Commentary
Peter Beinart Manipulates the Truth About Gaza
It is quite amazing how certain commentators with a political ax to grind will write anything to justify their predetermined political viewpoint and, at...
Lag Ba’Omer Guide for the Perplexed, 2018
Lag Ba'Omer (ל"ג בעומר) is celebrated on the 33rd day following the first day of Passover (in Jewish numerology: ל=30, ג=3). It commemorates the victory of Shimon Bar-Kokhbah over the occupying military force of the...
A Bleak View of American Jewry
American Jewry, apart from the Orthodox and a minority of committed non-Orthodox, is demographically imploding. Paradoxically, this is taking place at a time when support for Israel among the American people is at an all-time high...
Natalie Portman PR Fiasco Gets Cheers from BDS
In case you missed the recent, ground-shaking news: Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman declined to go to Israel to accept the Genesis Award, which recognizes the recipient for his or her professional accomplishments and Jewish...
It’s Time for UNRWA to Go
Palestinian Arabs have occupied a lot of attention in recent weeks as a result of the...
Germany’s Refusal to Attack Syria Shows Moral Failure
After repeated chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime on its own citizens, the United States, the UK, and Francefinally...
The Great Deception March on Gaza’s Border
What would the US do if 30,000 Mexicans, organized by a known terrorist group, marched...
Israel’s Recent Tragedy: When Dire Warnings Go Unheeded
JNS.org - Why does this happen? Why does the same thing always seem to repeat itself?...
The Palestinians Have Reached a Dead End
JNS.org - The number of Gaza residents willing to participate in Hamas' riots along the border fence...
Peter Beinart Manipulates the Truth About Gaza
It is quite amazing how certain commentators with a political ax to grind will write anything to justify their predetermined political viewpoint and, at the...
Lag Ba’Omer Guide for the Perplexed, 2018
Lag Ba'Omer (ל"ג בעומר) is celebrated on the 33rd day following the first day of Passover (in Jewish numerology: ל=30, ג=3). It commemorates the victory...
A Bleak View of American Jewry
American Jewry, apart from the Orthodox and a minority of committed non-Orthodox, is demographically imploding. Paradoxically, this is taking place at a time when support for...
Natalie Portman PR Fiasco Gets Cheers from BDS
In case you missed the recent, ground-shaking news: Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman declined to go to Israel to accept the Genesis Award, which recognizes...
It’s Time for UNRWA to Go
Palestinian Arabs have occupied a lot of attention in recent weeks as a result of the rioting and disturbances on the Israeli/Gaza border. Yet few wonder...
Germany’s Refusal to Attack Syria Shows Moral Failure
After repeated chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime on its own citizens, the United States, the UK, and Francefinally took military action to punish Bashar Assad. But one ally was...
The Great Deception March on Gaza’s Border
What would the US do if 30,000 Mexicans, organized by a known terrorist group, marched towards the Texas border demanding to return to their ancestors’...
Israel’s Recent Tragedy: When Dire Warnings Go Unheeded
JNS.org - Why does this happen? Why does the same thing always seem to repeat itself? In my opinion, it’s not always due to contempt for...
The Palestinians Have Reached a Dead End
JNS.org - The number of Gaza residents willing to participate in Hamas' riots along the border fence is dropping, as seen at last Friday’s protest. Hamas is...
Hollywood Renews Its Assault on Orthodox Women and Jewish Sexuality
The new film "Disobedience," starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, presents us with the yawn-inducing chestnut of the Orthodox Jewish woman as a baby-making machine....
Iran and Russia Encourage and Aid Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program
The issue of the chemical weapons (CW) possessed and employed by Syria since it supposedly decided to get rid of them has become an increasingly tangled...
How the World Could See the End of War
"Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?" -- Aeschylus (Oresteia), presenting the ending of Agamemnon. The...
Tensions Intensify as Israel Tries to Keep Iran From Establishing a Second Proxy State on Its Border
Tensions between Iran and Israel have risen significantly following a military strike on an airbase in central Syria in April that targeted an Iranian military...
Israeli Diplomat Decries ‘Terrible’ New York Times Op-Ed by Gaza Protester
Israel’s consul general in New York, Dani Dayan, is denouncing as “terrible” a New York Times op-ed piece that inaccurately portrays the Gaza protests. In a...
