Commentary
Jews and Economics
We know that Jews have won a disproportionate number of Nobel Prizes -- more than 20% -- for a group that represents 0.2 per cent of the...
Duke University and the Problem of Antisemitism
Recently, I expressed deep concern in The Algemeiner about Duke University Press (DUP)’s publication of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir Puar. As noted, the book is plagued with poor “scholarship,” and...
Children’s Book Explores the Great ‘Knish War’
Once upon a time on New York City’s Lower East Side, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe sold knishes from pushcarts and little knisheries. That was more than 100 years ago. But today, those dumplings filled...
How UNESCO Encourages Antisemitism
JNS.org - In October, the US State Department notified the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that America would be withdrawing from the UN body. The US cited the need for fundamental reform, mounting...
The Meaning of Hanukkah
Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish rebellion against the Syrian Greek Antiochus IV. He called himself Epiphanes,...
Hanukkah Menorahs — Through the Ages
The holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the occupying Greek Assyrians more...
Erdogan Invokes Islamic Text Sanctioning Killing Jews at Party Convention
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invoked a Muslim hadith commonly used by Hamas and other terrorist supporters...
Jewish Organizations’ Disgraceful Rejection of Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and begin the...
Hanukkah Gift Guide Of Jewish Books The New York Times Ignored
Just in time for Hanukkah, here is our first annual gift guide to books that...
Jews and Economics
We know that Jews have won a disproportionate number of Nobel Prizes -- more than 20% -- for a group that represents 0.2 per cent of the world's...
Duke University and the Problem of Antisemitism
Recently, I expressed deep concern in The Algemeiner about Duke University Press (DUP)’s publication of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir Puar....
Children’s Book Explores the Great ‘Knish War’
Once upon a time on New York City’s Lower East Side, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe sold knishes from pushcarts and little knisheries. That was...
How UNESCO Encourages Antisemitism
JNS.org - In October, the US State Department notified the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that America would be withdrawing from the...
The Meaning of Hanukkah
Hanukkah celebrates the Jewish rebellion against the Syrian Greek Antiochus IV. He called himself Epiphanes, which means the wise or godlike. His subjects called him...
Hanukkah Menorahs — Through the Ages
The holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the occupying Greek Assyrians more than 2,200 years ago -- which led to the re-dedication of the...
Erdogan Invokes Islamic Text Sanctioning Killing Jews at Party Convention
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan invoked a Muslim hadith commonly used by Hamas and other terrorist supporters to sanction the killing of Jews, during a party convention...
Jewish Organizations’ Disgraceful Rejection of Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and begin the process of moving our embassy there, was positively courageous. Given...
Hanukkah Gift Guide Of Jewish Books The New York Times Ignored
Just in time for Hanukkah, here is our first annual gift guide to books that The New York Times has entirely ignored. The Times does cover...
‘P Is for Palestine’ Author Got One Thing Right
JNS.org - The P is for Palestine children’s book that is causing so much controversy features anti-Israel propaganda and deeply disturbing justifications for “intifada” violence. But...
Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration Was Long Overdue
President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was both correct and prudent from America's perspective. Much more remains...
US Palestinian Advocates Call for Mass Murder of Jews
Angered by President Donald Trump's declaration that Jerusalem is Israel's capital, Palestinian advocates took to the streets last weekend to express their anger and frustration. And the message often was...
Palestinian Authority Instructs Schools Not to Meet with Pro-Peace Bahrainis
From The Times of Israel: A delegation of religious figures from the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain arrived in Israel this week “in order to send a...
US Must Include ‘Sovereignty’ in Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act
President Trump did Israel a favor when he delayed the US embassy move to Jerusalem. Why? Because current wording in the US Embassy Relocation Act would...
