Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
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.
Can’t Compare Mideast Refugees with WWII Holocaust Victims
If there is a genocide parallel it involves the Christians of the Middle East who have for decades been targets of the Muslim genocide against them simply for being Christian. And yet, the Left has been silent regarding the plight of Christians.
The Philo-Semitic President
If supporters of the anti-Israel “J Street” are opposing Friedman for Ambassador as a “zealous partisan” and claiming his boss is an anti-Semite, one must question: do they honestly believe Trump doesn’t like Jews, or are they offended that Trump’s inner circle includes so many who take Jewish tradition far more seriously than they do?
The Biblical Story of Esther and the Immoral Society
The narrative of Purim may be thousands of years old and depict occurrences in ancient Persia, but the story’s relevance to contemporary society at large is striking, for it describes the eventual results of an absence of divine moral norms.
President Trump is More Supportive of Jews than Quasi-Jewish Leftists Are
They are my great protectors — leftist Jews, professional Democrat Jews, Jews in Hollywood and on Broadway, Jews in the liberal mainstream media. For a year and more, they have been in the forefront protecting me from the “anti-Semitism” of President Trump. And oh how they care for Israel!