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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.
5TJT: 100 Orthodox Rabbis Ask Amazon to Stop Using SPLC ‘Hate Groups Map’
The rabbis argued that the SPLC list, besides unfairly targeting conservative organizations, was “dangerous to the Jewish community.”
The Jewish Press: Should We Celebrate The ‘Abraham Agreement’?
Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Senior Rabbinic Fellow for the Coalition for Jewish Values, comments that “there are certainly political and strategic benefits to the Israel-UAE agreement, but we will yet have to reckon with its spiritual fallout.”
The Dennis Prager Show: Rabbi Menken on the SPLC: A “Ridiculous Partisan Hate List”
Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values joins Dennis Prager to discuss CJV’s letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, why so many Jews are on the left, and hope for those committed to traditional Jewish values.
The Daily Signal: Over 100 Rabbis Call for Amazon to End Reliance on Southern Poverty Law Center
Over 100 Jewish rabbis wrote a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, arguing “the SPLC ‘hate map’ is uniquely detrimental and even dangerous to the Jewish community.”