Elliot Resnick of the Jewish Press interviews Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Director of the CJV:
Who speaks for Judaism? In the American press, it’s often a non-Orthodox Jew whose values are rooted in 21st-century liberalism rather than Torah. Thus, an uninformed reader of the news would be excused for thinking that Judaism, for example, celebrates gay marriage, transgender rights, and abortion on demand.
A new group, the Coalition for Jewish Values, hopes to change this state of affairs. Headed by seven Orthodox rabbis – Dov Fischer, Avrohom Gordimer, Pesach Lerner, Yaakov Menken, Steven Pruzansky, Yoel Schoenfeld, and Aryeh Spero – the group aims to counter distortions of Judaism by serving as a Torah-true voice in the public square.
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Read the full interview at the Jewish Press.