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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
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way back to Washington, D.C., Oct. 23, 2025. Photo by Nathan Howard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Editor-in-Chief
Can they talk themselves into being comfortable with JD Vance?
GOP Jews want to support their party’s possible 2028 candidate, and he wants their backing. But if he won’t disavow Tucker Carlson and his followers, then they can’t trust him.
September 3, 2026 08:00 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Labor Party leader Yair Golan following the approval of the merger agreement with the far-left Meretz Party, at a party conference in Tel Aviv, July 12, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Jingle hell
The score of Yair Golan’s latest campaign clip is music that freed hostage Rom Braslavski’s terrorist captors in Gaza listened to as regularly as they tortured him.
August 21, 2026 10:30 AM
Ruthie Blum
David’s Sling air defense system during a live-fire test in the recent complex test series. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense.
Senior Contributing Editor
New world, two fronts
As authoritarian powers draw closer, Israel, the United States and European democracies are building a new strategic alignment.
September 2, 2026 04:04 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
Protesters demonstrate at Paris Square in central Jerusalem against attacks by extremist Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank, Sept. 2, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Senior Contributor
The new libel to destroy Israel
Violence in the “West Bank” is being malevolently misrepresented.
September 3, 2026 04:15 PM
Melanie Phillips
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Ben Cohen
Featured Columnist
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Amit Segal
Guest Columnist
Benjamin Kerstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Benjamin Kerstein
Featured Columnist
Jewish Star, Magen David
Diaspora Jewry
Redemption through resistance
We are addicted to being Americans first, even when it weakens us.
Sept. 3, 2026
Michael B. Snyder
Cybersecurity. Credit: Pexels.
Cybersecurity
Before threats become attacks
Deconstructing the Department of Homeland Security and Iran’s asymmetric war on the American front.
Sept. 3, 2026
Erfan Fard
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Opinion
The Israeli opposition’s only way to win
Amit Segal
Opinion
Before the threat becomes an attack
Erfan Fard
Edward Barham. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The chaos in Dearborn has to end
Edward Barham
Michael B. Snyder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Redemption through resistance
Michael B. Snyder
Marcia Bronstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Taking stock of Rosh Hashanah for the next generation
Marcia Bronstein
Eliyahu Berkovits. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Yes, they will multiply
Eliyahu Berkovits
Rabbi Hayim Leiter. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Hot and bothered by Israeli air-conditioners
Rav Hayim Leiter
Eyal Dror. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Al-Sharaa’s army will reveal what his new Syria really is
Eyal Dror
Carice Witte. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Israel’s Pacific opportunity
Carice Witte
Dexter Van Zile. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Massachusetts hires anti-Zionist with alleged family ties to Hamas to teach in middle school
Dexter Van Zile