(JNS.org) – U.S. President Donald Trump has achieved major domestic economic gains, including drastically reducing the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States and bringing energy costs and the inflation rate down.
You wouldn’t think Vladimir Putin, the BBC, and the National Education Association have much in common. But in recent weeks, they have demonstrated that they share a peculiar understanding of the Holocaust — one which omits the...
(JTA) — For two years, Jackson, Mississippi, was my home. It was the first place I lived after college, when I worked as an education fellow at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute for Southern Jewish Life. The city’s...
(JNS.org) – In the silence—or in the muted tone of solidarity, and in the general inaction save for a few commendable groups, such as those who gathered over the weekend in Rome—there is something deeply sinister going...
(JTA) — The year 2026 will be a fateful and challenging time for American Jews and for those of us who support Israel and worry about its future as a secure, Jewish and democratic state, especially with elections...
(JNS.org) – Just when it appeared that President Donald Trump’s most dramatic threat was to the Iranian regime on Friday, he announced on Saturday that U.S. forces had conducted large-scale strikes on Venezuela. Even more jaw-dropping was his confirmation that...
(Israel Hayom via JNS.org) – The American deadline for Lebanon’s government—requiring the Hezbollah terrorist group’s full disarmament by year’s end—expired on Wednesday night, with Israel’s security establishment now waiting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go-ahead after his...
It was nearly 10 a.m. on Dec. 24, as I neared the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a 440-foot structure that dominates the skyline of Sydney, Australia, and still maintains its title as the tallest and...
(JTA) — We tend to think of human behavior as deeply shaped by group lines. Again and again, research in social psychology and social neuroscience, along with everyday experience, shows how easily people come to see themselves...
(JTA) — Just last Monday night, I experienced one of the pinnacles of my professional life: interviewing Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin. That evening, Rachel, who herself has endured unimaginable suffering, reminded us that hope is a...
