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: Jewish College Students: Stop Whining and Grow Some!](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/palestine-rally-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Jewish College Students: Stop Whining and Grow Some!
Stop your whining, O coddled and over-protected Ivy League Jews! Grow up. Instead of being Woke, the real world invites you to awake.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Not so innocent civilians](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-The_Western_Wall_and_Dome_of_the_rock_in_the_old_city_of_Jerusalem.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in Israel National News: Not so innocent civilians
May the government that failed to protect us prosecute the war successfully so that our enemies, wherever they are, fear raising a hand against a Jew.
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Hamas, Arab, and BBC Big Lie About Israel and the Bombed Gaza Hospital](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bbc-logo-1023x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Hamas, Arab, and BBC Big Lie About Israel and the Bombed Gaza Hospital
In the Middle Eastern context, the terrorist Arabs lie, and BBC and CNN and all of them jump in to repeat the lies.
![Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in the Israel National News: Looking back and ahead](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Israel-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in the Israel National News: Looking back and ahead
We can put aside strife and fight a ruthless enemy, but we cannot put aside the Jewish history that finds us facing that enemy again.
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: It Is Heartwarming That the World Loves Dead Jews So Much](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sky-sign-vehicle-banner-flag-tourism-924893-pxhere.com_.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: It Is Heartwarming That the World Loves Dead Jews So Much
Instead of scaring Jews into leaving, the terrorists inspire Jews from overseas to donate wherewithal to Israel and move to Israel.
![Rabbi Yaakov Menken in The Federalist: Why Calling For Israel’s ‘Restraint’ Is Depraved And Offensive](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/idf-3779546_1280-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in The Federalist: Why Calling For Israel’s ‘Restraint’ Is Depraved And Offensive
Leaders and lawmakers never call for ‘restraint’ when fighting totalitarians or terrorists — unless the victims are Jews.
![Rabbi Yonason Goldson in STL Jewish Light: “My son is the only one who can operate the heavy machine gun”](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IDF-soldier-davening-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Yonason Goldson in STL Jewish Light: “My son is the only one who can operate the heavy machine gun”
The goal of terror is to disrupt our lives, to force us to live in fear waiting for the next attack. Because to live in fear is to concede defeat.
![Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: My Head Has Turned To Water](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IDF-Soldier-praying-1024x675.jpg)
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link: My Head Has Turned To Water
There will be plenty of finger-pointing. But right now, we need to hold on to our precious unity, our greatest weapon in defeating the enemy.
![Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: A ruthless response is absolutely legitimate](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/flag-jerusalem-blue-sky-910x675.jpg)
Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: A ruthless response is absolutely legitimate
I can only add my voice of responsibility to confer legitimacy to as ruthless a military response as Israel can muster.
![Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Newsweek: Progressive Myopia Inflames Antisemitism](https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Antisemitism-1-1080x675.jpg)
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in Newsweek: Progressive Myopia Inflames Antisemitism
The reality is that only a racist would call Israel an apartheid state—a racist of a particularly malignant and dangerous form.