Press Releases
CJV Comment on Israel Component of Historic Kosovo-Serbia Agreement
Including Israel in the Kosovo-Serbia agreement demonstrates that the President truly cares for Israel’s fair treatment in the family of nations, and that his new efforts are making dramatic inroads.
Rabbinic Group Welcomes Supreme Court Decisions Favoring Religious Liberty
One can only hope that the safeguards for religious practices and traditional values that made the United States unique in the world can withstand the cultural onslaught currently sweeping the country.
Rabbinic Group Supports Extension of Sovereignty over Judean Communities
In particular, the rabbis deplored objection to Israeli sovereignty as “tainted with ugly bias.”
Rabbis Endorse Executive Order on Foster Care
Pursuit of an ideological agenda on the backs of America’s most vulnerable children is deplorable, and we are glad to see the Administration taking a strong stance on behalf of these children.
Rabbis to Biden: Restoring Terror Funding “Morally Repugnant”
Joe Biden has just said he would break US law to do something which is also, of course, morally repugnant — to reinvolve the American taxpayer in incentivizing terrorism against innocent Americans like Taylor Force and others.
Rabbinic Group Condemns Letter from “Young Jews” as “Compellingly Dishonest and Bigoted”
Though it claims to be concerned for civil rights and civil debate, J Street has an unfortunate history of false personal attacks against those in the Jewish community who reject its views.
Bill DeBlasio Needs to Apologize and Fast, Rabbis Say
Replace ‘Jewish’ with African-American, Hispanic, Buddhist, Sikh or Catholic, much less Gay or Muslim, and De Blasio would never dare make such a statement. Yet he targeted the very people who faced repeated, random anti-Semitic attacks across the city last year, with a broad-brush slur based upon, at most, the wrongdoing of several hundred people.
Rabbis Call Beer Sheva Judge’s Decision “Bigotry and State-Sponsored Discrimination”
We have seen this sad story play out in America all too often. This ludicrous decision expresses disdain for Judaism and Jewish values; the judge has embraced secular coercion and intolerance in their most repugnant forms.
Rep. Betty McCollum’s Tweet and Comments “Flatly Anti-Semitic,” Rabbis Say
It is hard to find a more concise demonstration of anti-Semitic rhetoric cloaked in ‘Palestinian rights’ advocacy than this tweet.
Rabbis Warn Against Emboldening Iran
This resolution, passed at this time, would complicate the war on terror, put many lives at risk, and, in the CJV’s view, frustrate the Biblical vision of a just and moral world.