by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 22, 2026 | Headlines, Op-Eds
Originally published in JNS, which set the title as “The argument by FACE Act defendants is unconstitutional” In the federal FACE Act case born from the mob that blocked access in November 2024 to a synagogue in West Orange, N.J., the defendants are asking...
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer | Jun 16, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News If you think about it, it is shocking that Korach joined forces with Datan and Aviram in his campaign to usurp leadership. Korach had a distinguished reputation, as Chazal (the Sages) explain, and he presented his case by...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | May 5, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in All Israel News By the time Tucker Carlson trashed the Book of Esther, describing the source of the Jewish festival of Purim, it was already Passover. But timing was the least of his errors, and since he took it upon himself to rewrite...
by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag | May 4, 2026 | Op-Eds
By Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in ConservativeHome A recent ConservativeHome article powerfully captured what many British Jews have been forced to confront: denial is no longer possible. The fear is real. The attacks are real. The evasions by some political figures are...
by CJV | May 1, 2026 | Op-Eds, Religious Liberty
At nearly ten o’clock on a winter evening in the House of Lords, one of the clearest public defences of Britain’s yeshivot came not from a rabbi, a Jewish communal spokesman, or a campaigner, but from the Bishop of Manchester. For months, the debate over under-16...
by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag | Apr 26, 2026 | Op-Eds
By Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post is right to say that Israel faces a real military strain. Reservists are exhausted, the war has dragged on, and the IDF’s manpower shortage cannot be brushed aside. But that still does not settle the...
