by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 6, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Newsweek Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is not greeted with loud parties, countdowns or open bars. It is the Day of Judgment, when we are expected to ponder the ways we veered off course during the previous year. It is also as opportune a...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Aug 27, 2021 | Op-Eds, Human Rights
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Townhall By now, most public figures have commented on the tragic situation in Afghanistan, and the members of “the Squad” are no exception. But what is most notable about their statements is what is left unsaid. These purported advocates for...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Aug 25, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Jewish News Syndicate America has long been a welcoming home for minority religious groups, observant Jews being a notable example. In addition to synagogues, day schools and yeshivahs, growing demand is such that most sizable Jewish...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 28, 2021 | Headlines, Op-Eds
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Washington Examiner Since the Anti-Defamation League’s founding in 1913, its declared mission has been “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people.” Thus, many were concerned when Jonathan Greenblatt took over as CEO of the esteemed...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 3, 2021 | Religious Liberty, Op-Eds
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken, TownHall As a young child, my grandfather fled Communist Russia in the back of a horse-drawn wagon, hiding underneath a pile of hay—which a Bolshevik border guard stabbed with a pitchfork to prevent such escapes from totalitarianism....
