How the Jewish community can do divorce better By Rabbi Deborah Newbrun May 17, 2022 My teacher, colleague and friend, Rachel Brodie (z”l) died recently. As I tended to my sadness and showed up to support her family at the funeral and shiva, I reflected on how she helped me become a better Jewish educator, including on my latest project: Divorce & Discovery: A Jewish Healing Retreat. It will run… Read More
Opinion From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out If you are of a certain age, the historical event that shaped your life, beyond any other, was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. If you were… By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, RNS May 16, 2022
Letters Missing the point on Boudin; Jewish bogosity on abortion; etc. Missing the point on Boudin Chesa Boudin’s tender story of celebrating Passover as a little boy visiting his mother in prison, and its long-lasting… By J. Readers May 12, 2022
Opinion It’s time to end this immoral — and illegal — Trump-era asylum policy In September 2021, the country watched in horror as photos surfaced of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants from their camp in… By Barbara Weinstein, Mary J. Novak, RNS May 11, 2022
First Person Would my 1971 ‘missed abortion’ be criminal in a post-Roe world? In the summer of 1971, a year and a half before Roe v. Wade, I had a missed abortion. That’s an incomplete miscarriage, in lay terms. It was not a choice.… By Janet Silver Ghent May 11, 2022
Local Voice Why Jewish voices matter: religious freedom and abortion activism “The first lawsuit I’d like to see is from a Jewish woman who has access to an abortion provider denied,” tweeted legal commentator Elie Mystal after… By Ronit Y. Stahl May 10, 2022
Local Voice How California Jews can pursue justice for reproductive rights When I was 7 years old, my mom took me canvassing in our neighborhood for the Connecticut National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL).… By Julie Rabinovitz May 9, 2022
Opinion The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah I was studying Torah with colleagues on Monday night when the news broke that SCOTUS is likely to strike down Roe v. Wade. The sweep of fear and grief… By Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, RNS May 4, 2022
Opinion Jewish women can't give up hope on abortion rights now “Didn’t we expect this to happen?” That’s the text I sent to my advocacy team when news broke of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning both… By Meredith Jacobs, Forward May 4, 2022