Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Ruthie Blum / JNS.org
American Immigrants Who Leave Israel Don’t Deserve Disdain
JNS.org - On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his parents’ aliyah from the United States, Haaretz political correspondent Chaim Levinson paid homage to...
How Do You Say Déjà Vu in Farsi?
JNS.org - Protesters screaming “Death to the Dictator” began taking to the streets of Tehran on Monday, after rallies elsewhere in Iran erupted a earlier...
Biden’s Reward to UNRWA for Bad Behavior
JNS.org - The United States transferred $135 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday. This was in...
Of Stars, Stripes and Red Flags
JNS.org - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid was ridiculed on Sunday for a blooper in a tweet about the Fourth of July. In the post,...
Lapid, Don’t Count on Courting Democrats
JNS.org - Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid seems pleased about his meeting on Sunday in Rome with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Like his...
Washington Doublethink and the Iran Deal
JNS.org - The administration in Washington outdid itself in doublethink this week. Faced with the election of mass executioner Ebrahim Raisi to the Iranian presidency,...
Comic Relief From a Serious Israeli Drama
JNS.org - The sight on Sunday night of the trendy Tel Aviv set celebrating the new Israeli government with great fanfare—flags and all—was nothing short...
Antisemitism at Rutgers Isn’t All Academic
JNS.org - It’s a little hard to combat a phenomenon by kowtowing to its promoters, but leave it to academia to make a feeble attempt...
Heading to New York With Trepidation and a Star of David
JNS.org - I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I’m actually nervous—as a Jew—about my upcoming trip from Tel Aviv to New York. For...
The Palestinian Leaders’ Al-Aqsa Hoax Strikes Again
JNS.org - The anti-Israel response to the current Palestinian and eastern Jerusalem Arab violence was to be expected, particularly as it has been on a...
Mount Meron and Israel’s Paradoxical Nature
JNS.org - On Saturday night, as Tel Aviv’s City Hall lit up with the image of the Israeli flag to commemorate the dozens killed and...
Natanz and Anonymous Israeli ‘Chatter’
JNS.org - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Jerusalem last week coincided with an explosion at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility. Shortly after the attack...
A Tribute to the Bereaved Parents of Unsung Fallen Israelis
JNS.org - As Israel enters the 24-hour period that marks Yom Hazikaron—Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism—the country turns its attention to...
Abbas’ Snubs Work Like a Charm on Biden
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas may be facing serious challenges to his reign in Ramallah, but he’s having no trouble playing the powers-that-be...
