Commentary
The US-Iran Syndrome: Leverage or Squander?
Western leaders tend to sacrifice long-term, complex national security strategic goals on the altar of short-term, easily-grasped tactical gain -- a strategy resulting from the realities...
The History and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
The Six-Day War may have transformed the Palestinians’ geopolitical landscape, but when it comes to their collective mindset, there is still room for a major breakthrough. Jerusalem U recently unveiled the “Countdown to the Six Day War Project,” which...
Roger Waters’ Jewish Problem Catches Eye of Award-Winning Filmmaker
Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters has spent the last decade disparaging the Jewish state. Labeled an antisemite by the Anti-Defamation League, Waters compares Jews to Nazi collaborators and claims that Israel is a “racist apartheid regime” that...
A Rational Jewish Approach to Homosexuality
Rabbi Joseph Dweck of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London got into hot water recently when he praised homosexuality as a coming of age, and an expansion of cultural blessing. His Orthodox credentials were...
Terrorist Apologism Dominates Islam Convention in Chicago
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) wants to be viewed as a mainstream Muslim...
On Listening to Barak, an Essential Voice
Far too many of us have had a firsthand experience of Islamist terror, either in...
The Truth About the Drop in Israel Support Among US Jewish College Students
In the June 23 edition of The Algemeiner, Leonard Saxe disputed the results of Brand...
New York Times Hurls an Adjective at Israel’s Defense Minister
One of the New York Times’ favorite methods of treating people it dislikes is to...
The Remarkable Change in India-Israel Relations
While the antisemites continue to spin their wheels trying to convince college student governments to...
The US-Iran Syndrome: Leverage or Squander?
Western leaders tend to sacrifice long-term, complex national security strategic goals on the altar of short-term, easily-grasped tactical gain -- a strategy resulting from the realities of...
The History and the Legacy of the Six-Day War
The Six-Day War may have transformed the Palestinians’ geopolitical landscape, but when it comes to their collective mindset, there is still room for a major breakthrough. Jerusalem...
Roger Waters’ Jewish Problem Catches Eye of Award-Winning Filmmaker
Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters has spent the last decade disparaging the Jewish state. Labeled an antisemite by the Anti-Defamation League, Waters compares Jews...
A Rational Jewish Approach to Homosexuality
Rabbi Joseph Dweck of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London got into hot water recently when he praised homosexuality as a coming of age,...
Terrorist Apologism Dominates Islam Convention in Chicago
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) wants to be viewed as a mainstream Muslim organization, but its recent national convention suggests that it remains...
On Listening to Barak, an Essential Voice
Far too many of us have had a firsthand experience of Islamist terror, either in Israel or elsewhere around the globe. An even greater number...
The Truth About the Drop in Israel Support Among US Jewish College Students
In the June 23 edition of The Algemeiner, Leonard Saxe disputed the results of Brand Israel Group’s (BIG) recent study, which showed a marked loss...
New York Times Hurls an Adjective at Israel’s Defense Minister
One of the New York Times’ favorite methods of treating people it dislikes is to hurl adjectives at them. So, for example, the newspaper has described...
The Remarkable Change in India-Israel Relations
While the antisemites continue to spin their wheels trying to convince college student governments to adopt meaningless divestment resolutions and persuade rock stars to boycott...
End the False Israeli-Palestinian Parity
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to visit Jerusalem but not Ramallah has prompted much comment. The expectation of equal treatment goes back to the Oslo...
Waking Up to a World Where Political Allies Hate the Jews
JNS.org - It isn’t easy for some Jewish liberals, but many of them are waking up to a world that doesn’t neatly conform to their existing...
UNESCO Has Blood on Its Hands
The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by Dr. Shimon Samuels -- the director of International Relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center --...
Yes, Trump Should Have Visited Warsaw’s Holocaust Memorial, but He Remains a Great Friend of Israel
WARSAW, POLAND — For the past 10 days, my family and I have visited the horrible killing fields of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Lodz ghetto, Tykocin and...
What Are Haredi Jews Doing to the Jewish Community?
I do not want to come across as a rabbi-basher, or an opponent of Haredi Judaism. Much like other things, there are parts that I...
