“Judaism Is Not Wokeism”: Rabbi Yaakov Menken on CJV’s Mission to Champion Torah Values in American Public Policy

“Judaism Is Not Wokeism”: Rabbi Yaakov Menken on CJV’s Mission to Champion Torah Values in American Public Policy

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (VINnews)-Joining us for a pre-passover interview is Rabbi Yaakov Menken, the Executive Vice President of Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV). CJV represents over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis and they are the largest rabbinic public policy organization in America.     While many Jewish organizations in America are stagnant, CJV is growing! They recently […]

Zionism: Rebellion against God?!

What if the State of Israel isn’t the fulfillment of prophecy — but the opposite? In this powerful interview, an Orthodox rabbi explains why Zionism directly opposes the core teachings of Judaism. He argues that Judaism is not a nationalism but a divine covenant rooted in the Torah — one that strictly forbids political sovereignty before the coming of the Messiah. The Rabbi denounces both Zionism and Reform Judaism as spiritual betrayals and exp…

Rabbis Reject an LGBTQ Club as Incompatible with a Torah institution - Coalition for Jewish Values

Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today expressed shock and dismay at the recent announcement by Yeshiva University (YU) that it will host an LGBTQ+ club on its undergraduate Yeshiva campus. This followed nearly four years of litigation during which YU strove to establish its legal right, as a religious institution, to not support such a group.  A Yeshiva is a tradi…