by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Mar 30, 2021 | Op-Eds, Featured Coverage, Religious Liberty
published in the New York Post. Jews around the world are celebrating Passover, which commemorates the redemption of ancient Israel from slavery in Egypt. Although that event occurred nearly 3,500 years ago, its essential lessons — about how we descend into bondage,...
by CJV | Mar 25, 2021 | Coverage, Featured Coverage
[This piece shows that we have struck a nerve, especially in Rabbi Menken’s op-ed in The Federalist. Needless to say, the writer, Prof. Mark Silk, is very wrong, but that op-eds are written to counter our view shows that we are taken seriously.] If push comes to...
by CJV | Mar 10, 2021 | Coverage, Featured Coverage
by Tom Gjelten in NPR A potential revision of federal civil rights law to extend protection to LGBTQ people could soon get a long-delayed vote in the U.S. Senate, but concerns about its implications for religious freedom cloud its prospects for final passage. The...
by CJV | Mar 7, 2021 | Featured Coverage, Coverage
by Joseph Wolkin, World Israel News In February 2017, the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) was founded by Rabbis Pesach Lerner and Yaakov Menken. They started with just six directors, but rapidly grew to include more than 1,500 Orthodox rabbis across America. The...
by CJV | Mar 2, 2021 | Coverage, Featured Coverage
by Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York chastised one of his colleagues for mentioning God and the Bible during the House debate over the Equality Act Thursday, saying: “God’s will is no concern of this...
by CJV | Feb 25, 2021 | Featured Coverage
by Tyler O’Neil, PJ Media On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, “The Equality Act.” Three Republicans joined with every single Democrat to support the bill, which now moves to the Senate. The bill will require 60 votes to pass in the Senate,...