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Marina's story is truly an inspiration to all those who desire to understand what motivated Jews in Russia to seek their right to emigrate.

Hashem has, after all, judged exactly the cases of our lives on 5,778 previous occasions. He has seen individual Jews and even the entire Jewish people turn their lives around many times before. The ultimate Judge is biased in our favor

The Makovsky Plan resurrects the old State Department approach of forcing Israel to do something that is virtually irreversible, while requiring the Palestinians to do something that is easily reversible.

Strong international sanctions, a tough negotiating strategy and a decisive American president who will not engage in appeasement is the best approach to rein in Iran’s belligerent behavior and induce it to joining negotiations on a better agreement.

It is time to take the offensive against Iran and revoke the deal which Iran has repeatedly violated. Amb. Bolton presents his plan...

Do attacks on Jews suddenly have to be worse than those on other minorities in order to be considered anti-Semitism? Must they be physical and not just verbal or political? Why should there be a different bar that Jews must pass?

With extensive diplomatic, economic, and defense ties, Israel and Azerbaijan have been “showing the world” a blueprint for interfaith and intercultural tolerance since they embarked on a deep bilateral relationship 25 years ago

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The disrespecting of the Star-Spangled Banner (and, by extension, our flag) by athletes who refuse to stand when it is played at sporting events is a broadside against one of the fundamental symbols of America.

It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that Iran’s government end its pursuit of death and destruction.

Trump is an awful steward of the powers of the presidency, but he has not yet abused his power to censor his opponents. The ostensibly powerless on campus, however, absolutely have

They could send and receive mail in the concentration camps but not in the death camps.

Moses, when he saw the frenzied partying and dancing before the calf, threw down the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments in a fit of rage, shattering them into small fragments.

The 3 Israelis murdered today at Har Hadar by a Palestinian terrorist have not yet been buried and Abbas' is already signing the checks to the terrorist's family: 6,000 shekels paid immediately; 2,600 shekels each month for life

Perhaps Palestinians keep saying no simply because doing so has proven effective in securing more concessions. And if that’s the case, then reversing this perverse set of incentives by telling them they stand to lose from intransigence rather than gain by it could actually be effective.

The need to fix immigration has been clear for decades. It seems that Trump is nudging Congressional leaders towards a common-sense deal capable of generating broad bipartisan support: dramatically increased border security coupled with an embrace of those whom we have already vetted carefully.

Why doesn't the world support an independent state for the Kurdish people as they do for the supposed Palestinians? Is it because those preventing the Kurds from being free are not Israel, but Muslims – Turks, Arabs and Iranians?

The committed partnership of both countries is key to enabling the U.S. base to function smoothly in an Israeli military facility

Why can’t the UN get more done to promote freedom? Because so many member states are themselves dictatorships that engage in horrible human rights violations—and they stick together

Is Muslim contempt toward Western culture extrinsic or intrinsic to Islam?

NFL players who refuse to honor America’s symbols as a way of denouncing the police (or, apparently, white people) are wrongheaded. So are those who make excuses for them

The agreement absolves Hamas of financial responsibilities towards its constituents in the Gaza Strip. The resumption of PA funds to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will allow Hamas to redirect its resources and energies to building up its military capabilities in preparation for war with Israel.

What the hard right and hard left share in common is special bigotry toward Jews: the neo-Nazi right hates the Jewish people; and the hard left hates the nation state of the Jewish people and those Jews who support it

JNS spotlights high-profile individuals who made a positive difference—sometimes in unexpected ways—during the Jewish calendar year of 5777.