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Opinions

OP-ED: Megyn Kelly is wrong: Neutrality on right-wing antisemitism is immoral

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS.org) – The late conservative activist Charlie Kirk joined Megyn Kelly’s podcast on Aug. 6 for a session in which both of them griped about the heat they were taking from Jews and friends of Israel because...

OP-ED: Who by ICE, and who by mercy? An Unetanah Tokef for immigration court

By RABBI MICHAEL MEYERSTEIN

(JTA) — I last appeared before a judge 40 years ago when I tried fighting an “unjust” speeding ticket. That didn’t go so well. As they say, “He who represents himself has a fool for a...

OP-ED: Abba Eban Was Wrong About the Palestinians

By RUTHIE BLUM

(JNS.org) – Following the Geneva peace talks in December 1973, then-Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban quipped that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

It’s a clever line that’s been quoted for decades, particularly...

OP-ED: We can feel brokenhearted for the suffering of the children of Isaac and of Ishmael. We must.

By RABBI ANGELA BUCHDAHL

(JTA) — I have been a rabbi for 25 years, 20 of them at Central Synagogue, and I have never been so afraid to talk about Israel.

I want to tell you about my unconditional love for...

OP-ED: Recognizing a ‘Palestine State’

By ALAN SMASON

The other shoe dropped this morning. Or, should it be said more precisely, the other three shoes dropped.

In a coordinated announcement, the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney officially recognized a “State of Palestine.”  A video from...

OP-ED: Attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar? A moral imperative

By ERIC LEVINE

(JNS.org) – Israel’s attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar was a moral imperative and a strategic success.

Thankfully, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel remain committed to defending the West.

It was a moral imperative because...

OP-ED: Up-Close Killers, Then and Now

By RAFAEL MEDOFF

What kind of human being is capable of walking up to another person—an innocent, defenseless, unarmed civilian—and, at close range, shooting him or her?

That question must be on the minds of many who are reading about...

OP-ED: 9/11 taught me to fear. This year, I’m choosing to hope — even when it’s hard

By RABBI EREZ SHERMAN

(JTA) — When I recently asked a group of middle schoolers how they define peace, they answered: the opposite of war, the ability to listen, and being able to see a common trait in someone unlike yourself.

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OP-ED: On Shabbat morning in my Jerusalem synagogue, I began to see our complex world anew

By JON POLIN

(JTA) —When I walked into the small, ramshackle gymnasium that is our humble synagogue on Shabbat morning this past week, pictures of the 14 children from the congregation who would be starting first grade on Monday decorated...

OP-ED: War and symbols

By FIAMMA NIERENSTEIN

(JNS.org) – Wars today are not fought only on the battlefield; they are fought on the airwaves, in newspapers, on social media feeds and in United Nations chambers. For Israel, communication has become the eighth front, as...