Commentary
Is Lebanon on the Verge of a Military Coup?
A combination of sectarian politics, ethnic divide, animosity, and corruption has brought Lebanon -- the country once called the "Paris of the Middle East"...
A New Nuclear Deal Would Empower the Iranian Regime
The current, bumpy negotiations aimed at preventing the Iranian regime from developing nuclear weapons are among the Biden administration's highest priorities. The administration lifted sanctions on more than a dozen former Iranian officials in June,...
The ‘Apartheid’ Poll and the Disinformation Discourse
JNS.org - The July 2021 Jewish Electorate Institute poll of American Jewish opinion on Israel has shocked the Jewish community. The poll, which has triggered sharp debate both in the United States and Israel, shows...
Israel’s Headache Named Qatar
JNS.org - What would you say if I told you that Israel is allowing a close ally of Iran, her arch-enemy, to fund the Hamas terrorist regime in Gaza? In 2018, the tension on the Israel-Gaza...
Alarming News: China’s State Media Pushing Clear Anti-Israel Narrative
Critics of Israel are not hard to find. It seems that every other day, a...
Orthodox Jews Have the Best Sex
I have not watched the new Netflix series “My Unorthodox Life,” a show supposedly about...
As an Israeli First Responder, I Went to Surfside
On Thursday afternoon, June 24, Israel received the tragic news coming from Surfside, Florida, regarding...
Protecting Sderot — and Israel
"The Accidental Philanthropist" by Sandor Frankel (Simon and Schuster, 2021) The Helmsley Charitable Trust, which began...
Israel Needs a Clear Policy on Palestinians and Israeli Arabs
In 2021, most of the Israeli Arab public -- some 1.9 million people -- have...
Is Lebanon on the Verge of a Military Coup?
A combination of sectarian politics, ethnic divide, animosity, and corruption has brought Lebanon -- the country once called the "Paris of the Middle East" --...
A New Nuclear Deal Would Empower the Iranian Regime
The current, bumpy negotiations aimed at preventing the Iranian regime from developing nuclear weapons are among the Biden administration's highest priorities. The administration lifted sanctions...
The ‘Apartheid’ Poll and the Disinformation Discourse
JNS.org - The July 2021 Jewish Electorate Institute poll of American Jewish opinion on Israel has shocked the Jewish community. The poll, which has triggered...
Israel’s Headache Named Qatar
JNS.org - What would you say if I told you that Israel is allowing a close ally of Iran, her arch-enemy, to fund the Hamas...
Alarming News: China’s State Media Pushing Clear Anti-Israel Narrative
Critics of Israel are not hard to find. It seems that every other day, a new article or video is published that pushes a distorted...
Orthodox Jews Have the Best Sex
I have not watched the new Netflix series “My Unorthodox Life,” a show supposedly about how fashion executive Julia Haart lives her life in freedom...
As an Israeli First Responder, I Went to Surfside
On Thursday afternoon, June 24, Israel received the tragic news coming from Surfside, Florida, regarding the collapse of the Champlain Towers. The building housed a...
Protecting Sderot — and Israel
"The Accidental Philanthropist" by Sandor Frankel (Simon and Schuster, 2021) The Helmsley Charitable Trust, which began active grant-making in 2009, has quickly become one of the...
Israel Needs a Clear Policy on Palestinians and Israeli Arabs
In 2021, most of the Israeli Arab public -- some 1.9 million people -- have come to view themselves as a part of Israeli society....
Ben & Jerry’s Distasteful BDS Problem
JNS.org - To those who followed the saga of Ben & Jerry’s social-media silence, the outcome was never going to be sweet. In the wake...
How Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott Has United Many Jews
JNS.org - After months of bitter disagreements, it was shocking to see Benjamin Netanyahu finally agree with the rival who took over his beloved throne,...
To Antisemites, a Jew Is a Jew Is a Jew
The antisemites came for Israelis. They relentlessly attacked the lone democracy in the Middle East and the realization of a 3,500-year-old vision, with the aim of...
Mahmoud Abbas Wants Israel’s Surrender
Reflecting a tactic of skilled negotiators, the list of demands made by Mahmoud Abbas as a precondition for renewing talks with Israel mixes sensible requests...
The Crisis of Peter Beinart
Since becoming editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, Peter Beinart has been the author of some extremely provocative essays about Israel and Zionism. In response to his New...