Opinion

Jerusalem Post's talented team of journalists provides insight into their work presented in the opinion section. This section highlights the beliefs and values that experienced writers who are witnessing the Middle East turmoil unfold. Their first hand encounters with world leaders have shaped their opinions and world views to be shared on this page.

Looking into the dark reign of Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Under Khamenei, Iran has experienced an alarming intensification of state control and a severe curtailment of personal freedom, unmatched in its modern history.

By ERFAN FARD
05/05/2024

Holocausts and Harvards: Antisemitism and Jews joining in

Tragically, there is no shortage of un-Jewish Jews who have joined together with the antisemitic mob, helping to add credence to their crusade.

It's still not time to wear a kippah in public in the diaspora

After wearing a kippah almost nonstop for decades, I have decided in the wake of October 7 to not walk outside in America wearing a kippah.

By HOWARD BLAS
05/05/2024

Where is the concern of the children of Israel with post-Oct. 7 trauma?

Are they not concerned with the trauma our children have experienced – not just on October 7 but before and since?

By MEIRA LERNER
05/05/2024

Sharing the memories of Holocaust survivors is a duty, not a privilege

Driven by the urgent need to reinvent the way we preserve Holocaust remembrance, we launched the Sharing Memories project four years ago.

By MAAYAN SARIG
05/05/2024

The US sanctioning of IDF’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion is absurd

The news came on the day that America was poised to pass a mass assistance package to Israel, strengthening the relationship between America and Israel.

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
05/05/2024

How did Jews celebrate Passover during a war?

The story of the exodus of Jews from Egypt and of despots trying to destroy us has occurred in a sinusoidal pattern throughout history.

By FRED NAIDER
05/05/2024

Amidst Gaza war, Holocaust survivors in Israel reliving memories, traumas from Holocaust

Thinking about those who are currently hostages takes the survivors back to the camps, the hiding places, and the persecution they endured as children.

By ORLY SIVAN
05/05/2024

When it comes to the Holocaust, we are hyper-aware but super-ignorant

We know so little about subjects in the Holocaust that we talk about all the time.

By AHARON E. WEXLER
04/05/2024

Israel-Palestinian truce needed before the Jewish people lose humanity, conscience

Too many Israelis are raised in the belief that every Palestinian is a terrorist or prospective terrorist. When Israeli extremists attack Palestinians, the country does little to stop them.

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