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Senator Cruz has suggested a sincere, sober response, and we call for speedy consideration of his and other proposals to keep families together while also protecting children from abuse.

What if students wanted to honor the terrorists who murdered Taylor Force, a young American who was stabbed in a terrorist attack in Jaffa in 2016?

In their statement released May 30, CJV accused Peri of “unbridled hostility towards religious activity” and questioned whether she could “demonstrate appropriate tolerance and accommodation of religious needs.”

Rabbi Menken, in response to Perri’s statement, compiled a list of 10 “clearly verifiable statements about what transpired, all of which appear to contradict her account.”

The Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents more than 1,000 Orthodox rabbis, has offered an interesting suggestion. Left-wing advocacy groups typically respond to incidents of cultural insensitivity by demanding that the culprits undergo sensitivity training. Why should this episode be any different?

“The universities should require diversity and tolerance training before she returns to the classroom,” said Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, CJV’s East Coast regional vice president.

Leftist groups tried to elevate same-sex marriage, so that not baking a wedding cake would be akin to refusing service to blacks or Jews.

Another politically conservative Jewish organization, the Coalition for Jewish Values, said it “welcomed” today’s ruling. “Leftist groups attempted to elevate same-sex marriage to be a fundamental matter of identity, such that not baking a wedding cake would be akin to refusing service to blacks or Jews. That would not embrace civil rights, it would have trampled them, sacrificing religious freedoms ensconced in the First Amendment to the altar of political correctness.”

Two universities are being asked to revisit the courses assigned to Professor Pnina Peri next year, and to mandate diversity and sensitivity training before her return to teaching. This came after Peri was caught on video mocking and shaming two men performing Jewish rituals.

A group of Orthodox rabbis called on the University of Maryland to halt courses by Professor Pnina Peri over shaming Jewish rituals.