Commentary
Congress Works to Curb Anti-American and Anti-Israel Bias on US Campuses
At the end of 2017, a monumental piece of legislation to curb anti-American and anti-Israel biases on college campuses was passed by the House...
Jews and Poles Don’t Have to Be Enemies
JNS.org - Jews and Poles spent most of the first half of the 20th century at each other’s throats. Must they continue on the same destructive path as we head further into the 21st century? If you’ve...
Give Sephardi Voices a Seat at the Global Jewish Table
JNS.org - It is rare that a week passes without a new initiative in the Jewish world to promote pluralism and diversity. And I believe it is always worthy to focus on what unites us as...
Google Partners With Antisemitic Islamists
Why are Google and YouTube sponsoring a day-long symposium featuring a roster of speakers that includes known Islamist antisemites, as well as known militant Islamists who are long-time Israel bashers and Hamas supporters? And why are...
Why Polls on a Palestinian State Are a Mirage
JNS.org - Do you ever wonder why polls consistently show that a large portion of the...
Trump’s Jerusalem Statement Shakes Up the System
A number of Israeli commentators have sought to reduce the significance of President Donald Trump’s...
The Unrepentant Terrorist
"My judge is a kaffir, my lawyer is a kaffir, my prosecutor is a kaffir, and my jury...
Don’t Let the ‘What Ifs’ Scare Us
These are exciting times in Israel -- economically, militarily and diplomatically. Yet, no matter how...
Poland and the Jewish World: A Defining Moment
When I went to my first Polish-Jewish encounter -- in Chicago, in the early 1980s -- I...
Congress Works to Curb Anti-American and Anti-Israel Bias on US Campuses
At the end of 2017, a monumental piece of legislation to curb anti-American and anti-Israel biases on college campuses was passed by the House Committee...
Jews and Poles Don’t Have to Be Enemies
JNS.org - Jews and Poles spent most of the first half of the 20th century at each other’s throats. Must they continue on the same destructive...
Give Sephardi Voices a Seat at the Global Jewish Table
JNS.org - It is rare that a week passes without a new initiative in the Jewish world to promote pluralism and diversity. And I believe it...
Google Partners With Antisemitic Islamists
Why are Google and YouTube sponsoring a day-long symposium featuring a roster of speakers that includes known Islamist antisemites, as well as known militant Islamists who...
Why Polls on a Palestinian State Are a Mirage
JNS.org - Do you ever wonder why polls consistently show that a large portion of the Israeli public supports creating a Palestinian state? How can it be...
Trump’s Jerusalem Statement Shakes Up the System
A number of Israeli commentators have sought to reduce the significance of President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and even...
The Unrepentant Terrorist
"My judge is a kaffir, my lawyer is a kaffir, my prosecutor is a kaffir, and my jury are all kaffirs..." With those words, convicted Islamic terrorist Ahmad Khan Rahimi revealed both...
Don’t Let the ‘What Ifs’ Scare Us
These are exciting times in Israel -- economically, militarily and diplomatically. Yet, no matter how successful we might be on a certain front, there will...
Poland and the Jewish World: A Defining Moment
When I went to my first Polish-Jewish encounter -- in Chicago, in the early 1980s -- I was struck by how thin the veneer of relationships was. While...
Arbor Day (Tu Bishvat) Guide for the Perplexed
1. Judaism stipulates four new years celebration -- one of them is the New Year for the trees, Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day), the 15th day of the...
Dershowitz Doubles Down Defending Qatar
Over the weekend Prof. Alan Dershowitz said that had he known about a recently unearthed 2005 photo of Barack Obama and Louis Farrakhan, “I would...
New York Times Editorial Tests Trump on Holocaust
A New York Times editorial urged President Donald Trump to emphasize Jewish victimhood in his statement this year for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Times editorial...
Why the Future Looks Bright for ‘Special’ and ‘Regular’ IDF Soldiers Alike
JNS.org - My name is Oren. I am 41 years old, married to Hila and a father of three. I’ve made a career serving in the...
Holocaust Education: The Last Chance for Humanity
JNS.org - With International Holocaust Remembrance Day having just passed, I can’t help but consider the mounting challenges to Holocaust education. As the number of victims of...
