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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'azmaut, Israel’s 78th Independence Day, at Sacher Park in Jerusalem on April 22, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Diaspora Jewry
The most persecuted people in history built a prosperous state in less than a century
The world keeps asking Israel to apologize for existing. The data has a different answer.
Apr. 23, 2026
Ronn Torossian
Part of an Iranian ballistic missile in the desert near the city of Arad after being fired toward Israel during the war with Iran, April 16, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Israeli Politics
Netanyahu’s re-election depends on the final outcome of ‘Operation Roaring Lion’
Can Israel’s military achievements be translated into a diplomatic arrangement that prevents Iran from rebuilding its nuclear capabilities and missile arsenal?
Apr. 23, 2026
Joseph Puder
Opinion
USAID sent over $18 billion to Islamic terror states
Daniel Greenfield
Rabbi Hayim Leiter. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Hamas, we got your message ...
Rav Hayim Leiter
Yisrael Medad
Opinion
Peter Beinart goes down a rabbit hole
Yisrael Medad
Mordechai Kedar
Opinion
Why Azerbaijan is important for Israel’s security
Mordechai Kedar
Larry Levine
Opinion
End the war, clear Gaza and start again
Larry Levine
Shlomi Ben Meir
Opinion
‘Haaretz’ disregards the facts and distorts truth
Shlomi Ben Meir
Paul Rotenberg
Opinion
Short-term visions, long-term realities for Gaza
Paul Rotenberg
Opinion
The Gaza plan makes sense
Phyllis Chesler
Farley Weiss. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Trump is ready to upend the status quo in Gaza
Farley Weiss
Giovanni Giacalone. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ‘axis of resistance’ has been broken, but beware of the Ikhwani threat
Giovanni Giacalone
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