Opinion

Investing through Israeli eyes: How to win in the current market - opinion

Geopolitical tensions are at the heart of the global agenda and have been increasingly shaping the considerations of investment managers worldwide. 

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Fiction faster than fact: Time for legacy media to confront its role in antisemitism - editorial

 Hand holding sieve to filter truth from lies, facts from fakes. Concept of media literacy, fake news detection, and critical thinking in digital age (illustrative).

Will the socialist, pro-intifada Mamdani make New York inhospitable for Jews? - opinion

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protest in New York. (illustration)

Mental health on the front lines: Israel’s parallel crisis amid war - opinion

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With Iran threat gone, it's time to expand Israel's sovereignty - opinion

Now that Israel is in a more secure situation, it can afford to put more thought into growth, and the first steps of that growth should be extending Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremony dedicating a new neighborhood in Kiryat Arba, outside Hebron, in 2020. Now is the time for Israel to extend its sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the writer maintains.

Education in the US: Ideological battleground or the home of critical thought - opinion

The First Amendment was never intended to shield public employees from accountability to the communities they serve.

THE K-12 Fairness Center of StandWithUs holds a rally outside the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon earlier this month to support Jewish educators, students, and allies.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright? - opinion

Throwing the word “messianic” around reduces complex ideas to caricature and avoids the real questions those ideas raise.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses his party’s faction in the Knesset last week. He is dismissed as ‘messianic’ not just for his policies, but also a worldview he represents, says the writer.

Patriotic crisis: American's can be proud of the US and protest the gov't - opinion

If Americans, especially Democrats, want to change their country, they can do so while waving the star-spangled banner with pride.

THE MACY’S 4th of July Fireworks show is seen from Brooklyn, New York. As Americans marked Independence Day, a striking new Gallup poll revealed a troubling fracture in the American soul, says the writer.

Peace through strength: Why the Nobel Prize Committee won't honor Trump - opinion

The Nobel Peace Prize has devolved into a political symbol and has become more about ideological alignment than measurable impact.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu hands over a nomination letter as he tells US President Donald Trump that he has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, at the White House, last week.

Israel's nuclear ambiguity no longer enough to deter future Iran threat - opinion

Above all, Israel should do whatever is needed to upgrade and enhance its nuclear deterrence posture.

 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi looks on during a news conference in Istanbul last month, amid Iran’s war with Israel. The writer asks: What should be Jerusalem’s next protective steps?

Seeing the end from the beginning: Every Jew should see himself as a messianist - opinion

As we live through moments that feel charged with messianic energy, we must not shy away from pondering how these events reflect prophecy and align with God’s unfolding plan.

 Several Jews are seen waving flags with the Hebrew word for Messiah written on them.

Israel needs to accept that revenge is a valid option - opinion

Revenge is the answer for those who believe they can rape, torture, butcher, and then sleep peacefully at night. It is not just primal. It is moral.

 The destruction of a home at Kibbutz Nir Oz, following the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023: In just a few months, two years will have passed since that cursed day when humanity’s moral boundaries were shattered once again.

Haredim cannot say God is theirs if they cut themselves off from Israel - opinion

The anathema we have built into us Jews of a poresh min hatzibbur, “one who disconnects himself or herself from the community,” is what will lead to our disconnecting from the haredi public.

 An illustrative image of haredim.

High Court ruling on Shin Bet head may trigger Israel's descent into lawlessness - opinion

Revolutionary judges have altered the Israeli system without asking the people, and created a regime that harms both democracy and Israeli society. 

 Maj.-Gen. David Zini attends a ceremony held at the IDF Central Command headquarters in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024