menu_open Columnists
Current . Favorites
We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

US House defeats amendment to end Israel aid, but nearly half of Democrats vote in favor

US House defeats amendment to end Israel aid, but nearly half of Democrats vote in favor

Measure’s sponsor Thomas Massie is only GOP lawmaker to back the proposal, which split Democratic leaders and underscored steep decline in support...

20

The Times of Israel

Agencies

Likud MK announces resignation, says party has been ‘hijacked’ by Haredi interests

Likud MK announces resignation, says party has been ‘hijacked’ by Haredi interests

Dan Illouz says his party’s efforts to enshrine draft exemption are a ‘disgrace that made it clear to me that my place is no longer in the Likud’

10

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Israel: A Nation Restored, Not a Colony

Israel: A Nation Restored, Not a Colony

Israel Is Not the Last Colony. It Is One of History’s Great Decolonization Stories. History remembers the twentieth century as the age of...

6

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Sabine Sterk

Hubris, Humility and Hashem

Hubris, Humility and Hashem

So here we go again. I’m so stressed. The extensive security check at the Israeli Consulate. This time in Munich. We must explain who we are, how...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Thomas Brasch

Jewish Identity and Ethnicity

Jewish identity is multifaceted. In the story of the prophet Jonah, for example, he was asked by the frightened crew of the ship bound for Tarshish...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierez

Predsednik vseh resnic

Predsednik vseh resnic

Zavedam se, da mora RTV vabiti v studio politike. To je njena naloga. Javnost mora slišati njihove argumente. Tudi ali še posebej predsednika...

20

Dnevnik

Pisma Bralcev

Zdaj pa bo!

Zdaj pa bo!

Kot smo poročali včeraj, se je zdaj izkazalo, da razvpit poslanec Resnice Boris Mijič kot podjetnik ni samo zadrževal plačil delavcem in državi,...

20

Dnevnik

N. N

Knesset approves law expanding gender segregation in academia

Knesset approves law expanding gender segregation in academia

Legislation to allow universities and schools to offer segregated master’s and doctoral degree programs passes 52-43 over objections of academic...

20

The Times of Israel

Ariela Karmel

Lamentations Will Not Save Us

Lamentations Will Not Save Us

On what we can learn about our responsibility for building a better future from the first Tisha b’Av, as told in Parashat Devarim Imagine Moshe,...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Beery

Sidestepping boycotts, Avi Nesher’s Oct. 7 film gets a little closer to the Oscars

At Jerusalem Film Festival panel this week, famed director discusses blacklisting of Israeli filmmakers while showcasing ‘Our Loves,’ his new...

1

The Times of Israel

Jessica Steinberg

Celebrating My Independence 60 Years Ago Was Lifechanging

As I celebrated America’s 250th Independence Day in Florida, I could not help but think back to my own celebration of independence 60 years ago....

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Patricia Levinson

The Kremlin Method, Practiced in Vilnius

Lithuania’s Genocide Centre defends claims it knows to be false, answers evidence by designating the people who carry it, and has adopted the...

10

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Grant Arthur Gochin

Moshe’s Final Days

The Book of Devarim is actually a thirty-seven day farewell address from Moshe Rabbeinu to the Jewish people. It began on Rosh Chodesh Shvat, and...

6

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Kenneth Cohen

Ženske, svobodne za štedilnikom

Ženske, svobodne za štedilnikom

Se spominjate kuhinje svoje babice? Je imela kuhinjsko stensko vezenino, na kateri so bili z modro nitjo na svetli bombažni tkanini izvezeni...

20

Dnevnik

Uršula Cetinski

Ankara Summit Mirrors West’s Systemic Crisis

Ankara Summit Mirrors West’s Systemic Crisis The July 7–8 NATO Summit in Türkiye was supposed to demonstrate the unity of all 32 members of the...

10

New Eastern Outlook

Veniamin Popov

Why It's Hard to Ask for What You Need

Why It's Hard to Ask for What You Need

Growing up in a dysfunctional family can make speaking up feel unsafe.

20

Psychology Today

Sharon Martin

Incoming Colombian FM says country will be ninth to open embassy in Jerusalem

Incoming Colombian FM says country will be ninth to open embassy in Jerusalem

Jerusalem says Omar Bola Escobar and Gideon Sa’ar also agreed to restore full diplomatic ties, after Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on...

10

The Times of Israel

Lazar Berman

Trump's shiny new plane isn't worth the cost — or the risk

Sometimes what goes around actually does come around. Take President Donald Trump, for instance. Days after he trolled former President Barack Obama...

20

The Korea Times

Leonard Greene

Evangelical Parliamentary Front releases historic manifesto on antisemitism

Brasília, July 8, 2026 — The Apostolic House (Casa Apostólica) and the Evangelical Parliamentary Front (FPE) of the National Congress filed, in...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silas Anastacio

Being Falsely Accused of Genocide Is Better Than Being the Victim of One

Being Falsely Accused of Genocide Is Better Than Being the Victim of One

War is always a human tragedy and the suffering in Gaza has been terrible. Innocent civilians have been killed, families have lost their homes, and...

7

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lisa Shatz

From Colonial Roots to Today: Congregation Beth Ahabah of Richmond, Virginia

From Colonial Roots to Today: Congregation Beth Ahabah of Richmond, Virginia

Congregation Beth Ahabah is a vibrant Reform Jewish congregation that balances the preservation of religious tradition with active participation in...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jay Abramson

Climate change's heat is baking us to death. We must act

Children cool off at the Crown Fountain in Millennium Park in the Loop on June 29, 2026. Chicago Tribune-TNS America celebrated its 250th year of...

20

The Korea Times

Elizabeth Shackelford

Iran’s Curious Choice of Targets

I find it curious that Iran has chosen to retaliate against the United States by attacking American military installations in countries such as Saudi...

10

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Steve Wenick

Does Israel Control the World Cup Wikipedia?

In light of Argentina’s victory over England in today’s World Cup semifinals, I’m reminded of a moment when a referee was accused of being a...

7

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Eli Bernstein

In God We Trust (Devarim 5786)

Like me, one of my childhood rabbis, Rob Dobrusin, is a baseball fan. In addition to teaching me Torah as a young person, he also taught me to...

10

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Josh Feigelson

Rahm Emanuel Visits Israel

The visit of Rahm Emanuel is only second in importance to the defeat of the Coalition and Likud in the upcoming election, and I’m afraid the...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Goldie Warshawsky Klugman

Without Social Justice Jerusalem And Its Holy Temple Will Be Destroyed On Av 9

“What need have I of all your sacrifices?” says YHWH. “Devote yourselves to justice; aid the wronged, uphold the rights of orphans; defend the...

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Allen S. Maller

Israel as Alibi

When I published “For Truth’s Sake: Love Vance,” I was not claiming that JD Vance secretly hated Israel. My argument was more structural and...

1

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Booyakasha at Wimbledon: The Quietly Remarkable Jewish Family

On Sunday, as the Wimbledon men’s singles final unfolded under the watchful gaze of Prince William, Nicole Kidman, and a battalion of strawberry...

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Vincent James Hooper

Beneath the Surface: Discovering Jewish BC

Beneath the Surface: Discovering Jewish BC

An eight-day journey through the Okanagan, the Kootenays, and Revelstoke revealed a simple truth: the challenge facing smaller Jewish communities is...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ezra Shanken

Mykhailo Podolyak’s advice for Zelensky: ‘Destroy every Russian oil refinery’

Mykhailo Podolyak’s advice for Zelensky: ‘Destroy every Russian oil refinery’

Mykhailo Podolyak’s advice for Zelensky: ‘Destroy every Russian oil refinery’ ‘The cost of the conflict for the Kremlin must become much...

10

Il Manifesto Global

Sabato Angieri

JD Vance’s Words Will Not Stay on Joe Rogan’s Microphone

JD Vance’s Words Will Not Stay on Joe Rogan’s Microphone

JD Vance’s Words Will Not Stay on Joe Rogan’s Microphone Today, July 15, 2026, Vice President JD Vance appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mansoor H. Laghari

A Brief History of the Nigun

A Brief History of the Nigun

Perhaps one of the most well-known, yet least understood schools of music in all of Judaism is the deceitfully simplistic nigun. These wordless tunes...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Joshua Kail

Who Will Be Our Partisans?

Who Will Be Our Partisans?

When the Shit Really Hits the Fan, What Will You Do? What gives me the most hope is being reminded of the countless, nameless, unsung heroes — the...

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Abe Gurko

Hrvaška želi politično krepiti Hrvate v BiH

Hrvaška želi politično krepiti Hrvate v BiH

Uradni Zagreb si prizadeva za posebno neteritorialno hrvaško volilno enoto v BiH.

20

Dnevnik

Goran Ivanović

Choose Your Own Adventure (Part 1)

Choose Your Own Adventure (Part 1)

Four Competing Visions of a Meaningful Jewish Life When my great-grandmother (z”l) was a teenager growing up in a Ger Chasidic family in Poland in...

7

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ariel Greenwald

Beyond the Red-Green Alliance: Empathy and Structural Asymmetry

Beyond the Red-Green Alliance: Empathy and Structural Asymmetry

To most people’s surprise, some of the most influential political alliances are not formed between ideological allies, but between ideological...

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Tim Orr

Whole Lotta Hate

There is a whole lot of hate out there. All sorts of posts on all sorts of platforms, interviews and just people with something to say, full of hate....

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bob Avraham Yermus

They Stamped Every Neighborhood But Ours

They Stamped Every Neighborhood But Ours

There is a particular loneliness in being counted only when someone is counting victims, and forgotten every other day of the year. This summer, as...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

David Benger

The Counterargument to the DSA’s Position on Israel

The Counterargument to the DSA’s Position on Israel

The DSA says, at best, that Israel has the right to defend itself. Then it condemns virtually every effective method Israel uses to exercise that...

0

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Mitch Mallett

Stop Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Stop Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic

I sat recently with a rabbi, someone more or less of my generation, perhaps a touch younger, but exceedingly more wise and experienced in guiding a...

7

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Daniel Arnoff

The Church & The Gospel – Part III

No Needy Person Among Them: The Material Meaning of Resurrection The earliest followers of Jesus preached resurrection, but they also reorganized...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Ed Gaskin

The kind of unity that can save Israel

The kind of unity that can save Israel

The word “unity” has become one of the most overused words in Israeli discourse recently. Anyone who seeks to avoid a moral decision, blur...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Nadav Tamir

Eisenkot: PM asked me as IDF chief to order troops into bunkers in area where his son was serving

Former top military commander says he rejected the ‘strange demand,’ which he links to current reports that Netanyahu’s wife is pushing for...

10

The Times of Israel

Jeremy Sharon

JD Vance Declares War on Israel

JD Vance Declares War on Israel

On July 15, 2026, J.D. Vance did not go on Joe Rogan’s podcast to defend his Iran memorandum. He went there to construct the alibi he will need when...

20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Trump said leaning toward expanding military offensive against Iran, which he warns ‘better behave’

Trump said leaning toward expanding military offensive against Iran, which he warns ‘better behave’

US president announces Tehran has released an American citizen wrongfully detained since 2024, which he calls a ‘gesture of goodwill’ amid renewed...

20

The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

‘Go to hell’: Vance rails at reported Israeli-backed online campaign smearing Iran MOU

‘Go to hell’: Vance rails at reported Israeli-backed online campaign smearing Iran MOU

In Joe Rogan interview, VP claims some elements within Israeli ‘system’ are ‘beyond a shadow of a doubt manipulating and trying to change...

30

The Times of Israel

Jacob Magid

US House defeats amendment to end Israel aid, but nearly half of Democrats vote in favor

US House defeats amendment to end Israel aid, but nearly half of Democrats vote in favor

Measure’s sponsor Thomas Massie is only GOP lawmaker to back it * Knesset passes law expanding gender segregation in academia * Trump says Iran has...

20

The Times of Israel

Toi Staff

Lindsey Graham Wasn't Israel's Friend – He Was a Friend of Its Worst Instincts

Lindsey Graham Wasn't Israel's Friend – He Was a Friend of Its Worst Instincts

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

30

Haaretz

Gideon Levy