Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
Should Israel Ignore Rising Coronavirus Rates?
JNS.org - The reopening of the Israeli economy after nearly two months of COVID-19 closures was bound to lead to laxity on the part of...
‘Bloat’ Is the Least of the New Israeli Government’s Problems
JNS.org - Public criticism of the new Israeli government has focused on how “bloated” it is. Prior to and since the swearing-in on Sunday of...
Why the Israeli Right Need Not Fear Trump’s Peace Plan
JNS.org - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming visit to Jerusalem this week -- to “meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of...
Let Us Remember What the Survivors Can’t Forget
JNS.org - Holocaust survivors do not need annual ceremonies to remind them of the Nazi atrocities that they endured or of the family members that...
Haredi Statistics Show That Social Distancing Works
JNS.org - The carrying-on about the dangerous spread of COVID-19 within the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community in Israel is understandable. While the rest of us are...
Israeli Travel Restrictions and Coronavirus
JNS.org - Dozens of the 1,100 Israeli backpackers airlifted from Peru a few days ago threw a hissy fit upon landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport....
Don’t Fear Shin Bet Technology for Curbing Corona
JNS.org - During the wee hours of Tuesday morning, the Israeli government unanimously approved an additional emergency measure to track and trace the steps of...
Is Netanyahu’s Significant Victory Sufficient?
JNS.org - Keeping in mind that the results of Israel’s Knesset elections are not final, the tally indicates that the attempt to oust Prime Minister...
Polls, Gaza, Netanyahu, and Gantz
JNS.org - During live coverage of the bombardment of southern Israel by Islamic Jihad rocket fire on Monday, a Red Alert siren sent a TV...
Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box
JNS.org - The significance of two events that have been upstaged this week by the Hebrew media’s incessant coronavirus coverage cannot be overemphasized -- particularly...
Corona, Chinese Oppression, and the Chinese Ambassador’s Holocaust Chutzpah
JNS.org - China’s acting ambassador to Israel came under well-deserved fire this week for invoking the Nazi genocide of the Jews to criticize Jerusalem’s preventive...
Netanyahu Undercuts His Rivals
JNS.org - Justifiably emboldened by his warm reception at the White House -- and by the imminent unveiling of Donald Trump’s 80-page “deal of the...
More Calls for Terror From Palestinian Society
JNS.org - As the nearly 50 heads of state from around the globe began preparing for their arrival in Israel this week to attend the...
Israel’s Education Minister Gets Taught a Lesson on Tolerance and Religious Zealotry
JNS.org - Israeli Education Minister Rafi Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi and head of the right-wing Habayit Hayehudi (Jewish Home) Party, indicated this week -- for...
Israelis Protest Against Government Response to Coronavirus
Are Jews Obligated to Support Reparations for African-Americans?
Trump Commutes Longtime Adviser Roger Stone’s Prison Sentence
Beinart Has Reached His Yavne
Why Jews Should Care About Hong Kong