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“The worst part of the letter,” said Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Chairman of the CJV Rabbinic Circle, “is its condemnation of the ‘halting of aid’ to the West Bank and Gaza.”

Coalition for Jewish Values slams House Democrats for letter criticizing Trump Administration’s statement ‘settlements’ are not illegal.

The president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the nation’s largest Jewish denomination, said they were “greatly concerned” by the announcement, while the Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents over 1,000 Orthodox rabbis, wrote a letter praising Pompeo for having “righted an historic wrong and demonstrated your affinity for fairness, justice, and the Jewish People all at once.”

J-Street, the group defined by the Coalition for Jewish Values as an “anti-Israel Jewish organization”, reacted to the Trump Administration’s admission that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria are not in violation of international law.

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Esther Pollard suffers from advanced metastatic cancer, leading to calls for Trump to show ‘mercy’ to released spy-for-Israel

Three U.S. Orthodox Jewish organizations have sent separate letters to President Donald Trump asking him to end Jonathan Pollard’s parole so he can take care of his cancer-stricken wife.

CJV president Rabbi Pesach Lerner added in his letter that Pollard “was a model prisoner and has been a model parolee,” and added that “given his wife’s health and need for assistance reaching treatment locations, pharmacies, and even basic needs, the current extreme limitations on Mr. Pollard’s movements are not merely an unjustified part of a disproportionate sentence, but are also causing him and his family unnecessary hardship during a very trying time.”

In the last few days, major American Jewish organizations sent US President Donald Trump a plea to commute the parole of former spy Jonathan Pollard, so he can fully devote his time and care for his cancer-stricken wife, Esther.

[In Hebrew] In recent days, American Jewish organizations have urged US President Donald Trump to remove the restrictions imposed on Jonathan Pollard, to allow him to properly treat his wife, Esther, who has advanced metastatic cancer that has spread to her bones.