Commentary
Thanks to Obama, Iran Leads America in the Middle East
The fall of Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, is unarguably an important politico-military milestone, albeit long overdue. Nonetheless,...
The Similar Stories of Eve and Cain
We have started the annual cycle of reading the Torah. Every year, I come to a familiar, beloved text, and invariably see something new. The Bible can be read, sung and looked at in multiple ways....
David Myers Should Not Lead the Center for Jewish History
“Fake history” and “big lies” are key weapons used to attack Jews and Israel. The anti-Israel sect’s relentless assault on the truth is especially dangerous when it comes from ostensible Jewish leaders. Pro-Israel groups are therefore...
New York Times on Jewish Identity: Pork, an Israel-Apartheid Slur and Bashing Adelson and Netanyahu
Sunday’s issue of “T,” The New York Times' style magazine, carries a four-page feature headlined “Great American Novelists” in which “three fiction writers and one cartoonist ruminate on Jewish identity and its relationship to Israel...
Today’s Germans Are Not Responsible for the Holocaust
I spent the past weekend as scholar-in-residence to the Jewish community of Munich, Germany -- a...
How the Israeli Left Views the Palestinians
JNS.org - Some Jewish institutions in America are under siege these days, and their principal critics...
Why Was an Anti-Israel New York Times Columnist Allowed to Speak at the Center for Jewish History?
JNS.org - Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any messier over at the Center for...
Iranian Nuclear Revelations From Argentina
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon made a good point at a...
New York Times’ David Brooks Offers Up a False Trichotomy
One of David Brooks’s favorite column writing tricks is the false dichotomy — presenting two...
Thanks to Obama, Iran Leads America in the Middle East
The fall of Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, is unarguably an important politico-military milestone, albeit long overdue. Nonetheless, ISIS,...
The Similar Stories of Eve and Cain
We have started the annual cycle of reading the Torah. Every year, I come to a familiar, beloved text, and invariably see something new. The Bible...
David Myers Should Not Lead the Center for Jewish History
“Fake history” and “big lies” are key weapons used to attack Jews and Israel. The anti-Israel sect’s relentless assault on the truth is especially dangerous...
New York Times on Jewish Identity: Pork, an Israel-Apartheid Slur and Bashing Adelson and Netanyahu
Sunday’s issue of “T,” The New York Times' style magazine, carries a four-page feature headlined “Great American Novelists” in which “three fiction writers and one...
Today’s Germans Are Not Responsible for the Holocaust
I spent the past weekend as scholar-in-residence to the Jewish community of Munich, Germany -- a city where the Nazi party was born, and where Hitler...
How the Israeli Left Views the Palestinians
JNS.org - Some Jewish institutions in America are under siege these days, and their principal critics aren’t neo-Nazis. Despite the clear leftward tilt of a large...
Why Was an Anti-Israel New York Times Columnist Allowed to Speak at the Center for Jewish History?
JNS.org - Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any messier over at the Center for Jewish History, a New York Times columnist who was invited...
Iranian Nuclear Revelations From Argentina
JNS.org - Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon made a good point at a Security Council meeting on the Middle East this week when...
New York Times’ David Brooks Offers Up a False Trichotomy
One of David Brooks’s favorite column writing tricks is the false dichotomy — presenting two choices as mutually exclusive when in fact there is overlap...
Hamas Supporter to Receive Award From Harvard Student Group
He has publicly endorsed Hamas, and secretly schemed with Hamas' supporters to thwart US-led peace efforts in the Middle East. Now Nihad Awad is preparing for a prestigious lecture at Harvard University on...
Decertifying the Iran Deal — A Moral Imperative, but Now What?
“In a large country with multiple facilities and ample experience in nuclear concealment, violations will be inherently difficult to detect. Devising theoretical models of inspection...
A Message to Congress: Don’t Tamper With Iran Deal, Build on It
The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran deal is problematic due to the multiple conflicts raging throughout the Middle East, including the conflicts in Syria, Yemen,...
What Really Happened With Saeb Erekat’s Lung Transplant?
Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian Authority (PA) peace negotiator and Secretary-General of the PLO executive committee, underwent a successful lung transplant in northern Virginia last Friday. There is...
Why Are Hebron Apartments a Big Deal to the New York Times?
In a six-column article, The New York Times (on Oct. 17) reported on Israeli plans to implement “a significant expansion” of settlements in the “occupied West...
