Opinion

Passover is over, but the story isn’t - opinion

On the eve of Pessah 1944, in Bergen-Belsen, two rabbis, Rabbi Aaron Davids and Rabbi Avraham Levison, confronted an unbearable question: What does one do when the Torah itself cannot be kept?

People celebrate the Passover Seder in an underground parking lot used as a public shelter during the ongoing war, April 1, 2026

A deeper reflection: Why the Passover story still matters today - opinion

FOR ISRAEL in the here and now, these ideas are playing out in real time

Antisemitism is returning – and the world is silent, again - opinion

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 1, 2026.

The sky is no longer silent: Antisemitism persists, but Jews are no longer defenseless - opinion

THEODOR HERZL, the solution appeared straightforward. Pictured: Theodor Herzl’s portrait on the 100-lira note (preceding the shekel), 1965

The Iran war is really about US credibility - opinion

For Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, defeat could destabilize the regime from within, collapse an already fragile economy, trigger internal upheaval, and damage Iran’s image, and the Shi’ite world's.

MARCH 30, 2026ByYARON BUSKILA

People hold portraits of three US soldiers killed in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait during a march for Iran in Amsterdam, earlier this month. The erosion of America’s image in the Middle East did not occur overnight, the writer notes.

Staying put: Realizing a modern Exodus amid times of challenge - opinion

In this sense, remaining in the land at this time is a particularly profound expression of that ancient story. It says: We are already part of the journey, and we want to be nowhere other than here.'

MARCH 30, 2026ByROI ABECASSIS

YOUNG WOMEN study at Jerusalem’s Midreshet Lindenbaum

Can Netanyahu win the war without a plan? - opinion

There is a growing contradiction between what Netanyahu advocates as the basic premises for success in all the arenas of military confrontation and what he feels he must do to remain in power.

MARCH 30, 2026BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, February 26, 2026.

Reza Pahlavi’s Iran vision deserves attention, not illusions - editorial

Reza Pahlavi’s call for a post-regime Iran aligned with Israel offers a vision worth hearing, but one that must be measured against political reality and regional risks.

MARCH 30, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah and an Iranian opposition figure flashes the victory sign during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) USA 2026 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, in Grapevine, Texas, U.S., March 28, 2026.

When Jewish ambulances burn, no one is safe - opinion

Burning a Jewish ambulance is not protest. It is permission. Permission for the next target, the next escalation, the next line erased.

MARCH 29, 2026ByWILLIAM C. DAROFF

Multiple ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer ambulance service on fire in the Golders Green area of London, March 23 2026.

Burning ambulances and trust: A breaking point for UK Jews - opinion

Fortunately, there is a place that offers sanctuary for Jews, and many will be thinking very carefully about it and the freedom it offers.

MARCH 29, 2026ByNIGEL LITHMAN

Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organisation, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026.