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Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women, during the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice. (Photo/Eric Lee for the Forward)
Posted inU.S.

How Jewish communal leaders woke up to abortion rights

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward July 26, 2022

When Sheila Katz first started assembling a group of rabbis to speak out in favor of abortion access two years ago, she figured it would be an easy sell. More […]

Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy kneels in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups decry Supreme Court decision on school prayer

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe and Forward June 28, 2022
Abortion rights activists react outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Jun. 24, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Stefani Reynolds-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 24, 2022June 24, 2022
A protester holds a handwritten sign at the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice, May 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Julia Gergely)
Posted inU.S.

More than 1,000 Jews rally outside the US Capitol in support of abortion rights

by Julia Gergely and JTA May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
April Lapidus marches with the National Council of Jewish Women S.F. section at the “Bans Off Our Bodies” protest in San Francisco, May 14, 2022. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inU.S.

National Council of Jewish Women creates Jewish abortion fund

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA May 17, 2022
Claire Lipschultz's mother, pictured  around  the time that her own mother almost died from an illegal abortion.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: How abortion laws shaped three generations of this family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 10, 2022May 10, 2022
Women of Reform Judaism members (from left) Robin Cohen, Julia Weinstein, Julia Wackenheim and Deb Lelchuk at the May 21, 2019 "Ban the Bans" rally at the Supreme Court.(Photo/Courtesy Robin Cohen)
Posted inBay Area

Local Jewish women’s groups are ready to fight for abortion

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 9, 2022May 10, 2022
Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, speaks at an abortion rights rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Dec. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg)
Posted inNews

Jewish advocates for abortion rights already planned a rally. Now they’re thinking about their post-Roe work.

Jackie HajdenbergGabe Friedman by Jackie Hajdenberg, Gabe Friedman and JTA May 3, 2022
Activists from the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the National Council of Jewish Women attend a demonstration outside the Supreme Court in early 2020. (Courtesy Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism)
Posted inNews

Jewish leaders pledge ‘fight’ on abortion following Supreme Court report

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward May 3, 2022May 3, 2022
The Rev. William Barber (left) and the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign, lead a demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021. (Photo/RNS-Jack Jenkins)
Posted inU.S.

Faith leaders arrested while protesting in support of Build Back Better bill

by Jack Jenkins and RNS December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

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