by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Jul 28, 2026 | Op-Eds, Headlines
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post At its recent Board of Governors gathering (June 2026), the Jewish Agency for Israel issued a statement declaring that “a diverse, pluralistic and tolerant Judaism has been and remains one of the cornerstones of Zionism.” It...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Jul 28, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News The newest kid on Israel’s political block, and this season’s general de jure, is Gadi Eisenkot, former IDF chief of staff and a relatively brief member of the wartime security cabinet. It has long been a tactic of the...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jul 27, 2026 | Op-Eds, Religious Liberty
Originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Few Americans realize that one of the country’s most beloved entertainers was born Israel Iskowitz, the orphaned son of impoverished Jewish immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side. He later changed his name to Eddie...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 27, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Washington Examiner NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bogus threat against Israel’s prime minister revealed something essential about his political career — and even more about his sycophants. When Mamdani promised to arrest Benjamin...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 16, 2026 | Op-Eds, Headlines
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Israel National News There are moments when you leave a gathering feeling not simply encouraged, but genuinely inspired. Less than three years after the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and amid a worldwide resurgence of...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 19, 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...
