by CJV | Sep 15, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
by Charles Kim on Newsmax Rabbi Yaakov Menken told Newsmax that the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, which begins tonight at sundown, is an opportunity to “reset” for the new year. “This is the holiday, the day of judgment, [that] is an opportunity to...
by CJV | Sep 14, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
by David Swindle in the Jewish News Syndicate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met earlier this week in New York with Orthodox Jewish leaders. Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of Coalition for Jewish Values, was one of the attendees who appeared in a photo that...
by CJV | Sep 14, 2023 | Coverage
by Melissa Langsam Braunstein in the Jewish News Syndicate The American Jewish Committee mentions Ahlam Tamimi twice on its website—in 2020 and in 2018. Neither the AJC’s nor its chief executive officer’s account on X (formerly Twitter) seems to have ever posted about...
by CJV | Sep 7, 2023 | Coverage
An op-ed in VIN News, “It’s Time for the ADL to Remove “Jewish” from its Mission Statement,” quotes previous commentary by Rabbi Yaakov Menken: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is embroiled in yet another controversy, with the hashtag ‘#BantheADL’ recently...
by CJV | Sep 4, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
An article by Richard Percival in the Jewish Chronicle covers a recent New York Times opinion piece that maligned the Hasidic community while discussing Yiddish. Saying that “Jewish figures have led a backlash to the piece,” Percival leads with Rabbi...
by CJV | Aug 30, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines
VIN covered a pro-Palestinian so-called “news outlet” (which it claims is affiliated with terror groups) that described an Israeli minister davening at the Cave of the Patriarchs (Ma’aras HaMachpela) with the following post to X (formerly Twitter). Hardcore...
