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Jan 12, 2026, 3:25 PM

Shades of Green

As Iran’s Islamic regime teeters on the edge of collapse, knocked off its evil axis by its own long-suffering people, all eyes are… elsewhere. The mullahs didn’t need to cut off the Internet to keep the bravery and bloodshed off...

Dec 24, 2025, 10:54 PM

Zigzagging to Eurovision

Yuval Raphael holds her country's flag onstage during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. (AP/ Martin Meissner)

What with past winners returning their trophies, I say the contest itself is irrelevant; showing up proud despite the animosity - that's the victory

Jun 17, 2025, 11:19 PM

This time is different. This mission that Israel undertook to secure our own people – our future, our Jewish state – is more monumental and consequential than any IDF operation most of us have seen in our lifetime. It is the...

Mar 21, 2024, 9:45 AM

Please Be Advised

For your safety, synagogue services for this Shabbat have been canceled. As you may know, your congregation has been targeted because it recites Zionist prayers for the welfare of Israel and the success of its army. Since we are...

Mar 12, 2024, 5:32 PM

Unity on the skids?

They’re back. The protestors who block my mother’s street every Saturday night (her building sits opposite the President’s residence), chanting and hollering, have returned. Bring down Bibi; end the war; free the hostages – the messages are more diffuse than...

Jan 3, 2024, 4:48 PM

I meet my neighbor in the elevator. We greet each other, smile, and exchange wishes for a good day, capped with a prayerful “Besorot tovot.” But thankfully, by mutual agreement, we don’t ask what has become a loaded question...

Dec 14, 2023, 9:57 AM

Prisoners of Zion

After governments shut down the world almost overnight because of Covid, making travel all but impossible, I published an op-ed about how it felt to be grounded in Israel, no vacations or reunions with distant family on the horizon. ...

Oct 23, 2023, 11:27 PM

The New Swastika

Comparisons to the Holocaust have always been verboten. To even suggest a parallel or a portent in modern manifestations of antisemitism would reflexively draw immediate censure across the board. And indeed, despite the ugly rhetoric and sporadic but increasing...

May 12, 2022, 10:45 PM

America In Freefall

For years, we Torah adherents have struggled with varying degrees of success to respond to the vexing social developments around us. Because Jewish law is built on nuance – weighing priorities, defining exceptions, adjudicating each case on its own...

Mar 31, 2022, 6:13 PM

Shibboleths And Scarlet Letters

Tchaikovsky. Dostoevsky. Gagarin. Musicians. Athletes. Businesses. Cancelled. “Why does everyone hate Russian people?” my daughter’s best friend, a sweet little Russian-Israeli girl, tearfully asked her mother. As the war rages on, and Ukraine holds out longer and stronger than most everyone (including Putin)...

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About Me

Ziona Greenwald, J.D., a contributing editor for The Jewish Press, is a writer and editor and the author of two children's books, Kalman's Big Questions and Tzippi Inside/Out. She lives with her family in Jerusalem.