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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
Isaiah Hankel
Opinion
Investigate universities for promoting antisemitism and violence
Isaiah Hankel
Opinion
An economic ‘reset’ for Israel, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey
Amy Neustein
Opinion
Why Hamas should heed Trump’s warnings
Yoni Ben Menachem, Dan Diker
Opinion
Beyond Gaza, a chance for stability
Joseph Frager
Rabbi Uri Pilichoski. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ultimate shared values
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
Margaux Jubin
Opinion
Radical ideology is fueling antisemitism in the name of ‘diversity’
Margaux Jubin
Masha Merkulova
Opinion
American Jewish students need support and advocacy right now
Masha Merkulova
Opinion
Darker skies ahead for Syrian Christians
Hany Ghoraba
Joseph Epstein
Opinion
The Palestinian cause will not end Saudi-Israeli normalization
Joseph Epstein
Opinion
USAID sent over $18 billion to Islamic terror states
Daniel Greenfield
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