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CathNews New Zealand: Rabbinic group deplores attacks on Amy Coney Barrett faith and family
The rabbis deplored attacks upon the nominee as “based in bigotry and bias.”
Israel National News: Rabbinic group deplores attacks on Amy Coney Barrett faith and family
The Coalition for Jewish Values condemned criticism of Amy Coney Barrett, nominee to the position of associate justice on the US Supreme Court, based upon her religious views, membership in religious associations, or her family.
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbinic Group Deplores Attacks on Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith and Family
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) denigrated Coney Barrett’s religious views when the latter was nominated to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017, stating that “whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma… the dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern.”
The Forward: Think Trump failed to condemn white supremacy? Here’s how Republican Jews see it.
“This idea that a guy who condemned white supremacists a dozen times needs to do so again, it has a dog and pony aspect to it,” Menken said.
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbis Endorse Confirmation of Judge Coney Barrett for SCOTUS
The CJV today endorsed the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Jewish News Syndicate: Jewish groups react to Trump nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Western Regional vice president of the Coalition for Jewish Values, told JNS: “Judge Coney Barrett is a distinguished law-school professor and mentor, and has established a splendid record on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.”
World Israel News: Police raid Montreal synagogues during Yom Kippur prayers
Our statement was from April — the double-standard in NYC vs. its Jewish community was repeated during the High Holidays in Montreal.
Newsweek: What the United Nations Gets Wrong About Fighting Anti-Semitism
Even well-intentioned efforts to enlist civil society in labeling hate can have an “anti-Semitic effect,” according to Rabbi Pesach Lerner, president of the Coalition for Jewish Values. He and 100 Orthodox Jewish rabbis wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to stop using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Hate Map” for guidance.
Dallas Orthodox Jewish Life: Rabbi Responds To Zoom Cancellation of SFSU Khaled Event
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Western Regional Vice President of the Coalition for Jewish Values and Rabbi of the Young Israel of Orange County in Irvine, CA responds to reports that Zoom denied SFSU usage of its platform to host an event featuring terrorist Leila Khaled.
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbi Responds To Zoom Cancellation of SFSU Khaled Event
The time is long overdue to realize that anti-Jewish bigotry, often hidden under the guise of ‘anti-Zionism,’ is just as unacceptable as other forms of hate.