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The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — calls upon airlines to exercise sensitivity in enforcing its mask policies. On multiple occasions in recent months, Orthodox Jewish families were publicly embarrassed and removed from their flights due to young children who are unable to wear masks. Airlines have broad leeway to make exceptions from their mask policies. The failure of some airlines to make exceptions for young children who are unable to wear masks represents unacceptable cruelty to children and large families. The fact that flight attendants have repeatedly enforced this rule specifically on Orthodox Jewish families, who constitute a small part of the population, raises additional questions of bias that demand attention. This is especially true in light of the broad support these families receive from other passengers while the flight attendants enforce this cruel rule. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — mourns the loss of innocent life and condemns the recent surge in violence plaguing our great nation, and prays for a return to peace, tranquility. The March 22, 2021, mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, comes less than a week after eight people were killed in a series of attacks on spas in Atlanta. They are also among at least seven mass shootings in the past week across the US — including three incidents on Saturday alone. [...Click headline above for more...] 

The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — stands in support and solidarity with Asian Americans and calls on all Americans to likewise stand up and condemn the recent violence perpetrated against Asian Americans. The tragic, cold-blooded Atlanta shooting by an evil, hateful individual claimed the lives of eight innocent people due to racism. Tragically, less than an hour later, four Asian Americans were murdered in a separate violent shooting.   [...Click headline above for more...]