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A rendering of the planned natural burial area at Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley, which will feature drought tolerant landscaping. (Image/Courtesy Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries)
Posted inUncategorized, Opinion

California Jews, enough with your green, grassy cemeteries

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman and Forward May 23, 2022
A service conducted by Rabbi Deborah Newbrun (right) and her wife at Camp Tawonga.
(Photo/Courtesy Newbrun)
Posted inLocal Voice

How the Jewish community can do divorce better

Rabbi Deborah Newbrun by Rabbi Deborah Newbrun May 17, 2022May 18, 2022
People pray outside the scene of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, New York, May 15, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Matt Rourke)
Posted inOpinion

From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS May 16, 2022
Chesa Boudin celebrates his district attorney win, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/Natasha Florentino-Courtesy Boudin campaign)
Posted inLetters

Missing the point on Boudin; Jewish bogosity on abortion; etc.

by J. Readers May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 21, 2019. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Felix Marquez)
Posted inUncategorized

It’s time to end Title 42, the immoral — and illegal — Trump-era asylum policy

by Barbara Weinstein, Mary J. Novak and RNS May 11, 2022
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
A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court on May 2, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP-Alex Brandon)
Posted inUncategorized

The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and RNS May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Jewish Women International at a protest for abortion rights in 2016. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jewish Women International)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now.

headshot of Meredith Jacobs by Meredith Jacobs and Forward May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

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