Commentary
BBC Ignored Complaints About Journalists’ Anti-Israel ‘Terrorist’ Posts for Over a Year
The BBC ignored complaints about several journalists, including one who called Israel a “terrorist apartheid state,” for more than a year, and even allowed...
Don’t Trust What the Palestinian Authority Says About Hamas
The Palestinian Authority (PA) received much attention over the weekend for having condemned Hamas. However, it is important to recognize that the Fatah statement was not a condemnation or an attempt to distance itself from...
Hezbollah Is Still Firing Rockets into Israel, But Not According to the Press
In their March 13 Reuters article, reporters Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam, and Henriette Chacar turned Hezbollah rocket attacks against Israel into a thing of the past, as opposed to that very same morning. Concealing continuing and...
Anti-Zionism Is an Abhorrent Ideology Regardless of Antisemitism
The claim that “anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” is often used as a defense by anti-Israel activists. Even if this were true -- and in most cases, it is not -- the claim still presupposes that...
New York Comedian Misses the Mark in Trying to Be Bad
Jews have often done groundbreaking things in comedy. Mel Brooks famously lampooned Hitler in The...
Israel Is Being Treated Worse After October 7 Than the US After September 11
News that the US will build a "temporary pier" in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate...
For a Bright Post-Hamas Future, Gaza Needs Education Reform
One of the key questions occupying politicians, academics, media personalities, and concerned laypeople is what...
The Bitter Truth About Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Collisions are often unintentional. Bumping into someone as you walk down a busy...
Red Pins at the Oscars: Is the Call for a Ceasefire Antisemitic?
JNS.org - A handful of celebrities wore ceasefire pins to the annual Academy Awards ceremony...
BBC Ignored Complaints About Journalists’ Anti-Israel ‘Terrorist’ Posts for Over a Year
The BBC ignored complaints about several journalists, including one who called Israel a “terrorist apartheid state,” for more than a year, and even allowed them...
Don’t Trust What the Palestinian Authority Says About Hamas
The Palestinian Authority (PA) received much attention over the weekend for having condemned Hamas. However, it is important to recognize that the Fatah statement was...
Hezbollah Is Still Firing Rockets into Israel, But Not According to the Press
In their March 13 Reuters article, reporters Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam, and Henriette Chacar turned Hezbollah rocket attacks against Israel into a thing of the...
Anti-Zionism Is an Abhorrent Ideology Regardless of Antisemitism
The claim that “anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” is often used as a defense by anti-Israel activists. Even if this were true -- and in most...
New York Comedian Misses the Mark in Trying to Be Bad
Jews have often done groundbreaking things in comedy. Mel Brooks famously lampooned Hitler in The Producers, which was more controversial at the time than it...
Israel Is Being Treated Worse After October 7 Than the US After September 11
News that the US will build a "temporary pier" in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate transfer of humanitarian aid to the Hamas-occupied Gaza Strip should...
For a Bright Post-Hamas Future, Gaza Needs Education Reform
One of the key questions occupying politicians, academics, media personalities, and concerned laypeople is what will happen to Gaza the day after the Israel-Hamas war...
The Bitter Truth About Anti-Zionism
JNS.org - Collisions are often unintentional. Bumping into someone as you walk down a busy thoroughfare with one eye on your cell phone or scraping...
Red Pins at the Oscars: Is the Call for a Ceasefire Antisemitic?
JNS.org - A handful of celebrities wore ceasefire pins to the annual Academy Awards ceremony in California on March 10. The red pins represent the...
The Day After: ‘Every Day Is Oct. 8’
JNS.org - Every ending is a new beginning. When we conclude each of the five books of the Torah (as we did last week) the reader...
The Missing Man of Kissufim
JNS.org - What do you yearn for? For Shlomo Mansour, it was not a flashy career or riches, just a peaceful and happy life. In 1941...
All the News in Gaza Is Coming From Hamas
There is no freedom of the press in Gaza. If journalists don’t follow Hamas’ guidelines for press coverage, they are arrested, beaten, and/or tortured. These are...
Why Purim Matters So Much This Year
Purim matters so much this year. It tells a never ending story. We were threatened with destruction. We responded by finding ways to combat the...
Challenges Bring the Jewish Community Together, and Help Us Thrive
This week, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro got caught up in a controversy over remarks he made on his show, suggesting that we get rid of retirement. “It’s...
