by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 25, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in JNS The International Court of Justice is preparing to lower the legal threshold for “genocidal intent”; not in South Africa’s case against Israel, which everyone is watching, but Gambia’s suit against Myanmar, which gets less than 1% of the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 25, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News For two years, Motaz Azaiza was the West’s eyes in Gaza. TIME named him one of its 100 most influential people. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. CNN, The Guardian, and GQ Middle East all featured his work,...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Sep 23, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News In the court of trendy international opinion, a court consisting of Israel bashers and Jew haters of all stripes (including some Jews), Israel stands convicted of perpetrating a genocide against the people of Gaza. Here’s...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 16, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Washington Examiner As the summer came to an end, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel stood before a room of Jewish Democrats and reached for the Book of Esther. Jews, she intoned, have “a moral imperative to place the needs of the world...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 9, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News One year ago, the voice of Charlie Kirk was silenced by an assassin’s bullet. The Torah teaches, however, that a voice is not silenced when a person leaves the world, as long as others study and learn from his words....
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Aug 13, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News American Jews are dealing with the reality of distressing Jew hatred, manifested by sporadic physical attacks and more prevalent verbal confrontations. Worse, it has become mainstreamed in the Democratic Party, with elected...
