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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
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributor
Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) look on during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2026. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What do the Democrats want from Israel?
Senate Democrats haven’t turned on the Jewish state because the Netanyahu government is reckless. It’s because they fear a party base of deluded antisemites.
Apr. 17, 2026
Jonathan S. Tobin
Trump
Column
Trump cards
The last thing the U.S. president should want is to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Apr. 19, 2026
Ruthie Blum
Pope Leo XIV performs liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a regional trip there and to Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images.
Column
An unholy silence
The pope’s genuflection to Islam spells disaster for Western civilization.
Apr. 16, 2026
Melanie Phillips
The Israeli and the Lebanese flag near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel on April 7, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Column
Lebanon ceasefire exposes deeper battle against Iran’s regional axis
The 10-day truce may open a diplomatic window, but dismantling Hezbollah remains essential for lasting stability.
Apr. 17, 2026
Fiamma Nirenstein
A woman carries an Iranian flag during the two-week ceasefire in place amid war with the United States and Israel as part of a pro-government National Army Day demonstration in Tehran on April 17, 2026. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.
Iran War
Ceasefire with Tehran doesn’t end the regime’s war on Iranians
A state with public backing does not flood its cities with checkpoints, expand executions and shut down the internet.
Apr. 20, 2026
Janatan Sayeh
Haifa’s municipal rescue unit, together with the Home Front Command and residents of a building hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, search through the rubble for personal belongings in Haifa, April 16, 2026. Photo by Sharon Leibel/Flash90.
Perisan Gulf States
Feeling what it’s like to be Israel
Tehran’s missile campaign targeting Muslim nations illustrates a new reality of shared civilian vulnerability, while exposing the silence of institutions that claim to defend sovereignty and non-combatants.
Apr. 20, 2026
Betsy Berns Korn, William C. Daroff
James Sinkinson. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
10 big lies Palestinians tell to deny Jewish history in the Land of Israel
James Sinkinson
Rabbi David Katz
Opinion
True change takes time and patience
Rabbi David Katz
Eric Levine
Opinion
Give talks with Iran chance, but this time, don’t bypass Congress
Eric Levine
Opinion
Not just a list of names
Rabbi Cary Kozberg
Opinion
What on earth is happening in Canada?
Jerry Grafstein
Jacques Neriah
Opinion
Disarming Hezbollah: A Middle East fantasy?
Jacques Neriah
Opinion
Benjamin Netanyahu vs. Edward Said: The global war over woke ideas
Gadi Taub
Opinion
Australia, once known for its chill vibe, is a sewer of antisemitism
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Dan Rosen. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Time to recalibrate the Jewish communal mission
Daniel Rosen
Wayne Kopping
Opinion
Leaving Torah behind left a fragile claim to the land
Wayne Kopping
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