A clue?
Leni
“Read down the entire article.....and note the phrase, “a Rush Limbaugh associate.” A clue?” ~ Leni
Yes. He may also be Mark Levin’s friend.
Friday, December 14, 2007:
Faith and Israel on the table as rabbi meets GOP hopeful
http://www.silive.com/living/advance/religion/index.ssf?/base/living/1197638153298950.xml&coll=1
Leader of New Springville Jewish Center is invited to a breakfast with former Massachusetts governor
Friday, December 14, 2007 By LESLIE PALMA-SIMONCEK ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE — The subject never came up.
Rabbi Chaim Nate Segal, spiritual leader of the New Springville Jewish Center, this week was invited to a breakfast with Mitt Romney, a Republican seeking the presidency.
Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, has had his faith assailed in the media this week after another GOP hopeful, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, said Romney believes that Jesus and Satan are brothers.
The former governor is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known — although not by its members — as the Mormon church.
The church believes, as Romney has explained, that God is the father of all, which presumably means the devil as well.
But Rabbi Segal and Romney never discussed the controversy or the presidential hopeful’s church.
They did discuss Romney’s recent speech, in which it seemed, to some observers, that he wanted to assure Christians that the Mormon church is, indeed, Christian.
“I don’t think his speech was meant to allay fears of Mormonism,” said Rabbi Segal, who attended the breakfast at the New York Athletic Club in Midtown Manhattan with three of his sons: Meir, 17; Shlomo, 15, and Yitzchok, 12, and two congregants, Avi Gannon and Gershon Katz.
“I think he was simply stating the fact that religion in America is salvation,” the rabbi said of the speech Romney gave Dec. 6 in Texas. “The founding fathers knew the value of religion.”
Beyond that, the rabbi said he and Romney spoke of the candidate’s position on Israel — “he’s very positive on Israel,” the rabbi said — and discussed “life in general.”
Leslie Palma-Simoncek is the religion editor for the Advance. She may be reached at palma@siadvance.com. Visit her Beyond Beliefs Web log at blog.silive.com/beyondbeliefs.
Rabbi Chaim Nate Segal
New Springville Jewish Center
14 Elie Court
Staten Island, New York 10314