Letters & Statements
CJV Rejects Rule Imposing “Gender-Affirming” Requirements on Doctors & Nurses
The rule would force every doctor, nurse, and healthcare provider in America to make an impossible choice: ignore your religion and conscience, or give up your career. Meanwhile, it would facilitate unlimited feticide, abortion at any time, and permanent damage to physically healthy people, including children.
Letter to Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman of Yeshiva University Commending Principled Rejection of “Pride” Alliance
There are those intent upon changing Torah precepts to suit their personal desires, and who even call it ‘immoral’ to uphold Torah values. To oppose this trend is unquestionably what the Torah expects of us.
Amicus Curiae Supporting Religious Accomodation in Groff v. DeJoy, Postmaster General
Changes in American society and in the understanding of the Establishment Clause justify rejection and repudiation today of a legal rule that perpetrates great injustice and harm.
Coalition Letter to Gov. Newsom to Veto SB 107
SB 107 strips parents of their rights and authority, calling them bigots for opposing the mutilation of minors.
Amicus in Young Israel of Tampa v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
HART rejected an ad from Young Israel synagogue because it promotes a religious organization.
Amicus in Thai Meditation v. Mobile, Alabama
The district court’s interpretation of RLUIPA is at odds with the protection it was intended to provide.
Amicus Curiae in Hittle v. City of Stockton
Members of minority faiths routinely face discrimination in the workplace and often must rely on Title VII’s protection for their free exercise rights.
Amicus Curiae to NY Supreme Court in YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary was formed to bolster higher education for Orthodox Judaism and create an American Torah enclave.
Amicus Curiae to US Supreme Court in YU Pride Alliance v. Yeshiva University
Amici recognize the danger that the lower court decision poses to religious institutions, and urge SCOTUS to reverse.
ZOA Coalition Letter Requesting Denial of Visa to Iranian President Ayatollah Raisi
Raisi plans to speak at the UN, after threatening to turn New York into “ruins and hell.”