The same opening paragraph could be written for every article this summer: We are tired, stir-crazy, afraid. The world is scary (a flimsy word to describe what it actually is). It all feels like too much, because it is too…
On June 29th, the US Supreme Court voted in favor of protecting abortion access when it ruled against an attempt by the state of Louisiana to prevent doctors from providing abortion unless they had admitting privileges at hospitals within in…
It is rough out there, so if you’ve disengaged to some degree from social media as an act of self-preservation, that’s understandable. (But also, get back on there, radical stuff is in motion, and you are needed.) Whether or not…
Two weeks ago, nicely settled into my quarantine lifestyle, I watched all four episodes of Unorthodox, the Netflix series created by Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski, and Deborah Feldman,and loosely based on Feldman’s memoir with the same title. It follows Esty…
Abortion is health care, and it’s urgent health care – the longer one is forced to wait to obtain an abortion, the more difficult the procedure will be to get, until it’s impossible altogether and results in forced birth. Anti-choice…
On March 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in June Medical v. Russo, an abortion rights case between abortion providers and the state of Louisiana. Here’s what you need to know: June v. Russo is identical to Whole…
Whether you’re a casual consumer of podcasts or you break into a cold sweat at the thought of not having any at the ready, check out this roundup of podcasts and podcast episodes about abortion and reproductive rights. Each of…
I finished watching Our Boys on erev Simchat Torah, right before I left for hakafot. It’s been three weeks now, and as far as I can tell, it’s nowhere close to leaving me. Our Boys is a ten-part series created…
At the end of July, USA Today published a piece on Jewish reactions to the co-optation of Old Testament language to justify anti-abortion legislation. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is quoted in the article, and the work of the National Council of…
This article is part of a collaborative series commissioned by altMuslimah and Jewschool to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding between Muslim and Jewish communities experiencing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. If you’ve spent any amount of time on the…