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Baltimore Jewish Life: Rabbis Rebut Criticism of “Outstanding” Trump Administration Appointments
The Coalition for Jewish Values today rejected criticism of two recent Trump Administration appointments from left-wing Jewish organizations.
Rabbis Rebut Criticism of “Outstanding” Trump Administration Appointments
Bolton and Pompeo not only have strong records of friendship towards Israel and the Jewish community, but they have distinguished themselves by standing up boldly against aggressors and those who seek to oppress freedom. With these outstanding appointments, President Trump has done the free world a great favor.
New York Magazine: The Lonely Man of Faith
“It is regrettable that Rabbi Jacobs has chosen a more divisive course, talking down to Israelis, both about Israeli security and how they practice Judaism,” says Pesach Lerner, an Orthodox American rabbi and president of the Coalition for Jewish Values.
Jewish Link of NJ: Assisted Suicide’s ‘Slippery Slope’ Prompts Concern From Orthodox Jews
Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the managing director of the CJV, said that the very idea of assisted suicide is “symptomatic of a much larger lack of authentic Jewish values. With no exaggeration, it is our teachings that led humanity to value human life in the first place. Today many Jews take this for granted, attempting to improve upon our values instead of recognizing that Judaism still has much to teach us.”
Headlines Radio: Interview with Rabbi Steven Pruzansky on Gun Control
Can a Jew own a gun shop? Should Israel be selling weapons to other countries?
YU’s Policies About Women — A Reply to Deborah Klapper
No one has “forbidden women from teaching Torah.” No one has refused to “value the voices of women teaching Torah.” And no one promotes an ethos to “exclude women’s voices.” The accusations do not apply to the facts on the ground.
JNS: Jewish groups weigh in on Pompeo for secretary of state
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV, told JNS that his group “would like the State Department to reverse its decision not to fight for victims of the PLO terrorist organization, a decision which eviscerated the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992.”
World Tribune: Jews, Christians hit Trump for re-nominating Obama holdover at EEOC
Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Chairman of the CJV Rabbinic Circle stated: “The idea that everything must be subservient to the ‘dignity’ of homosexuals can easily be used to trample freedom of religion.”
Pod TV Network: WDWGFH Interviews Rabbi Yaakov Menken
Rabbi Menken had the opportunity to correct many misconceptions about the Jewish presence in Eretz Yisrael while discussing the CJV.
Rabbis Oppose NJ Assisted Suicide Bill
The Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act constitutes an assault on the sanctity of life and must be opposed by every caring citizen.