Warren H. Cohn

Opinion: Family Wants Nonprofit to Stop Using a Holocaust Survivor’s Name

By Warren H. Cohn Imagine a Philadelphia organization calling itself the Marian Anderson Institute for Concert Hall Exclusion. You wouldn’t need a lawyer to explain the...
Yoel Levy, known as “the Jewish fitness coach” on social media, running the Jerusalem Marathon in a Batman costume in memory of the Bibas children, Ariel and Kfir, who were kidnapped and then killed by Hamas, April 4, 2025.

Opinion: Taking Stock of Rosh Hashanah for the Next Generation

By Marcia Bronstein I love being in synagogue for the High Holidays to take stock of where we have been and where we are going,...
David J. Benger

Opinion: For Jewish Charities, a Chance to Serve Without Leaving Faith at the Door

By David J. Benger Picture two soup kitchens on the same block. Both feed the same hungry neighbors. Both take federal money. The secular one...
Poet and activist Maya Angelou speaking at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, in 2012.

Opinion: The Stranger Among Us

By David J. Butler As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the High Holy Days invite us to take stock of ourselves. We think about the...

Opinion: The Israeli Opposition’s Only Way to Win

By Amit Segal Put it this way, and it sounds very close indeed: the election is next month. Its outcome will largely be decided this...

Opinion: Settlers Used as Pawns Against Israel

By Fiamma Nirenstein Settlers. Colonists. By now, there is hardly any need to add the adjective “violent.” In the imagination of much of the world,...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine meets Qatar’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Jassim Al Mannain in Doha, Qatar, Sep. 22, 2025.

Opinion: Don’t Trust Doha When It Comes to US-Iran Negotiations

Ahmed Y. Obali There are multiple reasons why selecting Qatar as a negotiator for U.S.-Iranian talks is problematic. For starters, it has constantly supported Hamas...

Opinion: ‘Hell, No! We Won’t Go’

Douglas Altabef This being Israel, everyone has an opinion. And the more personally it applies to someone, the more conviction in the opinions expressed. So it...

Opinion: The Case for a Nation That Knows Its Borders

Max Blankfeld Israel issued tenders last week for 1,234 housing units in E1, the strategically located area between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim. The project is...

Opinion: No Vote for Genocide Liars

By James Sinkinson Politicians who claim that Israel committed genocide in Gaza are lying to you. A review of genocide’s definition, plus hard evidence, disproves...