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...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | May 5, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in All Israel News By the time Tucker Carlson trashed the Book of Esther, describing the source of the Jewish festival of Purim, it was already Passover. But timing was the least of his errors, and since he took it upon himself to rewrite...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Apr 24, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News When Tucker Carlson described the Book of Esther as celebrating a “genocide of Persians,” he did the world a favor. Not because his perspective was correct or well-informed, but just the opposite. His obvious lie, so...
