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Jewish Pro-Life Foundation 2 Feb 2024 - 23 Shevet 5784

Parshas Tetzaveh: Connecting To Holiness

Submissions by JPLF Friends & much more!

✡︎ Shalom and Good Shabbos, Friends ✡︎


This week’s Torah portion, Tetzaveh, Shemot (Exodus)

27:20–30:10, connects the mundane with the sacred, as Moses instructs the priests on the daily rituals required to serve God in the Tabernacle. The portion begins with physical tasks needed to conduct ritual prayer and sacrifice. It ends with the incense offering, a metaphysical expression that offers up our spirit to Heaven, consciously connecting to God in a way that fully submerges our self in His presence here on earth.


God commands us to adopt this way of life. He gives us daily rituals of prayer and Torah study to develop this spiritual integrity just as daily physical exercises develop muscular strength. Why bother to walk the path of God-centeredness in a depraved world? Because the human soul longs to rest in the holiness and peace of God, an indulgence worth the sacrifice of every worldly satisfaction and ambition. As the Psalmist sings, "Thy testimonies are very sure, Holiness becometh Thy house, O LORD, for evermore." Psalm 93:5.


Caleb Buck, an outspoken, Jewish, anti-abortion activist, has agreed to be our guest on the Jewish Pro-Life Show. He's only available on weekends, so we've scheduled him in front of our Monthly MIshpacha on Sunday March 3, 2024 at 2 pm. After the show, we can turn off the recording and enjoy a shorter monthly mishpacha. Details below.


We've been invited to attend the Right to Life Kentucky Celebrate Life Banquet on Thursday March 21st in Louisville, KY. I will drive down and meet two of our friends there. If you would like to join us, please let me know. I will be purchasing tickets in a couple of weeks. Details below.


Thank you for reading and sharing this newsletter and welcome to our new subscribers.


Cecily

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




Upcoming Events




Sunday March 3, 2024 2 pm ET

Special Jewish Pro-Life Show before our Monthly Mishpacha. Special guest Caleb Buck.

You can learn more about Caleb on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/thatconservativejew/


I will send out a reminder several days before the show with

the Zoom Meeting link and meeting ID.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84947653044

Meeting ID: 849 4765 3044


Monday March 11, 2024 @ 4 pm ET

Maryland March for Life in Annapolis, MD. If you live within driving distance, please join us!


Monday March 18, 2024

Speaking at Aquinas Academy of Pittsburgh


Thursday March 21, 2024 @ 6 pm ET

Right to Life Kentucky Celebrate Life Banquet

Abby Johnson is the keynote speaker. Our hosts can provide a modified Kosher friendly meal option, if needed. I will meet two JPLF friends there. If you would like to join us, please let me know by March 4th so I can purchase tickets.


PA March for Life September 23, 2024. Website

NJ March for Life September 26, 2024. Flyer

From our friend, Michael Nedderman, who writes pro-life essays for World Net Daily.

'Abortion' is a euphemism: Make it 'abortion-homicide'

Exclusive: Michael Nedderman proposes a PR plan to sway millions of voters on life issue.

https://www.wnd.com/2024/01/abortion-pro-death-euphemism-make-abortion-homicide/#scid_727d3c5f-61b7-451e-b32a-82a68c5db382

Two essays about the symphonic melodies of female fertility and how we can learn to hear and harmonize with them.

OUR BODIES, OUR ANGER

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2024/03/our-bodies-our-anger


Popping the Pill

https://americanmind.org/salvo/popping-the-pill/

An update on the abortion battle in Casper WY from Ross Schriftman. Ross testified recently in favor or House Bill 148. Ross' testimony runs from 38:15 to 43:10. The Committee approved the bill 7-2 and now it moves to the full House.

Read Ross' testimony here.


House Judiciary Committee, February 19, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVp1_5WdtY&list=PLOhkcX5d91NpMy3HxEoELp9kfGEMdT_zN&index=48


Wyoming A Step Closer To Requiring Abortion Clinics To Be Licensed

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/02/19/wyoming-a-step-closer-to-requiring-abortion-clinics-to-be-licensed/

JPLF friend, Rob Hale, participates in our animated email threads. We have his permission to use his recent reflections in a blog poast. Thank you, Rob.

Human Life is Sacred - A Rational Point of View

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/pro-life-blog/f/human-life-is-sacred---a-rational-point-of-view


Public Letter: Stop Giving Airtime to Anti-Abortion Extremists

https://prh.org/updates/public-letter-stop-giving-airtime-to-anti-abortion-extremists/


Rob Hale also sent us this poignant story of a Holocaust survivor whose story brought me to tears of sadness and hope.


Gerda Weissmann Klein

Read the email here.



Gerda's bio and books on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001H6NH9W/about

From Dr. Braverman, a friend of the JPLF.


New York State has specific laws in the penal code that protect cemeteries and a person's final resting place. Specifically, a person can be charged with cemetery desecration in either the first or second degree. The lower level of the offense is a class A misdemeanor and the higher is a class E felony.


Alabama Supreme Court Rules Human Embryos are Human Beings With Human Rights

https://www.lifenews.com/2024/02/21/alabama-supreme-court-rules-human-embryos-are-human-beings-with-human-rights/



Alabama Rules Frozen Embryos Are 'Children': What This Means for IVF

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/alabama-frozen-embryo-ruling-ivf


A related opinion piece about ethical issues around gestational surrogacy in women who are on life support. It's getting crazier out there!

WHO OWNS THE HUMAN BODY?

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2023/02/who-owns-the-human-body

This is a good short video on the life of the mother issue, although the docs don't mention humane medical interventions that dignify the baby's life in these rare situations.

MOTHER'S LIFE from EWTN

The Doctors Christie address the argument that opposing abortion puts mothers’ lives at risk.

https://ondemand.ewtn.com/free/Home/Play/en/C10098351

Let's get current. It is no longer necessary to torture and destroy a baby in the womb to save the mother's life. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pro-Life Practice from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

https://aaplog.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PG-10-Concluding-Pregnancy-Ethically-updated.pdf

WORSHIP

Rabbi Menashe Bovit is the rabbi at Bellerose Jewish Center in Queens NY, an online/brick and mortar synagogue composed of spiritual seekers who worship in an Ashkenazi 'Conservadox' style. Rabbi Bovit teaches with humor combined with love of Chassidism and Torah. He conducts online Shabbat services and Torah classes.

You can view his Shabbat sermons at https://rumble.com/c/RabbiMB

Contact Rabbi Bovit at belleroserabbi@yahoo.com.

Rabbi Shlomo Nachman is the rabbi of Beit Emunah (beitemunah.org), a Sephardic-based online community of Jews, Noahides, and other seekers. He offers a wide range of online Jewish studies as well as Shabbat and holiday services. Rabbi Nachman is known for his patience, sensitivity, scholarship in world religions, and his dedication to traditional Jewish and biblical teachings. Rabbi Nachman is available to speak at your event!

You can access Rabbi Nachman's online services and classes at https://zoom.us/j/6714203394 and 

https://rumble.com/user/RabbiShlomoNachman

Contact Rabbi Nachman at rabbi@beitemunah.org

OUR FRIENDS

Rabbi Yakov Dovid Cohen is the founder and director of Institute of Noahide Code. Rabbi Cohen received his Bachelor's Degree at the Rabbinical College of America in 1982 and was ordained in 1985 at the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva New York, and a degree from Monash University Australia 1992. Renowned Talmudic scholar and Dayan, a writer on various Jewish subjects, most recently worked on a compilation of the Rebbe's works for Noahide practice and a book titled Divine Image. Contact Rabbi Cohen at rabbicohen@noahide.org.

View and download our wonderful power point in our website library, Judaism: The Original Pro-Life Religion.

https://jewishprolifefoundation.org/library

Jewish Pro-Life Replies to Jewish Pro-Abortion Claims

Our quick reference guide to help you provide Torah based talking points. Download here.

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Podcasts https://jewishprolife.libsyn.com/

Gevalt! She IS Alive Before She's Born!
"We must always take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
Eli Wiesel

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


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Judaism: The Original Pro-Life Religion Book
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Jewish Adoption Services

Embrace a Jewish Child

Jewish Children's Adoption Network

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Jewish Pregnancy Care Services

In Shifra's Arms

EFRAT


Jewish Support After Abortion

Tikvat Rachel


Worship online with our Pro-Life Rabbis

Rabbi Nachman at Beit Emunah

rabbi@beitemunah.org


Rabbi Menashe Bovit on Rumble belleroserabbi@yahoo.com

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Cecily Routman cecily@jewishprolifefoundation.org

Rabbi David Novak david.novak@utoronto.ca

Rabbi Shlomo Nachman rabbi@beitemunah.org

Rabbi Menashe Bovit belleroserabbi@yahoo.com


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PO Box 292 Sewickley PA 15143 

A note to our financial supporters

The Jewish Pro-Life Foundation is a 501(c)(3) educational organization. As of 1/1/2023, the IRS granted our application to reclassify our private foundation as a public charity. This may benefit your tax deductibility. Please consult your tax advisor regarding any tax deductions. Please view the IRS determination letter here.

Our Federal Tax ID number: 26-1438181.

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The Jewish Pro-Life Foundation depends on generous donations to help us bring much needed Torah based pro-life education to the Jewish community, provide Jewish friendly pregnancy care and adoption referrals, and offer healing to Jewish women and men who suffer after abortion.Together we save Jewish lives and heal Jewish hearts. We are making Judaism, the original pro-life religion, pro-life again!

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