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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
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, running for a second term, speaks during a presidential debate with U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.
Editor-in-Chief
Even when he disappoints Israel, Trump is better than the alternative
The president’s mercurial approach to the conflict with Iran is frustrating and potentially disastrous. But compared to Kamala Harris, Jerusalem and American Jews are still better off.
Jun. 5, 2026
Jonathan S. Tobin
Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the United States, speaks to the media after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Nada Hamadeh, Lebanon's ambassador to the United States, outside the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2026. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
A welcome effort to douse modern-day blood libels
Israeli ambassador Yechiel Leiter’s new booklet takes aim at grotesque falsehoods about Israel—crucial for “singing to the choir.”
May. 29, 2026
Ruthie Blum
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Jan. 26, 2026, during talks aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation in energy, defense, water, agriculture and tourism. Source: @gidonsaar/X.
Senior Contributing Editor
Azerbaijan and the emerging alliance reshaping the Middle East
From the Caucasus to the Gulf and the Red Sea, a growing network of partners is challenging Iranian influence and redrawing the region’s strategic map.
Jun. 7, 2026
Fiamma Nirenstein
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order related to strengthening customs enforcement and reforms to federal work laws during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2026. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
Senior Contributor
President Trump: A second Obama?
For the Iranian regime, the purpose of negotiations is to force America to surrender.
Jun. 4, 2026
Melanie Phillips
Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Sept. 30, 2025. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.
Legal Affairs
Israel’s oppositional attorney general
Gali Baharav-Miara often aligns herself with those seeking judicial intervention against the very government she is meant to advise.
June 7, 2026
A. Amos Fried
Naomi Shemer in 1967. Credit: Boris Carmi/National Library of Israel/Meitar Collection/The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection via Wikimedia Commons.
Lyrics and Literature
Poetic choosings
A response to why certain Jewish creative writers were left out of an anthology.
June 7, 2026
Yisrael Medad
Mark Levin. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Iran and Hezbollah are already breaking the deal
Mark Levin
Gabe Aaronson. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Why not let Haredim serve in Israeli weapons factories?
Gabe Aaronson
Amos Fried
Opinion
Israel’s oppositional attorney general
A. Amos Fried
Yisrael Medad
Opinion
Poetic choosings
Yisrael Medad
Dmitriy Shapiro. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
All eyes on Armenia’s elections
Dmitriy Shapiro
Amine Ayoub
Opinion
Hezbollah’s veto breaks Lebanon and blocks the Iran deal
Amine Ayoub
Daniel Friedman. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Are anti-Zionists self-hating Jews?
Daniel Friedman
Michael Makovsky. Credit: Courtesy of JINSA.
Opinion
Trump is lost on Iran
Michael Makovsky, Blaise Misztal
Sara Yael Hirschhorn. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The DNC autopsy doesn’t mention the Jewish state
Sara Yael Hirschhorn
Thane Rosenbaum
Opinion
When hippies hate
Thane Rosenbaum