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Olson’s participation in the petition drew sharp criticism from some in the Jewish community. The Coalition for Jewish Values, a new right-wing Orthodox organization advocating “for classical Jewish ideas and standards in matters of American public policy” criticised Olson’s endorsement in a letter to YU’s president Rabbi Dr Ari Berman.

The Coalition for Jewish Values, a new right-wing Orthodox organization, released a statement calling on YU president Ari Berman to “publicly disavow this repugnant statement, and refer Professor Olson’s endorsement to the appropriate faculty committee for review.”

In a December 14 letter to Dr. Berman, six rabbis, the officers of the [CJV], claimed that the statement “misportrays propaganda” as fact. They requested “that Yeshiva University publicly disavow this repugnant statement” and referred “Professor Olson’s endorsement to the appropriate faculty committee for review.”

A coalition of rabbis is criticizing the Trump administration for re-nominating radical sexual identity activist Chai Feldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

In support of its statement, the CJV pointed out something I wasn’t aware of. In 2012, Feldblum was part of the EEOC when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected its position.

The Coalition for Jewish Values welcomed news that US President Donald Trump had commuted the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin, former head of the country’s largest kosher meat-processing company, who had been sentenced to 27 years in prison for fraud and money laundering.