Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Townhall: Progressive Causes are Corporate Malfeasance
Those in C-suites would do well to dispense with DEI before offended customers, and shareholders, hold them to account.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: Exploring the Jewish perspective on prayer for the terminally ill
It is always essential to pray, even when there appears to be no chance of recovery or any hope our prayers will be answered.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: G-d’s Vibrant Hand in Our Lives and Destiny
We don’t know why things happen or don’t, but we know G-d is at the helm, and He has His reasons.
Israel National News: Imagine Gaza mass demonstrations
I know it will never happen, but that is not my point.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Townhall: Prêt à Discriminer
It is almost impossible to imagine that JAB was simply unaware how the public would perceive Pret a Manger’s decision.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: On L.A. pogroms, scared college Jews, and a Rabbi who led
The violent American encampments and the L.A. riot are not pogroms. They are violent attacks that Jews could have suppressed immediately.
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: What Is Your Universe?
I understand how disillusioned progressives must feel to realize that their belief system was a fraud. But they must realize they were duped all along.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Universities Must End DEI and Implement DEI
A student’s mind will mature if presented with a variety of viewpoints and challenged to weigh all competing ideas.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: A Rabbi, a Nun, and the ensuring a Jewish Burial
Traditional Jewish burial is kinder to your body, kinder to the planet, kinder to your relatives, and kinder to your soul.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Get the Feds and States Out of the Student Loan Business
No matter how hard a democracy’s government tries, it cannot competently disburse or oversee money.