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William Hamilton

Jun 5, 2026, 5:47 PM

An Ouch That Became Healing

“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were. Everything was harder for 20-year-old Yotam who grew up struggling with many...

William Hamilton

May 29, 2026, 6:13 PM

Thus Shall You Bless

A tender father-son moment with Hersh appears at the end of Rachel Polin-Goldberg’s new book. Twice every Shabbat morning, Jon would cover Hersh in his Tallit for the Priestly Blessing. Jon provides a glimpse of the thousands of intimate...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 25, 2026, 7:27 AM

Hezbollah’s Criminal Infrastructure Inside Israel

A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag with the portrait of the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in front the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah has weaponized segments of northern Israel’s criminal underworld, converting it into a durable instrument of Iranian hybrid warfare. What began as cross-border narcotics smuggling has matured into a sophisticated, multi-layered apparatus for drug trafficking, intelligence collection, weapons smuggling,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 19, 2026, 2:13 PM

Mamdani Hates Israel. Stop Pretending Otherwise.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, and his wife Rama Duwaji wave at members of media after a news conference at Gracie Mansion, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

American Democratic Jews who consider themselves Zionists must abandon Zohran Mamdani. He advances a clear anti-Israel agenda while using a small circle of extreme-left Jewish activists as political cover. This tactic allows him to claim immunity from accusations of...

Todd L. Pittinsky

May 18, 2026, 4:37 AM

Yes, You Can Quit the New York Times

A field guide for those who know better but have not—yet. There is a particular panic that sets in when one considers canceling The New York Times. Not fear of losing the paper so much as fear of losing the...

May 14, 2026, 6:17 AM

A silence still heard

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By now, one has either heard of the extensive sexual violence committed against women in Israel by Hamas, or one has chosen to live under the most apathetic rock. In the seemingly never ending saga of shedding light on...

May 13, 2026, 6:41 AM

298 Pages of Evidence. The New York Times Ran the Other Story.

On the night before the most comprehensive evidentiary reckoning with Hamas’s documented, command-directed sexual terrorism, the New York Times ran an opinion column by Nicholas Kristof titled The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians. The timing was not...

Peter Himmelman

May 4, 2026, 9:39 PM

The Weight of Words: Hearing Rachel Goldberg-Polin Speak

The author with Rachel Goldberg-Polin's book, 'When We See You Again.'

There are times when we are struck by the simplest things: the shape of a tree, even one we’ve seen hundreds of times, or the sound of a bird in the morning as we wake. The one that’s been...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 1, 2026, 4:46 AM

King Charles’ Qatar Cash: UK’s Islamism Reckoning

Between 2011 and 2015, then-Prince Charles of Wales accepted three cash payments totaling €3 million from Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar. One payment arrived in a suitcase packed with €1...

Alyssa Rachel Gross

Apr 28, 2026, 2:02 PM

A Woman Apart: Rachel Goldberg-Polin

This undated photo provided by Rachel Goldberg-Polin shows her with her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Courtesy of Rachel Goldberg-Polin via AP)

We all know Rachel Goldberg-Polin, a woman whose raison d'être was to fight, advocate, and plead for her son's safe return to anyone who would listen. Her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, in Israel at...

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