Rabbi Aryeh Spero

Rabbi Aryeh Spero


  • January 23, 2022

    Colleyville and the spread of Muslim attacks against Synagogues and Jews

    The hostage-taking of a rabbi and congregants at the Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas a week ago by Malik Faisal Akram was not simply to coerce authorities to free Aafia Siddiqui, known as Lady Al Qaeda, but itself specifically an act agai...

  • July 21, 2021

    Boycotting Israel makes for a lousy ice cream flavor

    I and millions of Jews worldwide are disgusted by the hypocrisy, cowardice, and anti-Semitism displayed Monday by the Ben and Jerry's ice cream company refusing to sell or produce its ice cream in the Jewish sections of Jerusalem and Jewish neigh...

  • July 13, 2021

    Rally to Combat Anti-Semitism Overloaded with Left-Wing Talking Points

    We at the Conference of Jewish Affairs, though not sponsors of the "No Fear" rally held Sunday, July 11 in D.C., did wish for its success inasmuch as a rally against anti-Semitism from well-meaning people has many pluses.  We...

  • July 4, 2021

    Will American Jews Follow Their British Cousins in Repudiating Jew-Hatred?

    There was an editorial last week in The Free Beacon positing that due to anti-Semitism within its ranks, the Democrat party will mimic the electoral defeat of England's Labor Party, which is similarly plagued by anti-Semitism....

  • June 3, 2021

    The New York Times follows its historic pattern of blocking defense of Jewish lives

    Once again, the New York Times is acting to make it impossible for Jews to defend themselves against those who have announced their intention to exterminate the Jewish people.  The first time this happened was back in the '30s...

  • May 23, 2021

    ‘Social Justice’ Rabbinic Students Betray The Jewish People In Time Of War

    While the young men and women of Israel are putting their lives on the line defending their homes and family, here in America we have a comfortable and self-indulgent group of rabbinical students verbally attacking Israel and giving moral support to ...

  • April 15, 2021

    Pelosi Hijacks Everything for Her Agenda -- Even the Holocaust

    One would expect the commemoration of something as tragic and sacred as the Holocaust be done in a respectful manner and not be manipulated for political goals. Such was not the case this week with Nancy Pelosi’s statement sent out on Holocaust...

  • April 9, 2021

    When a Jewish Teacher Union Bigwig Maliciously Scapegoats Jews

    Randi Weingarten, leader of the AFT (American Federation of Teachers union) has made a malicious smear against the Jewish community that would normally be characterized as anti-Semitic, but it may get a pass because she happens to be Jewish.  ...

  • February 26, 2021

    Kavanaugh and Barrett: John Roberts Retreads?

    All that work for, and faith in, Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett! As with John Roberts before, we are once again the victims of unrequited affection and lost labor. Like other Republicans, I expended lots of hours and effort to do my part in getting ...

  • February 19, 2021

    A tribute to a Midwestern icon: Rush Limbaugh

    Millions are extremely saddened by the passing of Rush Limbaugh.  Rush was the foremost spokesman of American political conservatism, ever.  Immediately, 32 years ago, he became the daily address where conservatives felt at home f...

  • February 14, 2021

    Disney versus Gina Carano: Spot the dangerous bigots

    Actress Gina Carano has been fired by Disney for purportedly controversial remarks she made in social media comparing the treatment of conservatives by progressives to how in its beginning years the Nazis mistreated Jews. No doubt the oppression agai...

  • February 8, 2021

    Rep. Andy Levin: Blaming Israel for anti-Semitism

    In a breathtakingly absurd statement, Congressman Andy Levin (D-Mich.) asserted during a February 1 webinar that anti-Semitism cannot truly be defeated until "Palestinian human rights are respected." Levin is blaming anti-Semitism o...

  • December 29, 2020

    Holding Strong in 2021 and Beyond

    This past year has been exceedingly difficult for many whose relatives and acquaintances unexpectedly passed away or became ill due to the worldwide COVID-19 plague.  Many “progressive” governors have in strongarm fashion exploited t...

  • December 2, 2020

    Barack Obama’s Visceral Dislike of Israel, the Jewish State, Revealed in his Latest Book

    Though we have not over the years accused Barack Obama of anti-Semitism, we did feel even prior to his election in 2008 that Obama was uncomfortable with the idea of Jewish sovereignty, as well as Jewish rights in and of themselves, disconnected from...

  • November 16, 2020

    Christiane Amanpour is no journalist

    CNN international anchor Christiane Amanpour used the Nazi Holocaust against Jews to once again misportray and besmirch the reputation of President Donald Trump and the 72 million people who voted for him. Amanpour stated: "This week 82 years...

  • November 8, 2020

    Trump-supporters prayers were answered. Now it's time to follow through.

    President Trump did win!  Our prayers that the hearts of our citizens be turned toward voting for the president did happen.  The country and its citizens did indeed finally "open their eyes" and vote for Trump....

  • July 24, 2020

    Nancy Pelosi's vile use of 'Stormtroopers'

    Nancy Pelosi’s deliberate use of the term “stormtroopers” to describe America’s Homeland Security officers quelling riots and protecting people in Portland and Chicago is a vile accusation against our good officers and offensi...

  • July 3, 2020

    Anti-Defamation League elevates anti-Semite and hurts America

    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was established decades ago as an organization to combat anti-Semitism. However, under the new leadership of Jonathan Greenblatt, a former high-level partisan of the Obama administration, the ADL has made its focus th...

  • June 24, 2020

    Annexation of Judea and Samaria: A vision whose time has come

    Many are looking forward to the day when Israel will soon annex the portions of Judea and Samaria that from time immemorial have been part of the Land of ancient Israel.  The Jewish people were bequeathed this land, and the name of Judea an...

  • June 1, 2020

    Leftists more at war with regular Americans than with looters and arsonists

    1. Last week, Hillary Clinton labeled the peaceful protesters in state capitals wanting their businesses to reopen as "domestic terrorists."  Yet, for the last four days, she has not labeled as terrorists those who are looting, ri...

  • May 20, 2020

    Watergate lawyers against Flynn are partisan political retreads

    A group of retreads from among anti-Nixon Watergate lawyers have surfaced to demand that Judge Emmett Sullivan disregard the Justice Department's decision to free General Flynn from prosecution.  Normally, those who grouse constantly ab...

  • April 30, 2020

    De Blasio's Tweet against Jews Is the Tip of the Iceberg

    Mayor de Blasio of New York City recently tweeted what has become a controversial tweet.  After hearing of a large gathering of Chasidic Jews in Brooklyn attending a funeral for a well known neighborhood rabbi, de Blasio tweeted: "My m...

  • April 23, 2020

    Cuomo, de Blasio, and New York City Owe Trump an Apology

    Many Americans have witnessed daily briefings in which New York State's governor, Andrew Cuomo, makes repeated demands of the President and exploits his moment in the sun by condemning the President and even maligning him. Instead of constantly c...

  • April 7, 2020

    Democrat Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) Escalates Corona Spread

    How ironic that Bill DeBlasio, New York City’s mayor, who designated his city a sanctuary city, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who designated New York a sanctuary state, both in defiance of federal orders, have blamed the federal government for not...

  • March 25, 2020

    GOP must not cave on perverse Democrat add-ins for coronavirus relief

    Pelosi, Schumer, and Democrats are betraying America in her time of need.  After accusing Trump of "delaying," they are halting aid to Americans until the Congress agrees to all sorts of treacherous add-ons guaranteed to assist in...

  • January 31, 2020

    A Ten Point Action Plan to Stem Attacks Against Jews

    The Jewish community is experiencing an explosion of anti-Jewish attacks, both physical and ideological. Jews have been gunned down or stabbed in Pittsburgh, San Diego, Jersey City, and Monsey, and are being pushed, beaten, and cursed on the streets ...

  • January 8, 2020

    Minority Leaders Must Speak Out against Jew-Hatred in Their Communities

    It has been widely reported that virtually every recent stabbing and attack on Jews in the New York metropolitan area has been perpetrated by someone who is black, Latino, or sympathizes with jihad. It is time for leaders of those communities to face...

  • December 23, 2019

    Hanukah: The First Battle against Transnationalism and the Deep State

    Many think of Hanukah as a fight for religious freedom. While religious freedom was at stake, it was part of a broader battle in behalf of the concept of national identity. The Maccabees, local Judeans who spearheaded the revolt against the overpower...

  • December 16, 2019

    President Trump Again Does the Right Thing for the Jewish People

    I was honored to be present at the White House on the day President Trump signed an Executive Order protecting Jewish students from the harassment, bullying, and intimidation on American campuses coming primarily from Islamic student associations and...

  • December 11, 2019

    Hillary Clinton misuses Tikkun O'lam to bring down President Trump

    In a speech this week to the Jewish Labor Committee of New York City, Hillary Clinton exhorted her audience to fight and depose the Trump administration. She said: "Do it for Tikkun O'lam." Tikkun O'lam, "repairing the world...

  • November 8, 2019

    Vindman, Zaid, Schiff: Foul birds of an ugly feather

    Lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman was reportedly reprimanded by a superior when it became known that he repeatedly made fun of Americans; American culture; and, as he said, "Americans not being educated or worldly."  He did thi...

  • October 6, 2019

    Many American Jews Need to Atone for Their Sins against Donald Trump

    America has seen many presidents who have been good to Israel and the Jewish people.  None has been better than Donald Trump.  Beyond doubt, he has done unmatched and extraordinary things for Israel and has publicly spoken against anti-Semi...

  • September 27, 2019

    Jews Fight Back!

    The rash of physical attacks against Jews in Brooklyn and Manhattan began almost a year ago.  We have cellphone and street camera footage of many of the attacks, and they are coming from assailants bellowing “Allahu Akbar” and from y...

  • August 2, 2019

    President Trump Shatters Left-Wing Myths

    President Trump is boldly providing much-needed relief to the American people. He is untying us from the bonds of political correctness that have, in un-American fashion, forced Americans to accept liberal myths and farces.  He is telling it lik...

  • July 21, 2019

    Jewish Fawning of Omar Has Made Her More Aggressive

    Most of the Jewish community has feverishly and piously supported last week’s Democrat-sponsored Resolution condemning President Trump’s remarks against Ilhan Omar. Omar, of course, is a notorious, unrepentant anti-Semite and daily demoni...

  • April 13, 2019

    American Jewish Leaders Need to Respect Netanyahu's Election

    Many of us are quite pleased with the re-election of Prime Minister Netanyahu.  Mr. Netanyahu has become a world-class statesman and is considered among many as one of the top leaders in today's world, especially in trying to defend Wes...

  • March 16, 2019

    Sitting in at Speaker Pelosi's office to protest failure to condemn Rep. Omar

    We hand-delivered a letter yesterday to Speaker Pelosi's office in the Longworth House Office Building, as part of our sit-in in her office. It was very successful, covered by Reuters, Fox, Breitbart, CNS News, Christian Broadca...

  • March 8, 2019

    Democrats cave to Omar's anti-Semitic strategy

    Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib are employing the time-tested, drip-by-drip method used successfully by Islamists in Europe against Jews and Israel.  Week after week, poisonous remarks against Israel or Jews are made by Islamists, with the goa...

  • February 15, 2019

    Congress should reject Ilhan Omar before she makes anti-Semitism acceptable

    It is becoming more obvious by the day — even by the tweet-hour — that newly elected Congresswoman Omar is anti-Semitic and is peddling her anti-Israel and anti-Jewish stance through the well known and effective drip-by-drip method. ...

  • February 14, 2019

    Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib and the normalizing of Jew-hatred in America

    Editor’s note: A powerful statement that needs to be seriously considered by all Americans has been issued by  Rabbi Aryeh Spero, spokesman for the National Conference on Jewish Affairs and a prolific contributor to American Thinker. ...

  • February 6, 2019

    President Trump was right to call out Democrats' abortion-lust

    President Trump was correct and courageous last night in his State of the Union address condemning the New York State Legislature for its newly passed open-ended abortion allowances, as well as Virginia's governor for calmly endorsing the killing...

  • January 18, 2019

    Masculinity Is Not Toxic, but the APA Might Be

    Institutions that used to be beyond politics have become infected by cultural Marxism, which attacks the family, traditions, and the classic natural conditions.  Based on assertions made by Dr. Ronald Levant, the American Psychological Asso...

  • January 2, 2019

    Three Cheers for American Nationalism

    During recent months, President Trump has been assailed by shrieking critics within the U.S. and overseas by French president Emmanuel Macron, regarding Mr. Trump's enthusiastic endorsement of the concept of American nationalism.  Many ...

  • December 16, 2018

    Stop Equating Every Immigration Situation with the Holocaust!

    During the past two years when liberal groups disagreed with President Trump on a particular immigration situation, they tried justifying their position by comparing the plight of the refugee or immigrant to that of victims of the Holocaust. Just rec...

  • June 24, 2018

    Many Preaching Immigration Morality are Acting Unethically

    There is a never-ending blitzkrieg from the media to topple President Trump.  Based on what we've observed during the last two years, there's no doubt that the "separation of families" barrage was an effort orchestrated by...

  • May 13, 2018

    President Trump Fulfills Prophecies and Moves Our Embassy to Jerusalem

    In but a few moments ancient prophecies will be fulfilled and veritable truths realized when the United States moves its embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. It will also be a day when we will remember the strength and courage of the man who...

  • October 6, 2017

    What Is America's National Identity?

    Many were elated and approved of President Trump’s July speech in Warsaw, Poland acknowledging the central role Western civilization plays in defining who we are and what we believe. Our freedom and survival depend on defending it, he said. Bey...

  • May 24, 2017

    President Trump's Trailblazing Pro-Israel Actions

    Many were waiting for President Trump’s trip to Israel to decide whether Mr. Trump’s pledges of friendship and support for Israel were as real today as what had been enunciated during his presidential campaign. Some had suggested that Mr....

  • March 29, 2017

    Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen

    The fear and scrambling of citizens in London a few days ago was a humiliating scene, wherein a powerful city and its entire government came to a halt because of one man, an Islamist with an axe and a truck. We have seen similar things happen in othe...

  • March 12, 2017

    No, Middle Eastern refugees can't be compared to Holocaust victims

    President Trump has issued a modified version of his previous immigration policy executive order that was stalled a month ago by a lower-level federal judge in the state of Washington.  Mr. Trump has been under relentless attack from those on th...

  • February 3, 2017

    President Trump will Undo the Cruelties of Obama's Political Correctness

    One of the cruelest goals of political correctness is to deny regular Americans the right to protect themselves from terrorism, from loss of jobs, and from exposure to disease, and to spit on their innate desire for safety in their communities. ...

  • January 18, 2017

    Political Correctness as a Tool of the Liberal Inquisition

    It is naïve to think that political correctness is simply a matter of being scolded for saying something unacceptable to liberals. It has become much more than that. Political correctness is a deliberate tool used by the Left to intimidate conse...

  • January 11, 2017

    The Failure of Jewish Universalism

    The never-ending push by numerous Jews to universalize all aspects and rituals of Judaism is shortchanging and endangering the Jewish people. Hermann Cohen was an influential German Jewish philosopher who felt there was no distinction between being J...

  • January 4, 2017

    They Clapped while They Took Away Jerusalem from the Jews

    Normally, when the U.N. Security Council passes a resolution, a vote is taken and the result recorded. Period.  Something very unusual happened after the Security Council voted to declare Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria as Arab/Islamic land. The...

  • November 20, 2016

    The Decline and Fall of the Anti-Defamation League

    The Alt-Left is at it again. This time they are using their internet and media echo chamber to malign Steve Bannon, concocting a narrative that is false but endlessly repeated by their soldiers in the never ending campaign to malign conservatives and...

  • August 13, 2016

    Americanism Is an Admirable and Safe Form of Nationalism

    Throughout this presidential campaign we've heard many liberals and neo-conservatives wail against the nationalism espoused by Donald Trump and condemn how nationalism still resonates among tens of millions of regular Americans.  Elitists an...

  • February 19, 2016

    Trump, the pope, and the Bible

    In response to Donald Trump’s call for constructing a wall at our southern border so as to stem the illegal migrations into our country, Pope Francis indicated that Mr. Trump is “not a Christian,” since, as the pope says, “Chr...

  • August 10, 2015

    Team Obama Playing the Dual Loyalty Card against Jews?

     In an effort to intimidate some of the Jewish senators and congressmen thinking of voting against Obama's Iran deal, there are murmurs from Team Obama about "dual loyalty" and not caving into "Jewish donors."  These...

  • July 30, 2015

    Huckabee's Critics

    Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has warned that the Obama/Kerry deal with Iran could lead to an Iranian-lead nuclear Holocaust against Israel that would, "take the Israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven." Hillary ...

  • July 15, 2015

    Obama's Deal: $150 Billion to Iran to Destroy Israel with Conventional Arms

    One of the most alarming and catastrophic elements being overlooked in yesterday's give-away deal to the mullahs is that Iran will soon receive $150 billion dollars. With that money they can immediately go after Isra...

  • April 23, 2015

    Today is an Epic Anniversary

    There are moments in history when we are called upon to stand up in behalf of a great and transcendent cause. Now is such a moment. Today, April 23rd, 2015 marks the 67th year of Israel’s independence. For many, Israel’s survival and succ...

  • April 15, 2015

    Netanyahu Not the Cause of Obama's Dislike of Israel

    Much has been said about the strange behavior of Barack Obama, who can’t let a day go without maligning Israel and Mr. Netanyahu. In contrast, he displays friendship to a thug and anti-Semite like Recip Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, palled around w...

  • January 23, 2015

    Another Islamic Terror State?

    Just about every European country voted a few weeks ago to establish a Palestinian state, much of it on land designated for Israel by the League of Nations after WWI. The Europeans, together with communist and Islamic countries and dictatorships arou...

  • December 26, 2014

    Will Obama Follow Europe Regarding Palestine?

    Despite the partnership between the terrorist organizations Hamas and Fatah (the new name for Arafat’s PLO), some Europeans nations are demanding that Israel immediately accede to Hamas/Fatah demands or they will proceed in the UN to declare a ...

  • December 7, 2014

    Obama, Immigration, and the Bible

    In his Executive Order speech defending what most consider outright amnesty for five million illegal immigrants, President Obama cited the biblical verse in Exodus: “Thou shalt not afflict the stranger (22:20)”. There is no question that ...

  • November 21, 2014

    Will Governors use their Powers to Stop Obama?

    Barack Obama may pay lip service to working with Republicans, but we know he’ll ultimately attempt to ramrod policies he hopes will transform America, but which actually damage her. Mr. Obama came to America with a chip on his shoulder and that...

  • October 21, 2014

    Silence in the face of Jihad in New Jersey

    Recently, Australian policed uncovered a jihadist plot to kidnap regular citizens on the streets of Sydney, behead them, and send the gruesome and terrifying videos over the internet. The aim of the terrorists was to bring Australia to its knees and ...

  • September 25, 2014

    How Come No Street Protests Against ISIS from Leftwing

    During the recent Gaza war, Israel was forced to defend herself from thousands of rockets and destroy 40 tunnels dug by Hamas terrorists planning to enter Israeli kindergartens and malls from underground hatches.  In response to Israel’s m...

  • September 14, 2014

    Why did Mideast Christians heckle pro-Israel Ted Cruz?

    This past Wednesday night, Senator Ted Cruz did a courageous thing. He walked out on an audience that suddenly showed itself to be anti-Israel and even anti-Jewish. The dinner audience was part of a conference called “In defense of Christianity...

  • August 22, 2014

    Self-Defense is a Religious Obligation

    “Children are being beheaded, mothers are being raped and killed, and fathers are being hung and crucified. Entire Christian and non-Muslim communities are being decimated by the radical Muslim group, ISIS.” These are the words from ...

  • June 12, 2014

    Cantor Fell Because He Wouldn't Fight the Good Fight

    Tuesday night, David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College, right outside Richmond, accomplished something stunning: defeating the House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, something never done before in American history. Some are tryin...

  • April 23, 2013

    Mosque-Related Violence

    President Obama has done all he can these past five years to manipulate language and facts in order to exonerate Islam and Moslems from terrorist attacks committed in the U.S. by Moslems in the name of Islam and jihad. After Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood...

  • October 30, 2012

    Real Leaders Don't Promote Dependency

    While campaigning in Colorado on Sept. 2 en route to the Democratic National Convention, President Obama boasted: "You know, he [Romney] calls it ObamaCare. I like the name. I do care. I guess you call his plan 'Romney doesn't care.'"  As with a...

  • September 28, 2012

    Wake Up, Jews!

    No doubt, it's hard for people to give up their lifelong attachments and identity.  But there are moments in history when a turning point arrives, and those with eyes to see and ears to hear recognize it.  Many Jews have made political libe...

  • September 18, 2011

    What NY-9 Portends for the Jewish Vote

    Many have commented on the rebuke of President Obama reflected in the Republican victory in NY-9, a district with a 3-1 Democrat registration.  The pro-Israel Orthodox Jewish community in the Brooklyn and Queens sections of the district displaye...

  • September 15, 2011

    Would Obama Retaliate against a Nuclear Attack?

    What if a Muslim country, such as Iran, launched a nuclear attack against us, or if agents aligned with Pakistan using dirty bombs were to attack America?  Would Barack Hussein Obama retaliate with nuclear force, as has been our stated policy si...

  • July 3, 2011

    TSA: A Portrait in Islamization

    On June 18th in an airport in Florida, Transportation Security Administration agents required a 95-year-old woman with leukemia to remove her adult diaper if she wanted to pass their inspection and travel.  The TSA says they would have been sati...

  • May 25, 2011

    Congress Gets an American President -- For a Day

    It was fitting that Barack Obama was out of the country on the day when a leader walked into a joint session of Congress and spoke the way an American President should.Benjamin Netanyahu's speech extolled America and the ideals for which it stands. T...

  • May 9, 2011

    It is Immoral Not to Allow Enhanced Interrogations

    Though many Democrats insist that waterboarding is never effective, it appears that they would outlaw it even if proven effective since, to them, it is a stain on the reputation of the U.S., and nothing guides liberal policy more than how a particula...

  • March 8, 2011

    American Moslems and Rep. King

    How many more Americans must be threatened and murdered by Moslems yelling Allahu Akbar before the political establishment acknowledges there is a profound threat to Americans coming from within the Moslem community that must be investigated? When wi...

  • December 26, 2010

    No Comparison: Shariah and Jewish Religious Courts

    Many stealth jihadists pushing to have Shariah law instead of American civil law govern American Islamic communities are making the preposterous claim that Shariah Courts are similar to Jewish religious courts that observant Jews often use to adjudic...

  • January 10, 2010

    President Obama Must Choose Sides

    There appears to be a battle raging within Barack Obama. How this war is resolved will decide how we fight the war on terror and determine if we win it at all. In his speech last spring in Cairo, Mr. Obama said, "I consider it part of my respons...