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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
American flag with Manhattan in the background. Credit: tammo/Pixabay.
Editor-in-Chief
The vacation from Jewish history is over for Americans
The erasure of Jews and treating them as villains cannot be ignored. The post-Oct. 7 surge of antisemitism is not a misunderstanding that will fade if Netanyahu is defeated.
October 2, 2026 05:45 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Netanyahu
Senior Contributing Editor
What Bibi knew
Are those accusing Netanyahu of having ignored warnings about the Hamas massacre now demanding a preemptive war against the Palestinian Authority? Of course not.
September 29, 2026 05:20 PM
Ruthie Blum
Israeli directors Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham attend the screening of "NAZA" during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 10, 2026 in Venice, Italy. Photo by Stephane Cardinale-Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images.
Senior Contributing Editor
‘NAZA’ turns anti-Israel propaganda into box-office success
The film masquerades as a documentary while reviving some of the oldest libels against Jews.
October 1, 2026 04:15 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
A passenger from an earlier diverted flydubai flight gives a thumbs-up as she prepares to enter a taxi cab after landing at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport on Sept. 30, 2026. Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images.
Senior Contributor
Those amazing and heroic Israelis
An averted catastrophe in the air shows how the Jewish state chooses life, while Britain and the West are embracing a culture of death.
October 1, 2026 11:30 AM
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
Yaniv Hayun, who subdued the suspected terrorist aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, arrives at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Sept. 30, 2026. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Defense & Security
Caring for wounded warriors
The attempted plane hijacking prompts reflection on everyday heroes.
Oct. 1, 2026
Iris Reff Ronen
Passengers from Flydubai flight FZ1073 walk through the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport after their original flight from Dubai to Israel was diverted to Saudi Arabia following a suspected terror attack, Sept. 30, 2026. Credit: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Defense & Security
Jews who refused to sit down
The passengers on flydubai flight 1073 rewrote the rules of survival and taught us all a lesson.
Oct. 2, 2026
Linda Argalgi Sadacka
Andrew Abrahams. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
‘NAZA’ and Nazi take the stand
Andrew Abrahams
Linda Argalgi Sadacka
Opinion
The Jews who refused to sit down
Linda Argalgi Sadacka
Rabbi Dov (“Doobie”) Lisker. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Why Jews dance with a closed book
Rabbi Dov (“Doobie”) Lisker
Opinion
Yaniv the plumber, Simchat Torah and the survival of the Jewish people
Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann
Rachel Avraham
Opinion
Two leaders claim Jerusalem, yet the holy sites tell a more complicated story
Rachel Avraham
James Sinkinson. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Instead of helping the Palestinian people, activists choose to lie about Israel
James Sinkinson
Michael Freund
Opinion
Why we still dance on Simchat Torah
Michael Freund
Harry H. Moskoff
Opinion
Artificial intelligence, human safety and the truth
Harry H. Moskoff
Iris Reff Ronen. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Caring for Israel’s wounded warriors
Iris Reff Ronen
Richard Pollack. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Iran’s unseen uprising
Richard Pollock