Jewish Telegraphic Agency Archives

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Religious liberty’s under threat — on both sides of the pond

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 21, 2014

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was praised by a Catholic cardinal and then blessed by a Mormon apostle.

The former British chief rabbi was being honored by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a Washington-based public interest law firm that’s been busy representing clients — such as Hobby Lobby — who say their religious freedoms are being trampled by the government.

Appeals court: Jewish inmate can sue for kosher meals

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 16, 2013

“Prisoners surrender many of their physical rights at the jailhouse door, but they do not surrender the fundamental right of conscience,” said Luke Goodrich, deputy general counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, following the decision. “Bureaucratic stubbornness should not prevent a handful of prisoners from peacefully following the centuries-old commands of Judaism.”