by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jan 9, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, in American Greatness With the impending end of his presidency, there were hints that the irrational hatred for anything associated with Donald Trump—the chronic ailment that became known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS—might soon be...
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner | Jan 7, 2021 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Pesach Lerner, The Jewish Press I’ve been asked dozens of times over the past two weeks how I felt when I heard that Jonathan and Esther Pollard landed at Ben Gurion Airport early Wednesday morning. Truth be told, I knew more than a week earlier of their...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 31, 2020 | Religious Liberty, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, in The Federalist Not just foster care providers, but religious groups of all kinds are closely following the case of Fulton v. the City of Philadelphia. Indeed, all those who care about our nation’s children should be. While this case before...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 30, 2020 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, in Newsweek Many on the Left in the Jewish community have reduced anti-Semitism to a partisan weapon. According to them, whether an individual’s statements about Jews or Israel are bigoted depends entirely upon that individual’s...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Nov 23, 2020 | Human Rights, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Newsweek For the past four years, both leftists and Never-Trumpers have warned that President Trump’s support for Israel and the Jewish community was not sincere—that he cares only about himself, and that he would surely turn against us...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Nov 1, 2020 | Family Values, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Newsweek There was a time not long ago when America united around a core of common values. They were not partisan, but foundational beliefs shared by Whigs, Federalists, Democratic-Republicans, Democrats and Republicans. Americans believed that...
