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Israel National News: Jewish group calls for ADL chief’s resignation over tweet against Tucker Carlson
Coalition for Jewish Values slams Jonathan Greenblatt for calling Tucker Carlson a Nazi, demands ADL chief resign.
Rabbi Menken to Newsmax: Trump’s Post on US Jews, Israel ‘Absolutely True’
Trump doesn’t surround himself with antisemites, but with Jews who take their Judaism a lot more seriously than his critics do.
Epoch Times: Why Jewish Rabbis Are Mostly Conservative, While Many Young Jews Are Progressive
Rabbi Yaakov Menken explains why Jewish rabbis are usually Conservative while many young Jews are progressive.
First Liberty: Support Pours in for Christian Bakers Who Lost Their Business
Forcing artists to create products against their strongest beliefs abridges the freedom protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
FOX Business: Chase Bank allegedly shutters bank account of religious freedom nonprofit, demands donor list
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, a member of NCRF who also serves as managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, echoed Brownback’s concern, telling FOX Business that Chase’s action against NCRF is a potential symptom of major institutions closing in on people of faith.
Daily Signal: Watchdog Group Calls Out Investment Giant Morningstar for Reputed Anti-Israel Bias
BDS is just a new name for the Arab League boycott of 1945, which sought to punish Jews for attempting to create a refuge in their Holy Land. Its poison actually goes back to the Nazi boycott of 1932.
Tachles (Swiss): Yeshiva University Reopens Student Clubs (Swiss German)
The celebration of forbidden sexuality is absolutely unacceptable and incompatible with the Torah tradition. (German)
The Commentator: Orthodox Rabbinic Advocacy Group Writes Letter To President Berman Praising Stance on LGBTQ Club
CJV has voiced the view of the silent but overwhelming majority of Orthodox Jews in the YU community, who understand that a gay pride club is totally inconsistent with Yeshiva University.
Washington Post: On day of fasting, D.C. Jewish group plans a controversial event: Lunch
“When one celebrates ‘intentional’ eating with healthy people, specifically on Yom Kippur, it is not beautiful, it’s a mockery,” tweeted Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director at the public policy organization Coalition for Jewish Values.
The Jewish Press: Supreme Court Asked To Strengthen Protection For Sabbath Observers
CJV pushes SCOTUS to revisit a 45-year-old decision that limited the extent to which employers must respect their employees’ religious practices.