Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

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

News by Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard:

Trump’s successful game of Rope-a-Dope

If Iran keeps on toying with him, he’s got all the power to lower the boom. And he gave them a taste of that this weekend. Opinion.

Trump’s successful game of Rope-a-Dope

Jack Engelhard:

Has Trump gone wobbly, or is it me?

The advanced word appears quite catastrophic for the safety of Israel. The Israelis never asked Trump to serve as their negotiator. He has no right to take that on. Opinion.

Has Trump gone wobbly, or is it me?

Jack Engelhard:

How the media feasts on hatred against Trump

Trump negotiates for the safety of the West, the mullahs play for Islamic intolerance. And the media continues to torment him. Opinion.

How the media feasts on hatred against Trump

Jack Engelhard:

Dems desperately seeking Sports Talking men

The Democrats keep picking the wrong side, and then they wonder why so many of their men turn soft and feminine. Opinion.

Dems desperately seeking Sports Talking men

The summer of our discontent

It is up to us, men and women of good courage, to pick up the fight for Israel, and America as well. Opinion.

The summer of our discontent

Goose-stepping at The New York Times

Kristof could serve as publicity agent for, say, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Opinion.

Goose-stepping at The New York Times

What would Churchill do?

Churchill never wavered, and he was a winner. The UK sure could use him today. Opinion.

What would Churchill do?

Jack Engelhard:

Writers in search of a headline

Israel is at war on all fronts.That’s my point. That is not news. Opinion.

Writers in search of a headline

Jack Engelhard:

The Mullah’s secret weapon-godlessness

Five times a day this death-cult prays to their Moloch. Opinion.

The Mullah’s secret weapon-godlessness

Jack Engelhard:

Historic exchange between Engelhard and NY Times

Years ago I threw out a letter to Abe Rosenthal, then editor in chief at The New York Times, and surprisingly, he answered. Turns out, he was the boss, but was surrounded by people like Tom Friedman and needed to vent.

Historic exchange between Engelhard and NY Times

Jack Engelhard:

The campaign to blame Israel

Have you forgotten what happens on a day when Israel relaxes? Opinion.

The campaign to blame Israel

Jack Engelhard:

My Holocaust memoir that never was

Mother's family nearly all wiped out, Father turning, as always to Torah, and explaining how our ordeal, and deliverance mirrors the Biblical Exodus. Op-ed,

My Holocaust memoir that never was

Jack Engelhard:

Pogrom impulses coming to a podcast near you

Impulsive antisemitism snares even the best of people. They don’t know they have it until it mutilates. Opinion.

Pogrom impulses coming to a podcast near you

Jack Engelhard:

Oscars in the time of War

In America, where war, this war, is a distant thing, it concerns us no more than who won an Oscar, and who won the ball game. Opinion.

Oscars in the time of War

Jack Engelhard:

Dear Megyn -

Israel is in this war for existential reasons. Can you understand that? Opinion.

Dear Megyn -

Jack Engelhard:

Trump echoes MacArthur’s call for unconditional surrender

America has never been shy about showcasing its prowess. It should not be shy now either. Opinion.

Trump echoes MacArthur’s call for unconditional surrender

Jack Engelhard:

A time for war

Tucker, listen here: no US troops ever fought or died for Israel. Iran is a worldwide threat. And Megyn, why don't you listen as well? Opinion.

A time for war

Jack Engelhard:

Jack Hughes wins Olympics gold for USA. He is Jewish.

Even if he never scores another goal, Hughes has already achieved greatness, as one moment is all it takes, by the grace of G-d. Opinion.

Jack Hughes wins Olympics gold for USA. He is Jewish.

Jack Engelhard:

Sometimes, one chance is all you get

There are no second acts in American lives. Opinion.

Sometimes, one chance is all you get

Jack Engelhard:

Ingrates at the 2026 Olympics

Four American ingrates at these winter Olympics is not so bad compared to the number we had in Tokyo 2020. Opinion.

Ingrates at the 2026 Olympics

Jack Engelhard:

Streets paved with garbage

Mamdani has changed the old immigrants' dream and his streets are paved with garbage. Opinion.

Streets paved with garbage

Jack Engelhard:

Thoughts on Minneapolis

How much longer will the media play us for fools? So long as we are willing to take it, I suppose. Opinion.

Thoughts on Minneapolis

Jack Engelhard:

Does Trump own Gaza?

Usually we like Trump's American swagger. But not when it comes to Israel, our most loyal ally in the Middle East. Opinion.

Does Trump own Gaza?

Jack Engelhard:

Trump - no more Mr. Nice Guy

Trump wants Greenland, and since I am a betting man, my money says he is going to get it one way or another. Opinion.

Trump - no more Mr. Nice Guy

Jack Engelhard:

Gaza, déjà vu all over again?

Generally, in Trump we trust, but in this instance his instincts may be a touch unreliable. Opinion.

Gaza,  déjà vu all over again?

Jack Engelhard:

Is Tucker Carlson the most dangerous antisemic radical of all?

He is dangerous bcause he is effective. He is a good salesman. The Jews are his merchandise. Opinion.

Is Tucker Carlson the most dangerous antisemic radical of all?

Jack Engelhard:

When journalism was alive in New York City

Columnists like…Breslin, Talese, Mailer et al, they pounded, they hammered their prose. Op-ed.

When journalism was alive in New York City

Jack Engelhard:

What to look for in 2026, as if I know

Dear God…keep us safe. Op-ed.

What to look for in 2026, as if I know

Jack Engelhard

Anatomy of a Pogrom

From now on, according to Tucker and the anti-Zionist wing of the Party, America is a Christian country, Period. Opinion.

Anatomy of a Pogrom

Jack Engelhard:

Out in the cold with Ben Shapiro

Did I miss the part where he calls himself an American patriot plus a proud Zionist? Opinion.

Out in the cold with Ben Shapiro

Jack Engelhard:

The trojan horse of Islamist immigration

Islam has taken over. They did it to themselves, over there in Europe and Australia. Is America doing the same? Opinion.

The trojan horse of Islamist immigration

Jack Engelhard:

Is antisemitism humanity’s default position?

Once, long ago, journalism was an honorable profession - which it is no more, especially in terms of antisemitism. Opinion.

Is antisemitism humanity’s default position?

Jack Engelhard:

Taking out the garbage in Minnesota

Somalis out there in Minneapolis number at around 100,000, and do nothing “but complain", ssaid Trump. Seems like it may be murkier than that. Opinion.

Taking out the garbage in Minnesota

Jack Engelhard:

The unease among America Jews is truly remarkable

Antisemitism will always be with us, but the intensity of it comes and goes in waves. Indeed, the best of times and the worst of times. To flee or not to flee? Opinion.

The unease among America Jews is truly remarkable

Jack Engelhard

Bill Maher, a stand-up guy for Israel

How many viewers see Israel in a different light after watching his show last week? How many no longer trust the mainstream media? Opinion.

Bill Maher, a stand-up guy for Israel

Jack Engelhard:

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Trump has revitalized America. In the midst of eight wars, Netanyahu retains Israel as the house on the hill. But the media wants blood. Opinion.

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Jack Engelhard:

In Tucker, they trust

Something is rotten in the state of American Conservatives. Just ask Ben Shapiro. Opinion.

In Tucker, they trust

Jack Engelhard:

Mamdani plays NYC like a fiddle

Bob Dylan sang "the times they are a-changing", but he did not know how right he was. You did it to yourselves, New Yorkers. Opinion.

Mamdani plays NYC like a fiddle

Jack Engelhard:

Israel derangement syndrome

There are many sufferers of this disease. Wholesale you find them at the United Nations and among the mullahs of Iran, whose entire business appears to be Israel. Individually, there’s the man all set and ready to go as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, who is running on a platform of hatred against Israel. Opinion.

Israel derangement syndrome

Jack Engelhard:

Gloomy New Yorkers

Says the NYC man-in-the-street: ‘’This is so disturbing. I know people who are leaving. I’m thinking about it myself.” Opinion.

Gloomy New Yorkers