Leading US Rabbi Calls on the Pope to Convene Religious Leaders in NYC to Oppose Abortion

LifeSiteNews ^ | 1/25/08 | John-Henry Westen

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WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - One of the most riveting and energetic speakers at the March for Life Tuesday was Rabbi Yehuda Levin.  No stranger to pro-life Americans, Rabbi Levin has represented more than 1000 Rabbis calling for moral laws.  At the March, he made an unusual appeal - asking Pope Benedict XVI to lead religious leaders on the streets of New York in a declaration forbidding faithful to vote for politicians who support abortion.

Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the Special Emissary to Israel for The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada and The Rabbinical Alliance of America, addressed the hundreds of thousands of pro-life marchers with this message:

"I'm asking the Pope today. Call the Evangelicals, call the Jews and everyone else and declare in the streets of New York in these extraordinary times when babies are being murdered . . . when some are redefining marriage and perverting our youth in society.

"Pope Benedict we need extraordinary measures.

"If the religious leaders will gather in the city of New York at the invitation of the Pope and declare in the streets it is forbidden to vote for any pro-abortion pro-deviance candidate.

"My dear friends, 20 to 25 per cent of America will surely applaud this, and for the glory of God this would stop another huge amount of baby killing and perversion.

"Please Pope Benedict you have the ability as the largest denominational leader.  You who lived through the Holocaust, answer the appeal of this Jew whose mother-in-law bears the brand of Auschwitz, hear our plea.  Help stop the American Holocaust of abortion.  The Holocaust of a world society losing its respect for life.  Prohibit voting for the pro-death and deviance politicians."

LifeSiteNews.com spoke with Rabbi Levin about the proposal during the march.  Rabbi Levin said that he had spoken about his proposal with Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, with St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke and also with Senator Sam Brownback.

Rabbi Levin told LifeSiteNews.com that should Pope Benedict undertake the proposal it would be an ecumenical event like none other.  "There's almost nothing he can do which would be more ecumenical in the true sense of the word - interreligious inspiring and helping the peoples of this world than to reassert the rightful supremacy of religious leadership over political leadership," he said.  "And with one statement in New York supported by the Rabbis and Evangelical leaders and other denominational leaders we can change the balance and start to shift respect for religious leadership back to its rightful place."

Rabbi Levin has asked that all pro-lifers join in his appeal to the pope.

The pope's email as rendered by the Vatican Information Service:
benedictxvi@vatican.va

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"Pope Benedict we need extraordinary measures.

"If the religious leaders will gather in the city of New York at the invitation of the Pope and declare in the streets it is forbidden to vote for any pro-abortion pro-deviance candidate.

"My dear friends, 20 to 25 per cent of America will surely applaud this, and for the glory of God this would stop another huge amount of baby killing and perversion."

The good rabbi is EXACTLY right!

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[G8 Diplomat]

Help stop the American Holocaust of abortion.

Abortion in the US alone has killed four and a half times the number Hitler killed. Two and a half more than Stalin. And roughly 60 times the number terrorists have killed since then.

(I estimated they kill about 2000 a month, from TROP.com's monthly jihad tracker, that's 24,000 a year, 840,000 in 35 years.)

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In the past century, abortionists have killed ONE BILLION babies worldwide. That’s more deaths than all of the wars, plagues, murders and famines in the history of the world combined.

[G8 Diplomat]

Damn...just damn. One billion. A sixth of the current world population.

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[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

I would love to see it.

[philly-d-kidder]

I remember talking one Morning at the Abortion Clinic in Philly with one of the Deathscorts who was Jewish. I asked him how he could ignore the Commandment Thou shalt not Kill..... He said matter of Factly that in the Torah it translates as Murder. Since it is not a citizen it doesn’t meet the criteria of the Commandment. That is how non Orthodox Jews rationalize Abortion!Sad...

[Bellflower]

Praise The LORD!!! What wonderful news!

[NoCountryForLiberals]

I’m heartened to see the Holy Father take this action.

[NoCountryForLiberals]

Oops, I think I read it wrong. Still a very positive step in support of the pro-life cause.

[Salvation]

Pray for an end to abortion and the conversion of America to a mindset of life!

[Jeff Chandler]

the Torah it translates as Murder.

That is the correct translation. The idea that one must be a citizen to be murdered is odd. That would allow the killing of aliens.

[philly-d-kidder]

That was his Rational Not Mine...

[DesScorp]

This Rabbi rocks

[Caravaggio]

Also think this is a great idea. Just sent off an email to the Vatican email linked imploring the Holy Father to enter into the fray and consider the Rabbi’s proposal.

I don’t know why people don’t try and get him to speak via video phone at the Washington Marches for Life every year. It would only take a few minutes but oh what a big impact that would be. He did it for the pro-life march in Spain; whoever’s in charge should seriously think about inviting the Pope to speak in Washington as well.