In the Forward’s opinion section, you’ll find analysis and essays from diverse corners of the Jewish world.
To pitch an opinion piece, email our Opinion Editor, Talya Zax.
Opinion
-
Opinion
What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
The mayor-elect was unsatisfying — but revealed an important truth about Jewish life today
-
Opinion In Chicago, politicians are comparing ICE to the Gestapo — are they right?
My parents used to ask the question 'Could it happen here' — the question has become 'Is it happening here now?'
-
Opinion Donald Trump says he foresees an ‘everlasting peace’ — Immanuel Kant would have found the flaws in that vision
Kant's essay 'Toward Perpetual Peace' lays out conditions that neither Israel nor Hamas could ever meet
Columnists View All
The Latest
-
Opinion In ‘Nuremberg,’ a potent warning about our current politics of denial
I wish that Hermann Göring's rhetoric didn't sound familiar
-
Opinion At long last, a TV show captures the experience of multi-racial Jewish families like mine
'Boston Blue' makes having a Jewish family with diverse backgrounds seem normal — which it is
-
Opinion There’s something rotten in our approach to antisemitism. Tucker Carlson exposed it
Why does the antisemitism of the right get a pass?
-
Opinion Israel’s reputation is in free fall. One radical change could help
Pro-Israel groups must abandon the idea that criticism of Israel is verboten, and speak out against settler violence
-
Opinion As Trump officials cozy up to Germany’s far right, everything alt is neu again
As AfD continues to court Trump and his MAGA movement, how worried should American Jews be?
-
Opinion A new scheme dishonoring victims of Oct. 7 — hatched by Israel’s own government
Netanyahu won't stop trying to avoid accountability for a disaster that happened on his watch
-
Opinion Israel deported me for helping West Bank Palestinians. I won’t give up on a peaceful future for the country I love
I can't return to Israel for 10 years — but I won't turn my back on it
-
Opinion Settlers torched a West Bank mosque — and the milquetoast Israeli mainstream response won’t suffice
A crisis is reaching its boiling point, and no one appears ready to take the major steps necessary to restore calm
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
- 2
Culture A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
- 3
News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
- 4
Film & TV For ill and for good, this ‘Wicked’ song has become ubiquitous
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Oct. 7 families’ lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
-
Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
-
Yiddish World New record label boasts young (and female) singers of cantorial music
-
Culture Can this LGBTQ+ Jewish organization navigate these turbulent times?
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
