Letters & Statements
Gov. Newsom: Veto Biased “Ethnic Studies” Requirement; Add Safeguards Against Anti-Israel Indoctrination
The anti-Israel orientation of Critical Ethnic Studies, coupled with the willingness of many ethnic studies faculty to bring anti-Israel advocacy and activism into their professional spaces, will foster a toxic climate for Jewish and pro-Israel students and foment harm against them.
Coalition for Jewish Values joins the Philadelphia Statement
We want—and to be true to ourselves we need—to be a nation in which we and our fellow citizens of many different faiths, philosophies, and persuasions can speak their minds and honor their deepest convictions without fear of punishment and retaliation.
Petition for Certiorari to SCOTUS to Reconsider Trans World Airlines v. Hardison
Hardison stands as an obstacle to applying a vital statute on its own terms. Employers and courts cite Hardison as reason to brush aside virtually any request for religious accommodation, no matter how reasonable or inexpensive.
Coalition Letter Backing Recovery Support for Religious Organizations
Families, nonprofits, and houses of worship are central to the COVID-19 relief for their communities every day and they remain in need of additional recovery support.
CJV Joins Amicus Brief in Small v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water
This important religious liberty case would ensure that employers be required to make reasonable accommodation of an employee’s religious needs, e.g. to not require work on the Sabbath.
Letter to California State Board of Education President from 88 Organizations
CAs Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum sought to indoctrinate rather than educate. School board members asked to vote on the resolution are not informed about the enormous outpouring of criticism it engendered or that a CDE process is well underway for the curriculum’s redesign.
Amicus brief in Fulton v. Philadelphia
Philadelphia requires that faith-based agencies abandon the field of caring for children, or abandon some of the very beliefs about faith, family, and ministry that motivate them to serve and which make those organizations uniquely effective. That choice infringes on religious exercise. And either option will visit devastating consequences on society’s most vulnerable children and the families who are eager to give them stable homes.
Coalition Letter on Supporting Houses of Worship and other Nonprofits
We believe the following policies will be critical to the health of congregations and the faith-based nonprofits and the communities they serve, and ask they be included in future legislation. Covers refining the CARES Act and PPP Loan and Loan Forgiveness process.
Amicus Curiae in NYS vs HHS
The Jewish people have paid a staggering price for the right to practice their religion. Having suffered a long history of anti-Semitic persecution and discrimination, Jews understand that the words “religious liberty” must not be allowed to devolve into a meaningless catch phrase.
Letter Seeking Protection for Houses of Worship as they Re-Open after COVID-19
First Liberty Institute gave CJV prominent billing on this letter (see p. 6), demonstrating that not only churches are affected. Rabbinic Ambassador Yaakov Rich of Cong. Toras Chaim of Dallas also signed.