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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
Dan Goldman Haley Stevens Kathy Manning
Editor-in-Chief
The sacrifice of Haley Stevens and the future of the Democrats
The party establishment will ensure that the Michigan congresswoman will pay with her future career for her decision to oppose the openly antisemitic Abdul El-Sayed.
November 2, 2026 10:25 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
A French gendarme whose uniform is partially on fire runs during clashes with protesters following a demonstration by the Yellow Vest movement, labor unions and high school and university students in Paris, Oct. 31, 2026. Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images.
Senior Contributing Editor
Europe’s youth burned by antisemitism
Jew-hatred has become the glue binding otherwise disparate protest movements, turning legitimate social grievances into something much darker.
November 2, 2026 01:02 AM
Fiamma Nirenstein
United Arab List (Ra’am) party chairman Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party members on stage following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Senior Contributor
The alarming rise of Islamic power
What happened in the Israeli election was the democratic version of Oct. 7.
October 29, 2026 01:14 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 view of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem on the day of Israel’s general elections, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israeli Politics
A democracy must know who its enemies are
Israel can protect equal political rights without abandoning the distinctions essential to its own security.
Nov. 3, 2026
Aaron J. Shuster
Michael Che delivers a joke about Israel’s elections during the “Weekend Update” segment of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Credit: Screenshot.
Anti-Israel Bias
‘SNL’ crossed the line. ‘Variety’ made it worse
A joke accusing Israel of genocide turned a disputed charge into a punchline, while an entertainment publication amplified it.
Nov. 3, 2026
Rabbi Reuven H. Taff
Shane Shmuel. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Why does Australia offer the Palestinians recognition minus any meaningful concessions?
Shane Shmuel
Rabbi Reuven H. Taff
Opinion
‘SNL’ crossed the line. ‘Variety’ made it worse
Rabbi Reuven H. Taff
Aaron J. Shuster. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
A democracy must know who its enemies are
Aaron J. Shuster
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Opinion
When ‘Saturday Night Live’ stops being funny
Rabbi Michael Barclay
Opinion
Some students still stand with the West
Addison Stone
Eddie Rubin
Opinion
After the Temple Israel attack, the cameras left, but the hate remains
Eddie Rubin
David Adler. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The next medical breakthrough Australia loses may be one it never discovers
David Adler
Shimon Refaeli. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
From Balfour to Iran: The Jewish people will never again entrust their fate to others
Shimon Refaeli
Eyal Dror. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Al-Sharaa doesn’t need to fight Israel. The Syrian street is doing the work for him
Eyal Dror
Gil Troy. Credit: Courtesy of Docyourstory.
Opinion
Democrats risk their own future by supporting El-Sayed and other radicals
Gil Troy