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Points of view from across the Jewish world

Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin
Editor-in-Chief
Ruthie Blum
Senior Contributing Editor
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributing Editor
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
Anti-Israel protesters associated with a “boycott ride” against Jewish- and Israeli-owned restaurants in Philadelphia were met with thousands of pro-Israel supporters on Nov. 8, 2026. Photo by Jonathan S. Tobin.
Editor-in-Chief
Kristallnacht eve wasn’t the day to ‘shelter in place’ against antisemites
Philly residents resoundingly responded to a “boycott ride” that targeted Jewish- and Israeli-owned eateries. Yet the very existence of a group employing Nazi tactics reflects a growing acceptance of Jew-hatred.
November 9, 2026 07:50 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Navi Pillay, chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, addresses a press conference. Credit: Jean-Marc Ferré/U.N. Photo.
Senior Contributing Editor
A ‘peace prize’ for the vilification of Israel
Honoring Navi Pillay highlights the moral rot of the United Nations and Nobel Committee.
October 9, 2026 08:34 AM
Ruthie Blum
Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2026. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Senior Contributing Editor
Don’t play the unity-government game if you want Netanyahu out
Israel needs a broad coalition, but excluding the leader of the Knesset’s largest party from the outset makes the promise of national unity an illusion.
November 8, 2026 02:10 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
Democratic senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed speaks onstage after declaring victory in Michigan's Senate race in Detroit on Nov. 4, 2026. Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images.
Senior Contributor
Not waving but drowning
Political momentum in the United States steadily supports the red-green alliance because centrists lack a moral and intellectual spine.
November 5, 2026 12:29 PM
Melanie Phillips
Mitchell Bard
Mitchell Bard
Featured Columnist
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Ben Cohen
Featured Columnist
Rabbi Yossy Goldman. Credit: Ricci Goldstein Photography.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Featured Columnist
Benjamin Kerstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Benjamin Kerstein
Featured Columnist
Yisrael Medad. Credit: Courtesy.
Yisrael Medad
Featured Columnist
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Amit Segal
Guest Columnist
A protester in a “Batman” costume holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration organized by GenZ regelt! (“Gen Z has got this!”) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Oct. 31, 2026. Such rallies have been inspired by similar movements across Europe, including in France and Italy, where younger protesters are voicing anger at political elites they accuse of ignoring their concerns. Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images.
Anti-Israel Bias
A blue wave, a red flag
Progressives seek to free people from obligations to faith, tradition and country.
Nov. 10, 2026
Ohad Tal
Ali Khameini
Iran
About the ayatollahs and their Sunni guests
One must distinguish between an enemy’s ideological convictions and the opportunities presented by contact with those around them.
Nov. 10, 2026
Catherine Perez-Shakdam
Opinion
A blue wave, a red flag
Ohad Tal
Opinion
Why a change of prime minister in Israel will not diminish the Iranian threat
Erfan Fard
Catherine Perez-Shakdam. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ayatollahs and their Sunni guests
Catherine Perez-Shakdam
Daniel S. Mariaschin. Credit: B’nai B’rith International.
Opinion
The unfinished business of Iran
Daniel S. Mariaschin
Marcia Bronstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Nearly 40 years later, Freedom Sunday still teaches the power of advocacy
Marcia Bronstein
Shane Shmuel. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
New Zealand’s antisemitism problem is in New Zealand, not the Middle East
Shane Shmuel
Adam Levick. Credit: Courtesy.
CAMERA: Eye of the Media
‘Telegraph’ journalist infantilizes Palestinians
Adam Levick
Shane Shmuel. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The Australian prime minister wants to turn down the temperature
Shane Shmuel
Jeff Ballabon
Opinion
Vance is wrong about why the Republicans lost
Jeff Ballabon
Joseph Puder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Israel needs a Zionist unity government
Joseph Puder