Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
The Supreme Court Conversion Ruling is something no Orthodox Rabbi can support
Throwing sacred and weighty standards out the window in pursuit of comfort and inclusiveness does not work when it comes to Torah.
The Conversion Controversy
The courts have no more right to opine on “who is a Jew” than they have to move Shabbat to Tuesday or Pesach to the winter.
BDS Nigeria — And the Nazi Overtones in the UC Irvine Student Government
Why not target China? Russia? Venezuela? You know why. I know Nazism when I see it. I know Jew-hatred when it is on my horizon. The BDS movement is Nazi behavior.
The Equality Act Attacks Both Freedom and Truth
An Orthodox Jewish rabbi and an agnostic feminist leader agree entirely that the Equality Act is a fatally flawed, and even hateful, piece of legislation.
We pray for the President, whether we like him or not
Not saying the Prayer for the Government’s Welfare due to rejecting a specific president shows ignorance of what the prayer means.
Defending Rep. Mary Miller Was A Moral Imperative
Learning from history – including its paragons of evil – has always been the Jewish approach.
Social Media Suppression May as Well Begin Now
The Social Media Monopoly now is in radically partisan left-wing hands.
On Mary Miller: Better to build than to destroy
Let’s leave the anti-Semitic label for those who truly deserve it and let’s leave the well-intentioned, but perhaps societally naïve, Mary Miller alone.
Twitter’s Totalitarian Path
This threat to free speech precedes the Trump presidency; it has been cultivated by the Left for over a decade and growing each year.
My Thoughts About Jonathan Pollard
This experience reinforced for me that we must always do what’s right, even if it’s not supported by the mainstream.