equation...
Don’t Separate Families at the Border — but Don’t Expropriate the Holocaust Either
As an Orthodox rabbi, it is not for me to comment on US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ invocation of the New Testament to justify separating children from...
Only the Weak Use Force and Coercion to Get Their Way
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Since you did not have faith in Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of...
Telling the Truth About Hamas
Over the past few weeks, Gazans have sent hundreds of terror kites across the border with Israel, causing over 400 fires, destroying millions of dollars’ worth of agriculture,...
