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Jewish Press: Professor Mocks Chabad Rabbi As He Lays Tefillin With Fellow Jew
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.”
California Dreamin’ — A Night in the Jungle
How the media spin misconveys the GOP’s November House chances in the Golden State.
Ami Magazine: The Tefillin-Mocker
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?
Hamodia: Tolerance for Everything but Judaism
“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.
Israel Natl. News: Rabbis welcome Supreme Court ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ruling Looks Tasty But Is Only Half-Baked… Meantime
Not every such future case will be marked by such glaringly bigoted underlying bias — and, even more so, the anti-religious bigots on radical “Civil Rights Commissions” now operating in some of America’s deepest-blue states now have their Supreme Court-authored manual on how to operate prejudicially against religionists without getting caught.
NY Jewish Week: Jewish Groups React To Inconclusive Cake Case Ruling
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.”
Matzav.com: University Professor Mocks Men Putting On Tefillin
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.
The Chief Rabbinate Did What Was Necessary — And There Is No Blacklist
The Chief Rabbinate most justifiably was unable to accept the credentials of a rabbi whose affiliation and actions are at odds with accepted Orthodox standards. It has nothing to do with politics or “ignorance and abandonment,” and everything do to with proper quality control and accountability for established standards.
COL Live: Group Calls to Fire Professor Peri
A group of Orthodox rabbis called on the University of Maryland to halt courses by Professor Pnina Peri over shaming Jewish rituals.