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: Biden’s Zionism](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/biden-in-isarel-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Biden’s Zionism
Biden is a “lifelong supporter” of a certain type of Israel – docile, concessionary, secular, and deferential to American interests.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The Ramadan Ruse](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ramadan.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The Ramadan Ruse
We should show as much concern for Ramadan as our enemies showed for our Simchat Torah this year or our Yom Kippur of 1973.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in The Jewish Press: Banish UNRWA From Jerusalem](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/unwra-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in The Jewish Press: Banish UNRWA From Jerusalem
UNRWA fails to resettle its inhabitants in permanent residences. Instead, it stokes grievances against Israel through its “educational” activities.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The empty toolbox](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-The_Western_Wall_and_Dome_of_the_rock_in_the_old_city_of_Jerusalem.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: The empty toolbox
Faithfulness to the Torah is the key to our continued residence in our Holy Land. It provides our spiritual worthiness.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in The Jewish Press: Banish UNRWA From Jerusalem](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/unwra-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Cut Off the UNRWA
It is a corrupt, Jew-hating, anti-American, terrorist-training institution. UNRWA is singularly responsible for the Gazan Arab effort to destroy Israel.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: At any price](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/flag-jerusalem-blue-sky-910x675.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: At any price
Do we unwittingly embolden Hamas in their sadistic cruelty when we exhibit the desperation implicit in the calls for a hostage release “at any price”?
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: Meditations on Trump, Obama, Iowa and New Hampshire, Europe, and Exile](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Israel-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: Meditations on Trump, Obama, Iowa and New Hampshire, Europe, and Exile
American Jews must understand that America is Exile. It’s not home. Israel is ours, while America is a place of respite to take shelter amid the storm.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Innocents Abroad](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/gaza-strip-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Innocents Abroad
That the civilians of Gaza are so docile means that they are either cowardly – or complicit. Innocent they certainly are not.
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: When South Africa and the UN hate Israel, take comfort in G-d’s protection](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/south_africa-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: When South Africa and the UN hate Israel, take comfort in G-d’s protection
Antisemitism is so incomprehensible that many Orthodox Jews believe that it is G-d’s way of ‘mowing the lawn’ while ensuring we survive.
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Antisemitism of South Africa Should Not Surprise](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/south-africa-flag-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Antisemitism of South Africa Should Not Surprise
To be born a Jew is to be born with a target on your back. We don’t look for it. We don’t want it. But it comes.