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Menachem Rosensaft

May 25, 2026, 11:57 PM

President Herzog foreshadows what Israel may yet be again

Countries, like individuals, have consciences. For those of us who reject the extremism, bigotry and intolerance of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israelis and liberal Zionists around the world alike, President Isaac Herzog personifies both Israel’s conscience and its soul. Herzog admirably...

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...

Menachem Creditor

May 15, 2026, 8:28 PM

Zionism and the Question ‘For What?’ (Bemidbar)

Let me begin with a teaching from a few years ago by one of my teachers, Arnold Eisen, former Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Eisen is a professor of American Jewish thought, a deeply devout human being, and...

Dennis C. Sasso

May 12, 2026, 5:16 AM

ONE (JEWISH) WEEK IN PANAMA

Rabbi Dennis C. Sasso (This serves as a sequel to my previous Times of Israel Blog (May 3, 2026), “150 Years of Jewish Life in Panama.”) Going to Panama is always a homecoming for me. I was born and educated in...

Menachem Creditor

May 3, 2026, 10:33 PM

6 JTS seniors oppose President Herzog speaking at graduation. It’s 6 too many

President Isaac Herzog speaks at the funeral of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, in Meitar, on January 28, 2026. (Screenshot/Israel Police/GPO)

If we normalize views that undermine Israel, even in the minority, they risk rupturing the very foundations of Jewish existence

Apr 29, 2026, 9:49 PM

Trump Asked Herzog for Pardon, Nasrin Sotoudeh Arrested in Iran Democracy Fight

From Israel to Iran: Democracy Cannot Be Imposed from Outside. The public debate in Israel, surrounding calls for President Isaac Herzog to consider pardoning a prime minister facing criminal proceedings raises a sensitive and fundamental question: what are the limits...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Mar 17, 2026, 10:37 AM

Herzog Is Not Speaking Mainly to Europe

The image is revealing precisely because it refuses the usual comfort of political portraiture. Herzog is neither fully centered nor fully absorbed by the state’s visual grammar. The symbols are present, but they do not close around him into...

Sheldon Kirshner

Feb 18, 2026, 8:35 PM

Donald Trump Has Crossed A Red Line

Being the president of the United States, the world's preeminent superpower, Donald Trump acts as if he can arbitrarily impose his views or diktats on whatever nation he fancies. Since his inaugural more than a year ago, he has...

Feb 18, 2026, 12:34 PM

The fake debate about Australian Jewry

Sarah Schwartz via Human Rights Law Centre on Instagram.

Last week, the Australian Financial Review gave a platform to Sarah Schwartz, a Melbourne lawyer who has made her name as an antizionist Jew. In her piece, she did what she's done repeatedly since rising to infamy after October...

Feb 17, 2026, 12:25 AM

A Bibi Pardon Could Destroy Israel’s Reputation

When Donald Trump called upon Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to issue a pardon for Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Bibi entered into a class of criminals he should have avoided. Trump said Herzog “should be ashamed of himself” for not granting...

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