Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in The Jerusalem Post: Israel’s haredi draft crisis needs more than crackdowns – opinion
Criticism of the Haredi Draft ignores spiritual survival. Torah must be the center of a Jewish state. To prosper, Israel needs not just strength, but wisdom.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Israel National News: Tucker Carlson did us a favor
Carlson’s inversion revealed the true nature of the more contemporary charges of genocide leveled at the same People of Israel.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in St. Louis Jewish Light: Becoming an Oct. 8th Jew: Remembering who we are
The October 8th Jew is not a new Jew, but a revealed one. However antisemitism cannot keep us Jewish, and Jews must ground their identity in something deeper.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in The Daily Signal: There’s No Academic Freedom to Incite Hatred
Princeton historically prided itself on excellence, which is why Eisgruber’s monotonous drumbeat of cries for “academic freedom” is so disappointing.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in The Times of Israel: The When the Bishop Defended Yeshivot
The Bishop of Manchester has been strong in protecting Yeshivot by advocating for religious liberty and not merely positioning them as educational institutions.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The Fabulists
With the ceasefire and war against Israel, the era of the fabulists is upon us. They assert alternate realities and spin fictional tales.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in The Jewish Chronicle: The Schools Bill debate: ‘Yeshivot will not be classified as schools’
The Bishop of Manchester, has clarified that yeshivot are not schools in the conventional sense, and should not be regulated as if they were.
Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in Conservative Home: The fate of the Iranian regime will matter in Britain too
Iran is a revolutionary state that has spent decades defining itself in opposition to America, Israel and the West as a whole. Iran’s defeat would help Britain.
Jonathan Guttentag in Conservative Home: When soldiers guard synagogues, something has already gone deeply wrong
When a European government sends soldiers to protect synagogues and Jewish schools, it it is a grave warning.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag in the Jerusalem Post: Western Wall debate must not overshadow prayer, unity during times of war
At a moment when Israel faces immediate and existential danger, gender politics about the Western Wall are more than a needless distraction.