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Debbie Findling

Debbie Findling is co-founder of the Memory Garden in Colma, a sacred Jewish place to mourn fertility loss, and a philanthropic adviser in San Francisco.

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists protest alongside each other during a demonstration outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Dietsch-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Banning abortion would attack our religious freedom as Jews

by Debbie Findling December 8, 2021

I had my first abortion when I was 16, the result of immaturity and a lack of comprehensive sex education at my suburban Detroit high school in the 1970s. I […]

Debbie Findling's father at 10 years old, on the ship that brought him to America. He's in the first row wearing glasses. (COURTESY FINDLING)
Posted inOpinion

Compared with what our ancestors dealt with — we can do this

by Debbie Findling April 13, 2020April 15, 2020
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Posted inOpinion

My sexual harasser is still a leader in the Jewish community

by Debbie Findling March 22, 2018March 22, 2018
Posted inOpinion

I’m lost, in an abyss, after ending a wanted pregnancy

by Debbie Findling November 18, 2016March 22, 2018

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