Institute for Religious Values - Yardin Weidenfeld - 09/19/98
Toward Tradition, Institute for Religious Values Assail Group of Rabbis Supporting Partial Birth Abortion, Call Procedure "Horrific Violation of Jewish Principles"
MERCER ISLAND, WA (September 18) - It is beyond comprehension why a group of rabbis would support partial-birth abortion, as they did in a letter sent by the National Council of Jewish Women to U. S. lawmakers
last week, Toward Tradition and the Institute for Religious Values said today. "The message of the Torah is one of life," said Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Toward Tradition's president. "Abortion on demand is simply intolerable in the Jewish tradition. To sanction something so heinous as partial-birth abortion is proof of a culture of death
standing in marked opposition to the Torah's ethic of life."
Rabbi Lapin was joined by Institute for Religious Values president Chris Gersten in challenging a group of rabbis who have urged the Senate to sustain the veto, charging that they are "guilty of perverting the teachings of Judaism to pursue a pro-abortion political agenda." "Rather than work against Judeo-Christian moral principles, as these rabbis are doing, it is incumbent upon Jews to ally with Christians in upholding the moral principles we have in common," Rabbi Lapin said. "Together, we must actively oppose partial birth abortion."
The Senate is scheduled to vote on overriding President Clinton's veto of the partial birth abortion ban today.
The Institute for Religious Values, founded in October 1997, is an ecumenical organization designed to increase religious expression at home and end religious persecution abroad. Toward Tradition, founded in 1991, is an educational foundation dedicated to creating a national movement of Jews allied with Christians who want to apply traditional, conservative values to America's cultural, political, and economic life.
SOROS: The Senate failed to override the veto -- what a sick bunch!
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