Commentary
From Greeley, Colorado to Manchester, England
JNS.org - For those -- like me -- who’d never really given any thought to singer Ariana Grande before the terrorist atrocity at her concert in Manchester, it took...
The Meaning of Shavuot in Modern Times
I often hear people say pejoratively that our festivals and laws are based on earlier, primitive systems and are therefore somehow inauthentic. That may be, but in the way that a modern automobile is based on...
Remembering the Great Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Over the course of 35 years of collecting, buying, selling and auctioning off Jewish ritual objects, I have held hundreds of thousands of objects in my hands. Each and every piece tells a story -- a story of its...
The Truth About Breaking the Silence
Whenever someone tells me that they want to improve Israeli society, I’m all for it. I get excited about helping the Jewish state better itself. There’s still a lot to do, and we should always be looking...
This Year, in Jerusalem
The most famous image of the reclamation of Jerusalem in June 1967 is undoubtedly the...
Manchester, Abbas and ‘Evil Losers’
On Monday night, a terrorist blew himself up outside the Manchester Arena as American singer...
Six Days Remembered: The Battle Is Not Over
The 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War will be commemorated in many ways in the coming...
Using Comedy to Heal the Wounds of Terror
I remember how I felt when I first saw Paradise Now, the 2006 Oscar-nominated film about two...
For New York Times, the New Man in Jerusalem Is Just as Biased as the Old One
JNS.org - Anybody who thought that the new Jerusalem bureau chief of the New York Times...
From Greeley, Colorado to Manchester, England
JNS.org - For those -- like me -- who’d never really given any thought to singer Ariana Grande before the terrorist atrocity at her concert in Manchester, it took a...
The Meaning of Shavuot in Modern Times
I often hear people say pejoratively that our festivals and laws are based on earlier, primitive systems and are therefore somehow inauthentic. That may be, but...
Remembering the Great Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Over the course of 35 years of collecting, buying, selling and auctioning off Jewish ritual objects, I have held hundreds of thousands of objects in my hands....
The Truth About Breaking the Silence
Whenever someone tells me that they want to improve Israeli society, I’m all for it. I get excited about helping the Jewish state better itself. There’s...
This Year, in Jerusalem
The most famous image of the reclamation of Jerusalem in June 1967 is undoubtedly the iconic photo, taken by the late David Rubinger, of three...
Manchester, Abbas and ‘Evil Losers’
On Monday night, a terrorist blew himself up outside the Manchester Arena as American singer Ariana Grande finished performing. The mass casualties -- 22 dead...
Six Days Remembered: The Battle Is Not Over
The 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War will be commemorated in many ways in the coming days. Media retrospectives, conferences, new documentaries and first person remembrances...
Using Comedy to Heal the Wounds of Terror
I remember how I felt when I first saw Paradise Now, the 2006 Oscar-nominated film about two Palestinian men solicited to become suicide bombers in Israel. At the end...
For New York Times, the New Man in Jerusalem Is Just as Biased as the Old One
JNS.org - Anybody who thought that the new Jerusalem bureau chief of the New York Times would be any less biased than his predecessor was sadly mistaken. Ian...
Linda Sarsour and the Deafening Silence
It’s said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Or as author Harlan Ellison phrased it, everyone’s entitled to their own door to hell -- as long...
How ‘Woke’ Are Feminist Farrakhan Fans Like Linda Sarsour?
When Essence recently presented “Woke 100 Women,” three of the leading organizers of the Women’s March -- Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez -- were among the “socially...
End Propaganda Myth That Jerusalem Is Holy to Muslims
It’s time to end the propaganda myth that Jerusalem is a holy city to Muslims. The Muslim fixation and clamor on Jerusalem is actually a very...
After Trump Visit, the Onus Rests on Us
Overall, US President Donald Trump has delivered. He will not have satisfied the delusional aspirations of Israel’s radical right but, despite some missteps before he...
Why Is New Jersey’s Governor Protecting Child Marriage?
Jada was looking forward to high school in her New Jersey hometown. But her father -- a recent convert to Islam -- decided that the family should move to...
