Commentary
US Pressure on Israel? No Need to Panic
In recent weeks, commentators and others have been worried about the prospect of US pressure being applied to Israel. Can Israel afford, they ask,...
Alan Dershowitz: Supreme Court Will Likely Uphold Most of Trump Travel Ban
This article previously appeared in Fox News. The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in October regarding President Donald Trump’s second travel ban may not itself tell us much about the likely outcome of the case....
New York Times Marks Six-Day War Anniversary With Jerusalem Map Obliterating Jewish Presence
Whatever one makes of the long news article the New York Times ran out under the headline “50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront a Life Divided,” the maps that appeared along with it...
PA Claims One Million Palestinians Have Been ‘Tortured’ by Israel
On the eve of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2017, the Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Ministry issued a report claiming that more than one million Palestinians have been tortured by Israel. Since the ministry also falsely claims that...
Want a Jewish Future? Forget Emotion and Look at the Numbers
JNS.org - In early 2014, I joined a group of Jewish scholars and writers who...
Professors Spin Antisemitic Conspiracies at Cal State-Fresno
California State University, Fresno. Photo: fresnostate.edu.California State University, Fresno (CSUF) is the last place that...
How Will Jews Be Remembered in Morocco When They’re All Gone?
JNS.org - I had to pinch myself to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. There I...
It’s Time to Talk About Yves Engler
Yves Engler is an author and former student activist whose writing frequently appears on Rabble,...
Confessions of a College Zionist
A few weeks ago, while tabling for an event with my pro-Israel student group --...
Reform Jewish Leaders Are Ruining Their Movement by Wading Deeper into Politics
US Pressure on Israel? No Need to Panic
In recent weeks, commentators and others have been worried about the prospect of US pressure being applied to Israel. Can Israel afford, they ask, to...
Alan Dershowitz: Supreme Court Will Likely Uphold Most of Trump Travel Ban
This article previously appeared in Fox News. The Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments in October regarding President Donald Trump’s second travel ban may not itself...
New York Times Marks Six-Day War Anniversary With Jerusalem Map Obliterating Jewish Presence
Whatever one makes of the long news article the New York Times ran out under the headline “50 Years After War, East Jerusalem Palestinians Confront...
PA Claims One Million Palestinians Have Been ‘Tortured’ by Israel
On the eve of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2017, the Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Ministry issued a report claiming that more than one million...
Want a Jewish Future? Forget Emotion and Look at the Numbers
JNS.org - In early 2014, I joined a group of Jewish scholars and writers who gathered to ponder the startling statistics contained in the Pew...
Professors Spin Antisemitic Conspiracies at Cal State-Fresno
California State University, Fresno. Photo: fresnostate.edu.California State University, Fresno (CSUF) is the last place that one would expect conspiracy theories about Jewish power to proliferate --...
How Will Jews Be Remembered in Morocco When They’re All Gone?
JNS.org - I had to pinch myself to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. There I was, an Orthodox Israeli Jew, at a 500-year-old synagogue in...
It’s Time to Talk About Yves Engler
Yves Engler is an author and former student activist whose writing frequently appears on Rabble, The Huffington Post and Counterpunch. A darling of the far-left, Engler...
Confessions of a College Zionist
A few weeks ago, while tabling for an event with my pro-Israel student group -- Mustangs United for Israel -- we were approached by a student...
A Tale of Two Terror Attacks and the New York Times
Last month's suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester wasn't the first time that an Islamist terrorist targeted young people out for a night of...
Ehud Barak’s ‘Slippery Slope’
In an interview Wednesday with Tim Sebastian -- host of the program "Conflict Zone" on German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle -- former Israeli Prime Minister...
Why I Love Elijah
Elijah the Tishbite (Eliyahu in Hebrew) is one of the most important and most complex characters in biblical and Jewish lore. One might even say he...
Welcome to the Shia Corridor
JNS.org - If you haven’t encountered the term “Shia corridor” yet, chances are that you will in the coming weeks, particularly if the ongoing confrontation between...
Reform Jewish Leaders Are Ruining Their Movement by Wading Deeper into Politics
JNS.org - Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), recently wrote a blog post responding to the movement’s politically conservative and centrist...
Jewish LGBT Leader Scorns Chicago Dyke March Organizers For 'Heinous' Defense of Star of David Ban
Want a Jewish Future? Forget Emotion and Look at the Numbers
New York Times Marks Six-Day War Anniversary With Jerusalem Map Obliterating Jewish Presence
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Faces Criticism for Refusal to Back Hezbollah Terror Designation
UK Government Threatens to Cancel Hamas-Linked Event Featuring Speaker Who Called Jews 'Sleazy Thieves'