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VIN features CJV rebuke of Antisemitic “News” tweet
A pro-Palestinian “news outlet” described an Israeli minister davening at the Cave of the Patriarchs as breaking in to perform “Talmudic rituals.”

Publisher’s Weekly covers CJV Critique of “Gender-sensitive” Mistranslation of Biblical Texts
The Torah was given in a gendered language. That’s the package it comes with. We want to understand the original faithfully, no matter what.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken teaches a Congressman real Tolerance
Orthodox Jews are not bothered by professions of a uniquely Christian afterlife, because they are quite certain that “G-d knows how to sort it all out.”

ZOA’s Morton Klein, in JPost, uses Rav Fischer as expert on Jack Lew
Lew missed the opportunity to become a stalwart Jewish hero and instead sided with the Obama administration’s hostility to the Jewish people.

VIN News: Rabbi Menken Slams Massachusetts for Denying Religious Couple Right to Be Foster Parents
The State of Massachusetts barred a loving couple from foster care and possible adoption for one reason only: their adherence to Biblical values.

JNS: US anthropology group’s Israeli school boycott will harm students, critics say
JNS uses tweet from CJV’s Rabbi Yaakov Menken as expert commentary on academic boycott of Israel by American Anthropological Association.

VIN News: Coalition for Jewish Values Reprimands Rep. Jayapal on Racism
It is truly shameful that Rep. Jayapal would hide behind her color or gender to shield herself from reprimand over her antisemitic expression.

The Daily Signal: The Sick Strategy of Smearing Moms as Nazis
It is morally repugnant to take statements out of context to smear political adversaries as Nazis.

Omar Boycotts Herzog; Daily Wire Highlights CJV Reaction
The best possible contribution Rep. Ilan Omar could make for American values, tolerance, and decency, is to permanently stay home.

JNS: ‘Tragic error,’ 11 groups say of only partial White House IHRA embrace
CJV joined a letter to the US ambassador to the UN, urging her to publicly embrace the leading definition of antisemitism.