Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Post-Pittsburgh: Liberals oppose arming houses of worship
Protecting houses of worship with firearms makes sense. It is a no-brainer. It is a win-win move that costs nothing and can save precious lives.
Bereishis And Science – No Conflict!
We should expect to find a universe that appears vastly older than 5,779 years. Would it make sense, after all, for people and animals to appear on a three-day-old earth?
As the Caravan Approaches: There Probably Will Be Blood…
The Wall finally must be built. Just as a dam serves as a last-ditch physical barrier to prevent or control a flood, The Wall now is revealed as the only logistical way to create a barrier to prevent or control a flood of Illegals.
Here We Go Again: ‘It’s All Trump’s Fault’
Do you remember the Democrats and the CNN crowd rushing to blame Saudi Arabia for the 9-11 attack on the Twin Towers? Or to blame Islam? I don’t.
Darkness at NBC: The Reeducation of Megyn Kelly
Once she interviewed Putin. Now she’s been interviewed by Stalin.
The Sordid Swordy Saudis: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Khashoggi?
We benefit from the $110 billion Saudi arms deal, and need the Saudis to stand as the front-line Arab Muslim bulwark against Iranian Shiite expansionism and terror. But we know the Saudis bring shame on us every time we call them “our friends.”
Dr. Friedman, Please Don’t Try to Silence the Rabbis or Anyone Else
Aside from the fact that it is undemocratic to urge a specific group of people to stifle their speech, especially in matters of communal discourse and concern, there is an elephant in the room which Dr. Friedman seems to disregard.
Exploding the Transgender Myth
After years of effort to promote transgenderism as a normal and even “in” and “cool” type of identity, deserving of broad protections and demanding respect bordering on that of a royal class, the bubble is being burst with a pierce of reality.
Four Revived Whine Vintages From the Democrats’ Whineries
They whine without end. At times one wonders whether the Democrats are a political party, a stomping grounds for urging people to stomp on opponents’ grounds, or a whinery. And when they whine, they never stop, no matter how often the truth is explained.
Rabbi Leiter: The Facts Speak for Themselves
When people who identify as progressive Orthodox clergy defend and welcome open expression of homosexual identity in Jewish religious practice, it conveys a sense of acceptance of homosexual conduct.