Press Releases

The CJV expressed pain and offense at comments by Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) which targeted the Orthodox Jewish community, calling his remarks “a nasty swipe against other Jews, bordering on bigotry.”

From the beginning, left-wing partisans have tried to tie the Trump Administration to anti-Semitism, while the President and Vice President have demonstrated nothing but outstanding friendship to Jews and the Jewish people.

Vice-President Pence beautifully articulated the Trump Administration’s approach to the Middle East, one which is grounded in realism and not fantasy, and which expresses heartfelt support for Israel as a trusted friend and ally rather than a client state or a nuisance.

The CJV today announced a petition drive to preserve traditional standards for prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, and to prevent changes at the Holy Site for political reasons.

Feldblum has been truly unfriendly to accommodation of religious views. The decision to renew her nomination seems jarringly discordant with the Trump Administration’s overall support for religious liberty.

This was an extremely welcome decision from the Trump Administration. There was widespread, bipartisan sentiment that the prosecution was vindictive and the sentence disproportionate. His family has longed for this day for eight long years.

The CJV identified a Yeshiva University tenured professor as espousing “revisionist history” with a sharply anti-Israel bias, after he signed a statement by “Jewish Studies scholars” that falsified Jewish history.

President Trump’s decision is correct politically and pragmatically. It is previous Presidents, European and Arab leaders who should be questioned regarding their double standard applied uniquely to Israel.

“She held up a mirror to much of American Jewry, and some of their self-appointed leaders do not like what they see. Instead of attacking the messenger, they should do some soul-searching.”

“These needless, partisan and divisive statements are extremely harmful to Jewish unity and the Jewish future,” said Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV. “By every measure, attachment to Judaism and Jewish tradition is growing in Israel, and, unfortunately, collapsing in America outside of Orthodoxy.”