Opinion
Social Distancing and Jewish TV: ‘Unorthodox’ and ‘Hunters’
During time in self-imposed quarantine have had the opportunity to watch more TV than usual. I watched two particularly Jewish TV shows this past weekend. First,...
Prison Audit Finds Security Lapses in Handling of Terrorists
For years, we have been reporting on the unique threat that incarcerated terrorists pose -- and that the failure to adequately address the security challenges could lead to radicalization of other inmates and to terror...
Parshat Tzav: Left- and Right-Brain Judaism
The institution of the Haftorah -- reading a passage from the prophetic literature alongside the Torah portion -- is an ancient one, dating back at least 2,000 years. Scholars are not sure when, where, and why...
A Pandemic Passover Without Family? Not Necessarily
JNS.org - Every year on Passover, Jews ask the same question that is at the heart of the recitation of the Haggadah during the seder: Why is this night different from all other nights? But...
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 cooped up at home, with increasingly severe limitations on our...
Gantz Was Right to Embrace Netanyahu
After a four year hiatus, I returned to the Prime Minister's Office as Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
Turkey’s Erdogan Makes a Risky Regional Power Bid
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s relations with his US and European allies are strained over unilateral Turkish...
A Jewish Tale of Surviving Coronavirus
Eli Schwebel, 40, a well-known Jewish singer from Brooklyn, worked hard to lose more than...
Corona, Crises and Conspiracies
It is as predictable as day follows night. A crisis erupts -- pandemic, financial, security...
National Anxieties and Doomsday Scenarios in HBO’s ‘Plot Against America’
JNS.org - Improbable as it may seem during a global pandemic, HBO is airing a...
Jews, African-Americans and Communism in Harlem
Before World War I, German sociologist Max Weber argued that “the Protestant ethic” had engendered...
Quarantining the Body While Liberating the Soul
These are the times that try parents’ souls. How do we keep our spirits up and...
Saudi Arabia and Iran Both Persecute Religious and Ethnic Minorities
Arch rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran both violate the rights of religious and ethnic minorities....
Fight Against Coronavirus Tantamount to Global War, Head of IDF Medical Corps Says
Mexican-Jewish Dance Group Showcases New Choreography Planned for Cancelled Festival
Turkey’s Erdogan Makes a Risky Regional Power Bid
Israel Still in Coronavirus ‘Danger Zone,’ Top Official Tells Government Ministers
Proposed New York Hate Crimes Law Named in Memory of Rabbi Murdered in Monsey Attack