Op-Eds
Op-Eds by our Officers and Fellows do not necessarily represent the views or focus issues of the CJV.
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
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
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
The reality is that only a racist would call Israel an apartheid state—a racist of a particularly malignant and dangerous form.
Rabbi Moshe Parnes in The Florida Standard: DeSantis: A Mensch
Ron DeSantis’ public stances for Israel and the Jewish people, and against antisemitism, should rightly earn him public acclaim.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken and James Carafano in The Daily Signal: Nobody Wins in Musk vs. ADL
We need neutral platforms where we can share ideas and argue policy freely, and honest civil society orgs that advance equality without bias.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah: Netflix’s Latest Movie Again Mocks Judaism
The people behind this sacrilege of a film, are So Invited to My Zoom-based Weekly Classes on Judaic Topics and Bible Study.
Rabbi Dov Fischer in The Jewish Press: The Supreme Court Remembers the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy for Its Keepers
Groff is a game-changing decision that can enhance countless lives and families who comprise the heart and soul of Middle America.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken in The Times of Israel: NYTimes smears Hasidim again… now, in Yiddish
No matter that a thriving community speaks Yiddish as their first language – it’s only relevant to the NY Times when spoken by non-Hasidim.
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in Queens Jewish Link: Guess Who The Racists Are
Why is Mahmoud Abbas’ support for terror not condemned? Why does his “pay for slay” program allowed to go on unabated under Mr. Biden?