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“Conspiracy theories with tenuous ties to reality very often include Jews in some sinister capacity,” Yaakov Menken of the Coalition of Jewish Values told JNS. “When you know what to look for; you see supporters of both QAnon and [Black Lives Matter] saying the same things, and that should require our attention.”

The CJV does not “argue that Judaism should adopt a pro-life anti-abortion stance.” Rather, the CJV articulates what authentic Judaism itself has to say about the subject.

Our liberty and our happiness depend upon the maintenance of a public culture in which freedom and civility coexist—where people can disagree robustly, even fiercely, yet treat each other as human beings—and, indeed, as fellow citizens—not mortal enemies.

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky on the Holy Land, and having the privilege of moving there following his retirement from Cong. Bnei Yeshurun.

Twitter banned accounts displaying the Star of David, in what Rabbi Menken termed a “ham-handed approach” that reflected “cultural insensitivity” to the Jewish community. Newsmax also asked about worship services during COVID-19 and the gradual re-opening.

A group of 10 Jewish organizations has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a discrimination case from the 1970s that involved a Jewish employee who couldn’t work on Saturdays—Shabbat or the Jewish Sabbath.

Rabbi Fischer on his piece, “Cry the Beloved Country.” All the leftists mouthing platitudes… are white. They’re talking BLM but tearing down the country.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken is Managing Director of The Coalition of Jewish Values and is a rabbinic authority and spokesperson for the authentic pro-life position in Jewish law. Rabbi Menken counters the ideals of these leftist movements and voices clear opposition to the pro-abortion position, explaining why Judaism considers all life sacred from conception.

Judaism teaches that every human life is valuable, born and unborn, Rabbi Yaakov Menken wrote earlier this month at Newsweek in response to claims that abortions are a “Jewish value.”