Commentary
Hillel at the Crossroads: How Things Broke Down in Boston
This article is Part II two in a continuing series. Click here for Part I. Next in Part III: NEU Hillel Protests "Fear-Based Tactics." Northeastern University Hillel board chairman Sheldon Goldman is...
Hillel at the Crossroads: Who’s Responsible for Hillel?
This article is Part I in a continuing series. Next in Part II: How Things Broke Down in Boston. When Hillel International CEO Eric Fingerhut stands at the window of his curved corner office at the organization’s Washington, DC...
New NATO Film Unwittingly Glorifies Holocaust Collaborators
NATO must stand for Western values. Vladimir Putin’s shameful “Zapad 17” military exercise, in regions bordering the eastern democratic lands of NATO and the EU -- including the three Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia -- is intended to intimidate...
The Overarching Meaning of America
As recent events have so vividly illustrated, Americans angrily seem to have turned against one another and embraced increasingly contrasting narratives of past and present. To truly remind us of the overarching meaning of America -- something...
Expensive ‘Bride Price’ May Offer Another Lure to Jihad
Some men join dating sites when looking for a wife. Other men join terror groups. In many...
Are Rabbis Right to Skip Trump Phone Call?
JNS.org - There probably has never been an easier path to consensus for the three major...
Name-Calling Critics Fail to Refute ZOA’s Concerns About McMaster
The Zionist Organization of America’s August 2017 report detailed US National Security Chief General H.R. McMaster’s troubling...
Iran vs. Turkey: The Mideast’s Perpetual Rivalry
News that Iran's and Turkey's governments have reached an accord on Idlib -- a Syrian town that...
Leave the Symbols of Nazi Persecution Alone, Billy Joel
JNS.org - Billy Joel’s decision to sport a yellow star on the front and back of...
Hillel at the Crossroads: How Things Broke Down in Boston
This article is Part II two in a continuing series. Click here for Part I. Next in Part III: NEU Hillel Protests "Fear-Based Tactics." Northeastern University Hillel board chairman Sheldon Goldman is incensed...
Hillel at the Crossroads: Who’s Responsible for Hillel?
This article is Part I in a continuing series. Next in Part II: How Things Broke Down in Boston. When Hillel International CEO Eric Fingerhut stands...
New NATO Film Unwittingly Glorifies Holocaust Collaborators
NATO must stand for Western values. Vladimir Putin’s shameful “Zapad 17” military exercise, in regions bordering the eastern democratic lands of NATO and the EU -- including the three...
The Overarching Meaning of America
As recent events have so vividly illustrated, Americans angrily seem to have turned against one another and embraced increasingly contrasting narratives of past and present. To...
Expensive ‘Bride Price’ May Offer Another Lure to Jihad
Some men join dating sites when looking for a wife. Other men join terror groups. In many North African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries, bride price -- a...
Are Rabbis Right to Skip Trump Phone Call?
JNS.org - There probably has never been an easier path to consensus for the three major non-Orthodox rabbinic associations. The decision of the Central Conference of American...
Name-Calling Critics Fail to Refute ZOA’s Concerns About McMaster
The Zionist Organization of America’s August 2017 report detailed US National Security Chief General H.R. McMaster’s troubling record regarding Iran, Israel and radical Islamist terrorism. McMaster’s statements...
Iran vs. Turkey: The Mideast’s Perpetual Rivalry
News that Iran's and Turkey's governments have reached an accord on Idlib -- a Syrian town that is now the focus of American interests -- brings relations between two...
Leave the Symbols of Nazi Persecution Alone, Billy Joel
JNS.org - Billy Joel’s decision to sport a yellow star on the front and back of his jacket during a concert this week was a nod...
Touting Jewish Ghettos – Moronic or Malevolent?
"The settlements would remain Israeli enclaves inside a Palestinian state. This will enable the establishment of an independent Palestinian state without dismantling Israeli settlements and...
The Choice to Make Choices
We have a number of weddings coming up in my congregation. Therefore, I thought it would be wise to address the glaring contradiction that exists between a widely-held...
USA Today’s Orwellian Report on Anti-Jewish Violence
In his dystopian novel 1984, the British author George Orwell famously wrote: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” In a similar vein, a...
New US Strategy in Afghanistan Is Doomed to Fail
President Donald Trump’s new strategy that would presumably win the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan is doomed to fail -- just like George W. Bush’s and...
Good News: Iran Says Israel Already Has a Synagogue at Al-Aqsa
From Iran's Mehr News: TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (MNA) – Iranian Presidential Office’s Committee of Support for the Islamic Revolution of Palestine issued a statement on Tuesday marking...
