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WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (LSN)  On Saturday, November 12 pro-life Jewish Conservative, Orthodox,  and Reform rabbis issued a call to the Jewish community to speak out against abortion noting that Jewish law forbids abortion unless the life of the mother is at risk. Rabbi David Novak of the University of Toronto said “in every other situation, when there is no such mortal threat, abortion is prohibited.” The Jewish leaders met in Washington for the event entitled “Affirming the Sanctity of Life.”“The Orthodox Jewish community is not doing enough [to get] the message out,” Rabbi Yehuda Levin of Brooklyn, N.Y., said. “If the Jewish community felt it was faced with a crisis,  our level of getting out the message is second to none. It’s the world’s greatest secret that we care about [the right to life].”