Letters & Statements
Letter to American University President Concerning Professor in Viral Video Bias Incident
UPDATE: The Director of Strategic Communications at American University, Mark Story, reached out to us on behalf of the President to apologize for the erroneous web page listing, and to confirm that Ms. Peri has not taught at AU since 2015.
Letter to Principal Lacey of Beacon High School Concerning Moment of Silence
If the school is only going to commemorate those killed while trying to murder Jews, but not victims of terror attacks around the world, is the school honoring humanity, or barbarism?
Special Memorandum: Concerning the Recent HUC Graduation
On May 14 at the Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles, California, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion held its annual graduation and ordination ceremony. The speaker was a well-known anti-Israel activist, who used the opportunity to not only demonize Israel’s self-defense, but even to oppose Jewish endogamy, Jews marrying Jews.
CJV Joins Coalition Letters to Four Universities Harboring Anti-Semitic Conduct
Students at Columbia University, New York University, Syracuse University and University of California Irvine are deploying a repeated and deliberate strategy to create a hostile climate for Jewish and Zionist students and, in turn, suppress any and all pro-Israel expression on campus. The CJV joined 60 organizations demanding that the heads of these schools address this harassment and violation of civil rights.
Coalition Asks Oklahoma Gov. to Protect Conscience Rights of Adoption & Foster Care Providers
Birth parents who desire to place their children for adoption should be able to choose an agency that shares their values. In particular, keeping kids first involves protecting the birth mother’s choice to place the child with the family she feels is best.
60 Organizations Call for Steps to Address Exclusionary Behavior at Cal Poly
Demanding that only Zionist groups be excluded from a request for an increase in student government funding is both hateful and discriminatory. The implications of the Drylongso Collective’s statement for the safety and well-being of Jewish and pro-Israel students on your campus are highly troubling.
Support for the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 (H.R. 1881)
The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 (H.R. 1881) protects child welfare providers from being discriminated against by government entities due to the providers’ religious beliefs or moral convictions.
60 Groups Thank & Commend Chancellor White and CSU Trustees
We greatly appreciate your prompt attention to this matter, as well as President Wong’s statement clearly noting that the post was unacceptable, that corrective action would be taken, and that the university’s web presence would be better safeguarded from such misuse in the future.
60 Organizations Urge Investigation of SFSU Academic Program
We are writing out of deep concern for the safety and well-being of Jewish students at San Francisco State University, following the posting of an incendiary message on the official Facebook page of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) program at the university’s College of Ethnic Studies.
CJV Urges Senate Passage of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act is a reasonable and prudent step back from policies which degrade fetal life. It turns America back towards the bedrock moral ideals at the root of first-world civilizations