Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer in Yated Ne’eman: The Nishma Research 2023 Profile of the U.S. Orthodox Jewish Community – Important Statistics and Takeaways
The more we become submerged in materialism, the more we distance ourselves from G-d, and our priorities become those of the secular street.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The Ohio Star: Commentary: FBI Agents in Catholic Churches
When the FBI targets “traditionalist Catholics,” that is not “inappropriate” but, to use a favorite aphorism of the Left, it is the “Death of Democracy.”
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: 5 Black Cops and Walking — No, Running — in Memphis
Our society does Black Americans no favors by reacting to each of these tragedies by screaming “Racism!”
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: Conventional Thinking
Perhaps the Modern Orthodox movement cannot find the means to reach and inspire its adherents. Perhaps, a message is missing.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in JNS: Deep concerns about American Jewish leadership
American Jewish leaders profess to support a Jewish and democratic Israel. Yet they blithely oppose legislation that would make the State of Israel more Jewish and more democratic.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The Torah and Judicial Reform
According to the Torah, the purpose of the judicial system is to do justice, which is defined as applying the law equally and fairly to all.
Rabbi Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: Can Governor Hochul Grow A Tomato?
It has been said that you can judge the living by how they treat the dead. Now our society has reached a new low.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in The Jewish Press: Jewish Values: The Real Issue
Large scale Jewish abandonment of Jewish values in the public domain leaves the impression that Jews have nothing to offer & are nothing special.
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: Nafsil Qunana!
Let’s get other parts of Orthodox Jewry together to unite and rally in front of the headquarters of anti-Semitism, The New York Times.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: A Hanukkah Carol
From the ghost of Hanukkah past all the way to the ghost of Hanukkah future, an American Jew has a look at American Jewry today.