✡︎ Shalom and Good Day, Friends ✡︎

We've been thinking a lot recently of how to motivate more Orthodox women and men to oppose the abortion rights movement instigated and operated by secular Jews at the National Council of Jewish Women. Though it is widely believed that Orthodox communities remain shielded from this existential threat to Yiddishkeit, the sad reality is that in Orthodox communities, 'nuanced' reasons for abortion beyond the rare exception to save the mother's life, are gaining adherents. One reason, we believe, is the convenience of abortion pill access, which circumvents obtaining permission from a rabbi. The other is the slow, steady exposure to baby killing propaganda from Jewish organizations and their media like Hadassah and its Magazine.

Many Orthodox women support Hadassah, which provides Jewish abortion activists an effective infiltration point into Orthodox Jewish communities. Here is a link to Hadassah Foundation's Policy statement on Reproductive Choice:

Reproductive Choice

https://www.hadassah.org/policy-statement/reproductive-choice

Recently, a friend sent us her concerns about articles favoring abortion she'd seen in Hadassah Magazine.

Abortion in the pre-Roe v. Wade era

By Letty Cottin Pogrebin

from Hadassah Magazine Jul/Aug 2022

https://issuu.com/hadassahmag/docs/hadassahmag_julaug_2022/s/16281355

Abortion Search

https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/?s=Abortion

We recalled a blog post from 2007 concerned with this problem. Please encourage Miriam to continue her work.

The trouble with Hadassah

http://miriamsideas.blogspot.com/2007/10/trouble-with-hadassah.html

An emerging collaborative effort between the NCJW and Hadassah exposes the malicious intention of Hadassah to encourage and enable Jewish women to commit the tragic and irreparable error of destroying their children, far beyond the infrequent leniencies granted when a mother's life is in peril. And let us keep in mind that because we now have humane, safe methods that can remove the baby from the uterus, rarely does a child have to die a brutal death to save the mother's life.

Hadassah Chicago-North Shore & NCJW: "Abortion After Roe in Illinois and Beyond"

https://www.facebook.com/events/2628439527292417/

If you don't have access to Facebook, I've pasted the text of the post below.

Please share this newsletter with your Orthodox friends and other members of Hadassah to warn them about Hadassah's war on Jewish babies, women and families. Then contact the leadership at Hadassah and its Magazine to educate them on the tragic human rights abuses of millions of babies painfully killed in abortion, the humane and merciful medical interventions available that save both mother and child when medical crises occur, pregnancy care resources like In Shifra's Arms that meet the needs of pregnant Jewish women, and the frequent but unpublicized life threatening emergencies and long term harm done to women during and after surgical and chemical abortion. You may also want to add that Jewish calls for unlimited legal abortion of infants up to and after birth recalls past accusations of the blood libel, putting all Jews in great danger of anti-semitic attacks.

Please scroll down to watch Dr. Ben Carson's speech at the Celebrate Life Banquet, for blogs and memes to share here and in Israel, to let us know if you'd like to join us at the March for Life in Washington DC on 1/20/23, and to let us know if you are interested in working part time at the JPLF as an admin assistant or a translator. Thank you.

Cecily

May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and good life upon us and upon all Israel. Amen. 

Facebook Post

Join Hadassah Chicago-North Shore, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Chicago North Shore, and NCJW South Cook on October 20 at 7 pm CT/8 pm ET as we present a virtual event about maintaining abortion rights in Illinois and the status of abortion rights across the country. 

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg will provide a Jewish perspective on reproductive justice. Illinois State Senator Melinda Bush will discuss the Illinois Reproductive Health Act signed into law in 2019, a movement she led. Lorie Chaiten, Senior Staff Attorney with the national ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, will discuss the implications and complications from the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe. The program will be moderated by Andi Friedman, an attorney and advocate with extensive ties in the field of reproductive health. Find out what is happening and what YOU can do to make a difference.

This virtual event is FREE and open to everyone! Register by October 18 here: hadassahmidwest.org/CNSadvocacy

Questions? Contact cns@hadassah.org or 847.205.1900.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg serves as Scholar in Residence at NCJW. Before her ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, she worked as a freelance writer, and in the years since has served as rabbi and educator at Tufts and Northwestern Universities. Rabbi Ruttenberg leads the Rabbis for Repro initiative of NCJW, Inc. She is an award-winning author and writer. Her newest book is On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World.

State Senator Melinda Bush has served in the Illinois Senate since 2013. Bush has been a steadfast advocate of protecting a woman’s right to choose. She championed a law in 2017 that ensures Illinois women would still have access to safe and legal abortions should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. She also led the monumental 2019 Reproductive Health Act, which repealed outdated abortion laws that have been blocked by the courts.

Lorie Chaiten is a Senior Staff attorney at the Reproductive Freedom Project at the national ACLU, where she focuses on litigating challenges to unlawful abortion bans and other restrictions. Throughout her 37-year legal career, she has concentrated her work on reproductive rights litigation and advocacy.

Andrea (Andi) Friedman is an advocate working with partners across the country to shift the conversation on abortion, build power and advance access to self-managed medication abortion. She is a lawyer and advocate with extensive experience in the reproductive health, rights and justice movement. 

To voice your objections and concerns contact Hadassah Magazine editors.

Lisa Hostein, Executive Editor at Hadassah Magazine lhostein@hadassah.org

Libby Barnea, Deputy Editor at Hadassah Magazine lbarnea@hadassah.org

Leah Finkelshteyn, Senior Editor at Hadassah magazine lfinkelshteyn@hadassah.org

Contact Hadassah Foundation Leadership listed below.

If you are a donor

donorservices@hadassah.org or call us at 800.928.0685‍

If you are a member

membership@hadassah.org or call us at 800.664.5646

or you can contact Hadassah Foundation by USPS

Write to Hadassah 40 Wall Street New York, NY 10005

Rhoda Smolow Hadassah National President

Janet Hand Deixler National VIce President

Peg Elefant National Vice President

Shelly Kaplan National Vice President

Valerie Lowenstein National Vice President

Jill Sapperstein National Vice President

Dr. Rachel Schonberger National Vice President

Or post /comment to Hadassah Foundation's social media pages

Facebook:

‍facebook.com/hadassah‍

Instagram:

‍instagram.com/hadassahorg

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/company/hadassah

‍Twitter:

‍twitter.com/hadassah

Lastly, find and contact your local Hadassah at

https://www.hadassah.org/connect-locally

We're looking for a part time administrative assistant to work remotely, and also a part time Hebrew speaker who can work remotely to check our Google Translated Hebrew for accuracy. Please contact us to learn more.

We're looking into attending the March for Life in Washington DC on Friday January 20, 2023. Thanks to a generous donor, we have a travel fund to cover travel and hotel costs for our friends. Please let us know if you want to go! Learn about the March at https://marchforlife.org

We've been making an effort to produce posts and images in English and Hebrew to share on social media here and in Israel.Please share these blog posts and memes with friends and family here and in Israel.Thank you!

Submitted by our friend Don Belding.

Divine and Human Utterances

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/divine-and-human-utterances

Comments from our last newsletter.

Prophetic Warnings in the Wind

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/prophetic-warnings-in-the-wind

And in Hebrew, please copy and paste link into your browser.

אזהרות נבואיות ברוח

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/אזהרות-נבואיות-ברוח



Respected Leaders Please Respect Life

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/respected-leaders-please-respect-life

And in Hebrew

מנהיגים מכובדים אנא כבדו את החיים

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/respected-leaders-please-respect-life---hebrew-text

Dr, Ben Carson's Keystone Address at the 2022 Celebrate Life Banquet

https://youtu.be/5GtTM6nmW8U

Monthly Mishpacha

Our December Monthly Mishpacha will be Sunday November 4th at 11 am ET. We will show a short video and then enjoy private conversation and connection.

The registration for our Monthly Mishpacha is set up so you can register once and that registration will work on subsequent Sundays. Also, to maintain safety and confidentiality, I will receive an email confirmation of each registration so I know who to expect. If you want to invite someone, please send them the registration link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Please register in advance at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsc- ytpjMvE9L1zSrFr7AYbMk6TVSzfr9i

We're very much looking forward to seeing you in December!

Our SPEAKERS LIST is your go to source for booking a Jewish pro-life speaker/educator for your synagogue, legislative working group, or adult/teen learning program.

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/book-a-speaker