Letters & Statements
Amicus Curiae in Joseph Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
Individual prayer is a 1st Amendment right. Orthodox Jewish teachers must be able to pray Mincha (the Afternoon Service) on school property.
Letter to HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra in Support of Free Religious Practice in Foster Care
CJV Joins Foreign Policy Analysts in Protesting Amnesty International’s Latest Anti-Israel Libel
As a group of former U.S. government officials, national security experts, and supporters of human rights, we are incensed by Amnesty’s sloppy and unserious February 1st report condemning Israel.
Holston Home CEO Bradley Williams Visits Baltimore Jewish Community
Rabbis and Jewish leaders voiced their conviction that Jewish and Christian agencies had the right to only partner with those sharing their faith.
Letter to TN Gov. Bill Lee in Support of Free Religious Practice in Foster Care
That a charity be able to work uniquely with co-religionists is a key freedom that Americans of all faiths, especially American Jews, should seek to preserve.
Letter to Israel PM Bennett and Religious Affairs Min. Kahana on Conversion Bill
Halacha is not ours to modify, but to follow. No lobbying efforts can change that reality. Neither can Knesset legislation.
Letter to Duke Condemning Student Government Veto of Students Supporting Israel
Will Duke risk its reputation on a student government whose president and senate demonstrate classic anti-Jewish hostility, or will there be serious consequences for this breach of basic decency?”
Letter to Fordham President Commending and Encouraging Ban of Students for Justice in Palestine
Those SJP honors are limited to murderers, terrorists, and promoters of antisemitic tropes. It should be inconceivable that SJP be accepted on any campus, but, in the time-honored model of antisemitic bias, it hides itself behind a socially acceptable veneer.
CJV Presses Virginia Tech on Graduate Student Senate’s Academic Boycott of Israel
It’s crucial to understand that although an academic boycott of Israel targets Israeli universities and scholars, its implementation on US campuses such as Virginia Tech can’t help but violate the academic and civil rights of undergraduate students.
CJV Joins Amicus Curiae in Kennedy v. Bremerton
Coach Kennedy was terminated because he prayed alone and silently for less than a minute, on school property. If this interpretation of the Establishment Clause were allowed to stand, an Orthodox Jewish teacher could be fired for praying the afternoon service, a daily obligation, in an empty classroom.