by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 23, 2021 | Op-Eds, Religious Liberty
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken in The Federalist The Founding Fathers recognized freedom of expression and religious liberty as core elements of diversity and tolerance. Now, nearly 250 years later, Congress is acting to stamp them out, ushering in a new era of...
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer | Mar 8, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer published in INN The recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling affirming citizenship under the Law of Return for those who undergo domestic non-halackhic conversions was roundly condemned by many preeminent Orthodox organizations, including Agudath...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Mar 5, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Steven Pruzanksy, published in INN The Israeli High Court’s decision mandating the acceptance of non-Orthodox conversions in Israel as proof of Jewish status only for purposes of citizenship is not as momentous as it sounds. The original sin, so to speak, was...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Mar 2, 2021 | Op-Eds, Human Rights
Why not target China? Russia? Venezuela? You know why. by Rabbi Dov Fischer, in The American Spectator The undergraduate student government at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) just voted to Boycott, Divest from, and Sanction Israel. I have taught at UCI...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Feb 24, 2021 | Op-Eds, Family Values
written by Natasha Chart and Rabbi Yaakov Menken, published at Newsweek. It would be hard to accuse an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and an agnostic feminist leader of walking in lockstep. And if one is managing director of an organization that “advocates for public...
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer | Jan 25, 2021 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, in Israel National News Four years ago, when Donald Trump took office, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz (in)famously declared to the public his refusal to recite the Prayer for the Welfare of the Government (“Tefillah Li’Shlom...
