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America’s Rabbi Yaakov Menken: Blatant & Emboldened Anti-Semites Infecting Democratic Party
Why is Anti-Semitism being allowed to take root in the Democratic party?
Sunshine State News: Good for Israel, Say Rabbis, for Refusing Entry to Omar and Tlaib
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing more than 1,000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, quickly and strongly fired back. The group commended the government of Israel Thursday for blocking entry to Omar, D-Minn. and Tlaib, D-Mich., under the Israeli law that bars entry to noncitizens who advocate for a boycott of Israel. Which Omar and Tlaib do, the rabbis said.
Epoch Times: Ilhan Omar Blasts Israel’s Decision To Bar Her, Tlaib From Entering Country
Meanwhile, the Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), which represents over 1,000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, commended Israel’s decision to refuse entry to the two congresswomen.
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbis Commend Israel For Refusing Entry To Congresswomen Omar And Tlaib
Both congresswomen are sponsors of a resolution claiming that boycotting Israel is ‘pursuit of civil and human rights’ while comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. Their hatred will not be cured by meetings with the Palestinian Authority, which generously supports those who murder Jews.
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Activists and protesters rally at private prison company Geo Group’s new Boca Raton headquarters
While organizations like Never Again Action have been protesting around immigrants’ rights and detention conditions, some Jews and Jewish organizations don’t feel the same way. “Their misuse of Jewish values and identity is truly painful,” said Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, in a statement emailed to the Sun Sentinel.
Washington Free Beacon: Left-Wing Group That Compared Border Crisis to Holocaust Protests ICE Contractor
Coalition for Jewish Values condemns the protest – Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, eastern regional vice president of the coalition, called the planned protest “offensive.”
Jewish News (London, UK): Trump immigration protesters accused of ‘trivialising the Holocaust’ by rabbis
Religious leaders at the ‘Coalition for Jewish Values’ hit out at ‘shofar-blowing justice warriors’ demonstrating against the president’s detention policies
Daily Caller: ‘Woeful Ignorance Of History’: Jewish Leaders Condemn Plan To Protest Outside Private Prison Company’s HQ
A Jewish organization condemned Never Again Action on Friday for plans to protest outside the headquarters of The Geo Group, a private prison company. Coalition for Jewish Values said the event is “a trivialization of the Holocaust and utterly contrary to authentic Jewish values.”
Sunshine State News: Jewish Leaders Decry ‘Never Again’ Anti-ICE Event as ‘Utterly Contrary to Jewish Values’
Until June 2019, everyone understood that comparing genocidal Nazi death camps to anything short of genocidal death camps was despicable, and had any right-wing politician made such a comparison, all these shofar-blowing justice warriors would have (quite correctly) joined us in strong condemnation.
Yahoo! Finance: Jewish Leaders Condemn “Never Again” Anti-ICE Event as “Utterly Contrary to Jewish Values”
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, today condemned the planned “Never Again Action Noise Rally” intended to disrupt operations on Monday at a federal contractor that helps process undocumented immigrants entering the United States.