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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
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way back to Washington, D.C., Oct. 23, 2025. Photo by Nathan Howard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Editor-in-Chief
Can they talk themselves into being comfortable with JD Vance?
GOP Jews want to support their party’s possible 2028 candidate, and he wants their backing. But if he won’t disavow Tucker Carlson and his followers, then they can’t trust him.
September 3, 2026 08:00 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Labor Party leader Yair Golan following the approval of the merger agreement with the far-left Meretz Party, at a party conference in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Jingle hell
The score of Yair Golan’s latest campaign clip is music that freed hostage Rom Braslavski’s terrorist captors in Gaza listened to as regularly as they tortured him.
August 21, 2026 10:30 AM
Ruthie Blum
IDF forces dismantle an illegal outpost in Qusra in Samaria, Aug. 13, 2026. Photo by IDF Spokesperson/TPS-IL.
Senior Contributing Editor
Settlers used as pawns against Israel
The image of violent settlers has become a powerful weapon in the campaign to portray Israel as a colonial aggressor, while the larger reality of Palestinian terrorism is pushed aside.
September 4, 2026 12:36 AM
Fiamma Nirenstein
Protesters demonstrate at Paris Square in central Jerusalem against attacks by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank, Sept. 2, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributor
The new libel to destroy Israel
Violence in the “West Bank” is being malevolently misrepresented.
September 3, 2026 04:15 PM
Melanie Phillips
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Ben Cohen
Featured Columnist
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Amit Segal
Guest Columnist
Benjamin Kerstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Benjamin Kerstein
Featured Columnist
Classroom
Education
What public school parents and yeshivah families agree on this school season
The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program exists, whether or not New Yorkers participate, and Albany appropriates nothing to fund it.
Sept. 4, 2026
Sydney Altfield
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks with former Sen. Norm Coleman at the Republican Jewish Coalition summit in Las Vegas on Aug. 31, 2026. Credit: Republican Jewish Coalition.
U.S. Politics
Before threats become attacks
His willingness to speak plainly is as welcome as it is timely.
Sept. 4, 2026
Lee Zeldin
Opinion
With the approach of the High Holidays, we must remember not to be alone
Rabbi Cary Kozberg
Sydney Altfield. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
What public school parents and yeshivah families agree on this school season
Sydney Altfield
Lee Zeldin Credit: Official EPA Photo/2025 via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Vance connects with younger voters at RJC summit in Vegas
Lee Zeldin
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Opinion
The Israeli opposition’s only way to win
Amit Segal
Opinion
Before the threat becomes an attack
Erfan Fard
Edward Barham. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The chaos in Dearborn has to end
Edward Barham
Michael B. Snyder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Redemption through resistance
Michael B. Snyder
Marcia Bronstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Taking stock of Rosh Hashanah for the next generation
Marcia Bronstein
Eliyahu Berkovits. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Yes, they will multiply
Eliyahu Berkovits
Rabbi Hayim Leiter. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Hot and bothered by Israeli air-conditioners
Rav Hayim Leiter