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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state, in New York City on Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Kissinger, Israel and the morality of realism

Israel may be something the late, great statesman thought impossible.

Benjamin Kerstein

December 4, 2023

Henry Kissinger, chairman of the President’s Bipartisan Commission on Central America, appears before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 1984. Credit: Mark Reinstein/Shutterstock.

Henry Kissinger and the limits of realism

Reviled by some and overpraised by others, he was a brilliant man who carefully curated his image. Still, most of his policies in the 1970s were wrong.

Jonathan S. Tobin

December 4, 2023

Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch speaks during a press conference at a Jerusalem hotel ahead of his expulsion from Israel, Nov. 24, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Behind the Human Rights Watch curtain: Hate and corruption

Dedicated to the memory of HRW founder Robert Bernstein.

Gerald M. Steinberg

December 4, 2023

New York City Police Department officer patch. Credit: BrandonKleinPhoto/Shutterstock.

Bomb threats at dozen-plus New York synagogues

The New York City Police Department is investigating the apparent hoaxes.

December 1, 2023

Photos of Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, and taken back into captivity in the Gaza Strip, on display at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, the site of the opening plenary of the Jewish National Fund-USA annual conference, Nov. 30, 2023. Photo by Carin M. Smilk.

Despite somber feel and anti-Israel rallies at JNF conference, leaders look forward

“We’re talking about light. We’re talking about good,” Russell Robinson, the Jewish National Fund-USA’s CEO, told JNS. “There’s no pro-anything out there in the street.”

December 1, 2023

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather in front of the Colorado Convention Center, the site of the opening plenary of the Jewish National Fund-USA annual conference, Nov. 30, 2023. Photo by Carin M. Smilk.

Anti-Israel protesters flock to opening plenary of JNF conference in Denver

“Their messaging tends to become a way to get other people to hate Jews,” said Michael Beim, president of JNF’s board of directors in Orlando, Fla.

December 1, 2023

U.S. Rep. George Santos (R-NY) leaves the Capitol after voting no on a bill to avert a government shutdown on Sept. 9, 2023. Credit: Philip Yabut/Shutterstock.

House expels ‘Jew-ish’ congressman George Santos

Facing a 23-count fraud indictment, Santos became just the sixth member of the House, and the first non-Confederate or convicted felon, expelled from Congress.

December 1, 2023

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem on May 14, 2008. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Biden’s statement on Kissinger’s passing appears to be his tersest official condolences yet

“Throughout our careers, we often disagreed. And often strongly,” the U.S. president said, hours after U.S. Secretary of State Blinken released a much heftier statement.

Menachem Wecker

November 30, 2023

Mark Cuban at the 2013 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, LA Live. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.

Mark Cuban agrees to sell majority Dallas Mavericks stake to Dr. Miriam Adelson for $3.5 billion

In addition to selling interest in the basketball team, the Jewish billionaire will reportedly step down from the hit investor reality show “Shark Tank.”

November 30, 2023