Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Israel National News: What the letter “B” tells us about phony Woke “Compassion” and “Open Orthodoxy”
When people — especially “Open Orthodox rabbis” — sign a petition for “LGBTQ” people, focus on the “B.”
Israel National News: 1600 signatures do not kosher YU Pride Alliance
Signatures cannot override Torah prohibitions and in any event, 1600 out of 70,000 students and alumni is not an impressive result.
Israel National News: Torahphobia
Torahphobia is real, prevalent, and sweeping across significant parts of the Jewish world. We should reject the notion that support for traditional family values is somehow hateful.
Newsweek: The Gray Lady’s Yellow Journalism
The NYTimes crammed an array of old canards into one hit piece against Hasidic Jews, during a time of rising Antisemitism.
Yated Ne’eman: The New Proliferation of Female Pseudo-Orthodox “Rabbis” and More
Open Orthodox promotes female rabbis, radically changing the Orthodox landscape and its future leadership profile.
The American Spectator: The Three Saddest Weeks in the Jewish Calendar — and Why Jerusalem Will Never Again Be Divided
These are things Joe Biden would not have known how to discuss in his meeting with Mahmoud Abbas.
The American Spectator: Abortion Sounds So Much More Soothing Than ‘Infanticide’
Do women have the right to say “Kill this emerging life inside of me, this other body that soon is destined to live completely independently of mine?”
The American Spectator: Some Reasons I Believe Firmly in G-d — and Core Aspects of My Faith
These are just a few considerations that inform my firm belief in G-d as Divine Creator.
The American Spectator: ‘Unorthodox’? Julia Haart’s Messed-Up Netflix Life Is Classic Reality-TV Drivel
An exhibitionist who renamed herself “Julia Haart” got Netflix to transmogrify her into a reality TV queen by “exposing” her oppression as an Orthodox Jew
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: A dose of reality on “Pride Month”
Name-calling, as always, is a poor substitute for reasoned argument, but it makes for good placards and sound bites.