by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 25, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in JNS The International Court of Justice is preparing to lower the legal threshold for “genocidal intent”; not in South Africa’s case against Israel, which everyone is watching, but Gambia’s suit against Myanmar, which gets less than 1% of the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 25, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News For two years, Motaz Azaiza was the West’s eyes in Gaza. TIME named him one of its 100 most influential people. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. CNN, The Guardian, and GQ Middle East all featured his work,...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 16, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Washington Examiner As the summer came to an end, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel stood before a room of Jewish Democrats and reached for the Book of Esther. Jews, she intoned, have “a moral imperative to place the needs of the world...
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...
