Op-Eds

The four extreme-left organizations in the OU fold are the end of a trend that once did not have to be discussed, because it was not imaginable.

Courage should not be required to disapprove the notion of Jewish female clergy, something that even Professor Shaul Lieberman of the Conservative JTS characterized almost forty years ago as risible and a “mockery” of Torah – but today, it is.

Under the oh-so-liberal Obama and the Democrats, more than 3,000,000 infiltrators were deported. Yes, more than three million!

The Democrats and their mainstream liberal media allies have leveled the same defamations against virtually every Republican President who has served during the past forty years. This is the latest in a series of never-ending Democrat efforts to find a weak spot in President Trump’s personal armor.

The Western Wall in Jerusalem could (and should) be a place of Jewish unity; instead, it has become for some a target of envy. How much more good would these American leaders do, were they to not increase jealousy but reduce it?

To those who are actually bitter that he was freed by our very not Antisemitic President Trump, let’s make a comparison to another criminal who shared a similar fate under our justice system. Namely, Jonathan Pollard.

It was shocking to read Shmuly Yanklowitz’ Dec. 22 Newsweek article lamenting the commutation of Rubashkin’s sentence and in effect seeking for Rubashkin to remain imprisoned.

Western civilization depends upon choosing Biblical values over those of Greeks, Romans, Huns, and Visigoths. This is not a political posture, but reference to our moral foundation.

What constitutes tikkun olam is not personal whim, but limited to that which realizes Jewish values found in Torah and traditional sources. Not only do we regard having a positive impact on the world as a Jewish and moral calling, but it is the raison d’etre of our organization.

Chanukah is God’s reminder to stand strong for values – holy, eternal and true values – and to defy the majority in taking a moral stand.