Commentary
Israel Must Pass an Effective Version of the Taylor Force Act
JNS.org - Just a few hours after the March 19 funeral of 32-year-old father of four Adiel Kolman, hundreds of diplomats, ministers, rabbis and Jewish...
#MeToo and the Torah
The Chassidic masters say that in order to ascend to the highest heights, it is sometimes necessary to descend into the depths. The #MeToo movement represents just such a moment for women. Although the impetus for...
Use UNRWA’s Financial Crisis to End Its Shameful Apartheid System
JNS.org - UNRWA -- the United Nations agency tasked with caring for Palestinian refugees and their descendants in perpetuity -- is facing what it terms its worst financial crisis ever. “Crisis” is an exaggeration, but the agency undoubtedly...
Gaza March Uses Civilian Human Shields to Trap Israel
Americans just witnessed hundreds of thousands of high school kids exercising a powerful, collective voice as they marched on Washington, DC, demanding better protection from gun violence. Regardless of what one thinks of gun control,...
Hamas Mobilizes 30,000 Terrorists for Two-Day Military Drill
Despite a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Hamas carried out a two-day, large-scale military drill...
Hamas Is an Abysmal Failure
When the “Islamic Resistance Movement” -- or Hamas, as it is better known by its Arabic...
Iranian Nuclear Weapons and ‘Palestine’ — Twin Dangers for Israel
"I think, therefore I am." -- René Descartes, Discourse on Method Although difficult to calibrate or...
Pharaoh and His Picture of Dorian Gray
Earlier this month, a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s iconic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray opened at...
Palestinian Authority Used Its ‘Christian’ Lobby to Push Its Agenda at the UN
Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, recently told US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to...
Israel Must Pass an Effective Version of the Taylor Force Act
JNS.org - Just a few hours after the March 19 funeral of 32-year-old father of four Adiel Kolman, hundreds of diplomats, ministers, rabbis and Jewish activists...
#MeToo and the Torah
The Chassidic masters say that in order to ascend to the highest heights, it is sometimes necessary to descend into the depths. The #MeToo movement...
Use UNRWA’s Financial Crisis to End Its Shameful Apartheid System
JNS.org - UNRWA -- the United Nations agency tasked with caring for Palestinian refugees and their descendants in perpetuity -- is facing what it terms its worst financial...
Gaza March Uses Civilian Human Shields to Trap Israel
Americans just witnessed hundreds of thousands of high school kids exercising a powerful, collective voice as they marched on Washington, DC, demanding better protection from...
Hamas Mobilizes 30,000 Terrorists for Two-Day Military Drill
Despite a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Hamas carried out a two-day, large-scale military drill in Gaza earlier this week featuring 30,000 terrorist operatives. Terrorists from...
Hamas Is an Abysmal Failure
When the “Islamic Resistance Movement” -- or Hamas, as it is better known by its Arabic acronym -- took over Gaza in 2007, pundits theorized that once...
Iranian Nuclear Weapons and ‘Palestine’ — Twin Dangers for Israel
"I think, therefore I am." -- René Descartes, Discourse on Method Although difficult to calibrate or measure, Iranian nuclearization and Palestinian statehood are likely progressing at...
Pharaoh and His Picture of Dorian Gray
Earlier this month, a stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s iconic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray opened at a theater in Chicago. The new production -- which sets the...
Palestinian Authority Used Its ‘Christian’ Lobby to Push Its Agenda at the UN
Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, recently told US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to “shut up.” His frustration highlighted a dramatic shift in the...
Putin’s Dictatorship — and Antisemitism
In an NBC interview aired on March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the 13 Russian nationals that the US indicted for election interference may not be ethnically...
Demographic Time Bomb? Mistaken or Misleading
JNS.org – The “demographic time bomb” concept accords mythical standards to Arab fertility and European standards to Jewish fertility, ignoring the Westernization of Arab fertility and the...
Searching for Meaning Behind an Empty Metaphor
JNS.org – For those who worry about the future of American Jewry, Passover brings some comfort. According to a survey published in 2014 by the Pew Research...
Ben-Gurion and Bolton vs. the United Nations
JNS.org – Presumably, David Ben-Gurion would have disagreed with John Bolton on a number of issues. But the Israeli founding father likely would have appreciated the incoming...
How (and Why) Israel Must Bridge Its Gap with American Jewry
JNS.org - Israeli society takes pride in high-achieving Jews, whether they live in Israel or in the Diaspora. We are even proud of émigrés who have success abroad....
