Opinion

Repeating old mistakes: Arming our enemies' enemy is never a long term fix - editorial

The decision to arm the Rafah-centered militia may have been procedurally flawed, and reflects a long-standing Israeli doctrine.

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

Alan Garber’s stand against Washington: A Jewish hero at Harvard - opinion

 HARVARD UNIVERSITY President Alan Garber acknowledges sustained applause from students, during commencement exercises, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last month. All of those assembled understood that they were in the presence of greatness, states the writer.

Yair Golan’s accusations against Netanyahu: A reflection of Israel’s deep divides - opinion

 Former Meretz MK Yair Golan

Why American support for Israel remains strong despite campus antisemitism - opinion

 DEMONSTRATORS TAKE part in an Emergency Rally: Stand with Palestinians Under Siege in Gaza at Harvard University in 2023.

Golan Heights: Where history, conflict, and compassion meet - opinion

The Golan is not only strategic – it’s sacred, rooted in memory and meaning.

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Hamas’s talk of leaving Gaza: Real change or just buying time? - opinion

Hamas’s latest pronouncements expose deep-seated contradictions that display just how strategically confused and politically rattled the movement has become.

 Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages.

Building Jewish resilience: A three-year journey with Jewish Federations of North America – opinion

After three years at the helm of the Jewish Federations of North America, the writer reflects on serving Jewish communities worldwide.

JFNA Board of Trustees Chair Julie Platt recieved the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor at the beginning of January.

The moment of reckoning: Israel and the Diaspora must stand united - opinion

The events of October 7 and their aftermath have cast a long shadow, not only over Israel and Gaza but also over the relationship between Israel and Jewish communities worldwide,

RABBI PINCHAS Goldschmidt

Lost and found: Tefillin return after two years - opinion

The mitzvah of returning a lost item, 'hashavat aveidah,' requires a person to actively seek out and return lost property to its rightful owner, provided that the item has identifying markings.

 Naveh at his bar mitzvah with Barbara Sofer and Dr. Gerald Schroeder, proud grandparents.

Motherhood as a metaphor: The role of women as facilitators - opinion

Life is extremely imperfect and challenging; the goal of the individual must be to overcome adversity and sorrow to achieve meaning for oneself and for others, whoever they may be.

 An illustrative image of a woman with a musical instrument.

With Trump in charge, the world must prepare for long wars - opinion

Trump thinks that the weighty economic power of America and the force of his HUGE personality will bend adversaries to his will.

  IRAN’S SUPREME leader Ali Khamenei and United States President Donald Trump.

When fact becomes fiction: How Israeli victims became aggressors as antisemitism rises - opinion

Australia report reveals antisemitism has reached an unacceptable level throughout the world.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN banner hangs in the forecourt of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, July 2024.

Antisemitic blood libels are threatening the lives of Diaspora Jews – opinion

After centuries of blood libel cases, history is repeating itself with recent attacks in Washington DC and Boulder.

 SIMON OF TRENT blood libel: Illustration in Hartmann Schedel’s ‘Weltchronik,’ 1493.

Global money trail: How Hamas and Hezbollah are funded despite sanctions – opinion

Hamas and Hezbollah thrive on international funds – learn how fake charities and digital currencies keep their cash flow alive.

 A Palestinian whose house was destroyed during Israel's offensive, shows money distributed by Hamas in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip January 28, 2009.