Commentary
Antisemitism Is Inseparable from Khomeinism
In adopting the ideology of Ayatollah Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini upon its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran replaced the country’s millennia-old monarchy...
Blinken Is Wrong on Israel’s Demography
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken keeps advising Israel to retreat from the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), lest it lose its Jewish majority. Secretary Blinken is wrong, relying on...
Holocaust Remembrance in a Muslim Country
JNS.org - Marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day in an Arab country would once have been considered unthinkable. Yet this is exactly what a group of us did on April 7 at the Crossroads of Civilizations...
When Did Palestine Become Palestine?
JNS.org - “The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence … Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in those territories whenever they chose to do so. But Palestinian...
Coronavirus, Israel and the US Jewish Community
JNS.org - Israel is the world leader in the vaccination of its citizens against COVID-19. As...
The Moral Courage of Isi Leibler
JNS.org - The death in Jerusalem of Isi Leibler at the age of 86 has...
In France, Antisemitism Is Systemic
JNS.org - In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi...
The Need for Classic Liberal Values
In 1942, a group of students at the University of Munich formed an intellectual resistance...
Funding the Palestinian Authority Is a Betrayal of American Values
The Biden administration's decision to provide $235 million of United States aid to the Palestinian...
Antisemitism Is Inseparable from Khomeinism
In adopting the ideology of Ayatollah Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini upon its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran replaced the country’s millennia-old monarchy with...
Blinken Is Wrong on Israel’s Demography
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken keeps advising Israel to retreat from the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), lest...
Holocaust Remembrance in a Muslim Country
JNS.org - Marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day in an Arab country would once have been considered unthinkable. Yet this is exactly what a group of...
When Did Palestine Become Palestine?
JNS.org - “The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence … Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in...
Coronavirus, Israel and the US Jewish Community
JNS.org - Israel is the world leader in the vaccination of its citizens against COVID-19. As a result of its successful vaccination campaign—through which some 60...
The Moral Courage of Isi Leibler
JNS.org - The death in Jerusalem of Isi Leibler at the age of 86 has robbed the Jewish world of one of its towering figures...
In France, Antisemitism Is Systemic
JNS.org - In the series “Letters to a German Friend,” written clandestinely during the Nazi occupation of France, the celebrated French writer and resistance figure...
The Need for Classic Liberal Values
In 1942, a group of students at the University of Munich formed an intellectual resistance group called the WeiBe Rose -- White Rose. The group’s...
Funding the Palestinian Authority Is a Betrayal of American Values
The Biden administration's decision to provide $235 million of United States aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not been a major news story. The...
Accused Iranian-Agent New York Times Writer Claims ‘Memory Loss,’ Asks for Court Delay
The frequent New York Times contributor facing criminal charges for allegedly serving as an unregistered, paid agent of the government of Iran is asking for...
Why Fake News Is an Affront to God
Have you ever heard of Veles (pronounced “veh-less”)? I don’t expect you have. It’s a small town in a European country called North Macedonia —...
What Is an Omer?
The Biblical Omer refers to the sheaf of barley that was brought to the Temple, the day after Pesach, to mark the beginning of the...
The Tragedy of Leaving Afghanistan
In the history of the world, no foreign power has ever occupied or been able to remain in Afghanistan, that landlocked and remote country in...
Once Again, Terrorism Comes to San Francisco State University
Two-time Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled, a member of a designated terrorist group, is scheduled to speak on April 23 at an online San Francisco State...
