Posts Tagged: Israel Jews
New Archaeological Discoveries Confirm Ancient Connection of Israel to the Jewish People
The State of Israel might only be 74 years old, but the Land of Israel contains thousands of years worth of history inside it. Every...
Tu B’Shvat: The Festival That Proves the Jewish People’s Connection to the Land of Israel
The Jewish calendar has many holidays. Some celebrate the survival of the Jewish people over various enemies, and some are solemnly spiritual in nature --...
An Iraqi Perspective on Israel
Growing up in Iraq, my curriculum in Baghdad’s elementary school included a “nationalism class” and required that we read a text by the Governor of...
Antisemitism in the Shadow of the Holocaust
My earliest memory of the word “Holocaust” was a bedtime story that my mother told us soon after giving birth to her fifth child, my...
Los Angeles Times Program Allows Future ‘Storytellers’ to Get the Story on Israel Wrong
HS Insider, the Los Angeles Times' initiative “for students, by students,” strives to “advance media literacy and empower the next generation of storytellers.” Accordingly, the program...
Hate Signaling: How the Media Spreads Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Review of Books. I love the range of articles and reviews on literature and culture. But...
My First Seder: Finding Redemption and Roots Amid the Pandemic
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself in Jerusalem sitting at my first Passover seder. Although this has been a period of unprecedented...
It’s Time to Be Unapologetically Jewish
2020 has seen even more antisemitism, following the FBI’s 2019 report stating that Jews experienced over 60% of religious-based hate crimes despite making up less...
Independent Arabia Claim ‘Hebrew Is a Branch of Arabic’ Mirrors Broader Anti-Zionist Narrative
After having presented a detailed translation of Independent Arabia’s article (“Between Hebrew and Arabic -- Roots and Similarities, but…,” December 20) in our first...
The Assault on Israel as the ‘Jewish State’
JNS.org - Many (too many) years ago, Sari Nusseibeh and I debated in the studio of Israel’s television Channel 1, before there was a Channel...
Why the Arrest of This Palestinian Leader Matters
JNS.org - You have probably never heard the name Hussam Khader. But you should. Because what’s happening to him has extremely important ramifications for Israel and...
Don’t Forget the Jewish Refugees From Arab and Muslim Lands
JNS.org - In international conflicts, history is more of a weapon than a field of study. That’s why the history of Palestinian Arab refugees is...
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Attacking the ‘Chosen’
JNS.org - The furor in recent days over a viciously antisemitic article in a left-wing Belgian newspaper centered on the writer’s use of a mangled...
How Anti-Zionists Legitimize Antisemitism
JNS.org - The following is adapted from remarks which were delivered at the US Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism on July 15, 2019. It’s...
