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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
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributing Editor
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) arrives in Washington, D.C., for a House vote on the funding bill to reopen the government. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
Editor-in-Chief
Antisemitism transformed Thomas Massie from libertarian extremist to liberal hero
The anti-Trump congressman from Kentucky is blaming his primary woes on Israel and Zionist billionaires. And the liberal press and Jew-haters everywhere are cheering for him.
May. 18, 2026
Jonathan S. Tobin
Comedian and television talk-show host Bill Maher attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Mark Guiducci at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California, March 15, 2026. Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images.
Column
Bill Maher deserves praise, not gratitude, for telling the truth about Israel
Jews shouldn’t need to treat intellectual honesty as heroism. Nor does it behoove us to grab any morsel of sympathy with the hunger of a hostage.
May. 18, 2026
Ruthie Blum
“The New York Times”
Column
‘New York Times’ and the oldest blood libel
When facts collapse, a darker myth emerges.
May. 16, 2026
Fiamma Nirenstein
Blood libel Sandomierz Cathedral
Column
The anti-Jewish fever dream of ‘The New York Times’
We’re living through a throwback to murderous beliefs from before the age of reason.
May. 14, 2026
Melanie Phillips
Actor Richard Gere attends a press conference about the new movie “Norman” at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on March 9, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Arts & Entertainment
Stop Iran from controlling the Strait of Hormuz
There is another definition of what it means to be a bad actor.
May 18, 2026
Moshe Phillips
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof speaks at the “Global Pulse Check” during the Humanitarian Summit and 2025 Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles on May 7, 2025. Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Aurora Humanitarian Initiative.
Media
Nicholas Kristof’s words vs. Nicholas Kristof’s work
What is going on among Democratic Party leaders is a growing shift leftward on issues related to Israel and Jews, in response to pressure from the activist left.
May 18, 2026
Omri Tubi
Eunice G. Pollack
Opinion
No Labels’ Chavis shouldn’t be trusted to pick the US president in 2024
Eunice G. Pollack
Opinion
The lessons of Israel’s 1956 war
Joseph Frager
Opinion
End the UN’s immunity
Benjamin Kerstein
Richard Kemp
Opinion
Any deal with Iran requires congressional approval
Richard Kemp
Opinion
Nazism and the Palestinians
Paul Schneider
Sean Durns
Opinion
WAPO’s scattershot reporting on Jenin
Sean Durns
Stephen M. Flatow. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
See no Fatah, hear no Fatah
Stephen M. Flatow
Alexandra Fleksher. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Who is telling our stories?
Alexandra Fleksher
Melanie Phillips
Opinion
The malevolent reporting on Israel’s Jenin operation
Melanie Phillips
Shoshana Bryen
Opinion
Making sense of the Jenin raid
Shoshana Bryen
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