Rabbi Abraham Cooper

House of Representatives March 5, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar should be condemned -- Religious, racial and ethnic hatred must find no refuge in Congress

A resolution being prepared by House Democrats and expected to be introduced Wednesday condemning anti-Semitism is welcome and long overdue.

OPINION November 29, 2018

CNN’s Marc Lamont Hill's anti-Israel comments are a rallying cry for the end of the Jewish state

CNN has a responsibility to fire commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who embraced a hate-filled call for the destruction of Israel as the world’s only Jewish state in a speech Wednesday at the United Nations.

OPINION August 28, 2018

Palestinian leaders are the worst enemy of ordinary Palestinians

When President George W. Bush sent U.S. troops into Afghanistan to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda forces following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. homeland, nations around the world lined up in support of America – as they should have.

OPINION August 9, 2018

Hatred of Israel prompts a UN official to discuss action against the Jewish state

The U.N. official – Michael Lynk, special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories – also said that other nations may need to “review their relationships with Israel in the military, political, and economic investment spheres.”

Facebook July 19, 2018

Dear Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg: Just kick the Holocaust-denying bums off of your platform, once and for all

We know Facebook won’t allow racists who falsely claim that slavery in America was beneficial to African-Americans – or deny that the immoral institution even existed here – to post their lies. That’s the right decision. The same decision should be made about Holocaust deniers.

OPINION June 22, 2018

America lost Charles Krauthammer just when we needed his integrity and truth-telling the most

Welcome home, Charles. Your memory is already a blessing.

OPINION May 24, 2018

Palestinian Authority incites anti-Semitism with cartoon depicting Jews as Nazis

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas – almost always incorrectly described as a “moderate” in Western media – was recently shown in a photo released by his government reading an official PA newspaper that displayed a large anti-Semitic cartoon portraying an Israeli soldier murdering a Palestinian baby.

OPINION May 15, 2018

Hamas wants Palestinians killed to score propaganda points against Israel

When Americans hear the words “demonstrators” and “protests” many of us think of non-violent marches, sit-ins and boycotts led by people like Mohandas Gandhi in India and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in our own country.

OPINION May 14, 2018

Trump's Jerusalem embassy move validates 3,500 years of Jewish history

Unlike his predecessors, who never lived up to their campaign promises, Trump just did.

Values April 4, 2018

Martin Luther King was a champion of nonviolence and justice and a friend of Israel

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. – who was tragically assassinated 50 years ago on April 4, 1968 – set the gold standard for true leadership and advocacy of historic social change through nonviolence.