Today’s letters: Abortion, God and Chelsea Clinton’s ‘Jewish’ rabbi
August 2, 2010 – 9:39 am
Who’s your rabbi?
For your readers’ clarification, the rabbi (Rabbi James Ponet) who performed the Clinton Mezvinsky wedding was not an authentic Jewish Rabbi. The reason is that authentic Rabbis cannot and do not perform weddings when both or either party are not Jewish.Nor do Rabbis perform weddings on the Sabbath (Saturday)
In the absence of such credentials, the skullcap, prayershawl and canopy are only props without any religious signifance. Alas, counterfeit goods are so common these days. I hope the Clintons didn’t pay full price.
Chaim Leib Medjuck
A brave fighter against abortion
Re: Fighting abortion, one arrest at a time, Charles Lewis, July 31.The National Post is to be congratulated for giving front-page coverage to the plight of Linda Gibbons, the pro-life demonstrator who is fighting “the good fight” by putting into practice Christian values – that all life is sacred from conception to natural death. She is bravely sacrificing her freedom and separation from her family by serving a long jail term for allegedly refusing to leave the “bubble zone” established by an injunction to prevent pro-life witnessing outside abortion facilities. Your article helps to educate the public about the horror of abortion for, as the story points out, in Canada because of the lack of an abortion law, babies can be aborted “even when the head protrudes from the birth canal,” or, as it is known: “partial birth abortion.” We need more vocal and active people like Linda Gibbons to re-awaken the consciences of Canadians everywhere and put a dent in that wall of apathy that the killing of precious unborn children must not continue. Read More
