Editorial: Pretending Normal Is a Scandal

In July, Drop Site News published leaked internal documents showing Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems pursuing drone and surveillance sales to the United Arab...

Editorial: Rethinking Israel’s Defense

Within the span of a few weeks, Israel announced plans to manufacture Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) domestically while reportedly studying a major investment...
Rabbi Steven Bayar

D’var Torah: What Does God Want?

By Rabbi Steven Bayar This week’s Torah portion is Eikev: Deuteronomy 7:12 — 11:25 The Book of Deuteronomy is Moses’ “swan song” — Moses bequeaths his...

Opinion: Shalom and Then en Garde!

He is frum, made aliyah, retired from dentistry and after 50 years, Elliott Schwartz is still winning at epee. By Phil Jacobs Shabbat lunch can be...
U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at Etimesgut Air Base in Ankara, July 7, 2026.

Opinion: Does Trump Prefer Erdoğan to Netanyahu?

Joseph Puder | JTA Just before the July 7 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called U.S. President Donald Trump and...
"The Odyssey" is advertised in the Lev Tel Aviv movie theater in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, July 24, 2026.

Opinion: Why No One Worships Odysseus Anymore — But Jews Still Live by the...

Rabbi Benjamin Resnick | JTA The release of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which brought in $264 million at the box office during its blockbuster...

Letters to the Editor: July 31

‘France’s Schizophrenia’ (Op-Ed, July 17) The July 17 op-ed about the situation in France illustrates a problem plaguing much of contemporary discourse: it conflates the...
Hasan Piker looks on as U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed delivers a stump speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026. Piker, a popular Twitch streamer accused of antisemitism, prompted controversy for campaigning with El-Sayed.

Opinion: Hasan Piker Is Gaslighting American Jews. As a Historian of Antisemitism, I Can...

By Pamela S. Nadell When left-wing streamer Hasan Piker addressed the national convention of the College Democrats of America this past weekend, he wasn’t just...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lights the Empire State Building in celebration of America 250 at the Empire State Building in New York City on July 4, 2026.

Opinion: Mamdani Coopts Conscience

By Aviram Bellaishe New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s video about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contains only one admission of fact: City Hall has...
Exchange of ideas

Opinion: I Once Opposed Israel, but Then I Met Its Unlikely Allies

By Michael Gamal I challenge you to name a place where a Coptic Egyptian who once considered himself anti-Zionist could spend two days in candid...