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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
Ephraim Dardashti
Opinion
The Iranian New Year vs. Ramadan: What will win out?
Ephraim Dardashti
Ronen Itsik
Opinion
Apply ‘Trump spirit’ to the situation in Gaza
Ronen Itsik
Odelia Kedmi
Opinion
The time has come: Us or them?
Odelia Kedmi
Joseph Puder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Why Arabs continue to reject better lives for Palestinians in Gaza
Joseph Puder
Opinion
The moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of the International Red Cross
Alan Baker
Jan Lee. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Rethinking sage advice at Purim
Jan Lee
Opinion
Trump’s plan vs. Qatari power
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Gregory Lyakhov
Opinion
A way to break the cycle of terror and give peace a chance
Gregory Lyakhov
Opinion
Trump plan offers chance for a hopeful future
Joseph Frager
Opinion
The moral bankruptcy and hypocrisy of the International Red Cross
Alan Baker
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