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Jewish women protesting for abortion rights in the 1970s. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

Would my 1971 ‘missed abortion’ be criminal in a post-Roe world?

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 11, 2022May 12, 2022
Members of Jews For Racial and Economic Justice and IfNotNow hold signs that say "Baruch Hashem [thank God] for Abortion" at a rally in New York, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Henry of NY Jewish Week)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why Jewish voices matter: religious freedom and abortion activism

Ronit Y. Stahl by Ronit Y. Stahl May 10, 2022
Protest against the reversal of abortion rights in front of the Supreme Court, May 2, 2022. (Photo/Miki Jourdan-Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

How California Jews can pursue justice for reproductive rights

by Julie Rabinovitz May 9, 2022May 11, 2022
Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz in 1944. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

I say their names. Every night. Not just on Yom HaShoah.

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Naomi Tucker, executive director of Shalom Bayit, applauds a new ruling regarding get (Jewish religious divorce) refusal. (Photo/Amanda Martin)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

Yes, refusing to give a Jewish divorce is abuse

Naomi Tucker by Naomi Tucker April 26, 2022April 27, 2022
illustrative photo of rows of chairs in a synagogue
Posted inLocal Voice

An unexpected reminder of the wonder of a synagogue experience

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg April 21, 2022
Linda Bernstein's mother prepares for seder
Posted inFirst Person

Matzah memories with my mother

Linda Bernstein by Linda Bernstein April 20, 2022
The war in Ukraine was on the mind of Monique Joseph as she celebrated her 98th birthday.
Posted inUncategorized

As a Holocaust survivor, I feel angst over what’s going on in Ukraine 

Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph) by Monique Joseph April 18, 2022May 11, 2022
A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inFirst Person

The power of Passover, and of grandparents

by Sue Fishkoff April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Julia White
Posted inYouth Voice

For questions about identity, I’ve written my own haggadah

Julia White by Julia White April 13, 2022

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