by CJV | Jan 18, 2022 | Coverage, Religious Liberty
This Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Rabbi Menken spoke at the historic launch of the National Committee for Religious Freedom, an initiative of former U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback. Rabbi Menken is a member...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Nov 22, 2021 | Op-Eds, Religious Liberty, Updates
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Newsweek The U.S. Congress proposed an American day of thanks to the new and first president, George Washington, in September of 1789. And with Washington’s proclamation, the first Thanksgiving Day was held on Thursday, November 26 of...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 3, 2021 | Religious Liberty, Op-Eds
By Rabbi Yaakov Menken, TownHall As a young child, my grandfather fled Communist Russia in the back of a horse-drawn wagon, hiding underneath a pile of hay—which a Bolshevik border guard stabbed with a pitchfork to prevent such escapes from totalitarianism....
by CJV | Jun 10, 2021 | Religious Liberty, Press Releases
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1,500 Orthodox rabbis, today commended Yeshiva University (YU) for courageously defending religious liberty in the face of a highly-publicized lawsuit filed by LGBTQ activists. YU has refused to grant official...
by CJV | Apr 26, 2021 | Press Releases, Religious Liberty
In a unanimous agreement reached Sunday evening, the State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) changed its Convention rules to enable early voting for observant Jews and Seventh-day Adventists. The committee had failed to pass a related...
