True Torah Jews Media Availability -- WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by True Torah Jews: The Supreme Court Building, Washington D.C. Interview Availability: In person: Yirmiyahu Cohen Spokesman for True Torah Jews Also available by telephone: Philip Fertik Counsel of Record for True Torah Jews Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Zivotofsky v. Kerry, the climax of a ten-year-long battle in the courts waged by the family of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem who requests that the Secretary of State record "Israel" as the birthplace on his passport, representatives of True Torah Jews, an Orthodox Jewish organization that submitted an Amicus Curiae brief in support of the Secretary of State, will be available for comment. The brief, drafted by attorney Philip Fertik of Chicago and funded by the Satmar Chassidic community and other non-Zionist Jews, argues that the court should dismiss the case on procedural grounds: the petitioner has suffered no cognizable "injury in fact" from the fact that the passport does not say "Israel" and therefore has no standing to sue under the Supreme Court's interpretation of Article III of the Constitution. In a lengthy "interest of amicus curiae" section, the brief begins by stating, "TTJ's interest as amicus curiae is rooted in a deep commitment to the teachings of traditional Judaism - and it sees Zionism as running contrary to those teachings by pursuing a political (and military) solution to the problem of Jewish exile." It goes on to explain that True Torah Jews are concerned that 1) Zionists should not be seen as speaking for traditionally Orthodox Jews, 2) this is especially true in the case of expansionist Zionists and those supporting the settler movement, for whom recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem is an important step toward the goal of legitimizing all Israeli expansionism, and 3) U.S. foreign policy should be made in the interest of the United States; Jews should not seek to influence the foreign policy of the United States to conform to any outside agenda. SOURCE True Torah Jews