Zvika Klein

Zvika Klein is the Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post and the paper's former Jewish World analyst. He's considered one of the world's top journalists specializing in Jewish Diaspora affairs. Klein was formerly a correspondent for Israel's Makor Rishon and Maariv newspapers.

In 2015, Klein's article, titled "10 hours of fear and loathing in Paris" became viral, and his video, showing a 10-hour walk in Paris wearing a Kippah, received millions of views. 

Born in Chicago, Klein made aliyah to Israel as a child. He served as advisor to Israel's president's office on Israel-Jewish diaspora relations and received 3 journalism awards: “B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportaģe” in 2013 and 2019, and JDC 2014 Smolar Journalism Award.


A screengrab from a Hamas propaganda video with Israeli hostage Evyatar David.

A living skeleton in Gaza: This is what hunger really looks like - comment

A GIRL is evacuated from Neveh Dekalim, Aug. 2005.

It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform

 NEW YORK CITY mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves at the crowd during the 2025 Pride March, June 29, 2025.

New York Jews must use the London playbook to stop Mamdani - comment


Why the New York Times Gaza correction fell short and why it matters - comment

Until the paper is willing to raise its voice for corrections as loudly as it does for dramatic headlines, its credibility will remain under justified scrutiny.

 Headquarters of the New York Times in Manhattan, which has thus far only been the site of anti-Israel demonstrations.  Where is the New York Jewish community?

Editor's Notes: Why Israel is investing in MAGA-friendly diplomacy

A warm, informal outreach can touch hearts where formal diplomats cannot.

THE MAGA INFLUENCER tour is just one plank in a broader, if quiet, reorientation of Israeli public diplomacy.

Taybeh church: Retractions don't undo damage of false narratives - comment

Blasting that settlers had torched Taybeh’s 1,500‑year‑old Church of  St. George without waiting for an official investigation shows how the international media reports on Israel.

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee tours Taybeh

I saw Israel’s attorney‑general bend the law for her favorites, and I paid the price - comment

Editor's Notes: I’ve been pretty quiet since I was released from house arrest and received tremendous support from Israelis. But on Friday, I almost lost it.

 Attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem.

Rabbis and Netanyahu’s draft‑exemption monster rips at Israel’s coalition - comment

After years of delay tactics and political bartering, the ultra‑Orthodox draft crisis has burst its cage, threatening to topple the government amid war.

 View of a United Torah Judaism party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 9, 2025.

Israel's midnight strategist: How IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir rewired the doctrine on Iran

The Magazine delves into the life and character of Eyal Zamir – featuring conversations with peers from his years in military positions, people close to his family, officers who served alongside him.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City

Editor's Notes: Israel's 'friends' have forgotten why we hired them - comment

Diaspora generosity is heroic, but too many of the institutions that collect our money have lost the plot, padding paychecks, upgrading seats, and hoarding cash.

 SUPPORTERS WITH the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces march in the Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on May 18, 2025 in New York City

Actions, not words: The three European countries that came to Israel's aid after Oct. 7 - analysis

Editor's Notes: With the exception of the United States, every Western ally refused to sell Israel ammunition. Only three unexpected partners filled the gap: Hungary, Serbia, and the Czech Republic.

 ‘I am the only one in Europe today dealing in military munitions with Israel, and that is why I am often criticized by colleagues,’ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said a few months ago.

Editor's Notes: I raise my family on these hilltops, yet I refuse to justify extremists - comment

The perfectly normal rhythms of life in Judea and Samaria have been drowned out this week by the crack of gunfire and the smell of burning tires.

 A Palestinian man stands next to a burnt car after an attack by Israeli settlers in Kafr Malik, in the West Bank, June 26, 2025.

For his Jewish grandchildren and a ‘never again’ vow, Trump shatters Iran’s nuclear core - analysis

Three of Trump's grandchildren, Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick, and Theodore James, are Jewish. The IRGC’s ideology brands their very identity an affront.

Never again. US President Donald Trump, next to his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner; grandchildren, as US flag is raised on a new flagpole installed on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, last week