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...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Apr 24, 2026 | Headlines, Human Rights, Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News When Tucker Carlson described the Book of Esther as celebrating a “genocide of Persians,” he did the world a favor. Not because his perspective was correct or well-informed, but just the opposite. His obvious lie, so...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Apr 23, 2026 | Op-Eds
By Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in St. Louis Jewish Light A rabbi recently shared a story from a flight home from Israel. While preparing for a Torah class he was scheduled to give upon returning to the United States, he realized he didn’t have access to the material he...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Apr 20, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in The Daily Signal As both President of Princeton University and the immediate past Chair of the Association of American Universities Board of Directors, Chris Eisgruber has a powerful voice in the academic world. And at least thus far, Princeton...
by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag | Apr 15, 2026 | Op-Eds
By Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in The Times of Israel As government sought to fit Britain’s yeshivot into a regulatory framework designed for schools, an unexpected defender emerged in the House of Lords: the Bishop of Manchester, who understood that a yeshivah is not a...
