Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Impotent clichés
Forget all the clichés and substitute this sentence: The terrorists need to fear us, and only then will they be deterred and learn to respect us.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in JNS: The DNC’s platform problem
Corporations are the only ones who can step on the brakes, preventing the party from lurching further into anti-Israel and antisemitic territory.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Columbia University Stinks Just a Bit Less Today
President Minouche Shafik joins three other Ivy League university presidents knocked off this season because of Jew-hatred.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in JNS: Wikipedia hates Israel and Jews
The online encyclopedia is big tech’s antisemitic propaganda arm.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: An ‘Anti-Zionist’ Is Probably an Anti-Semite if …
Because Hitler made it uncool to publicly declare ‘I hate all Jews,’ finding new ways to demonstrate Jew-hatred has become necessary.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Candace, We Hardly Knew Ye … and Ye
I was among those who initially thought Candace Owens was a special new voice in America. Boy, was I wrong.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Mr. Netanyahu Goes to Washington, and Mr. Biden Comes to J.C
When Netanyahu scheduled his speech to a joint session of Congress, he could not have imagined what else would be happening later that day.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Kamala Harris and the Too-Late Solution
Not to spoil the vice president’s big Middle East plans, but the two-state solution is not going to happen.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Townhall: Progressive Causes are Corporate Malfeasance
Those in C-suites would do well to dispense with DEI before offended customers, and shareholders, hold them to account.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: Exploring the Jewish perspective on prayer for the terminally ill
It is always essential to pray, even when there appears to be no chance of recovery or any hope our prayers will be answered.