Yehuda Levin

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Rabbi Yehuda Levin is the Rabbi and founder of Congregation Mevakshei Hashem (Those Who Seek the Lord) Synagogue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

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[edit] Beliefs and political activities

Levin is religiously conservative who opposes special homosexual rights and abortion based on Orthodox Jewish law.[1]

Levin is also a member of the advisory committee of the organization Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation. Yehuda Levin tends to support Christian Evangelicals on efforts opposed to homosexual rights and other morality based issues, even when he may otherwise have differences with them. This led to his 1996 support for Pat Buchanan[2][3] and he also campaigned together with Fred Phelps on issues surrounding homosexuality. Both these individuals have been accused of (but vehemently deny) antisemitism in the past.[4][5]

Levin was recently involved in stopping a gay pride event from taking place in Jerusalem[6]. He supported the use of civil disobedience by protesters in opposing the planned event saying "I promise that there's going to be bloodshed"[7].

[edit] Praise of Levin

Yehuda Levin has received praise by some Orthodox rabbis for defending tradition[8] and by some conservative Catholics for causes relevant to the World Congress of Families.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ NPR by way of High Beam
  3. ^ Human Events by way of Find Articles
  4. ^ ADL on Phelps
  5. ^ ADL on Buchanan
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ Comment is free: Pride and prejudice
  8. ^ Jewish Press
  9. ^ Indian Catholic reprint of Zenit News Agency article

[edit] External links

Rabbi Yehuda Levin's web sites:

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