Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
The Jerusalem Post: Amnesty’s International Report on Israel Doesn’t Matter
by Rabbi Dov Fischer, The Jerusalem Post Time has marched on, and the future of Judea and Samaria will not be determined by apartheid name-calling or even by the old issues on the table. In June 1967, the elementary school faculty gathered our entire Brooklyn yeshiva...
The American Spectator: What American Woke Cancel Culture Has Taught Me About Nazi Germany
Most people mean well, fear losing the jobs and income by which they support their families, and are terrified they will lose friends and social standing.
Newsweek: Whoopi Goldberg Affair Exposes the Deep Flaw of Holocaust Education
More than anything, Goldberg’s historical illiteracy reveals that “Holocaust education,” despite its ubiquity, is severely flawed.
New York Post: It’s a mitzvah, not anti-Semitism, to attack George Soros’ dangerous DA campaigns
Soros is destroying our nation’s foundational principles and our democratic institutions. It’s a patriotic mitzvah to stand up and say so.
Newsweek: CAIR Not Only Inspires Terrorists. It’s Historically Linked to Them
By accusing mainstream Jewish organizations and allies of the Jewish people of “Islamophobia,” the extremist CAIR both inverts hater and hated.
The American Spectator: Why No One on Either Side Will Miss Roe v. Wade
“It’s all about a sloppy, deeply flawed, cynical ruling that never had reason to exist — but there are states!”
The American Spectator: When a Rabbi Like Me Hears About an Attack on Jews
FBI data are clear: the only overriding form of religious hatred that remains viable in our country is Jew-hatred. The sick minds of haters fixate on us.
The Orange County Register: Now, only parents can defend parents’ rights in our public schools
We stand boldly and proudly alongside Americans of other faiths who share similar family values and oppose the erosion of parental rights.
Epoch Times: To Open a Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem Would Ignore Thousands of Years of History
Jesus was born a Jew. He grew up in a Jewish family. He kept company with other Jews. He practiced Judaism. He went to the Jewish Temple.
Israel National News: Wayward Journalists
It is a shame that many journalists, wedded to their own agendas, do not see it. If they even tasted it, they would savor the Torah as the elixir of life and the rabbis as purveyors of goodness and wisdom.