Commentary
Zohran Mamdani Supports BDS — What Will That Mean for New York City and New York State?
If Zohran Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York City, he may decide to implement Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) measures against Israeli commercial...
Anti-Israel Radicalism Is a Feedback Loop
When assessing claims about Israel, I notice recurring errors in Western discourse. These mistakes generally fall into three patterns: Failing to ask the right questions -- e.g., "What has led to the current reality?" "Why...
Sukkot 2025: Life Is Temporary, So We Must Find the Joy and Appreciate the Moment
The Talmud gives three explanations for why we construct and live in the Sukkah on this festival of Sukkot. The most important element is the roofing, the Schach, comprising leaves, reeds, wattles, slats, and branches...
When It Comes to Forgiveness, Should We Follow Erika Kirk’s Lead?
“I forgive you!” Those words are meant to be liberating. They suggest magnanimity and grace, as well as a strength of character that transcends the darkest human impulses. But sometimes, forgiveness can be confusing, or even...
Mahmoud Abbas Lied to the UN: The Palestinian Authority Has Not ‘Rejected Violence and Terrorism’
While Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address to the UN General Assembly...
BBC Verify: The ‘Fact-Checking’ Unit That Gives Hamas and the UN a Free Pass
BBC News created "BBC Verify," a supposed “fact-checking” and verification segment, in 2023, with the...
Violence Among Israeli Arabs Threatens All of Israel
Fares Abu Fani was shot to death last week in Kafr Qara in northern Israel. The 29-year-old...
Will Syria’s New President Live Up to the World’s Hope? The Signs Aren’t Good
Last week, Ahmad Sharaa became the first Syrian president in 60 years to visit New...
Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea Are Joining Forces Against America — and Israel
America’s adversaries have forged an axis of global instability. Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea...
Zohran Mamdani Supports BDS — What Will That Mean for New York City and New York State?
If Zohran Mamdani becomes the mayor of New York City, he may decide to implement Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction (BDS) measures against Israeli commercial companies...
Anti-Israel Radicalism Is a Feedback Loop
When assessing claims about Israel, I notice recurring errors in Western discourse. These mistakes generally fall into three patterns: Failing to ask the right questions...
Sukkot 2025: Life Is Temporary, So We Must Find the Joy and Appreciate the Moment
The Talmud gives three explanations for why we construct and live in the Sukkah on this festival of Sukkot. The most important element is the...
When It Comes to Forgiveness, Should We Follow Erika Kirk’s Lead?
“I forgive you!” Those words are meant to be liberating. They suggest magnanimity and grace, as well as a strength of character that transcends the darkest...
Mahmoud Abbas Lied to the UN: The Palestinian Authority Has Not ‘Rejected Violence and Terrorism’
While Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address to the UN General Assembly claiming that the PA had "rejected violence and terrorism" and...
BBC Verify: The ‘Fact-Checking’ Unit That Gives Hamas and the UN a Free Pass
BBC News created "BBC Verify," a supposed “fact-checking” and verification segment, in 2023, with the intention of repairing its credibility, or rather, to create the...
Violence Among Israeli Arabs Threatens All of Israel
Fares Abu Fani was shot to death last week in Kafr Qara in northern Israel. The 29-year-old was the 187th Israeli Arab to die from violent crime...
Will Syria’s New President Live Up to the World’s Hope? The Signs Aren’t Good
Last week, Ahmad Sharaa became the first Syrian president in 60 years to visit New York for the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting. Bolstered by...
Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea Are Joining Forces Against America — and Israel
America’s adversaries have forged an axis of global instability. Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea exploit trade, technology, and diplomacy to undermine US influence and...
Spain and Italy Have Just Gone to War Against Israel — Really
Spain and Italy have announced they are dispatching naval warships to assist in breaking Israel’s legal -- and life saving -- weapons blockade around the...
Reflections on Yom Kippur 2025
Every year on Yom Kippur, we list our mistakes and deficiencies and determine to be better. But we know that however hard we pray, and...
How Australia Betrayed Its Jewish Community Right Before the High Holidays
Nearly two years after the horrors of October 7, 2023 -- and just before the solemn days of Rosh Hashanah -- Australia's Jewish community was...
The West Must Stop Excusing Hamas
There should be no confusion about Hamas. Its October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians -- through murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping -- was not a...
Scarlett Johansson Tells a Powerful Holocaust Story in Her Directorial Film Debut
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, is about an elderly Jewish woman, Eleanor Morgenstein, who pretends to be a Holocaust survivor. As someone who has...
