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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
Israel Prison Service officers prepare Palestinian prisoners for release as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot Prison in southern Israel, Feb. 26, 2025. File photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Editor-in-Chief
The four reasons why we can’t move on from a blood libel
“The New York Times” and its enablers are counting on the public’s short attention span and “suicidal empathy” of liberal Jews to bury Nicholas Kristof’s lie about rapist dogs in Israel.
May. 19, 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
Opinion
I get to define antisemitism
Nadav Steinman
Dror Eydar. Source: LinkedIn.
Opinion
Berlusconi’s revolution in Israel relations
Dror Eydar
Mitchell Bard
Opinion
What are Arab donors to universities buying for $10 billion?
Mitchell Bard
Mordechai Kedar
Opinion
Is Azerbaijani-Iranian rapprochement realistic?
Mordechai Kedar
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributing Editor
Berlusconi and his love of Israel
Fiamma Nirenstein
Sarah N. Stern
Opinion
The Cold War returns to the Middle East
Sarah N. Stern
Irit Tratt
Opinion
Should Jewish conservatives stay Republican?
Irit Tratt
Opinion
Gender equality on the battlefield
Ondria Rees
Opinion
The United Nations’ jihad against Israel
Bassam Tawil
James Sinkinson. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
DEI programs encourage campus antisemitism
James Sinkinson
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