Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Pesach Lerner in Jerusalem Post: The Jewish Agency misstates Zionism’s founding principles
The Jewish Agency’s claim that “pluralistic Judaism” was a founding pillar of Zionism fails every test – historical, religious, and institutional.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: General Election
The three greatest strategic blunders in the history of Israel were made by renowned generals who were elected prime minister.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in St. Louis Jewish Light: America at 250: Jewish American or American Jew?
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason asks whether American Jews should see themselves as Jewish Americans or American Jews—and why that order matters.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Washington Examiner: Mamdani’s anti-Israel madness all hinges on the ‘Palestine’ lie
Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel rhetoric relies on historical fiction, exposing a dangerous fact-free political movement in New York.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Israel National News: CUFI reminds us that the Jewish People are not alone
Rabbi Menken shares how inspiring attending the Christians United for Israel conference was in a world where anti-Zionism asphyiziates headlines.
In Court Filings, FACE Act Defendants Plead Antisemitism
One defendant asserts therein that encouraging Jews to live in the Holy Land “could not plausibly be interpreted” as a religious activity.
Rabbi Avraham Gordimer in Israel National News: Why did Korach align with Datan and Aviram?
Korach’s alliance with Datan and Aviram has surprising parallels for our modern world and those who seek to undermine Mesorah.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in All Israel News: Tucker Carlson takes on the Bible
By telling a lie so obvious, Carlson exposed a broader pattern which is as evident regarding Israel the modern country as Israel the ancient people.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in ConservativeHome: British Jews need clarity, not despair
Islamic antisemitism represents a real threat to British Jews, and the government must respond with clarity and intention.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in Conservative Home: When the state mistakes a yeshivah for a school, liberty is at risk
Does Britain have the cultural intelligence to recognise that not every serious institution is a school in the modern secular sense?