The International Rabbinic Fellowship, an international fellowship of Orthodox rabbis, strongly condemns the use of violence, intimidation, verbal abuse and/or the threat of any such actions in the pursuit of achieving any "religious" goals, legislation, or in trying to enforce adherence to any "social" or "communal" mores.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship, an organization of Modern-Orthodox rabbis, strongly condemns the acts of violence directed against soldiers and institutions of the IDF and Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and the Galilee, their property and houses of worship under the rubric of a policy of “price tag” and revenge.

In the past two weeks, the Jewish community in Israel and the Diaspora has witnessed a fierce debate over legislation proposed by MK David Rotem of Yisrael Beiteinu.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship is thankful and grateful to the Almighty and to a cadre of visionary educators, rabbis and communal leaders of the Modern Orthodox community for the amazing growth of Torah learning for women, in all its forms, which has transformed the face of the Orthodox community for the better in the last fifty years.

The International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF), the newly formed organization of Modern Orthodox rabbis, views with grave concern the recent incidents of religious soldiers in the IDF engaging in public political activity indicating that they would refuse legally issued orders to evacuate Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

We, the undersigned Orthodox rabbis and rashei yeshiva affirm the following principles with regard to organ donation and brain stem death: