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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.

 CHAIM SASSI.

Grapevine October 6, 2024: Heavy week for Israelis, Diaspora communities

THE WRITER, serving as an MK and deputy chairperson of the Knesset Health Committee, presides over a committee meeting, in 2022.

October 7 saw political shifts among repatriates from former USSR

By ELINA BARDACH-YALOV
 ‘THERE IS a recognition that we have a story that has impacted our family.’ Camp Ramah Sasson aims to give the children a safe space, facilitates discussions, and provides high-quality programming.

Jewish camps help children “live Jewishly out loud

By JEREMY J. FINGERMAN
 A SUPERMARKET is busy on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. It seems like every day is either one of the holidays or Shabbat – and with all this comes a lot of trips to the grocery store, the writer notes.

Amid the Jewish holiday season, understanding good nutrition is vital - opinion

By ALAN FREISHTAT
 SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah carry pictures of him as they gather in Sidon, following his killing in an Israeli airstrike, last month, labeled by ‘The New York Times’ as an ‘escalation.’

'The New York Times' trying to eulogize Hassan Nasrallah is abhorrent

By NATE MILLER
 THE WRITER speaks in the Secure Community Network’s National Jewish Security Operation Command Center, a 24/7 command center tracking and analyzing threats to the Jewish community.

October 7 has reached US soil, as violence against American Jews is surging

 THE JEWISH settlement of Eli, in Samaria, as photographed in 2021: The cheaper housing, larger properties, and suburban sprawl make living in Judea and Samaria attractive to hundreds of thousands of Israelis.

No, Jewish settlers aren’t messianic radicals

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI
 Mohammed Dahlan, then-PA internal security minister, meeting prime minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem on May 29, 2003.

Gaza should be made an Abraham Accords protectorate led by Mohammed Dahlan

 Rosh Hashanah packages

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and personal accounting - opinion

 Moshe Chen at work

How the Gaza war harmed construction, housing by blocking Palestinian workers

By SHOSHANA TITA
 An illustrative photo of a man blowing a shofar, a ceremonial ram's horn, which is done repeatedly on Rosh Hashanah.

The black swans of Rosh Hashanah - opinion

For any rabbi interested in preaching on current events during the upcoming High Holidays, the volume and pace of news present a challenge.

Abraham, the Akeida, & the ‘Mona Lisa’ - opinion

 BBC HEADQUARTERS in London

BBC’s dangerous lapse is their failure to label terrorist organizations properly

 FROM RIGHT: Israel Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis, Jewish-American influencer Lizzie Savetzky, and the writer attend an event with 300 Chabad on Campus Israel students in Manhattan

My amazing visit to the US with Chabad on Campus

By BRACHA SHILAT
 Gil Troy

Gil Troy may be the smartest defender of Israel - comment

 US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a press conference during a NATO defense ministers' meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 14, 2024

Washington must release the brakes and defend Israel, the free world

 A Star of David necklace (illustrative).

What is the Jewish response to tragedy?

By SHOLOM D. LIPSKAR
 THE TABLE is set for Rosh Hashanah at the Soffer home, last year.

This is how my family is confronting Jewish new year

By Sabrina Soffer
A SOLDIER walks past paintings of hostages who have been held by Hamas and of those who are still captive in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv.

While 101 hostages remain in Gaza, the honey this Rosh Hashanah will taste bitter

 INSTALLATION AT Reichman University: ‘Anemones before the Rain.’

Grapevine October 2, 2024: Dancing into the next decade

 A CHILD prepares to place honey on an apple, during an activity in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. Says the writer: How dare we not continue enjoying life, especially in Israel? Let’s not give our enemies victories they don’t deserve.

This Rosh Hashanah is about negating evil so life can triumph

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