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Rabbi Moshe B. Parnes Blesses Byron Donalds at “Bagels with Byron” in Surfside
Rabbi Moshe B. Parnes gives Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds a blessing at a “Bagels with Byron” event in Surfside, Florida.
JNS: Mamdani’s Week Away From City Hall on Vacation Maybe ‘Kindest Gesture He Can Muster,’ Rabbi Says
JNS quotes CJV’s Rabbi Yaakov Menken on Mayor Mamdani’s vacation after the antisemitic Central Synagogue attack.
VINnews: Rabbi Warns Rise of DSA Threatens American Dream
VINnews covers Rabbi Yaakov Menken’s Fox News warning that the DSA’s rising influence in the Democratic Party threatens the American Dream.
VINnews: Coalition for Jewish Values Adds Amb. David Friedman, Irit Tratt to Advisory Board
VINnews covers former Amb. David Friedman and Irit Tratt joining CJV’s Advisory Board, alongside three new CJV professional staff appointments.
Fox News: Pro-Israel organizations condemn DSA co-chair for saying October 7 attacks were ‘inevitable’
CJV’s Rabbi Yaakov Menken called the DSA “objectively antisemitic” after co-chair Megan Romer said Oct. 7 was “inevitable.”
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Cori Bush promised to bury AIPAC. Her rematch with Wesley Bell in Missouri tests that.
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, president of Coalition for Jewish Values – Missouri, tells JTA that Cori Bush was a “no-show” for Jewish constituents while Wesley Bell has stood firmly with Israel.
JNS: Jewish law exempts self-incrimination not testimony, rabbis say after Fauci pleads ‘no comment’ 111 times
“A person should be forthright and honest, and he made himself out to be someone with something to hide,” Rabbi Yaakov Menken told JNS.
Jewish Insider: Heritage Foundation under fire over new allegations of antisemitic culture
CJV’s Rabbi Yaakov Menken is among the critics saying Kevin Roberts still hasn’t disavowed the rhetoric that separated the antisemitism task force from Heritage Foundation.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken discusses civil liberties and the real reason behind the free Palestine movement
The only freedom that Arabs lack in Israel, which they do have in the rest of the Arab world, is… the freedom to kill Jews.”
Rabbi Yaakov Menken emphasizes that Arab citizens living within Israel possess a full suite of democratic and social rights.
Newsweek: Daylight Saving Time: What Senators Are Saying About Major Proposed Change
Rabbi Menken shares that daylight savings time bill would disrupt Jewish prayer schedule.