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Feb 9, 2025, 9:55 AM

Miss Universe NETANYAhu: Israel in the U.S.

Ayelet Raymond aka Kosher Barbie. Miss Universe Israel Netanya 2024. Photo credit: Nitzan Haham

People often refer to me as “Kosher Barbie,” and I take great pride in being crowned “Miss Universe Israel Netanya 2024," representing the beautiful city I cherish and my beloved homeland, Israel. Winning the title of Miss Universe Netanya isn’t...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 30, 2025, 4:32 PM

Ramaswamy lies fancier than Trump and speaks faster

Donald Trump lies in slogans; Vivek Ramaswamy lies in paragraphs When the rats jump ship, you know it's going down. This does not signal the end of Donald's reign—only the end of DOGE. Of course, a reason for him quitting...

Richard J. Annen

Jan 29, 2025, 6:15 AM

Another Ceasefire; Now What?

INTRODUCTION The Israeli Palestinian Conflict ( the “Conflict”) has once again repeated its 77-year cycle of violence with another ceasefire to end another war. The more than year-long war in response to the atrocities of October 7, 2023, led to...

Jan 22, 2025, 9:39 PM

Trump’s Second Term Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump’s foreign policy during his first term marked a radical departure from that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. Given the policies he implemented during his previous term, along with the statements he and his associates have...

David H. Levitt

Nov 3, 2024, 12:20 AM

Jewish Members of Congress Should Not Treat Us Like Children

In a Times of Israel blog post published on Friday, November 1, 2024, perhaps deliberately published just before the Tuesday election, four Jewish members of Congress (Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Brad Schneider, Kathy Manning and Greg Landsman) explain why they believe that Kamala Harris...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Oct 11, 2024, 7:29 AM

Biden, Trump & Bibi: The Power of Political Oratory

We live in age of internet memes, video clips, infographics, a flood of (mis)information, et al. And yet, one form of political communication – the oldest of all – still holds remarkable sway: political oratory. The past few months...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Oct 10, 2024, 8:03 PM

The Privilege of Responsibility

Old Jewish joke: Two elderly Jews are sitting in a Berlin park in prewar Germany, one reading a Yiddish newspaper and the second perusing, with a smile, the Nazi propaganda sheet Der Stürmer. “Why are you reading that terrible...

Jonathan Freirich

Jul 16, 2024, 6:05 AM

Responding as We

Let us respond from a sense of we. We the community of the world. We may all be targets of violence. None of us want that. We offer condolences and sympathies to the loved ones of those who died from violence. We hope for healing...

Jonathan Freirich

Jun 19, 2024, 6:48 AM

No straight lines

The arc of history doesn’t bend towards justice. Not by itself. We must bend and break the arc, again and again, to pursue justice. Time and patience always favor the oppressors. Falling apart is the natural direction of things. This holds for...

Mar 26, 2024, 11:28 AM

Is America Becoming an Illiberal Democracy?

On March 14, 2024, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin interviewed Dr. Sheila Nazarian ( a doctor, a star of an Emmy nominated show on Netflix, and a social media influencer. Dr. Nazarian is a U.S. immigrant, who as a Jew,...

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