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

Just The Vax, Please

Our shul, together with other rabbanim and educators, met with a group of parents vehemently opposed to vaccination, together with their lawyer and doctor. As cogent as some of their arguments were, at times, the bottom line is: We all realized that we cannot support this group under any circumstances. We simply cannot support a group that helps spread disease and endangers the lives of countless others.

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As Israel Goes to the Polls Tomorrow

As the only American-style democracy in the Middle East, Israelis are a universe apart from all their border neighbors. And you can bet your farm and life savings that they have built big, beautiful border walls — and they work!

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As Israel Goes to the Polls Next Tuesday

Part One — Understanding the Parties and the System. This article does not advocate but seeks to explain to the curious reader how democracy works in Israeli national elections: specifically explaining (i) the contending parties and (ii) the electoral system.

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Obstruction of Justice

Just as it is obvious that there was no Trump collusion with Russia and that I never was involved in a bank hold up, so it is obvious that President Trump did not “obstruct justice” during the Mueller Investigation into the Collusion That Never Happened.

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It’s Not a Celebration

One would expect that every decent and patriotic American would be delighted to learn that the president of the United States did not collaborate with a foreign country anxious to gain hostile, strategic advantage. Yet Democrats are furiously crying that “this is not over”—that they will continue wasting the nation’s resources and impeding the normal function of government, in order to pursue an already-too-lengthy investigation that has proven nothing transpired.

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With Mueller’s Report Submitted, We Now Enter the Phase of Democrats Cowardly Lyin’

The Cowardly Lion; there he is, clutching at his tail, and desperately fearfully proclaiming: “I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do. I do. I do. I do. I do believe in spooks. I do believe in spooks. I do. I do. I do. I do.” And that image is all I could think of, now that the Mueller Report finally has been submitted to the Attorney General of the United States.

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