Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St Lewis Jewish Light: A wonderful example of the true heart of the Jewish people
Our Sages debate what is the greatest quality a person can acquire. Their conclusion? A lev tov, a “good heart.”
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: Gutless cowards hiding behind black robes like thieves in the night
Many Israeli Supreme Court justices hate Orthodox Judaism, and all their jurisprudential views are tainted by their obsessive hatred of it.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Claudine Gay: Another DEI Success Story
The universities now are evil. They teach evil. They brainwash children into pursuing an agenda of evil.
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Politicians in Robes
The justices are essentially politicians in robes, part of self-perpetuating oligarchy, claiming to be preserving democracy while evidently mocking it.