Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Donald Trump and Bill De Blasio in Europe – A Study in Contrasts
President Trump and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio are both overseas this week, within a few miles of each other. In fact, the President and the Mayor are in Hamburg, Germany for the same exact event. Yet the contrast could not be starker.
Division at the Western Wall is No Path to Unity
Over 60% of American Jews are totally unaffiliated, and have little or no interest in Judaism, Israel, Jerusalem or the Western Wall.
Finally: Time for Trump to Put Whining Democrats in Their Place
The Democrats have not been this angry since the Republicans took away their slaves. It works in churches; it works in synagogues: get started on building. There is nothing like a building campaign.
The Texas Transgender “Bathroom Bill” – A Last Chance for Sanity
Read the statistics, and decide whether or not it is safe to allow transgender people the right to use restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities of their choosing.
Anti-Israeli Hypocrisy, and the Sacredness of Self-Defense
(This article appeared on American Thinker.) A 37 year-old Jordanian man started stabbing an Israeli police officer this past Sunday, May 14, in Jerusalem and was shot dead in the act by the police officer. (Please click here for a better video of this event.) How did...
The President’s Executive Order on Religious Freedom – A Double Victory
(This article was published in American Thinker.) President Trump’s executive order on religious freedom is of historic import. Not only does this executive order guarantee free religious expression and practice in the face of half a century of policies designed to...
A Sad Day for American Jewish Media
When it is the editor of The Forward who expresses her "dread, despair and embarrassment" that Israel avoided extermination in 1967, we can express our disappointment, but few of us are surprised.
The Transgender Madness Has Got to Stop
The knee-jerk tendency to assume (and wish?) that people are transgender has become so pervasive that anyone who shows interest in that which is not wholly typical for his or her gender is suspected of very likely being “trans”.
Passover: A Message of Personal Responsibility
The Sages of the Talmud and classical rabbinic commentaries view Passover not only as a celebration of the physical freedom attained by the Hebrews enslaved in Egypt over three and a half millennia ago, but also as a celebration of the freedom to abide by the divine moral law and the freedom to rein in one’s personal inclination to sin.
A Dynamic New Voice Champions Torah Values In The Public Square
As requested by the Jewish Press: CJV Senior Rabbinic Fellow Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer wrote about the formation of the CJV, why it was necessary and what we have already accomplished.