Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

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

News by Jack Engelhard

Tough luck for the Jewish couple booted off a plane

No one stood up for them. What’s happening to us? Op-ed.

Tough luck for the Jewish couple booted off a plane

Is Kyle the best we’ve got for a hero?

To say that he is not guilty is one thing, but to use an act of Congress to stamp him a hero is something else. Opinion.

Is Kyle the best we’ve got for a hero?

Richard Gere et al, thanks for the reminder to bless Israel

Richard Gere and more than 100 other movie notables signed a letter not to bless, but to curse the precious land and its holy people. Op-ed.

Richard Gere et al, thanks for the reminder to bless Israel

It didn’t start with Kyle Rittenhouse, nor will it end in Kenosha

Media tried and failed to convict Kyle Rittenhouse, and now, after the verdict, which way America? Opinion.

It didn’t start with Kyle Rittenhouse, nor will it end in Kenosha

US Jews: Rise and shine for Jerusalem!

Jewish Americans, what company do you want to keep? Woke-ism is the enemy of civilization. Support Israel. Op-ed.

US Jews: Rise and shine for Jerusalem!

It gets personal when migrants are rewarded $450,000

True, a $450,000 jackpot awaits illegals into the US. Op-ed.

It gets personal when migrants are rewarded $450,000

The media slipped up in Virginia - and Youngkin outsmarted them

From print to broadcast, too much power, it surely seems, is in the hands of the wrong people. But Virginia leads us to hope. Op-ed.

The media slipped up in Virginia - and Youngkin outsmarted them

Moms, dads, and other “domestic terrorists”

The White House may think Israel should not call out PFLP NGOs, but then the US is where parents are called "domestic terrorists." Op-ed.

Moms, dads, and other “domestic terrorists”

Snakes on a train – Philadelphia-style

City of Brotherly Love? – not quite. Op-ed.

Snakes on a train – Philadelphia-style

Who stole the Abraham Accords?

Why are the Abraham Accords out in the cold? What's not to like about them? Op-ed.

Who stole the Abraham Accords?

Writer Sally Rooney – anti-Semite of the month

It is necessary to share what came, to me at least, upon reading the news about Sally Rooney. Op-ed.

Writer Sally Rooney – anti-Semite of the month

Liberals want your kids

And you thought only the PA, the Palestinian Authority, teaches hatred to its young as a good thing. Op-ed.

Liberals want your kids

Like Tucker, I am tired of being right

I agree with him so much that it hurts. It hurts because we lost. Op-ed.

Like Tucker, I am tired of being right

Kamala, and a cavalcade of dunces

They have the power to lord it over our lives…yet without the benefit of knowledge or wisdom. Op-ed.

Kamala, and a cavalcade of dunces

AOC and the squad’s Type-A anti-Semitism

A pogrom in the American House of Representatives. Op-ed.

AOC and the squad’s Type-A anti-Semitism

Open borders, eyes shut

Survey proves US is a divided country. This is not your grandfather's America anymore. Op-ed.

Open borders, eyes shut

Joe Biden’s next blunder – Jerusalem

Biden has set his sights on Jerusalem so far as his next blunder following Afghanistan.Op-ed.

Joe Biden’s next blunder – Jerusalem

Holocaust survivors deserve more than this

Afghan refugees being resettled in the US will surely benefit from Jewish generosity. Holocaust survivors are starving. Op-ed.

Holocaust survivors deserve more than this

The outrages keep coming.

We’re supposed to believe abandoned Americans chose to stay. Who would want to trade downtown Kabul for New York anyway? Op-ed.

The outrages keep coming.

Yes, I miss Donald Trump

Biden was a calamity waiting to happen, and it happened. We were right all along about Trump being the president we needed. Op-ed.

Yes, I miss Donald Trump

For Israel, it’s a different Biden, perhaps

The meetings went well, though it is too early in the game to know if Biden can be trusted should Israel find itself in crisis. Op-ed.

For Israel, it’s a different Biden, perhaps

Now they tell us Biden is unfit. Now?

It is now the consensus that Biden does not know where he is, what he is, or what he’s doing.. Op-ed.

Now they tell us Biden is unfit. Now?

US racism and Israeli apartheid - telling it like it is

If you go out, say to the hospital, in the US and Israel, you can decide for yourself. Is this racism, is this apartheid? Op-ed.

US racism and Israeli apartheid - telling it like it is

Are Olympic ingrates strictly an American thing?

Olympic participants dishonoring their own flag and anthem – does anyone else do this besides American ingrates? Op-ed.

Are Olympic ingrates strictly an American thing?

Ilhan Omar needs to answer for the stabbing of Boston rabbi

Omar feels comfortable enough to lash out against Jews again and again, with that Mean Girl smirk, because no one stops her. Op-ed.

Ilhan Omar needs to answer for the stabbing of Boston rabbi

Can baseball save America?

We can use a lift, and there is no better place to start than at the ballpark. Op-ed.

Can baseball save America?

Regrets, anyone?

Among the 85 million who picked Biden, any regrets? Are they happy, or disappointed? Op-ed.

Regrets, anyone?

Ilhan Omar is a wakeup call for American Jews

A new generation is upon us; people who know and care nothing about Judeo/Christian values. They keep coming and are getting elected.Op-ed

Ilhan Omar is a wakeup call for American Jews

Will Netanyahu be allowed a dignified exit? At least that?

We know that from the start, for both Trump and Netanyahu, it’s been baseless hatred that had them snared and got them removed. Op-ed.

Will Netanyahu be allowed a dignified exit? At least that?

Rebuild Gaza? Why

Just like that, overnight, it’s a different America, a country that now tolerates the PLO flag hoisted from DC to Jerusalem. Op-ed.

Rebuild Gaza? Why

Let us now praise Bill Maher

How many viewers see Israel in a different light after watching his show last week? Op-ed.

Let us now praise Bill Maher

Useful Jews

When the networks, NY Times, and The New Yorker magazine need someone to really attack Israel, Jewish anti-Semites will do it best. Op-ed.

Useful Jews

Here is what “peace” looks like for the Jewish State

Israel is at war every day. Even when hundreds of rockets become thousands, it counts as news only when Israel fights back. Op-ed.

Here is what “peace” looks like for the Jewish State

Israel’s two wars – the jihadists and the media

Israel’s two wars – the jihadists and the media

Here’s the Gaza War coverage you can expect

That the other side started it and that they turn their civilians into human shields will hardly ever be mentioned. Op-ed.

Here’s the Gaza War coverage you can expect

You know Philip Roth. But do you know Blake Bailey?

Cancelling Bailey's book is a hanging without a trial, and with that, all our heads are in the same noose. Op-ed.

You know Philip Roth. But do you know Blake Bailey?

Stiff-necked Israeli politicians

I won’t mention the players who hold all the cards because I don’t know them well, but must say they are being childish and churlish.Op-ed.

Stiff-necked Israeli politicians

The mobs

Mob tactics have taken over America and in Jerusalem, they listen and they watch and they learn. Op-ed.

The mobs

Woke dollars for terrorists

To me, and to others who remember America before it got lost, woke means, “The cancelation of everything we hold sacred.”.Op-ed.

Woke dollars for terrorists

Hunter and how the Left rescues its scoundrels

You just leave it to Big Media to come bail you out and rehab your good or bad name. After all, Liberals are all in it together. Op-ed.

Hunter and how the Left rescues its scoundrels