by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 20, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally Published in Townhall President Trump’s airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels send a powerful message, far beyond preventing the harassment of U.S. ships and commerce in the Red Sea. Without exaggeration, the president is responding to a serious threat...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 9, 2025 | Op-Eds, Human Rights
Originally published in JNS Provoking outrage from the United Nations, human-rights organizations and Arab governments, Israel is blocking further aid to Gaza. It comes as the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has ended and Hamas refuses to agree...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jan 23, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in the Times of Israel When non-Jewish groups work to fight antisemitism, they should expect to earn grateful appreciation from the Jewish community. This is especially true today if they have the ear of the incoming Trump Administration. But if...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Nov 1, 2024 | Op-Eds, Headlines
Published in Blaze Media. Amalgamated Bank is one of the smaller and lesser-known U.S. financial institutions, controlling less than $10 billion in assets. Yet it has scored numerous high-powered clients, such as Harris for President and the Democratic National...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Oct 13, 2024 | Headlines, Op-Eds
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Townhall Last week, Toyota became the latest major corporation to drop the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), and otherwise pull back from the grievously-misnamed regimen of racial bias, intolerance, and antisemitism...
