by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Apr 9, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in The Daily Signal Protesters are getting exactly what they asked for when they waved Hamas flags, burned American flags, and turned college campuses into breeding grounds for extremism. They wanted attention, and now they’ve got it—in the form...
by Rabbi Moshe Parnes | Apr 8, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in the Jewish News Syndicate. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently asserted that U.S. President Donald Trump regards Jews as “transactional” and that he tolerates antisemitism. Schumer placed himself in the role of arbiter,...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Apr 3, 2025 | Missouri, Op-Eds
Originally published in the St. Louis Jewish Light To most people, the 2005 movie “Wedding Crashers” is a lighthearted comedy romp in which two lovelorn bachelors crash weddings to meet women. But imagine the following scenario: At your daughter’s 500-person wedding,...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 25, 2025 | Op-Eds, Featured Coverage
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in Daily Caller. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has a new book out, titled “Antisemitism in America: A Warning.” He describes therein how bigotry against Jews is growing on both political sides, and writes that he...
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson | Mar 23, 2025 | Op-Eds, Missouri
originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Even after four decades, I can still visualize sitting in Professor Richard Levin’s classroom at the University of California when he introduced us to The Merchant of Venice. Clearly, he would have preferred to ignore the...
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...