Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

New York-based bestselling American novelist. Writes regularly for Israel National News Arutz Sheva

News by Jack Engelhard

Leftists can’t figure out why they’re so unpopular

Real Israelis are turned off by miserable people, such as you and your constant kvetching. Op-ed.

Leftists can’t figure out why they’re so unpopular

How journalists became con artists

There is a crisis of trust: The networks should be taken off the air for broadcast fraud. Op-ed.

How journalists became con artists

Welcome to the American nightmare

The bell tolls for America so long as Joe remains in office. Op-ed.

Welcome to the American nightmare

USA to Israel, scoundrels never pay

Remember when the good guys won?Times have changed, and the scoundrels are getting away with it, right before our eyes. Op-ed.

USA to Israel, scoundrels never pay

Upon living in the age of dangerous stupidity

Plain stupidity on Afghanistan, Ukraine, unchecked migrants in US cities, Ehud Barak's mindlessness - it keeps hitting us in the face.Op-ed

Upon living in the age of dangerous stupidity

The GOP Debate: Nobody lost, nobody won

This was a once-in-an-airtime opportunity to prove to Americans that the Emperor has no Clothes, but that didn't happen. Op-ed.

The GOP Debate: Nobody lost, nobody won

Does Bradley Cooper’s nose bother you?

I never noticed Leonard Bernstein’s nose while he was conducting Mahler. Why this nose business from Cooper is a mystery. Op-ed.

Does Bradley Cooper’s nose bother you?

The loneliness of Fox News

Fox News and the New York Post are that cry in the wilderness, and other web/news sites have picked up our own silent scream.Op-ed.

The loneliness of Fox News

Will an honest person please stand up?

True then, true today, and throughout Psalms, David keeps asking why, in astonishment, the wicked continue to flourish. And they do. Op-ed.

Will an honest person please stand up?

Snotty US women's soccer team, a disgrace on the world stage

How come America (and Israel) produce so many ingrates? Op-ed.

Snotty US women's soccer team, a disgrace on the world stage

Leftist tyranny

Judicial review is just a pretext. Op-ed.

Leftist tyranny

Beware the soft sell in US advertising

Kids are the main targets. They do not know that they are being used as guinea pigs. Do we sit by or protest and stop it? Op-ed..

Beware the soft sell in US advertising

Why are we in Ukraine?

It is all about the leaders who play with our world, the people be damned. This is not America's war, it is Biden's war. Op-ed.

Why are we in Ukraine?

Karma for France: Payback for its crimes against the Jews?

Jews out, Muslims in. Op-ed.

Karma for France: Payback for its crimes against the Jews?

Thoughts on Roseanne’s Holocaust “joke”

We have lost our grip. Cancel Culture is ruining us all. Comedians need freedom even to offend,, but the Holocaust crosses the line. Op-ed.

Thoughts on Roseanne’s Holocaust “joke”

Bibi’s cigars…a Churchillian courtroom drama

So Bibi has legal troubles over cigars—what about Churchill? Op-ed.

Bibi’s cigars…a Churchillian courtroom drama

Baseball and transgender pride – Baseball?

We follow and attend the game to celebrate a homerun, not to celebrate trans pride, but that is what we are getting with our tickets. Op-ed.

Baseball and transgender pride – Baseball?

Trump gets indicted, Biden gets to snooze

Notice how scandals against Biden, possibly the most corrupt president ever, simply dissolve. Op-ed.

Trump gets indicted, Biden gets to snooze

The consequences of white guilt

Through voluntary submission, we arrive at the depravity, the corruption, and the decline of Western Civilization. Op-ed.

The consequences of white guilt

CUNY: Our future lawmakers commencing with antisemitism

These are tomorrow’s lawyers, judges, prosecutors, lawmakers, justices, even presidents. Op-ed.

CUNY: Our future lawmakers commencing with antisemitism

In our selective White House - who is fighting to free Paul Whelan?

Freedom for Brittney Griner, but Marine and WSJ reporter remain jailed in Russia. Op-ed.

In our selective White House - who is fighting to free Paul Whelan?

The angels are voting

My theory is that everything we do is a gamble.Op-ed.

The angels are voting

Power of the pen, or power of the mob

Often, the urge to communicate is like an SOS. The mendacity is too much to bear alone. Two recent cases where the mob won over truth.Op-ed.

Power of the pen, or power of the mob

Dear Israel: Take comfort, but take cover

Despite media buzz and Rashida Tlaiab, true Americans want it known that they are fully with Israel. Op-ed.

Dear Israel: Take comfort, but take cover

Terrorists are terrorists

There is nothing to negotiate, nothing to bargain. The terrorists want Israelis dead, period.

Terrorists are terrorists

Should Hemingway be re-edited for antisemitism?

The senstivity editors will be digging into works that are too pro-Israel next. Literature is a product of its time. Leave it alone.Op-ed.

Should Hemingway be re-edited for antisemitism?

They still haven’t figured out Biden, have they?

Trust the stupidity of the American voter. Op-ed.

They still haven’t figured out Biden, have they?

Overnight, we became Jewish soldiers, Montreal, May, 14, 1948

The Sunday following the Israeli Declaration of Independence our antisemitic neighborhood bullies got the shock of their lives. Op-ed.

Overnight, we became Jewish soldiers, Montreal, May, 14, 1948

Something is rotten in the state of journalism

On the despicable gloating over Fox News’ defamation settlement. Op-ed.

Something is rotten in the state of journalism

When you can’t write what you feel

I once called terror acts barbaric, and quickly got slammed when I named the Arab perpetrators as savages. How dare you, they said. Op-ed.

When you can’t write what you feel

Passover 5783, a time to heal

It’s time…O Israel…it’s time to heal, and let it be now, around the Seder table.  Op-ed.

Passover 5783, a time to heal

The harm they did is unforgivable: The Israeli Left demoralized us

Tell the truth. Insurrection is the name of the game. They cut all Jews down and for the first time in 75 years, we don’t walk tall.Op-ed.

The harm they did is unforgivable: The Israeli Left demoralized us

High Noon for Netanyahu

Agree with him or not, his toughness deserves to be admired. Op-ed.

High Noon for Netanyahu

Another look at the Book of Kohelet

The Holocaust in the age of forgetfulness. Op-ed.

Another look at the Book of Kohelet

Leftist brats in search of a cause

Israeli leftist rebels are just following in the footsteps of the 1960s US rebels' attempt to dismantle the Establishment. Op-ed.

Leftist brats in search of a cause

Why is anger forbidden to Jews?

Chances are that Smotrich will emerge from all this a better man. Can the same be said for his detractors? Op-ed.

Why is anger forbidden to Jews?

If not Bibi…Who?

Somebody has to even the score against his haughty overly righteous detractors. I’ll serve as the sacrifice. Op-ed.

If not Bibi…Who?

​​​​​​​More “sacrifices for peace"?

Harsh steps against terror, yes, yes, yes, and, taking out the garbage from the town of Huwara,Op-ed.

​​​​​​​More “sacrifices for peace"?

Has the Israeli left lost its mind?

The world watches and enjoys. As do the NY Times and Haaretz. You would think Israel doesn't have enough enemies. Op-ed.

Has the Israeli left lost its mind?

It’s not about “judicial reform,” stupid

Hell hath no fury as leftists scorned. Op-ed.

It’s not about “judicial reform,” stupid