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A parade counterprotest sees "queerness as an ongoing engagement in the liberation of all people." (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inU.S.

‘Conversion therapy is having a moment’ — what will it mean for LGBT Jews?

Nora Berman by Nora Berman October 17, 2025October 16, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. The Supreme Court dove into the culture wars again this week by hearing arguments on conversion therapy — a controversial pseudoscientific practice […]

The U.S. Supreme Court building (Photo/JTA-Stefani Reynolds-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling on Sabbath accommodations a big win for Orthodox Jews

by Ron Kampeas June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled university affirmative action policies in June 2023. (Photo/JTA-Joe Daniel Price-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Jewish quotas were at the heart of Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

by Ron Kampeas June 30, 2023July 3, 2023
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen (right) was part of a 6-1 ruling in 2019 that found the state constitution protected the right to abortion. (Photo/Forward-Associated Press)
Posted inU.S.

Meet the Jewish judge who helped protect abortion in Kansas

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward August 4, 2022
Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the case of former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy is argued before the court, April 25, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images
Posted inOpinion

Coach Kennedy being allowed to pray at the 50-yard line is not good for Jews

Guila Franklin Siegel by Guila Franklin Siegel and Forward July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
A sign reads “Codify Roe” as abortion rights supporters protest outside the First Street U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, June 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mario Tama-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Berkeley Law dean: Overturn of Roe threatens to unravel a fabric of rights

Erwin Chemerinsky by Erwin Chemerinsky June 30, 2022July 5, 2022
Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March in Washington, Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

What do Jews say about abortion? Your primer as the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade

by JTA June 24, 2022
Stephen Breyer in his office in Washington, D.C., Aug. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post)
Posted inNews

Justice Breyer: Supreme Court ruling in Maine school case could lead to broad public funding of religious schools

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 21, 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
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

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