by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | Jun 4, 2019 | Updates
Due to our frequent contact with the Trump Administration, the CJV is on the list to be notified when the President and Vice President travel around the country. Thanks to our efforts, Rabbi Chaim Goldberger, our Regional Ambassador in Minnesota, greeted Vice...
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken | May 5, 2019 | Updates
This update comes as Jews face attacks from Poway to Israel. We pray for safety and peace. To understand why our collective voice is so necessary right now, look no further than the so-called “Equality Act” now under consideration in the US House of...
by CJV | Mar 17, 2019 | Updates
As always, I have a great deal to report, with much more going on behind the scenes. It has been an extremely productive month! Those who have been reading these updates for a while have surely heard that before, but fortunately it is no exaggeration. The Conservative...
by CJV | Feb 15, 2019 | Updates
The new calendar year brought with it a new Congress, and a renewed burst of activity for the CJV. We issued press releases on anti-Semitism, religious liberty and protecting life, and were quoted in Jewish, Christian and secular media. We sent letters and held...
by CJV | Jan 4, 2019 | Updates
The highlight of last month, of course, was our invitation to the annual Hannukah Reception at the White House; the photo at right (of CJV Vice President Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, Managing Director Rabbi Yaakov Menken and President Rabbi Pesach Lerner) was taken as we...
by CJV | Nov 27, 2018 | Updates
The first order of business is to call for your signature, committing to boycott the services of Airbnb until it ends its anti-Semitic boycott of properties owned by Jews in Judea and Samaria, the “West Bank” occupied by Jordan from 1948-1967. Over one...
