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American Jewish group defends Dep. Foreign Min. Tzipi Hotovely following comments on American Jewry, decries ‘witch hunt’.

To attack Tikkun Olam, as “an organization of right-wing rabbis calling themselves the Coalition for Jewish Values do,” is to point out that the phrase refers to the Messianic Era and is not the be-all and end-all of Judaism.

Chris Buskirk and Rabbi Yaakov Menken talk about religious liberty issues.

When the Executive Director of the Anti-Jewish T’ruah organization claims your views are “Christian,” “political” and “at direct odds with Halakha,” you know you’re doing something right.

“In our current environment, only people of faith are called bigots,” Menken said. “The people suing Jack aren’t victims of discrimination, but practitioners of the craft.”

A new Orthodox Group, the Coalition for Jewish Values, is building a platform for a more politically conservative Jewish take on politics.

It was not just Evangelical or Conservative Christians that came out in support. Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values and Denver lawyer Stephen Collis who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), also attended the Jack Phillips rally.

Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, spoke at the rally saying the case is particularly relevant for Jews because behaviors and actions constitute most of their religious observance.

If you think fake news isn’t a thing, compare the headline to the text of Rabbi Menken’s remarks.

A newcomer to Jewish politics, the Coalition for Jewish Values, seized the moment of President Trump’s election almost exactly a year ago to start articulating some of the most conservative positions ever espoused by a Jewish group. At the core of its mission is a set of political and social values that are strikingly similar to those of many Christian evangelicals.