Equality Act calls Bible a bigoted document, says rabbinic group
Claims Genesis is promoting “discrimination” through “sex stereotypes”
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, called today for the rejection of the Equality Act as “a direct attack on Jewish religious values and practices.” The Equality Act, H.R. 5, is slated for votes on Thursday in the House of Representatives.
In a letter sent Friday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the CJV argued that according to the Equality Act, a person is deemed “bigoted” if he or she adheres to traditional Jewish doctrine.
Rabbis to Biden: Transgender Executive Order threatens safety and privacy
“Regressive” Order threatens women’s safety and opportunity
The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, today expressed grave concern regarding President Joe Biden’s Executive Order that requires federally funded schools to allow biological male students who identify as female to use women’s bathrooms and compete on women’s sports teams.
Entitled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation,” the Executive Order contends that “Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports.” The rabbinic group said that, to the contrary, children and girls in particular will now worry that they cannot privately and safely use their own bathrooms or locker rooms, and will be expected t
Brent Delman
Approximately 2,200 years ago, Yehudis â the Chanukah heroine â used cheese and wine to induce the Greek general Holofernes to fall asleep in his tent, after which she chopped off his head and saved the residents of her city.
For most American-born Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews, cheese is an ordinary food not usually given much thought. But to food connoisseurs, a good cheese is not to be snuffed at, and the difference between, say, American cheese and a high-end blue cheese is just as great as the difference between a bottle of grape juice and an expensive French dry wine.
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