Commentary
An Open Letter to the Tufts Community on BDS and Israel
Tufts University. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.To the students of Tufts University, My name is Dr. Jacob Freedman, and I’m an assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts'...
New Broadway Drama Explores Jewish and Theatrical History
A production photo from Indecent. Photo: Provided.Paula Vogel’s powerful play Indecent explores a shameful time in American theater and Jewish history. It’s about events surrounding the 1923 Broadway production of Sholem Asch’s provocative, groundbreaking drama God of...
New Filings Show Odeh Case Remains Contentious Despite Pending Plea
Days before Rasmea Odeh is expected to walk into a federal courtroom and plead guilty to naturalization fraud, her attorneys demanded that a judge strike the prosecution's language detailing her direct involvement in two 1969 Jerusalem...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli Knesset, and the top brass of the Israeli military. Even...
Peter Beinart Is an Apologist for Terror
Peter Beinart tries to trick his readers in his latest piece for the Forward. See if you...
Europe’s Rising Islam-Based Political Parties
For the past several months, eyes across the world have been trained on the growing far-right movements sweeping Europe...
The American Pastor at Erdoğan’s Mercy
JNS.org - As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed near-dictatorial powers following his dubious victory in...
New York Times Finds Gaza Cancer-Patient Terror Attempt Unfit to Print
An attempt by the Hamas terrorist group to use cancer patients to sneak explosives into Israel...
Ken Livingstone and the Myth of Zionist ‘Collaboration’ With the Nazis
In this meticulous rebuttal of the former mayor of London’s charge that "you had right...
An Open Letter to the Tufts Community on BDS and Israel
Tufts University. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.To the students of Tufts University, My name is Dr. Jacob Freedman, and I’m an assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts' School...
New Broadway Drama Explores Jewish and Theatrical History
A production photo from Indecent. Photo: Provided.Paula Vogel’s powerful play Indecent explores a shameful time in American theater and Jewish history. It’s about events surrounding the...
New Filings Show Odeh Case Remains Contentious Despite Pending Plea
Days before Rasmea Odeh is expected to walk into a federal courtroom and plead guilty to naturalization fraud, her attorneys demanded that a judge strike the...
At Auschwitz, the Dead Wish to March With the Living
Once again, I have found myself lost amid the remains of Auschwitz. The last time I was here, I visited with a delegation from the Israeli...
Peter Beinart Is an Apologist for Terror
Peter Beinart tries to trick his readers in his latest piece for the Forward. See if you can spot his sleight of hand as he describes the...
Europe’s Rising Islam-Based Political Parties
For the past several months, eyes across the world have been trained on the growing far-right movements sweeping Europe and America -- from the neo-Nazi groups in Germany and the...
The American Pastor at Erdoğan’s Mercy
JNS.org - As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed near-dictatorial powers following his dubious victory in a constitutional referendum April 16, a Christian pastor from North...
New York Times Finds Gaza Cancer-Patient Terror Attempt Unfit to Print
An attempt by the Hamas terrorist group to use cancer patients to sneak explosives into Israel was thwarted this week, and the New York Times hasn’t...
Ken Livingstone and the Myth of Zionist ‘Collaboration’ With the Nazis
In this meticulous rebuttal of the former mayor of London’s charge that "you had right up until the start of the second world war real...
Why Pesach and Shavuot Are Both Necessary
It is an axiom of the American national narrative that in 1776, citizens of the 13 colonies declared themselves independent of Great Britain, King George III and his...
The Health Benefits of a Passover Diet
JNS.org - For a millennia-old religious celebration that has little to do with physical health, the Passover holiday offers some unexpected benefits. Thanks to its eight-day ban on...
The Sad Story of Eliyahu
This is a sad story. For obvious reasons, I am changing names and certain details to protect the memory of a brilliant, flawed person. Eliyahu was...
Antisemitic Hate Crimes Thrive in Ukraine
Just before the last day of Passover, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch died in Israel. The well-known Chabad rabbi was injured in a brutal attack in October 2016 in Zhitomir,...
Iran’s North Korean Path
Iran is reacting angrily to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's announcement on Tuesday, and to subsequent comments by US Defense Secretary James Mattis Wednesday,...
