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Rabbis Reject False Reform Statements
In response to news reports concerning new conversion legislation proposed in Israel, the Coalition for Jewish Values issued the following statement: In cooperation with Israel's Chief Rabbinate, the Israeli government has tightened the procedures by which conversions...
Rabbis Welcome Implementation of Immigration Limits
The Coalition For Jewish Values (CJV) today welcomed the US Supreme Court decision permitting President Trump to limit entry from six countries known to the US State Department as "presenting heightened concerns about terrorism" as a victory for "common sense." The...
A Torah Voice in the Public Square
Elliot Resnick of the Jewish Press interviews Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Director of the CJV: Who speaks for Judaism? In the American press, it’s often a non-Orthodox Jew whose values are rooted in 21st-century liberalism rather than Torah. Thus, an uninformed reader of the...
Rabbis reject climate change agenda as a Jewish value
Jewish values are not found in the latest draft of the Democratic platform. They are found in the Torah that God gave the Jewish People at Mount Sinai.
Rabbinic Group Condemns IfNotNow for Anti-Semitic Tactics & Message
In its letter, the Board of the CJV condemned both IfNotNow’s tactics and its underlying message. “To call East Jerusalem, Judea or Samaria ‘occupied’ by Jews and to demand they leave,” says the letter, “is to advocate for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from their indigenous homeland.”
CJV News: A rapid launch
Thank you for your interest in the Coalition for Jewish Values. We hope to keep you apprised of our activities with these updates. And they have already been many! One of our Senior Rabbinic Fellows, Rabbi Aryeh Spero, commented to me on Friday that he has never seen...
Finally: Time for Trump to Put Whining Democrats in Their Place
The Democrats have not been this angry since the Republicans took away their slaves. It works in churches; it works in synagogues: get started on building. There is nothing like a building campaign.
The Texas Transgender “Bathroom Bill” – A Last Chance for Sanity
Read the statistics, and decide whether or not it is safe to allow transgender people the right to use restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities of their choosing.
Anti-Israeli Hypocrisy, and the Sacredness of Self-Defense
(This article appeared on American Thinker.) A 37 year-old Jordanian man started stabbing an Israeli police officer this past Sunday, May 14, in Jerusalem and was shot dead in the act by the police officer. (Please click here for a better video of this event.) How did...
The President’s Executive Order on Religious Freedom – A Double Victory
(This article was published in American Thinker.) President Trump’s executive order on religious freedom is of historic import. Not only does this executive order guarantee free religious expression and practice in the face of half a century of policies designed to...