Editing Seven Laws of Noah (section)

=== Public recognition ===
In the 1980s, [[rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] urged his followers to actively engage in activities to inform non-Jews about the Noahide laws, which had not been done in previous generations.<ref name="Kress"/><ref name="Tabletmag">{{cite magazine |last=Strauss |first=Ilana E. |date=26 January 2016 |title=The Gentiles Who Act Like Jews: Who are these non-Jews practicing Orthodox Judaism? |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/the-gentiles-who-act-like-jews |magazine=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025031/https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/196588/the-gentiles-who-act-like-jews |archive-date=26 October 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been one of the most active in Noahide outreach, believing that there is spiritual and societal value for non-Jews in at least simply acknowledging the Noahide laws.<ref name="Feldman2017"/><ref name="Feldman2018"/><ref name="Kress"/><ref name="Tabletmag"/>

In 1982, Chabad-Lubavitch had a reference to the Noahide laws enshrined in a [[Presidential proclamation (United States)|U.S. Presidential proclamation]]: the "Proclamation 4921",<ref name="ucsb.edu1">{{cite web |last1=Woolley |first1=John |last2=Peters |first2=Gerhard |title=Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States: 1981–1989 – Proclamation 4921—National Day of Reflection |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4921-national-day-reflection |date=3 April 1982 |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]] |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> signed by the then-U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref name="ucsb.edu1"/> The [[United States Congress]], recalling House Joint Resolution 447 and in celebration of Schneerson's 80th birthday, proclaimed 4 April 1982, as a "National Day of Reflection".<ref name="ucsb.edu1"/>

In 1989 and 1990, Chabad-Lubavitch had another reference to the Noahide laws enshrined in a U.S. presidential proclamation: the "Proclamation 5956",<ref name="ucsb.edu2">{{cite web |last1=Woolley |first1=John |last2=Peters |first2=Gerhard |title=George Bush, 41st President of the United States: 1989–1993 – Proclamation 5956—Education Day, U.S.A., 1989 and 1990 |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5956-education-day-usa-1989-and-1990 |date=14 April 1989 |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]] |access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> signed by then-U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name="ucsb.edu2"/> The [[United States Congress]], recalling House Joint Resolution 173 and in celebration of Schneerson's 87th birthday, proclaimed 16 April 1989, and 6 April 1990, as "Education Day, U.S.A."<ref name="ucsb.edu2"/>

In January 2004, the spiritual leader of the [[Druze in Israel|Druze community in Israel]], Sheikh [[Mowafak Tarif]], met with a representative of Chabad-Lubavitch to sign a declaration calling on all non-Jews in Israel to observe the Noahide laws; the mayor of the [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab city]] of [[Shefa-'Amr]] (Shfaram) – where Muslim, Christian, and Druze communities live side-by-side – also signed the document.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=18 January 2004 |title=Druze Religious Leader commits to Noachide "Seven Laws" |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/56379 |work=[[Arutz Sheva]] |location=[[Beit El]] |access-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

In March 2016, the [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]] [[Chief Rabbi of Israel]], [[Yitzhak Yosef]], declared during a sermon that Jewish law requires that only non-Jews who follow the Noahide laws are allowed to live in Israel:<ref name="Sharon 2016">{{cite news |last=Sharon |first=Jeremy |date=28 March 2016 |title=Non-Jews in Israel must keep Noahide laws, chief rabbi says |url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Non-Jews-are-forbidden-by-Jewish-law-to-live-in-Israel-chief-rabbi-says-449395 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |location=Jerusalem |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328213855/http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Non-Jews-are-forbidden-by-Jewish-law-to-live-in-Israel-chief-rabbi-says-449395 |archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Israel.pdf |title=Israel 2016 International Religious Freedom Report: Israel and the Occupied Territories |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2019 |website=State.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of State|US Department of State]]-[[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor]] |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref> {{qi|According to Jewish law, it's forbidden for a non-Jew to live in the Land of Israel – unless he has accepted the seven Noahide laws, [...] If the non-Jew is unwilling to accept these laws, then we can send him to [[Saudi Arabia]], ... When there will be full, true redemption, we will do this.}}<ref name="Sharon 2016"/> Yosef further added: {{qi|non-Jews shouldn't live in the land of Israel. ... If our hand were firm, if we had the power to rule, then non-Jews must not live in Israel. But, our hand is not firm. [...] Who, otherwise be the servants? Who will be our helpers? This is why we leave them in Israel.}}<ref name="ADL 2016">{{cite web |last1=Greenblatt |first1=Jonathan |author1-link=Jonathan Greenblatt |last2=Nuriel |first2=Carole |url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-israeli-chief-rabbi-statement-against-non-jews-living-in-israel-is-shocking |title=ADL: Israeli Chief Rabbi Statement Against Non-Jews Living in Israel is Shocking and Unacceptable |date=28 March 2016 |website=Adl.org |location=New York City |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170314123513/https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-israeli-chief-rabbi-statement-against-non-jews-living-in-israel-is-shocking |archive-date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref> Yosef's sermon sparked outrage in Israel and was fiercely criticized by several human rights associations, [[NGOs]] and [[Member of Knesset|members of the Knesset]];<ref name="Sharon 2016"/> [[Jonathan Greenblatt]], [[Anti-Defamation League]]'s CEO and national director, and Carole Nuriel, Anti-Defamation League's Israel Office acting director, issued a strong denunciation of Yosef's sermon:<ref name="Sharon 2016"/><ref name="ADL 2016"/>

{{Blockquote|The statement by Chief Rabbi Yosef is shocking and unacceptable. It is unconscionable that the Chief Rabbi, an official representative of the State of Israel, would express such intolerant and ignorant views about Israel's non-Jewish population – including the millions of non-Jewish citizens.<br />As a spiritual leader, Rabbi Yosef should be using his influence to preach tolerance and compassion towards others, regardless of their faith, and not seek to exclude and demean a large segment of Israelis.<br />We call upon the Chief Rabbi to retract his statements and apologize for any offense caused by his comments.<ref name="ADL 2016"/>}}