Commentary
Trump Delivers Sorely Needed Dose of Reality on Jerusalem
JNS.org - December 6 will be remembered as a day when a historic wrong was righted. When President Donald Trump made his long-anticipated announcement that the US not...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Here is Hanukkah’s historical context according to the Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus and The War of the Jews by Joseph Ben Mattityahu (Josephus Plavius): In 175 BCE, the Seleucid Emperor Antiochus wished to exterminate Judaism and forcibly convert...
Jews Shouldn’t Befriend Qatar
In a stinging rebuke to those who claim that Qatar is becoming "moderate," a senior Qatari cabinet minister last week visited and embraced the leaders of the most anti-Israel, terror-sponsoring country on earth -- Iran. Qatar's minister of...
US-Based Imam Prays that ‘Allah Destroy the Zionists’
On Thursday, a Texas-based imam called for Israel's destruction in a recorded prayer posted to his Facebook page. While Sheikh Ramadan Elsabagh did not mention President Trump's proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and starting the process of moving the US...
In Decades-Long AMIA Jewish Center Affair, the Truth Will Come Out
JNS.org - Like so many pins in a bowling alley, the treacherous former Argentine leaders who...
The Mysterious Motivation of Jewish Leaders Who Visit Hamas’ Funders in Qatar
The Al Jazeera network, founded and owned by Qatar, has featured some of the most...
New York Times Movie Review Praises ‘Devastating Indictment’ of Israel
Sometimes the worst anti-Israel venom from The New York Times shows up not in the...
Why Does Europe Support Breaking the Silence’s Radical Anti-Israel Agenda?
JNS.org - Last week, the Israeli State Attorney’s office closed its investigation into Breaking the Silence’s...
The ‘Industry of Lies’ Targeting Israel
A few years ago, the Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini encountered two protesters outside of an...
Trump Delivers Sorely Needed Dose of Reality on Jerusalem
JNS.org - December 6 will be remembered as a day when a historic wrong was righted. When President Donald Trump made his long-anticipated announcement that the US not only...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Here is Hanukkah’s historical context according to the Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus and The War of the Jews by Joseph Ben Mattityahu (Josephus Plavius): In 175 BCE, the...
Jews Shouldn’t Befriend Qatar
In a stinging rebuke to those who claim that Qatar is becoming "moderate," a senior Qatari cabinet minister last week visited and embraced the leaders...
US-Based Imam Prays that ‘Allah Destroy the Zionists’
On Thursday, a Texas-based imam called for Israel's destruction in a recorded prayer posted to his Facebook page. While Sheikh Ramadan Elsabagh did not mention President Trump's proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as...
In Decades-Long AMIA Jewish Center Affair, the Truth Will Come Out
JNS.org - Like so many pins in a bowling alley, the treacherous former Argentine leaders who signed a secret pact exonerating Iran of its responsibility for...
The Mysterious Motivation of Jewish Leaders Who Visit Hamas’ Funders in Qatar
The Al Jazeera network, founded and owned by Qatar, has featured some of the most grotesque antisemitism ever aired on television. For example, they famously...
New York Times Movie Review Praises ‘Devastating Indictment’ of Israel
Sometimes the worst anti-Israel venom from The New York Times shows up not in the news or editorial columns, but in the movie reviews. The latest...
Why Does Europe Support Breaking the Silence’s Radical Anti-Israel Agenda?
JNS.org - Last week, the Israeli State Attorney’s office closed its investigation into Breaking the Silence’s (BtS) spokesperson. The official determination that the BtS official had...
The ‘Industry of Lies’ Targeting Israel
A few years ago, the Israeli journalist Ben-Dror Yemini encountered two protesters outside of an event in Boston. They were young women carrying placards denouncing the...
Moving the Embassy Might Not Be a Big Deal After All
After the historic and long overdue announcement declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a friend asked me: "Why the controversy?" "Isn't Jerusalem already the capital of...
An Open Letter to The New School and Parsons on Linda Sarsour
Dear President Van Zandt, My dream was always to attend a school like the Parsons School of Design, currently housed at The New School. I am...
Did Trump Help the Israel-Diaspora Divide?
JNS.org - If there's one thing that the overwhelmingly liberal American Jewish community generally agrees on these days, it’s President Donald Trump. The vast majority of...
The Disappointing Orthodox Response to Hotovely
One of the most important and influential Modern Orthodox Jewish women in the world is under severe attack from some Reform rabbis, who want her...
The History of the Wandering Jew
Albert Londres, a non-Jewish muckraking French journalist, set off for London, Prague, Subcarpathia and Poland early in 1929, in order to examine the harsh and...
