Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
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.
The American Spectator: Abortion, Texas, and Roe v. Wade
It really is a states’ issue, not a federal concern.
The Times of Israel: We must all teach Judaism, in schools, synagogues and at home
Leaving the education of children to their own parents is a basic civil right. Hasidic parents, who choose schools producing productive and involved adults, certainly deserve this privilege.
The American Spectator: Rabbi Dov Fischer’s Definitive Year 5782 10-Part Guide for Understanding Jews (Part Ten)
Part Ten: Wrapping Factors Together: Understanding the Hopeless Disorientation of Knee-Jerk Leftist Jews
American Spectator: Rabbi Dov Fischer’s Definitive Year 5782 10-Part Guide for Understanding Jews (Part Nine)
Part Nine: On Deep Red Conservative Dixiecrats Who Kept Liberal Democrats in Power for a Century and on Jews Just Like Them