• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Dan Perry

Dan Perry is the former chief editor of The Associated Press in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, and the author of two books about Israel. Follow his newsletter “Ask Questions Later” at danperry.substack.com.

Israeli flags at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?

by Dan Perry November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Thirty years ago, on November 4, 1995, I attended […]

Joy in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, at the prospect of the return of the hostages and the end of the war. The sign states: “Home”! (Dana Reany)
Posted inOpinion

Should Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza?

by Dan Perry October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
Trump signs a piece of paper on his desk
Posted inOpinion

Trump is finally right about something in the Middle East

by Dan Perry September 26, 2025September 26, 2025
Netanyahu at meeting
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s strike in Qatar: An audacious bid for victory or a foolhardy provocation?

by Dan Perry September 9, 2025September 11, 2025
A photo of a laptop screen displaying the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps
Posted inOpinion

Trump wants to control the AP. I covered the Middle East for them — here’s what he’s got wrong.

by Dan Perry February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares his autobiography with then-former President Donald Trump  at Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inUncategorized

The ceasefire is fragile. Trump needs to preserve it. He’s got just one option

by Dan Perry January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
a black, white and green flag with three red stars waves in the air
Posted inOpinion

Israel accidentally helped spark regime change in Syria — what’s next?

by Dan Perry December 9, 2024December 9, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inOpinion

Netanyahu was right to end the war in Lebanon — now Gaza must follow

by Dan Perry November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inOpinion

After years of stalling, Netanyahu will finally face a courtroom — and, just maybe, a reckoning

by Dan Perry November 19, 2024November 19, 2024
A poster of Hassan Nasrallah in Damascus, Syria, in 2007. (joshhough via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground

by Dan Perry September 30, 2024September 30, 2024

Posts pagination

1 2 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
5 synagogues step up to the plate in BATS — the Bay Area Torah Softball league
Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack