(Giyus Banos update referenced in) Rabbi's Roundup - Week of Parshas Beshalach, 5781

Our latest press release deplores a "classically Antisemitic" attack on a Biden appointee. Besides the importance of doing so from a moral perspective and to combat all forms of Antisemitism, this also leaves those who previously tried to portray the CJV as politically partisan looking for a new line of attack. We are here to promote Jewish values, and remain hopeful that we will have many reasons to praise the Biden Administration, rather than criticize it as we also did this week.

I am also pleased to share with you our annual report, concisely highlighting our most prominent efforts and successes during the 2020 calendar year. It also hints to what you will see us doing in the not so distant future. As our efforts are magnified by rabbinic, practical and financial support, we sincerely appreciate your participation in bringing us to this point.

Also, due to support for Congresswoman Mary Miller, her office reached out to us to invite our rabbis and "members of the Jewish community" to a (Zoom) meeting on Monday. While space is limited, those who would like to participate -- especially Illinois residents -- should please email our office at office@cjvalues.org.

CJV News & Opinion

• Rabbis to Biden: Transgender Executive Order Threatens the Safety and Privacy of All Americans

• Attack on Biden Appointee “Classically Antisemitic," Rabbis Say

• Newsmax interviews Rabbi Yaakov Menken for International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021

News from Other Organizations:

• Agudath Israel of America Congratulates Moshe (Mitchell) Silk Upon Receiving the Alexander Hamilton Award

• ‘Will We Ever Return To Pre-Covid19 Norms?’ Executive Directors Convene To Address Post Pandemic Synagogue Life

Articles of Interest:

• Torah:

  • The Inauguration of a New President

  • Borer on Plates

  • Parshas B'Shalach - Mann: A Recipe for Faith

• Jewry:

  • Hidden Bunker Discovered in Warsaw Ghetto; Pairs of Tefillin Found

  • Amar’e Stoudemire, now a Brooklyn Nets coach, doesn’t work on Shabbat

  • Williamsburg: Suspect Armed With Knife Arrested After Assaulting Jews On Lee Avenue [VIDEOS & PHOTOS]

  • Rabbi Menachem Levine Interview for the 2021 International Holocaust Remembrance Day - YouTube

• COVID-19 Special Section:

  • WATCH: HaRav Chaim: “Even If The Husband Is Opposed, Women Should Get Vaccinated”

  • No More Excuses

• In Memoriam:

  • BD’E – Rabbi Yudi Dukes, Z”l, 39 Years Old, Succumbs to COVID

  • BD”E: Harav Moshe Alexander Zusha Kinstlicher, Zt”l

  • BD’E – Harav Aharon Lasker, Zt”l

• National, State and Local Government

  • Some Democratic lawmakers, including Joaquin Castro and Rashida Tlaib, criticize Israel on vaccines for Palestinians

  • US to reopen Palestinian diplomatic offices shuttered by Trump, acting envoy to UN says

  • Biden Administration Restores Aid To Palestinians, Reversing Trump Policy

  • The Case Against the Iran Deal

  • Blinken: U.S. Committed to Israel’s Security

  • Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

  • The True Face of LGBT "Equality"

• Israel

  • Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky and Hagaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein Denounce Hafganos

• Op-Eds:

  • We Pray for the President, Whether We Like Him or Not — by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer (Here is a lengthy expose' about the very controversial person featured in this op-ed: https://yated.com/open-orthodoxys-superstar-clergyman-and-his-long-trail-of-destruction/)

  • The Left Said Amy Coney Barrett’s Faith Made Her ‘Radical.’ Now, They Say Joe Biden’s Faith Makes Him ‘Devout’

  • We Have the Light

  • Go Knicks — By Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld

  • No Impeachment Surprise — Just Dirt — By Rabbi Dov Fischer

  • Reform’s dangerous mixed message on defining anti-Semitism

• Anti-Semitism:

  • 39 words about antisemitism are splitting Jewish groups

  • Argentina Jewish family attacked by passengers in car shouting ‘Death to the Jews’

  • And the Trees Answered, Amen

  • Anti-Semitic incidents drop by 50% in France, but physical assaults remain almost unchanged

  • Luxembourg Signs Restitution Deal for Holocaust Victims

  • “I Broke Down:” ID Tags Of Children At Sobibor Death Camp Unearthed

• Interest:

  • Amazon Fighting Against Mail Ballots For Workers Union, Claiming They 'Raise Risk Of Fraud'

  • A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement

  • Amar'e Stoudemire, now a Brooklyn Nets coach, doesn't work on Shabbat

Kol tuv to all,

Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer

Chairman, CJ Rabbinic Circle