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.

A 'punch in the gut' for Columbia alumni

I’ve always been proud that I got my law degree from Columbia. It makes me sick to see what is going on there.

By SARAH SCHACHNE HIRSCHFELD
26/04/2024

The risks of segregation: Why building separate Jewish schools might worsen antisemitism

"Today, there is no difference between a right-wing antisemite and a left-wing antisemite."

By ATTILA SOMFALVI
26/04/2024
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This Israeli journalist warned Netanyahu's Hamas policy would lead to war

Yossi Melman warned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to Hamas was doomed. Sadly, he was proven right.

26/04/2024

Politicians: Learn from the generals who took responsibility following Oct. 7

The Broad Perspective: Politicians must look to the IDF generals who took to heart the catastrophe that was October 7 and truly absorb what it means to have been a part of the systemic failure.

From COVID-19 to Israel-Hamas War: Passover in trying times

There is the ideal Seder in your mind and then there is the real Seder in your house with impatience, rolling eyes, spilled wine, siblings quibbling, and – yes – a lack of the children’s interest.

26/04/2024

Clip of Hersh Goldberg-Polin evokes joy and heartbreak throughout the country

The contrast between the bon vivant Hersh that the country has come to know in the last 200 days through photos and the thin, scared, and dour Hersh in Wednesday’s video was startling.

I went to a Seder at Columbia while protests raged outside - opinion

There was no escaping that this was a Passover night different from all other Passover nights.

By STEVEN ZEITCHIK
26/04/2024

It might be time to start our own Jewish Ivy League - editor's notes

Ivy League campuses are now too hostile to Jewish students; we need to take the cue and build new, safe institutions.

25/04/2024

The masks have come off at Columbia: Students turning on Jewish peers

We have always known that we cannot be protected by anyone besides ourselves, which is why an overwhelming 95% of the Jewish community are Zionists.

Israel's security is threatened by incompetent leadership

A major part of our problem is the structure of our parliamentary system which makes ministerial assignments a reward for party loyalty and support for the ruling coalition.

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