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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
Epic Fury Blockade Iran
Column
The dawn of a new world order
An increasingly hostile public in the United States has little idea of the necessity and importance of the war against Iran.
Apr. 23, 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
Time. Credit: Nothing Ahead/Pexels.
Ceasefire
The war of clocks: Iran’s patience vs. America’s urgency
Tehran understands that patience is power. It needs only to outlast an election season to shift the balance and gain leverage.
Apr. 23, 2026
Dr. Eric R. Mandel
Giovanni Giacalone. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ‘axis of resistance’ has been broken, but beware of the Ikhwani threat
Giovanni Giacalone
Devora Simon
Opinion
Bridging understanding at school: Support amid geopolitical tensions
Devora Simon
Opinion
A new generation of American influence rises to the fore
Asher Daniels
John Mirisch
Opinion
Fighting the virus of Jew-hatred
John Mirisch
Opinion
Hezbollah’s soul-searching reveals its defeat
Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen
Discover Shlomo Vile's comprehensive articles on Israel, Jewish communities, and global Jewish affairs at JNS.org.
Opinion
Let’s put Zion back into Zionism
Shlomo Vile
Opinion
Trump reportedly wants to resettle Gazans in Somalia
Daniel Greenfield
Paul S. Bachow
Opinion
Were Israel’s goals achievable?
Paul Bachow
Harold Rhode
Opinion
The roots of nationalism and territorial claims of Palestinian Arabs
Harold Rhode
Opinion
Trump electrifies the world with his proposal of what to do with Gaza
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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