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John Fredericks Radio Interview with Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Rabbi Menken discusses Israel’s new Nation-State Law, the double standards against Israel, and the reality of Muslim/Arab freedoms there.
Queens Jewish Link: Chele Farley is the Real Deal for US Senate
Last Wednesday, the Coalition for Jewish Values, which Rabbi Yaakov Menken leads, hosted a meet and greet for Chele Farley. It was held in Young Israel of KGH’s auditorium, where at least 100 important dignitaries from the Orthodox communities from all over the city came to hear her speak.
Israel Natl. News: US Orthodox rabbis endorse Judge Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
Coalition for Jewish Values praises President Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court.
Phoenix AZ Jewish News: National, local Jewish organizations weigh in on SCOTUS ruling
The Coalition for Jewish Values, a rabbinic public-policy organization, also welcomed the decision, saying that the travel ban upheld by the Supreme Court “focuses upon countries that harbor both terrorism and hatred for America.”
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbis Welcome Israel Policy Refusing Entry to “Anti-Semitic” BDS Activists
The CJV further called attention to its statement made last year, when another American group was refused entry: “Israel’s decision is prudent, reasonable, and entirely justified. No government is expected to welcome those who advocate for that nation’s destruction.”
Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbis Commend Israeli Government Minister for “Placing Principle Before Politics”
‘The Jewish people have survived for millennia because of, and only because of, our adherence to our unique traditions,’ added Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV.
John Fredericks Radio Show Interviews Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Rabbi Yaakov Menken discusses immigration, Israel and the Iran Deal on the John Fredericks Radio Show.
The Forward: The Jews Who Ignore Immigrants While Employing Them
The very Jews who are writing so passionately in their local publications about the irrelevance of the immigration crisis to our community, releasing statements about ‘sober’ responses to the immigration crisis, posing for photo-ops with those who have promulgated these inhumane policies — it is often these very people who rely on cheap, undocumented immigrant labor in their day-to-day lives. [Our call for a sober response is precisely because we are not ignoring (one administration’s handling of) the crisis, but that’s The Forward for you.]
Cleveland Jewish News: American Jewish organizations weigh in on Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s travel ban
The Coalition for Jewish Values, a rabbinic public-policy organization, welcomed the decision, saying that the travel ban upheld by the Supreme Court “focuses upon countries that harbor both terrorism and hatred for America, and which lack procedures necessary to identify and exclude possible threats. The president’s policy is not merely legal, but correct and praiseworthy.”
Israel Natl. News: Rabbis endorse US withdrawal from UNHRC
‘There is no way to reform an organization from the inside when its very core is corrupt.’