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VIN features CJV rebuke of Antisemitic “News” tweet
A pro-Palestinian “news outlet” described an Israeli minister davening at the Cave of the Patriarchs as breaking in to perform “Talmudic rituals.”

Rabbinic Group Blasts Judicial Decision: “‘Crying Wolf’ on Antisemitism”
Beyond our religious liberty concerns, we object to the dishonest framing of this case as implying hostility towards the Jewish community.

Publisher’s Weekly covers CJV Critique of “Gender-sensitive” Mistranslation of Biblical Texts
The Torah was given in a gendered language. That’s the package it comes with. We want to understand the original faithfully, no matter what.

Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light: Life is a Treasure
Since G-d created man in His image, if someone shortens a life, he is destroying something holy. Only G-d has the authority to take and bestow life.

Rabbi Yaakov Menken teaches a Congressman real Tolerance
Orthodox Jews are not bothered by professions of a uniquely Christian afterlife, because they are quite certain that “G-d knows how to sort it all out.”

ZOA’s Morton Klein, in JPost, uses Rav Fischer as expert on Jack Lew
Lew missed the opportunity to become a stalwart Jewish hero and instead sided with the Obama administration’s hostility to the Jewish people.

Rabbi Dov Fischer in Israel National News: On emotional blackmail, LGBTQ suicides, and actual facts
LG(B)T(QIA)+ propaganda stresses that “discrimination” and “homophobia” cause higher suicide rates among the LG(B)T(QIA)+. Really?

VIN News: Rabbi Menken Slams Massachusetts for Denying Religious Couple Right to Be Foster Parents
The State of Massachusetts barred a loving couple from foster care and possible adoption for one reason only: their adherence to Biblical values.

Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator: On Jason Aldean the Bold, Sinéad O’Connor the Cue Ball, and a Morally Befuddled Society
In a small town, people sing the National Anthem and treat first responders with respect. If only they would try that in a big town.

Coalition for Jewish Values Welcomes Chad Adler as Director of Development
Chad’s vision and experience will fuel our continued growth as an organization.