Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: Life is a Treasure
Since G-d created man in His image, if someone shortens a life, he is destroying something holy. Only G-d has the authority to take and bestow life.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: On emotional blackmail, LGBTQ suicides, and actual facts
LG(B)T(QIA)+ propaganda stresses that “discrimination” and “homophobia” cause higher suicide rates among the LG(B)T(QIA)+. Really?
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: On Jason Aldean the Bold, Sinéad O’Connor the Cue Ball, and a Morally Befuddled Society
In a small town, people sing the National Anthem and treat first responders with respect. If only they would try that in a big town.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Judaism’s Saddest Season: The Nine Days and Tisha B’Av
The Roman Exile and the persecutions that followed are at the root of how so many Jews managed to lose touch with their heritage.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Insanity of Biden’s Opposition to Israel’s Judicial Reform
President Joe Biden has been lecturing the State of Israel not to reform its extreme-leftist, unrestrained court.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: How Israel’s Jewish and other media lie to you
A reader needs analytic skills to read a news report, even with this guide to dirty “journalism” tricks. The truth is elusive, but this guide may help.
Rabbi Menken in Times of Israel: When President Herzog Spoke to Congress
As the President spoke about Iran, Israel’s quest for peace, and criticism versus delegitimization, he was entirely on point.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The Jewish Press: Netflix’s “You People,” the Hollywood Strike, and the Nine Days of Av
The Hollywood Jews mock and denigrate Jews and Judaism in their movies and TV shows as only Jews would dare.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Mishpacha Magazine: A Clear Torah Voice
When we follow Torah and they call us names, we have nothing for which to apologize. But we must respond because the mob is at our doorstep.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: On Book Burnings, the Squad, COVID Conspiracies, and ‘The Jews’
Secular American Jews are so assimilated that they can’t cite authentic Jewish sources, so they pin their tail on the Holocaust.