Posts Tagged: Jonathan Tobin
American Jews Can’t Be Afraid to Show Up on High Holidays
JNS.org - The last thing most American Jews needed was another excuse to skip synagogue. But after the shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway within the...
Justice Demands Death Penalty for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter
JNS.org - The reaction to the decision of the US Department of Justice to pursue the death penalty for Robert Bowers from the Jewish community...
While a Consensus Rules in Israel, US Politics Become More Divisive
JNS.org - It used to be that Israel and the United States represented two very different political paradigms. The two major American political parties may have...
40 Pro-Israel Democrats Just Visited the Jewish State
JNS.org - Americans spend a lot of time complaining about Congress. They complain that nothing gets done, and they carp that its members spend too...
The Only Answer to Hatred of Jews Is Jewish Pride
JNS.org - This week on Twitter, a Jewish writer in Los Angeles decided to dispense some advice to her followers. Ariel Sobel had become aware...
How Anti-Zionists Legitimize Antisemitism
JNS.org - The following is adapted from remarks which were delivered at the US Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism on July 15, 2019. It’s...
Forget About the ‘Jewish Home-Run Record’
JNS.org - The story is designed to appeal to baseball fans, as well as that curious subset of people who obsess about the role of...
The Problem in Germany Is About More Than a ‘Kipah’
JNS.org - Who could really be surprised by the story that grabbed the attention of the Jewish world this past weekend? When Felix Klein, Germany’s...
Palestinians Need to Rethink the ‘Nakba,’ Not Refight It
JNS.org - The debates about Holocaust references made by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are starting to die down. Like almost everything that happens these days,...
Yom Haatzmaut and the Core of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JNS.org - Much of the discussion about Israel and the Palestinians revolves around one question: Why does the conflict continue? Most of those who offer...
What if There’s No Way to Stop Another Synagogue Shooting?
JNS.org - Why did a madman enter a synagogue in Poway, California, and begin shooting? And what can we do to stop another such extremist...
The Right Still Rules in Israel — But Will It Last?
JNS.org - Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s dominance of Israeli politics the product of a consensus he helped build, or is he merely a convenient beneficiary of...
Treading the Line Between Humor and Antisemitism
JNS.org - Demographic surveys show that many American Jews consider humor key to their identity. The long history of famous Jewish jokesters and a style...
Do Jews Really Need Their Own Nobel Prize?
JNS.org - If the Genesis Prize was hoping for more media attention for its annual awards ceremony this year, it is certainly going to get...
