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…
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. A brief tour of gaslighting: A…
“We were warned about Culpeper,” said IfNotNow (INN) member Ayelet Wachs Cashman (pictured above), “but there was more honking in support there than anywhere we’ve been, and there was a greeting line. There was spirit there in droves.” Wachs Cashman is…
The launch of a dialogue series by altMuslimah and Jewschool about Jewish-Muslim solidarity in age of rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.