Commentary
SPME BDS Monitor: Divestment Stalls, But Antisemitism Thrives
March was a complicated month for BDS efforts, with divestment resolutions, "Israeli Apartheid Week" activities, outbreaks of campus antisemitism and important political developments. Last month,...
We Must Plan for the Future, or Watch Our World Collapse
In her recent book, The Watchman’s Rattle (subtitled "Thinking our way out of extinction"), Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how civilizations die. Their problems become too complex, she says. Societies reach what she calls a...
The Rebbe of the West Bank
Last week, my wife and I met at the White House with our friend Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator. Jason’s a busy man, and I’m grateful for both his friendship and his...
Rasmea Odeh’s Exit, Stage Left
Convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh received a standing ovation this weekend in Chicago from an enthusiastic crowd at the national conference of the organization Jewish Voice for Peace. Luckily for Odeh -- who took part in...
Momentum and Mixed Signals: The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
JNS.org - Although regional conditions have created momentum for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal, Palestinian and Arab leaders...
New Hamas Document Reaffirms Radical Islamist Goals
In a new political document -- intended to re-brand Hamas as a more moderate group -- the...
American Jewish Committee Lobbied US to Cover Palestinian Authority’s Unpaid Bills
JNS.org - Amid growing Congressional concern about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) misuse of US financial aid,...
Panelists Prove That Jewish Voice for Peace Is Neither
On Saturday morning, panelists at a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) conference in Chicago agreed...
The Campus Assault on Free Speech
Like many Americans, I am appalled by recent attacks on free speech at universities. For instance,...
SPME BDS Monitor: Divestment Stalls, But Antisemitism Thrives
March was a complicated month for BDS efforts, with divestment resolutions, "Israeli Apartheid Week" activities, outbreaks of campus antisemitism and important political developments. Last month, BDS...
We Must Plan for the Future, or Watch Our World Collapse
In her recent book, The Watchman’s Rattle (subtitled "Thinking our way out of extinction"), Rebecca Costa delivers a fascinating account of how civilizations die. Their problems become...
The Rebbe of the West Bank
Last week, my wife and I met at the White House with our friend Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator. Jason’s a busy...
Rasmea Odeh’s Exit, Stage Left
Convicted Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh received a standing ovation this weekend in Chicago from an enthusiastic crowd at the national conference of the organization Jewish...
Momentum and Mixed Signals: The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
JNS.org - Although regional conditions have created momentum for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal, Palestinian and Arab leaders are sending mixed signals to Israel. In his recent remarks to...
New Hamas Document Reaffirms Radical Islamist Goals
In a new political document -- intended to re-brand Hamas as a more moderate group -- the Gaza-based terrorist organization calls for the destruction of Israel through "armed...
American Jewish Committee Lobbied US to Cover Palestinian Authority’s Unpaid Bills
JNS.org - Amid growing Congressional concern about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) misuse of US financial aid, a major mainstream American Jewish organization has been quietly lobbying...
Panelists Prove That Jewish Voice for Peace Is Neither
On Saturday morning, panelists at a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) conference in Chicago agreed that there's a simple way to end global oppression and racism, and...
The Campus Assault on Free Speech
Like many Americans, I am appalled by recent attacks on free speech at universities. For instance, in February, a scheduled speech by Milo Yiannopoulos was met with...
At JVP Conference, Odeh Claims ‘Torturous Ordeal’ Led to Guilty Plea
In what could be one of her last public appearances in the United States, convicted terrorist Rasmieh Odeh blamed her naturalization fraud prosecution on "law enforcement oppression." Odeh...
New York Times Critic Complains Holocaust Movie Isn’t Gory Enough
As is often the case, the most telling New York Times coverage of the Jews comes not in the news columns or on the editorial...
After Surviving Evin Prison, Woman Works to Free Others
At an average pace, most people can cover about three miles if they walk for a full hour. For 105 days in the summer of 2007, Haleh...
The Mortara Affair and Christian-Jewish Relations
The story of Edgardo Mortara is a scandalous example of Christian theological cruelty and arrogance towards Jews. In the 19th century, six-year-old Edgardo Mortara was seized by...
AIPAC Is the Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace Lobby
If every Jew in America attended the AIPAC Policy Conference, there would still be critics who claim that it does not represent the community -- that it has alienated one...
