by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 21, 2023 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Times of Israel. I was honored with an invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Congress on Wednesday, and would like to share a few reflections. Overall, especially up to the final quarter of his time, I thought that...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 18, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Mishpacha Magazine For nearly 250 years, America has provided shelter to Jews by upholding freedom of expression and religion, while rejecting the notion of a state religion that could force its beliefs upon others. But the “woke” religion of...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 13, 2023 | Letters & Statements
On request from The Jewish Star, CJV provided this transcript for publication. They published a lightly edited version, but this is the original for your reading pleasure. Sometimes a hat is a certificate of authenticity. … But for those who didn’t catch that, I am...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 22, 2023 | Op-Eds
Artificial Intelligence is here, promising to make it easier to write programming code, research, and even marketing materials. These engines are able to provide fulltext responses with answers to queries, and can be used to perform many basic tasks quickly and...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Apr 22, 2023 | Op-Eds, Family Values
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken in the Israel National News The Extraordinary World Zionist Congress took place in Jerusalem last week, filling the place of the canceled convention of 2021. As a delegate of the new Eretz HaKodesh slate, I was asked to serve as the Vice Chair...