Commentary
A Case Study of Lethal Journalism: The New York Times and Marwan Barghouti
The New York Times recently ran an op-ed by Palestinian Marwan Barghouti in which he accused Israel of arbitrary arrests, kangaroo courts, systematic torture,...
Israel and the Meaning of ‘Never Again’
The Holocaust wasn’t perpetrated by a barbarian society in a distant past. It was perpetrated 70 years ago by the most advanced European country -- the country that produced Beethoven, Gutenberg, Bach and Goethe. The Nazi murderers often...
We Must Praise People, Not Just God
The Sages understood tsara’at -- the theme of this week’s parsha -- not as an illness, but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara (speaking badly about others). Judaism is a sustained meditation on the power of words to...
Rasmea Odeh’s Guilty Plea Accepted
DETROIT -- She couldn't say the words. Three times, US District Judge Gershwin A. Drain asked, "Are you pleading guilty or not guilty?" Each time, Rasmea Odeh paused. "I think to sign this [plea agreement], it makes me guilty,"...
Don’t Blame Washington for North Korea’s Actions
In 1984, George Orwell crafted an iconic Party directive: “Who controls the past controls the...
What to Do About Those Hungry Arab Terrorists
JNS.org - Guess what the hunger-striking Palestinian terrorists are demanding? Satellite television, air conditioners and admission to...
The Erdogan Enigma
I nominate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, as the most inconsistent, mysterious and therefore...
Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day
Once a year in Israel, when spring flowers are at their most beautiful, it happens...
Germany: Iran Plotting Terrorist Attacks on Jewish and Israeli Targets in Western Europe
Iran is responsible for a significant amount of espionage activity in Germany and the planning terrorist attacks...
A Case Study of Lethal Journalism: The New York Times and Marwan Barghouti
The New York Times recently ran an op-ed by Palestinian Marwan Barghouti in which he accused Israel of arbitrary arrests, kangaroo courts, systematic torture, brutal...
Israel and the Meaning of ‘Never Again’
The Holocaust wasn’t perpetrated by a barbarian society in a distant past. It was perpetrated 70 years ago by the most advanced European country -- the country that...
We Must Praise People, Not Just God
The Sages understood tsara’at -- the theme of this week’s parsha -- not as an illness, but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara (speaking badly about others). Judaism...
Rasmea Odeh’s Guilty Plea Accepted
DETROIT -- She couldn't say the words. Three times, US District Judge Gershwin A. Drain asked, "Are you pleading guilty or not guilty?" Each time, Rasmea Odeh paused. "I...
Don’t Blame Washington for North Korea’s Actions
In 1984, George Orwell crafted an iconic Party directive: “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” If rewriting...
What to Do About Those Hungry Arab Terrorists
JNS.org - Guess what the hunger-striking Palestinian terrorists are demanding? Satellite television, air conditioners and admission to Israel's Open University. I’m not kidding. According to the Palestinian Authority...
The Erdogan Enigma
I nominate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, as the most inconsistent, mysterious and therefore most unpredictable major politician on the world stage. His victory...
Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day
Once a year in Israel, when spring flowers are at their most beautiful, it happens at precisely 10 a.m. At that moment, the wail of an air...
Germany: Iran Plotting Terrorist Attacks on Jewish and Israeli Targets in Western Europe
Iran is responsible for a significant amount of espionage activity in Germany and the planning terrorist attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets, according to the Jerusalem Post. In a...
The Palestinians Don’t Want a Mandela, They Want Another Arafat
JNS.org - Palestinian internal politics and liberal hostility to Israel came together at the New York Times this month. The newspaper provoked a firestorm of criticism...
Act on Syria to Remember the Holocaust
This year, Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) finds Jews deeply worried. Here in the United States, we’ve witnessed cemetery desecrations, little children evacuated from Jewish community...
Why Islamists Attack on Holidays
On Palm Sunday, nearly 50 people were murdered when Islamic State terrorists bombed two Coptic churches in an Easter celebration-nightmare. The next day, on the eve of Passover, the...
New York Times Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day by Defending Iran and Smearing Israel
The New York Times marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with an editorial condemning what it called the American government’s “ominous tendency to demonize Iran” and a news article...
Charles Schumer: We Must Teach the World the Meaning of the Holocaust, This Year and Every Year
Each year on Yom HaShoah, we are called on to do something that sounds very simple: “remember.” But, in fact, it is much more than...
