Yesterday, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization joined with other concerned groups in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission requesting that the FCC hold a formal hearing to review the television industry’s proposed rating system for TV programs.

The letter expresses the concern that the proposed system, one which rates programs by age suitability rather than discloses their level of violence, profanity or sexual content, “does not address the needs of parents.”

“A full and fair review of the industry’s proposal is critical for such an important system that has great potential to assist parents in monitoring and controlling what influences their children are exposed to by television programs,” said Nathan Diament, director of the Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs.