by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Dec 3, 2019 | Updates
Today is #GivingTuesday, the successor to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. If you contribute right now to our Facebook Fundraiser, Facebook has pledged to match up to $7 million in donations (beginning at 8 AM EST), but it’s first come, first served for Facebook...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Nov 9, 2019 | Updates
The Coalition for Jewish Values contributed to a very important policy change that the Department of Health and Human Services announced this month, which will maximize the number of children receiving needed foster care, while permitting religious organizations to...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Oct 11, 2019 | Updates
Happy (Jewish) New Year! I hope all who observed both enjoyed and were moved by our High Holy Days, and wish all a year of blessing. It was our pleasure to share with everyone an invitation to the President’s conference call before the High Holy Days — but for...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Sep 9, 2019 | Updates
A press release from this month and accompanying op-ed demonstrate the urgent need for the CJV, why a rabbinic group in particular must fill that need, and the political potency of the results in current public policy debates — as well as the need for further...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Aug 9, 2019 | Updates
The CJV has proven itself a needed voice, and now we must strengthen its impact. Will you please join us? We are grateful to have this opportunity to correct the record on Jewish values, and promote positive efforts to realize those principles in public policy – and...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jul 10, 2019 | Updates
There is a lot of talk in DC about “litmus tests,” single questions which are taken to demonstrate a nominee’s suitability for a position or office. But now, sadly, we have a litmus test for a Jew who has sold out the Jewish people: those who...
