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 child walks along a hiking trail with oil storage tanks and facilities of CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in the background in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, March 21, 2026.

China may survive Trump’s Hormuz blockade, but time is no longer on its side - analysis

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 17, 2026.

Bennett's 'repair team' reveals the lesson he learned from Lapid, his own scars - analysis

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Lebanon, September 2020

Macron undermined Israel and defied the US, then asked for a Lebanon role - comment


Editor's Notes: Why Americans turned to Al Jazeera instead of CNN or Fox during Iran war - comment

Qatar now funds the most-watched English-language news channel covering the Middle East. And it got there because the West stopped showing up.

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Israelis wanted the regime to fall. They may have gotten something better - comment

Iran lost its proxies, its missiles, its nuclear infrastructure, and discovered a single instrument with more leverage than all of them: the ability to shut down a fifth of global oil supply.

Jag Vasant, an Indian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) that transited through the Strait of Hormuz amid the Middle East war, remains docked at an offloading terminal along the coast in Mumbai on April 1, 2026.

Israeli officials do not expect a ceasefire in Iran any time soon, sources tell 'Post'

With a US deadline approaching, the United States and Iran received the framework of a plan to end their five‑week-old conflict, though Tehran rejected any move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US April 1, 2026.

Editor's Notes: This Passover, Israeli children deserve a future that's more than sirens

Israeli childhood has been knocked off course for years now. First came COVID, then came the October 7, 2023, mega-atrocity by Hamas, and the long war that followed, and now another round with Iran.

Singer Maya Bouskilla and Mor Krigel, the young boy who wrote the UAV song - which became viral amongst Israeli children.

Why most Jewish Israelis back the death penalty for terrorists - analysis

Israeli voters can seemingly contradictorily support the death penalty for terrorists and still doubt that it would deter terrorism.

Freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, gesture, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025

What Bill Clinton, Netanyahu, McDonald’s and Starbucks reveal about crisis leadership

In Crisis Management, one of Israel’s best-known crisis advisers argues that the right response depends on the leader, the moment, and the nerve to act before the room spins out of control.

Itay Ben-Horin’s new book, "Crisis Management: Insider Views of How Business and Political Giants Won or Lost Big, And How You Can Apply the Lessons."

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

There is always noise around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is always noise around US President Donald Trump. Then a war comes, and the static drops.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.

Tucker Carlson sold America a fringe Israeli as the voice of Israel - comment

When Americans are shown Israeli outliers as if they are the country’s hidden center, they do not learn more about Israel. They learn less.

Tucker Carlson speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US, December 18, 2025.

This quant billionaire uses AI but turns to Hasidic thought for meaning

In The Jerusalem Post studio, billionaire WorldQuant founder Igor Tulchinsky spoke with unusual candor about October 7, Chabad, AI, and why he thinks Israel can become a “quant nation.”

Igor Tulchinsky in The Jerusalem Post Studios.

This war ended the old argument about America and Israel - comment

One younger officer put it to me simply: for long stretches of this war, he has been working in English. That is a bigger story than many people understand.

An IDF soldier holds a combined Israeli-American Flag