Commentary
New York Times Obsessively Cheerleads for Those Exiting Orthodox Judaism
The New York Times Magazine carries a feature about people who leave fervently Orthodox Judaism. On the surface, it appears reasonable enough. Not everyone born...
The Horrors at Hand
"The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences." --The Oxford English Dictionary entry on the word "Deterrence." "...the Arab states can permit themselves a series of military defeats while...
With Nikki Haley, Israel Sees the Light at End of the Tunnel on UN Bias
JNS.org - Despite partly owing its existence to the United Nations, Israel has experienced decades of bias from an institution whose stated mission includes trying to ensure international goodwill and world peace. But the nascent Trump administration,...
Ken Livingstone: Enabler of Evil
JNS.org - I’ve written many times about the antisemitism that continues to plague the British Labour Party -- a once noble party of both opposition and government that has now, under its current far-left leader Jeremy Corbyn,...
Israel Dismantles Another Settlement, Gets No Credit
JNS.org - You didn’t read about it in the New York Times, or hear about it...
What I Found on My Trip to a College Campus
I just attended a two-day academic conference at the University of Pennsylvania -- in part out of...
Is Stanford Hillel Leaving Pro-Israel Students in the Cold?
JNS.org - For Molly Horwitz, it’s not the antisemitism itself that stings the most. The feeling...
BBC’s Mideast Editor Suggests Syria Chemical Attack Tied to Israel
The day after a chemical weapons attack in Syria that shocked the world, a BBC official charged with making...
New York Times Obsessively Cheerleads for Those Exiting Orthodox Judaism
The New York Times Magazine carries a feature about people who leave fervently Orthodox Judaism. On the surface, it appears reasonable enough. Not everyone born into...
The Horrors at Hand
"The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences." --The Oxford English Dictionary entry on the word "Deterrence." "...the Arab...
With Nikki Haley, Israel Sees the Light at End of the Tunnel on UN Bias
JNS.org - Despite partly owing its existence to the United Nations, Israel has experienced decades of bias from an institution whose stated mission includes trying to...
Ken Livingstone: Enabler of Evil
JNS.org - I’ve written many times about the antisemitism that continues to plague the British Labour Party -- a once noble party of both opposition and government...
Israel Dismantles Another Settlement, Gets No Credit
JNS.org - You didn’t read about it in the New York Times, or hear about it on “CBS Evening News.” The European Union didn’t praise it,...
What I Found on My Trip to a College Campus
I just attended a two-day academic conference at the University of Pennsylvania -- in part out of interest in the topic ("American & Muslim Worlds ca. 1500-1900"),...
Is Stanford Hillel Leaving Pro-Israel Students in the Cold?
JNS.org - For Molly Horwitz, it’s not the antisemitism itself that stings the most. The feeling that some Stanford University Jewish leaders abandoned her in her...
Pesach: Just Do It
"Just do it” is, of course, the Nike's slogan, but I think we Jews should adopt it. Let me explain. Why is Pesach, or Passover, so...
BBC’s Mideast Editor Suggests Syria Chemical Attack Tied to Israel
The day after a chemical weapons attack in Syria that shocked the world, a BBC official charged with making news from the Middle East “more comprehensive or comprehensible for...
Iran-Sponsored Militia Launches Terror Group to Fight Israel
An Iranian-supported militia, Al-Nujaba, says that it has formed the "Golan Liberation Army" to fight Israel, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports. "This army has...
Palestinians Teaching Children to Fight and Kill Israelis
The new Palestinian curriculum for grades 1 to 4 "is significantly more radical than previous curricula," according to a new study by Hebrew University's Institute for Monitoring...
California State College Defends Partnership With Radical Palestinian University
In 2016, the Middle East Forum (MEF) launched a campaign calling on San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Leslie Wong to end the school’s 2014 memorandum of understanding...
As Palestinian Killer Receives Standing Ovation, Terror Victims Get ‘Last Word’
JNS.org - Anti-Israel activists gathered on Sunday at a Hyatt hotel in Chicago to hear a discussion featuring convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmeah Odeh. Yet unbeknownst to...
Another Attempt at ‘Extreme Vetting’
Donald Trump first coined the phrase "extreme vetting" in July 2016, in the aftermath of the truck attack in Nice, France. For nine months, he and...
