Commentary
Lighting a Candle in Hebron Beyond the Seventh Step
JNS.org - Is there something controversial, if not awful, about the president of the state of Israel visiting one of Judaism’s holiest shrines to...
Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel
JNS.org - Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers from which former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018—kicked...
A Hanukkah Gift: Argue, Don’t Fight
JNS.org - There’s an enormous difference between an argument and an attack. Calling someone a liar or a traitor is not an argument; it’s an attack. If you marshal facts and reason to make your...
White Noise and the Haters of Israel
The late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens used to refer to the theological arguments of his critics as “white noise.” As a non-believer, claims about the true nature of God, the legitimacy of prophetic revelation, or...
Israeli Archaeological Treasures Align with Hebrew Bible Accounts
Nothing helps us better understand the lives of the people who have lived in Israel...
Politico’s Biased Report on Biden and Israel
Politico has found the problem with the modern Middle East: Israel. The publication’s November 19, 2021,...
Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western, Anti-Israel, and Jihadist Sentiment in Turkey
The November 1 assault on an American sailor by Turkish nationalists reflects the anti-Western sentiment...
Hamas, the Enduring Thorn in Israel’s Side
JNS.org - Just recently, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi reminded...
New York Times Stealth-Corrects Claim that Jesus ‘Is Known in the Old Testament’
The New York Times devotes most of three broadsheet pages in Sunday’s paper — the...
Lighting a Candle in Hebron Beyond the Seventh Step
JNS.org - Is there something controversial, if not awful, about the president of the state of Israel visiting one of Judaism’s holiest shrines to celebrate...
Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel
JNS.org - Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal between Iran and world...
A Hanukkah Gift: Argue, Don’t Fight
JNS.org - There’s an enormous difference between an argument and an attack. Calling someone a liar or a traitor is not an argument; it’s an...
White Noise and the Haters of Israel
The late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens used to refer to the theological arguments of his critics as “white noise.” As a non-believer, claims about the...
Israeli Archaeological Treasures Align with Hebrew Bible Accounts
Nothing helps us better understand the lives of the people who have lived in Israel than the archaeological artifacts that are dug up here. The...
Politico’s Biased Report on Biden and Israel
Politico has found the problem with the modern Middle East: Israel. The publication’s November 19, 2021, report, “Biden’s balancing act in the Middle East has a...
Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western, Anti-Israel, and Jihadist Sentiment in Turkey
The November 1 assault on an American sailor by Turkish nationalists reflects the anti-Western sentiment prevailing in Turkey, fostered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a...
Hamas, the Enduring Thorn in Israel’s Side
JNS.org - Just recently, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi reminded us that the IDF is currently fighting on six fronts—some...
New York Times Stealth-Corrects Claim that Jesus ‘Is Known in the Old Testament’
The New York Times devotes most of three broadsheet pages in Sunday’s paper — the SundayStyles front and two pages inside that section — to...
A Call to Action: Join the Maccabees
JNS.org - Hanukkah is a joyous time, as it should be. But many Jews celebrate it superficially, merely by eating latkes and sufganiyot, spinning dreidels...
Europe’s Jews Have an Uncertain Future, but a Future Nonetheless
JNS.org - The continent of Europe ceased to be the center of Jewish life more than a century ago, when it yielded that status to...
Yom HaGirush: The Inside Story of ‘Expulsion Day’
JNS.org - Today, we speak of a largely forgotten ethnic cleansing largely unparalleled in the history of human rights abuses. Recall the coordinated international expulsion...
Israel and the New ‘Old Europe’
JNS.org - The end of the Merkel era raises questions about the foreign policy of the next German government. Olaf Scholz has been confirmed as...
Why Did the NY Times Go Out of Its Way to Cover for a Hatemonger?
JNS.org - In the New York Times this month, reporter Patrick Kingsley tells a tale of a Gaza poetry professor who breaks down boundaries. Professor Refaat...
