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Rabbinic Group Encourages Senate Confirmation of Gina Haspel to Head CIA
An accurate moral calculus requires that we balance the rights of captured terrorists against those of their intended victims. The CIA used these techniques only to save American civilian lives from further acts of terrorism.
Time to rethink Jewish laws of modesty? Think again
Tzni’us, the Jewish ethos of modesty, has been under intense discussion recently. Do we need the traditional manifestations of established tzni’us or should we apply a general definition without them?
Rabbis Welcome New White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative
Past policies hampered the free exercise of religion and prevented provision of critical services in everything from healthcare to foster care. The announcement of this new initiative is a further sign of President Trump’s commitment to true freedom of religion in this country.
Christian Post: Protect Religious Adoption Agencies Opposed to Homosexuality, Faith Leaders Tell Congress
The Inclusion Act prevents the federal government and states that receive federal funds for child welfare services from excluding adoption and foster care agencies because of their beliefs about what is best for each child.
Kosher Certification Competition Will Not Force Orthodoxy to Change
Professor Ferziger posits that “Emerging competitors to kosher food supervision monopolies in Israel and the United States present an economic threat that could bring about fundamental changes in contemporary Orthodox Judaism in each of these centers of Jewish life”. For numerous reasons, the new competitors are profoundly unlikely to alter the larger identity of Orthodoxy..
Breitbart News: Mike Lee ‘Steadfast’ in Blocking GOP Leaders’ Push to Approve Obama LGBT Activist to Commission
“Feldblum has been truly unfriendly to accommodation of religious views,” Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, eastern regional vice president of the CJV, said in the press statement. “The decision to renew her nomination seems jarringly discordant with the Trump Administration’s overall support for religious liberty.”
American Open Orthodoxy reveals its alien religious moorings – again
In his recent op-ed on Arutz Sheva, “Open Orthodox Rabbi” Shmuly Yanklowitz helps unpeel one thin layer of the onion that explains why “Open Orthodoxy” is alien to Orthodox Judaism. For that reason, his article served an important purpose.
Rabbi Yanklowitz on the State of Israel: He has it all wrong
Rabbi Yanklowitz does not mention that in another recent article he calls for a kind of disengagement of US Jews from Israel. Accusing Israel falsely of moral failure is a way for him to try to justify that appalling suggestion.
The CJV Platform
We are pleased to unveil our official platform document, “To Return the Crown to its Place.” This is an important explanation of who we are, why the CJV is needed, and the issues we cover. This and other news herein!
Israel Natl. News: Jewish group endorses John Bolton for Nat’l Security Advisor
The Coalition for Jewish Values released a statement rejecting criticism of two recent Trump Administration appointments from left-wing Jewish organizations.