The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1000 rabbis in matters of public policy, today commended Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and its branch in the United Kingdom, CUFI-UK, in a letter to the Chairman of CUFI, Pastor John Hagee, for CUFI-UK's "declaration in solidarity with the UK Jewish community."
7000 British Christians have now signed the declaration, which states that they are "appalled that anti-Semitism exists and is allowed to thrive within the Labour Party and strongly up oppose how cases have been handled by the current Labour leadership," and calls upon all British groups, including church denominations, to adopt the full definition of anti-Semitism provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
"We wrote this letter simply to thank Pastor John Hagee and CUFI for their leadership in mobilizing nonpartisan Christian support for the Jewish community in the United Kingdom," said Rabbi Pesach Lerner, President of the CJV. "While people primarily think of CUFI's support for Israel, the country, it is clear that CUFI backs the People of Israel all around the world, and we are grateful for their unabashed support in the face of hatred."