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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
Trump Vance
Editor-in-Chief
Trump nips JD Vance’s Iran appeasement gambit in the bud
The vice president’s willingness to surrender to the Islamist regime illustrated his foreign-policy incompetence and was a blow to his 2028 hopes. It was also evidence of his hubris.
November 13, 2026 05:50 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 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot attend a ceremony following the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset at the Knesset in Jerusalem
Senior Contributing Editor
Can Netanyahu and Eisenkot find common ground on Israel’s security?
A two-hour meeting between the prime minister and his would-be successor raises an intriguing possibility: Could the Iranian threat bring political rivals together?
November 12, 2026 05:00 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
Anti-Israel protesters associated with a “boycott ride” against Jewish- and Israeli-owned restaurants in Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2026. Photo by Jonathan S. Tobin.
Senior Contributor
The absolute necessity of fighting back
Iran has turned its weakness into strength because America has turned its strength into weakness.
November 12, 2026 04:00 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
U.S. senator-elect Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 9, 2026. Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images.
U.S. Politics
El-Sayed’s antisemitic lies
Arab Israelis vote, hold office and serve as key powerbrokers in the Knesset. That is not the definition of apartheid.
Nov. 13, 2026
Mendi Glik
Statue of Liberty
Diaspora Jewry
When America no longer feels like the last Diaspora refuge
Israel should begin preparing for aliyah from the United States.
Nov. 13, 2026
Menachem Fischer
Steve Rosenberg. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ‘Philadelphia Playbook’
Steve Rosenberg
Menachem Glik. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
El-Sayed’s antisemitic lies
Mendi Glik
Shuki Taylor
Opinion
Balancing intention and action in the Jewish service landscape
Shuki Taylor
Menachem Fischer. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
When America no longer feels like the last Diaspora refuge
Menachem Fischer
Or Horvitz. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ‘America First’ case for Israel
Or Horvitz
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Opinion
Man standing in the way of a government with the Haredim isn’t even in the Knesset
Amit Segal
Masha Merkulova
Opinion
I’ve seen this cartoon before
Masha Merkulova
Alan Newman. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The incredulity of Donald Trump
Alan Newman
Eyal Dror. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Damascus is fighting Hezbollah, too
Eyal Dror
Joshua Wikoff. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The centuries we leave out of Israel’s story
Joshua Wikoff