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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
British novelist Roald Dahl (1916-1990) at home in the United Kingdom, Dec. 10, 1971. Photo by Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images.
From the Editor-in-Chief
Asking the wrong questions about antisemitism
As the arts world legitimizes bias against Israel in the post-Oct. 7 world, a hit play about author Roald Dahl’s Jew-hatred explores the intersection of culture and prejudice.
Apr. 21, 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
People celebrate Israel's 78th Independence Day in central Jerusalem, April 22, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Column
Israel celebrates but knows it is fighting for survival
Israel at 78 balances resilience, vigilance and an unbroken determination to live.
Apr. 22, 2026
Fiamma Nirenstein
Celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 78th Independence Day, at Sacher Park in Jerusalem on April 22, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Diaspora Jewry
When young Jews don’t go to Israel, they drift
Here is what the data shows …
Apr. 22, 2026
Gidi Mark, Elias Saratovsky
Checkmate. Credit: Pexels.
Iran War
Iranian regime’s deceptive negotiation strategy: No surprises
Every concession offered at the table is interpreted as weakness. Every pause is time purchased for the next phase of horizontal and vertical escalation.
Apr. 22, 2026
Dan Diker, Harold Rhode
Opinion
US aid needs real reform, not exits and funding freezes
Olga Deutsch
Simon Deng, an escaped jihad slave from South Sudan, is accompanied in Israel by Dr. Charles Jacobs (pictured), President of the American Anti-Slavery group.
Opinion
Chicago takes a stand against Islamic terrorism and slavery in Africa
Charles Jacobs, Ben Poser
Opinion
East Germany, Eritrea, Gaza ... the doctrine of restricting emigration
Avraham Russell Shalev
Oshy Ellman
Opinion
Is Israel betraying its citizens with health care for terrorists?
Oshy Ellman
Matanya Harow
Opinion
All politics is local, even for Americans in Israel
Matanya Harow
Opinion
The child murderers of Gaza
Daniel Greenfield
Shoshana Bryen
Opinion
The day after ...
Shoshana Bryen
Sara Lehmann
Opinion
Who is calling who a Nazi?
Sara Lehmann
Opinion
The ‘Hezbollahization’ of Gaza
Meir Ben Shabbat
Opinion
Muslims cheer, parade bodies of murdered Israeli children in Gaza
Daniel Greenfield
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