Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: Antisemitism: Why the Jews?
Sometimes called “the longest hatred,” antisemitism has persisted in many forms since Abraham came onto the scene over three millennia ago.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken with First Liberty’s Jeremy Dys in Newsweek: Religious Liberty Stops Violence
Violent antisemitism should be opposed regardless of where on the globe it occurs. In America, it flows from the breakdown of religious liberty
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: The Brooklyn College Black-Jewish Jukebox Riot of 1970
In my days, college Jews threw chairs back at Nazis who threw chairs at them. We were taught to buy guns and uphold “Every Jew a .22.”
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: Anatomy of a College Brainwashing: How UCI Makes Students Empathize with Hamas and Hate Israel
The kids do not even know what is hitting them, that they are not being educated but are part of a coordinated nationwide brainwashing effort.
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
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
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
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
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
Leaders and lawmakers never call for ‘restraint’ when fighting totalitarians or terrorists — unless the victims are Jews.