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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
A poster in Melbourne, Australia, shows Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old shooting suspect in the Dec. 14, 2025 Chanukah massacre on Bondi Beach, February 2026. Credit: Courtesy of the Combat Antisemitism Movement.
Diaspora Jewry
ADL statistics: Not good news
The question about hatred of Jews is one about surrounding society. It is a civilizational problem.
May 19, 2026
Rabbi David Wolpe
Arafat
Defense and Security
Israel’s old policy for a new generation of terrorists
A ceasefire may pause large-scale combat, but it does not erase responsibility.
May 19, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Lawrence Solomon
Opinion
The Druze or the Paris Agreement?
Lawrence Solomon
Melanie Phillips
Opinion
It’s time to dismantle the United Nations
Melanie Phillips
Opinion
Lessons from the Ukraine war
Yair Ramati, Yaakov Lappin
Dan Schnur
Opinion
A future Jewish president?
Dan Schnur
Clifford D. May. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Yes, Xi Jinping is a dictator
Clifford D. May
Thane Rosenbaum
Opinion
The rudderless Jews
Thane Rosenbaum
Rabbi Yossy Goldman. Credit: Ricci Goldstein Photography.
Opinion
Our own worst enemy?
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Kasim Hafeez
Opinion
Halt the hegemony that is Iran
Kasim Hafeez
Mitchell Bard
Opinion
Biden’s glass White House
Mitchell Bard
Opinion
Roseanne, speak the truth about the Holocaust
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
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