Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Menken on Foxnews.com: Virginia candidate Youngkin’s criticism of Soros not anti-Semitic, it’s legitimate
Response to Glenn Youngkin’s comment on George Soros was as fast and furious as it was predictable.
Real Clear Religion: Your Child’s Education is a Holy Obligation
Given what’s happening with schools across the country, it’s worthwhile to see what Judaism’s holy texts have to offer on the topic of education.
Israel Hayom: Why anti-Zionism is always pure antisemitism
What makes “anti-Zionism” different is that it does not aim at policy difference nor even at animus against political personalities but at delegitimizing a core component of the Judaic paradigm.
Israel Hayom: Why Harris ignored anti-Israel remarks
Those of us who have followed Harris’ political career in California were not surprised by the recent firestorm she created.
The American Spectator: Why Anti-Zionism Always Is Pure Anti-Semitism
Anyone who is anti-Zionist is a Jew-hater. It’s that simple.
Israel National News: Bereshit – Making sense of that first Rashi
How can the Jews invoking Rashi on Bereshit as the basis of rights to Eretz Yisrael convince the nations that we are not thieves?
Cross-Currents: Rabbi Menken on abortion, LGBTQ and observant Jewry
These positions are not merely incompatible with Judaism, but there is compelling evidence that they are not the course of action that truly compassionate people, not blinded by a new agenda of “progressivism,” would take.
Cross-Currents: Response to “First Step: LGBTQ+ and the Frum Community”
We must be ever so careful not to give the impression (even unintentionally) that we are committed to Halacha on a technical level yet do not fully embrace the Torah’s value system.
The American Spectator: Yoo Hoo, Tucker Carlson, We’re Here and We’ve Got Your Back
In fact, it is Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL who needs to be terminated, not Tucker.
The American Spectator: Don’t Let Those Darned Jews Defend Themselves
When it comes to Israel, AOC and friends are proud to act like Nazis.