by Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag | Jan 4, 2026 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Jewish News Syndicate The Guardian’s recent defense of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, relies on a striking and emotionally resonant historical analogy. We are invited to see Mamdani not as a radical break, but as the heir to an old...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 19, 2025 | Headlines, Op-Eds
Originally published in the New York Post Sometimes it is best to put things simply: Eduardo Martinez, mayor of Richmond, CA, is a Jew-hating bigot unfit to serve in any official position. Were his hatred against any other minority group, he would have been expelled...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Nov 28, 2025 | Op-Eds
Originally published in Israel National News It is high time we reconsider one of the most hackneyed clichés of our era – the one that claims that just because a person criticizes Israel does not mean he hates Jews. In its most concise form, it is the assertion...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Oct 26, 2025 | Op-Eds, Headlines, Religious Liberty
Jewish education is undergoing a renaissance. Burgeoning antisemitism on campus has made Chabad houses the first destination for Jewish students under siege, while one of the hottest trends among teenagers in Israel is, of all things, Shabbat observance. And for the...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Oct 22, 2025 | Missouri, Op-Eds
Originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Goldie Cohen, an elderly Jewish lady from the Bronx, goes to her travel agent. “I vant to go to India.” The travel agent warns her about the long journey, but Goldie insists. After arriving in India, she joins the long...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Sep 30, 2025 | Op-Eds, Headlines
By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News Arutz Sheva asked Rabbi Fischer’s good friend Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, שיבל”א, also a frequent and popular columnist on Arutz Sheva, to write an article in Rabbi Fischer’s memory. We have inserted a...
