Bari Weiss

Bari Weiss names Tony Dokoupil, who defended Israel on-air to top CBS News anchor job

Bari Weiss reshapes CBS News by appointing Tony Dokoupil to anchor, amid a focus on Israel and journalistic integrity.

CBS Mornings co-anchor Tony Dokoupil (r) challenges author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel in a controversial on-air interview, September 30, 2024. On December 10, 2025, Dokoupil was named the new CBS News evenings anchor.
 The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, Jerusalem, and Senator JD Vance (R-OH) attends an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit, Michigan, US, June,16, 2024.

Jewish conservatives are looking to JD Vance to draw line against antisemitism on the Right

Fox News’s former correspondent in Jerusalem, Leland Vittert, speaking on Bari Weiss's podcast, September 30, 2025.

From belief to disillusionment: Leland Vittert tells Bari Weiss about abandoning two-state vision

Controversial former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss moderates a panel at the Ace Hotel on Sept. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Here comes Bari Weiss. What does it mean for CBS News?


No. 49: Bari Weiss, Mark Levin, Dan Senor: Explaining the Middle East to the world

Bari Weiss, Dan Senor, and Mark Levin have become influential voices in shaping how millions understand the complexities of Israel and the Middle East.

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Bari Weiss of the Free Press in acquisition talks with Paramount

Talks are currently ongoing with Paramount aiming to acquire the currently independent publication.

 Bari Weiss speaking at The General Assembly.

8 essential English-language podcasts to understand Israel's war - opinion

Here are eight essential English-language podcasts that have kept me in the know.

 An illustrative image of a microphone and soundwaves.

Ben Shapiro, Sam Harris lay out best cases for voting Trump or Harris - opinion

This election offers Americans a choice that goes beyond traditional partisan divides, with two deeply unpopular candidates, each representing different problems in American politics.

 Sam Harris (left), Bari Weiss (center), and Ben Shapiro (right) during a debate over Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, October 29, 2024.

Bari Weiss's guidelines for how to fight antisemitism in the 21st century - opinion

Bari Weiss's 200-page book explores how we got to the distressing point of antisemitism today – well before October 7 – and what we can do about it.

 A Star of David necklace (illustrative).

Jerry Seinfeld heckled by pro-Palestine protesters in New York City

Seinfeld has been supportive of Israel since October 7 and visited Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel in December to witness the atrocities that occurred there. 

 Jerry Seinfeld and his family lend their support to the families of hostages and missing persons

Lucy Aharish shatters 'glass ceiling' as Arab-Israeli news presenter

Aharish discusses growing up as the only Arab Muslim in a Jewish town, the racism she experiences in Israel, the terrorism she has experienced, and the future of the Jewish state.

Actor Tzachi Halevy and TV anchor Lucy Aharish at their wedding, October 10, 2018

50 Influential Jews: Media Influencers - No. 33

US-Jewish journalists Bari Weiss, Ben Shapiro, and Jake Trapper all fight antisemitism and Israel-bashing with their platforms, despite the wide gap between their ideologies and partisan views.

 Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss, and Jake Trapper.

Bari Weiss takes leading role in push to limit Twitter moderation

Weiss has been releasing Twitter threads with what have deemed the “Twitter Files.”

 BARI WEISS is interviewed by Joe Rogan, January 2020.

Why the Twitter files revelations are important - analysis

Recent revelations about how social media giant made decisions around the 2020 US election are only the tip of the iceberg.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

New Turkish ambassador arrives in Israel in continuation of détente

Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and withdrew its own in 2018, after the US opened its embassy in Jerusalem.

 New Turkish Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar and Chief of Protocol Gil Haskel.