by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 9, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News One year ago, the voice of Charlie Kirk was silenced by an assassin’s bullet. The Torah teaches, however, that a voice is not silenced when a person leaves the world, as long as others study and learn from his words....
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Aug 11, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in JNS Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary was a clarifying moment. By endorsing the winner, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) abandoned all pretense of serving as a shomer, or “guardian,” of the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 27, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Washington Examiner NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bogus threat against Israel’s prime minister revealed something essential about his political career — and even more about his sycophants. When Mamdani promised to arrest Benjamin...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 16, 2026 | Op-Eds, Headlines
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Israel National News There are moments when you leave a gathering feeling not simply encouraged, but genuinely inspired. Less than three years after the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and amid a worldwide resurgence of...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 19, 2026 | Headlines, Op-Eds
Originally published in JNS, which set the title as “The argument by FACE Act defendants is unconstitutional” In the federal FACE Act case born from the mob that blocked access in November 2024 to a synagogue in West Orange, N.J., the defendants are asking...
