Yoram Ettinger
ARTICLES BY: Yoram Ettinger
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2018
1. The Yom Kippur-matchmaking connection. According to Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel, the 6th President of the Sanhedrin (the ancient Jewish Supreme Court of 71 Sages), during...
What Role Should the US Play in the Peace Process?
All US Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives -- initiated by Democratic and Republican presidents -- have failed. They were doomed to failure by the tendency to downplay the complex intra-Arab/Muslim...
Leaving the UN Human Rights Council Was the Right Decision
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the one hand and human rights on the other hand constitute a classic oxymoron, as underlined by the...
US Interests Require Israel on the Golan Heights
JNS.org - US interests in the Middle East and beyond are well-served by a strategically contained Syria. Historically, Syria has been a tectonic, volatile platform of violent, intolerant,...
Lag Ba’Omer Guide for the Perplexed, 2018
Lag Ba'Omer (ל"ג בעומר) is celebrated on the 33rd day following the first day of Passover (in Jewish numerology: ל=30, ג=3). It commemorates the victory...
The US and Its Allies Bombed Syria. Now What?
JNS.org - The US bombing of Syria could resurrect America’s posture of deterrence and evolve into a geostrategic game-changer in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout...
Demographic Time Bomb? Mistaken or Misleading
JNS.org – The “demographic time bomb” concept accords mythical standards to Arab fertility and European standards to Jewish fertility, ignoring the Westernization of Arab fertility and the...
Passover Guide for the Perplexed — Especially in the USA
1. According to the late professor Yehudah Elitzur, one of Israel’s pioneers of Biblical research, the Exodus took place in the second half of the 15th century BCE,...
Arbor Day (Tu Bishvat) Guide for the Perplexed
1. Judaism stipulates four new years celebration -- one of them is the New Year for the trees, Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day), the 15th day of the...
How Israel Bolsters Trump’s National Security Strategy
President Donald Trump’s national security strategy -- as enunciated on December 18, 2017 -- reflects a realistic assessment of clear and present threats to the US. The...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2017
1. Here is Hanukkah’s historical context according to the Books of the Maccabees, The Scroll of Antiochus and The War of the Jews by Joseph Ben Mattityahu (Josephus Plavius): In 175 BCE, the...
Why Moving the Embassy Advances US Interests
Here are seven reasons why moving the US embassy to Jerusalem was a wise decision: 1. Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and relocating the US embassy...
Attention America: Islamist Terror Targets You
The claim that the perpetrator of the November 1st New York City terror attack was a "lone wolf" ignores the wider context of Islamic terrorism. It...
What Will Congress Do on Iran?
President Donald Trump's refusal to re-certify the Iran Nuclear Deal Framework (JCPOA) has laid the groundwork for potential action against Iran. President Trump acted in accordance with the May 22,...
'One Less Holocaust Denier on This Earth:' Robert Faurisson, Notorious French Nazi Apologist, Dead At 89
Israel Exposes Hezbollah Operatives Spying on Border Disguised as Environmental Activists
For Palestinians, Selling Land to a Jew Is Punishable by Death
Orthodox Jewish Groups Urge Supreme Court to Overturn 41-Year-Old Precedent
George Mason University Students Condemn Antisemitism After Local JCC Vandalized