Commentary
A New Spin on Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
I am about to embark on a road that billions of people before me have probably contemplated. I am neither a spiritual leader nor...
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Spoke to People of All Faiths
The world continues to remember Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of England, who passed away last week at the age of 72. Rabbi Sacks was an admired figure in the Jewish community in...
New York Times Airs New Doubts on Nobel Peace Prizes for Rabin, Peres
The New York Times is suggesting that the Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres for the Oslo Accords with Yasser Arafat were “questionable.” The 1994 prizes are included in a Times article...
For Turkey, Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Is a ‘Win-Win’
Turkey has always supported Azerbaijan on the basis of cultural ties and common geopolitical aspirations. Lately, however, as Ankara has grown more assertive in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, its policy toward the Nagorno-Karabakh...
In the Mediterranean, a Tug of War Between Turkey and the West
David L. Phillips, director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at the Institute for...
Assassination of Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Is a Clear Message to Iran
JNS.org - One key question surrounding the assassination of senior Al-Qaeda leader Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah...
Will EU-US Ties Improve Under President Biden?
During the Donald Trump administration, disagreements between Washington and Brussels on the Iran nuclear deal...
Exploring What Israelis Can Teach the World
ISResilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World by Michael Dickson and Naomi L Baum (Gefen Publishing,...
Jewish Composer Maury Yeston Discusses His Music and Musicals
Close your eyes when you listen to a Maury Yeston song, and you'll often be...
A New Spin on Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
I am about to embark on a road that billions of people before me have probably contemplated. I am neither a spiritual leader nor a...
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Spoke to People of All Faiths
The world continues to remember Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of England, who passed away last week at the age of 72. Rabbi...
New York Times Airs New Doubts on Nobel Peace Prizes for Rabin, Peres
The New York Times is suggesting that the Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres for the Oslo Accords with Yasser Arafat...
For Turkey, Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Is a ‘Win-Win’
Turkey has always supported Azerbaijan on the basis of cultural ties and common geopolitical aspirations. Lately, however, as Ankara has grown more assertive in the...
In the Mediterranean, a Tug of War Between Turkey and the West
David L. Phillips, director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, recently said: On...
Assassination of Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Is a Clear Message to Iran
JNS.org - One key question surrounding the assassination of senior Al-Qaeda leader Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah still remains: Why was the incident divulged only now? There’s no...
Will EU-US Ties Improve Under President Biden?
During the Donald Trump administration, disagreements between Washington and Brussels on the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), the financial commitments of NATO member states, climate change,...
Exploring What Israelis Can Teach the World
ISResilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World by Michael Dickson and Naomi L Baum (Gefen Publishing, 2020). The authors of the above volume, Michael Dickson and Naomi...
Jewish Composer Maury Yeston Discusses His Music and Musicals
Close your eyes when you listen to a Maury Yeston song, and you'll often be transported -- to Italy (Nine), Paris (Phantom), or the docks...
Mondoweiss Attacks New York Times for Hyping Attack on Iran
I don't read Mondoweiss, but sometimes people send me links and I simply cannot get over how people think that it's a serious site. The New...
Radical Middle East Actors Increasingly Turn to Drones
Radical actors throughout the Middle East and beyond are increasingly turning to various types of drones to enhance their attack capabilities, and this trend looks...
The Significance of the Al-Masri Assassination
JNS.org - On Aug. 7, two gunmen on motorcycles fired shots on a white Renault L90 sedan in the affluent northern Tehran suburb of Pasdaran....
Can Democrats Finally Repudiate ‘The Squad’?
JNS.org - Not everybody in the Democratic Party is in love with “The Squad.” Even as they celebrated their apparent victory in the presidential election,...
Changing Attitudes Toward Religiosity: A Double-Edged Sword for Arab Rulers
JNS.org - The worldview of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his United Arab Emirates counterpart Mohammed bin Zayed rejects any political expression of...
