Commentary
Can We Use ‘Fake News’ to Advance a Cause?
I like the Hebrew term for the Christian festival coming up this week: Hag Hamolad, Festival of the Birth. A virgin birth, quite unbelievable. It is...
Will the Return of ‘Jihad’ to Intelligence Trump Decades of Indoctrination?
President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is set to feature the return words relevant to understanding Islamic terrorism -- such as “jihad” -- that had been expunged from the Intelligence and Defense communities’ lexicon, most notably under the...
A Disappointing, Muted Response to Imams Calling for Violence
A radical imam recently called on Muslims to "kill the Jews" in a Friday sermon entitled, "Our Duties Towards Al-Quds (Jerusalem)." But this imam was not a spiritual leader in the Palestinian territories -- or a preacher...
Did Palestinian Martyr Himself to Provide for His Family?
In my previous post on the double-amputee Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh -- who had a long and documented terrorist past, and who was killed in Gaza last week -- I quoted RT, which interviewed the family: The Palestinian’s brother told Ruptly...
Trump Was Right to Pardon Rubashkin
Somewhat more than two months ago, I explained in some detail why President Donald Trump should pardon...
Joseph: The World’s First Psychotherapist
The phrase “Jewish thinker” may mean two very different things. It may mean a thinker who...
New York Times Finds Some News Fit to Print Over and Over Again
One of the tricks The New York Times uses to convey its biases is to...
What Will Yeshiva University Do About Professor Who Denounced Israel?
JNS.org - How should Yeshiva University (YU) respond when a prominent faculty member takes public positions -- against...
#NoWayToTreatAChild: A Cynical Campaign to Manipulate Palestinian Children
JNS.org - In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers....
Can We Use ‘Fake News’ to Advance a Cause?
I like the Hebrew term for the Christian festival coming up this week: Hag Hamolad, Festival of the Birth. A virgin birth, quite unbelievable. It is an...
Will the Return of ‘Jihad’ to Intelligence Trump Decades of Indoctrination?
President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy is set to feature the return words relevant to understanding Islamic terrorism -- such as “jihad” -- that had been expunged from...
A Disappointing, Muted Response to Imams Calling for Violence
A radical imam recently called on Muslims to "kill the Jews" in a Friday sermon entitled, "Our Duties Towards Al-Quds (Jerusalem)." But this imam was not a...
Did Palestinian Martyr Himself to Provide for His Family?
In my previous post on the double-amputee Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh -- who had a long and documented terrorist past, and who was killed in Gaza last week -- I...
Trump Was Right to Pardon Rubashkin
Somewhat more than two months ago, I explained in some detail why President Donald Trump should pardon Sholom Rubashkin. Indeed, President Trump’s just-announced commutation (an exoneration, as...
Joseph: The World’s First Psychotherapist
The phrase “Jewish thinker” may mean two very different things. It may mean a thinker who just happens to be Jewish by birth or descent -- a...
New York Times Finds Some News Fit to Print Over and Over Again
One of the tricks The New York Times uses to convey its biases is to cover the same story multiple times. Some news, it seems,...
What Will Yeshiva University Do About Professor Who Denounced Israel?
JNS.org - How should Yeshiva University (YU) respond when a prominent faculty member takes public positions -- against Israel -- that directly contradict what the university espouses? Does the principle of...
#NoWayToTreatAChild: A Cynical Campaign to Manipulate Palestinian Children
JNS.org - In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers. She hits, prods and slaps them. She is trying to...
Middle East Studies Association Panel Reserves Outrage Only for Israel
Israel Studies are rarely centerstage at annual conferences of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA); but when they are, one can be certain that they’ll be the...
Do We Still Need Zionism?
There have always been nationalist movements in Judaism. Hanukkah celebrates that of the Hasidim, or zealots, who fought to retain their Jewish identity. But most...
Alan Dershowitz: The Conflict Over Jerusalem Is All Obama’s Fault
This article was originally published by Gatestone Institute. The US acted properly in vetoing a misguided UN Security Council resolution designed to undo President Donald Trump's...
Iran and the New Land Corridor
In the early 620s CE -- just before the Arab/Muslim invasions of the Middle East -- the Sasanian Shah, Khosrow II, besieged Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium, with his...
Countering Christmas Jihad
"Soon on your holidays" -- a sentence that would typically befit the celebrations of Christmas -- was recently turned into a terrifying threat, when posted on an ISIS-related...
