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Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.

Trump, anti-Semitic? This is madness

To those who permit his deeds to speak for themselves, and to those equipped with real knowledge of historic anti-Semitism and its nature, the assertion that Trump is biased against Jews is ludicrous, plainly stupid and profoundly dangerous.

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Final Day of the Democrat Pros and Cons

The reason that so many Americans do not want Kamala Harris has nothing to do with her name or where her parents were born. Rather, it is because, first of all, she got her opportunity to advance geometrically in politics by cavorting in a manner that is reprehensible. First she says she will end private health insurance; then she reverses. She says we should consider giving imprisoned violent felons the right to vote; then she reverses after an outcry.

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Cancel Culture Comes To Orthodoxy

I put the question out on a Young Israel Rabbis chat that I belong to: “Do you observe that Modern Orthodox young marrieds are not coming back to shul?” I was stunned by the number of answers that I received from rabbis in many parts of the country, with the exact same observation.

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Reply to Rabbi Avi Shafran – Different Truths and Applications

The open letter asserted the import of candidates’ moral character and ethical example and the necessity of not appearing to embrace the caustic and noxious values of unsavory politicians. Nothing at all was stated about the affirmative need to at times vote for and even work amicably with such individuals for pragmatic purposes, albeit while holding our noses, so to say. Hence my response.

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