Opinion

Reform Judaism can have Zionism or fringe Leftism, not both

Candidly Speaking: Trump, Nazis and American Jewry

Editorial: Responsible politics

Liberals have to stop abetting ‘the jackals’

The peace activists who fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

I don’t see any such activists talking about the 300 rockets being launched at Israelis during the course of 24 hours.

To be or not to be an Israeli company

The rise and fall of Detroit

Between the freedom and security of information

The Spokesperson’s Unit and Military Censor have completely collapsed.

What is Europe without Jews?

A Jewish Chronicle poll found that forty percent of British Jews would seriously consider leaving the UK if Labour leader and terrorist sympathizer Jeremy Corbyn were to become prime minister.

Know Comment: Your Gaza conflict quiz

I dare you to answer this quiz about Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza without cracking a bitter smile and heaving a sigh of cynical disbelief.

What is Hamas’s end-game? Escalation control

So, if Hamas got what it wanted, what does it get from such an unprecedented escalation (Hamas fired more rockets in one day than ever before)? And why now? What the hell, Hamas?!

Despite losing elections, cause for celebration for Berkovitch supporters

Berkovitch supporters' excitement and enthusiasm stemmed from the realization that in their loss there was a great victory.

Pittsburgh and the erasure of antisemitism

The continuous shoving of antisemitism to the sidelines is not only hurtful but it flies in stark contradiction to the facts.

The AI race is on and it’s open to all

Whether it be Alibaba vs. Amazon, Tencents vs. Facebook or Tsinghua University vs. MIT, it is safe to say that more and more of the China-US competition boils down to mastering the powers of AI.

Grapevine: Turning trauma into a force for good

A round-up of who's who and what's what.

My Word: The two-day Rocket War

Those saying that the “peace is fragile” are ignoring the fact that the current reality is not real peace at all.

Haredi enlistment, then election

The lack of haredim in the IDF is a matter of national importance that has been on the political agenda of many governments and Knessets.

A hassidic grandmama...

... who was an Internet troll

Netanyahu lacks strategy but made the right decision

Why was toppling Hamas the objective 10 years ago, but not for the last decade since Netanyahu has been in office? What changed?

Why Israel let Hamas win latest round of Gaza violence

Winners don’t quit. Losers do.

Washington Watch: Are the Jews next?

The Jewish vote was bad news for Netanyahu but less so for Trump, who sees his Israel policies not as a magnet for Jewish votes but for Jewish money and evangelical support.

Four lessons between murder to hope

Our government of hatred toward the other is well connected to the governments inflaming this hatred, encouraging antisemitism, leading to murder like the one in Pittsburgh this week.

Reacting to a tide of hate

New York Times' opinion writer Bari Weiss gave a moving speech about Pittsburgh at the JNF annual conference.

Vocational training: A key recipe for Swiss economic success

In past years, this unique education system has attracted a great deal of high-level attention.

Freedom or free-for-all?

“Today we can choose our work, gender, political and sexual orientation. We even have the right to change our name. Why do we not have the right to change our age?” asks Ratelband.