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Rabbi Yaakov Menken

Rabbi Yaakov Menken is managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values.

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Chicago march ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug., 18, 2024. Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images.

The DNC’s platform problem

It could be that corporations are the only ones who can step on the brakes, preventing the party from lurching further into anti-Israel and antisemitic territory.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken

Aug. 19, 2024

Wikipedia hates Israel and Jews

The online encyclopedia is big tech's antisemitic propaganda arm.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken

Aug. 6, 2024

Ben & Jerry's ice-cream in a grocery-store freezer. Credit: Ho Su A Bi/Shutterstock.com.

The anti-Semitic uneducated Jew

The difference between the Orthodox community and the secularist (and increasingly anti-Zionist) Jewish left can be summed up in one word: education—meaning, the Jewish sort.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken

Aug. 25, 2021

U.S. President Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 27, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Trump, anti-Semitic? This is madness

The problem is the president’s deeds are not permitted to speak for themselves, and his statements are misconstrued for partisan purposes.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken

Sep. 29, 2020