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...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 29, 2023 | Op-Eds, Family Values
As published in Newsweek. In 2020, various Jewish progressives organized a tendentious campaign of statements, articles, and even rallies insisting that Judaism permits—indeed, demands—unfettered abortion. I observed then that “few things have been said about...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 21, 2022 | Op-Eds, Human Rights
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Newsweek At its root, the recent critique of Hasidic schools in The New York Times is not about education, much less “substantial equivalency.” Rather, during a time of increasing antisemitism, with violent incidents centered...
