Commentary
Ronald Lauder Unfairly Assails Israel
Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. Of course, we Jews believe in free speech and of course we believe that Israel...
Seder Night — You Are What You Do
We live in an age where all of life’s challenges are handled by either psychology or psychiatry. Or, to put it another way, if therapy won’t help, medication certainly will. Often it becomes a combination of both. This...
Iceland’s Long Record of Antisemitism
A proposal to outlaw circumcision has been introduced by four parties in Iceland's parliament. While this law might partly target Muslims, it is yet another negative development for Jews in Europe -- even if the proposal does...
Southern Libya: Terrorism’s Next Frontier
ISIS' recent battleground defeats and its loss of most of the areas in Syria and Iraq that it once controlled have forced group leaders to find an alternative operating base to regroup. Libya, without a unified government...
Assad’s Deafening Silence on That Nuclear Reactor
JNS.org - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has never admitted that he tried to build a nuclear...
Not Fit To Print? New York Times Ignores Palestinian Insult of US Diplomat
The Palestinian president publicly called the American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a “son of...
Major Arab Writer Also Questions Abbas’ Sanity
I wrote yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas was delusional, as evidenced by his latest speech. I also discussed how reporters...
‘Army Of Islam’: Erdogan’s Plot Against Israel
Less than a month ago -- in advance of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation...
US Support for Israel Is at a Record High
When Pew released a study on American attitudes toward the Middle East, the focus was...
Ronald Lauder Unfairly Assails Israel
Let’s get the obvious stuff out of the way. Of course, we Jews believe in free speech and of course we believe that Israel should...
Seder Night — You Are What You Do
We live in an age where all of life’s challenges are handled by either psychology or psychiatry. Or, to put it another way, if therapy won’t help,...
Iceland’s Long Record of Antisemitism
A proposal to outlaw circumcision has been introduced by four parties in Iceland's parliament. While this law might partly target Muslims, it is yet another negative development...
Southern Libya: Terrorism’s Next Frontier
ISIS' recent battleground defeats and its loss of most of the areas in Syria and Iraq that it once controlled have forced group leaders to find an...
Assad’s Deafening Silence on That Nuclear Reactor
JNS.org - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has never admitted that he tried to build a nuclear reactor in Syria. He built it not far from Damascus,...
Not Fit To Print? New York Times Ignores Palestinian Insult of US Diplomat
The Palestinian president publicly called the American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, a “son of a dog” -- and The New York Times ignored it. Readers...
Major Arab Writer Also Questions Abbas’ Sanity
I wrote yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas was delusional, as evidenced by his latest speech. I also discussed how reporters are loathe to say anything about it. But at least one major...
‘Army Of Islam’: Erdogan’s Plot Against Israel
Less than a month ago -- in advance of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul -- the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak, which is considered one...
US Support for Israel Is at a Record High
When Pew released a study on American attitudes toward the Middle East, the focus was on the partisan divide and the suggestion that Democrats were...
Taliban Apologist Yasir Qadhi Headlines ICNA Dinner
On March 16, popular American-Pakistani lecturer Yasir Qadhi was the featured speaker at the seventh annual “Atlanta’s Benefit Dinner” for ICNA Relief -- the Islamic Circle of North America...
A Deceptively Skewed Vision of Hate
JNS.org – Are American Jews shy about standing up against antisemitism? That’s the conceit of an astonishing “analysis” of the issue that appeared in The New York Times on Sunday....
The Perversity of Intersectionality
The recent furor over the relationship between the Women’s March leadership and Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Louis Farrakhan is beginning to subside -- but its full...
How Much Do the Palestinians Pay for Terror?
JNS.org – The foreign-policy establishment is scared -- and with good reason. The Taylor Force Act -- a bill that will force the end of all US...
Professor David S. Wyman, 89, a Historian With Heart
JNS.org – Almost every time David S. Wyman delivered a lecture related to his remarkable book, The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945, someone in...
