Gary Schiff / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Gary Schiff / JNS.org
Tour Guide School May Help Solve the Israeli-Arab Riddle
JNS.org - Tour guide school in Israel, as any graduate will agree, is quite an ordeal. It requires 60 full-day tours, over 200 hours of...
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...
Israel Needs More Daylight, Not Less, With the US
JNS.org - US President Joe Biden recently remarked that he wanted no daylight between the United States and Israel. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali...
Five Ways to Help Israel Prepare for Next Year’s Wildfire Season
JNS.org - As Jews begin to pray for rain following Sukkot, and with the 2021 wildfire season hopefully behind us, it is important to reflect...
Israeli Politicians Should Stop Copying the US Election Model
JNS.org - Political strategists in the United States who were working against the Trump administration deduced that the best way to be victorious in November...
An Abrahamic Family Reunion
JNS.org - Of all the efforts that US President Donald Trump made that benefited the Jewish people, the most meaningful and lasting may be the...
Could National Service Bring America Together?
JNS.org - America might be as divided as it has been since the Civil War. According to Pew Research data, more than four in 10...
Are We Properly Caring for Our Aging Parents? Coronavirus Says No
JNS.org - Much has been written about the reasons that Israel is faring better than the United States in protecting its populace from the COVID-19...
Passover 2020: Reflecting on a Brighter Future
JNS.org - Although the coronavirus pandemic has been devastating for families who have lost loved ones and is challenging us all in many ways, perhaps...
Is Haredi Refusal to Serve in the IDF Crippling Israeli Politics?
JNS.org - As Israel heads into its third round of elections in a 12-month period, one number continues to hold the political process hostage. Both...
Abbas Is Right: It’s Time to Phase Out the Palestinian Authority
JNS.org - When Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced in July that he was canceling the PA’s security cooperation with Israel, veteran Israeli journalist Khaled...
What Will the Jewish World Look Like in 20 Years?
JNS.org - There are stark differences in demographic trends for the world’s two major Jewish population centers -- the United States and Israel. Recent data...
What Would Menachem Begin Do About the Trump Peace Plan?
JNS.org - In the United States, we sometimes longingly remember past presidents and envision how they would have responded to today’s challenges. The same is...
