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OP-ED: ‘Hamas views its survival as a victory’

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

(JNS.org) – Hamas is claiming that it is struggling to locate the bodies of the last three fallen hostages—Dror Or, Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak—due to the destruction in the Gaza Strip.

This assessment comes after...

OP-ED: The settler-colonial lie, debunked

By LYN JULIUS

(JNS.org) – “As a Palestinian who refuses to parrot our leadership’s lies, I have to say it bluntly: Telling Mizrahi Jews, Jews from Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Syria and the rest of the Arab world, that they...

OP-ED: Hezbollah is ‘busy organizing its forces’

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

(JNS.org) – Since Nov. 27, 2024, Israel and Hezbollah have officially been in a state of ceasefire, but not a day goes by without the Iranian-sponsored terror faction seeking to violate the arrangement by trying to rebuild...

OP-ED: We’re Jews in Zohran Mamdani’s neighborhood. We love New York — but not like this.

By ASHER BUTLER, HANNAH CASTILLO and TAL GUIGI

(JTA) — The excitement in the air is palpable as our neighborhood turns out for Zohran Mamdani. In many ways, we know him well: he’s been our assemblyman for the last four...

OP-ED: CAIR curriculum urges ‘nuanced’ approach to 9/11

By DANIEL GREENFIELD

(FrontPage Magazine via JNS.org) –Frankly, why not? The political class of the city where most of the 9/11 deaths took place is on the verge of electing an Islamist who just met with a jihadist imam who refused to...

OP-ED: We need a ‘Great Schlep’ from Park Avenue to Park Slope to turn out Jews against Zohran Mamdani

By RABBI ELLIOT COSGROVE

(JTA) — On Shabbat, I told my congregants something I believe strongly: that Zohran Mamdani poses a danger to the security of New York’s Jewish community.

Mamdani’s refusal to condemn inciteful slogans like “globalize the intifada,” his...

OP-ED: Jewish fears about Zohran Mamdani reveal more about us than about him — and it’s a problem

By MIK MOORE

(JTA) — On the surface, I have a lot in common with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove. We have 138 mutual friends on Facebook. We are roughly the same age. And the synagogue he has led for the past...

OP-ED: After the joyous liberation, Trump’s deal will be tested

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS.org) – Around the world, Jews and decent people of all faiths and backgrounds greeted the liberation of the remaining living hostages held by the Hamas terrorists with joyous thanks, relief and tears. After two...

OP-ED: The end of the war in Gaza is bringing tears of joy — and sorrow. How can we handle it all?

By RABBI ELIE KAUNFER

(JTA) — When I heard the news of a deal to return the hostages and end the war, I shed tears of joy and relief. This is a day we have been waiting for literally for...

OP-ED: In my small town, ‘that Jewish hut’ has turned Succot into a cross-cultural shelter of peace

By RABBI RACHEL ISSACS

(JTA) — On the weekend between Yom Kippur and Succot, Waterville city workers put up the frame for our community succah. They were careful to make sure that tree branches did not obscure the view of...