Ron Jager Archives

Ron Jager

Ron Jager served for 25 years as an IDF mental health field officer in operational units, including as commander of the Central Psychiatric Clinic for Reserve Solders at Tel-Hashomer. Visit his website at www.ronjager.com.

Harvard and Hamas

The bigotry of low expectations.

Ron Jager

January 11, 2024

Hamas backers rally in N.Y.'s Times Square in support of the organization's Oct. 7 mass terrorist attack, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

The day the music died for progressive Jewry

Perhaps the progressive Jewish awakening can be a lesson for Western civilization in general.

Ron Jager

November 1, 2023

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini (left) meets with Adolf Hitler in 1941. Credit: German Federal Archives.

Nazism 2.0

The desire to purify the world of Jews has been bequeathed by the Nazis to their Islamist descendants.

Ron Jager

October 19, 2023

IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training on the Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023. Photo: Michael Giladi/Flash90

In Gaza, what was will no longer be

The cost of destroying Hamas will be high, but we have no other choice.

Ron Jager

October 8, 2023

In Jerusalem, trees producing the olives of Gethsemane are set in the small grove pictured here. The grove is revered by Christians because of its connection to Jesus. Credit: Juandev via Wikimedia Commons.

The Palestinian olive-tree litmus test

The Palestinians’ narrative of indigeneity is disproved by the very flora of the Land of Israel.

Ron Jager

October 4, 2023

An Israel Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, June 25, 2015. Photo by Ofer Zidon/Flash90.

Israel’s pilots are becoming obsolete

Innovative technologies mean that Israel will no longer be dependent on potentially insubordinate opponents of judicial reform.

Ron Jager

September 14, 2023

Register for Full Website Access

Stay connected to the latest updates from Israel and the Jewish world. Register to receive full access to the JNS website and newsletter