Naima Hirsch Gelman
If rituals give us context to mark transitions and liturgy gives us the language to describe them, there is a whole set of transitions and experiences historically ignored within Jewish tradition.
If rituals give us context to mark transitions and liturgy gives us the language to describe them, there is a whole set of transitions and experiences historically ignored within Jewish tradition.
Photographer Joan Roth was on hand to document the the hundreds who gathered outside the UN in support of Israeli victim/survivors of Oct. 7’s sexual violence.
Every Friday night for generations and generations, we’ve stood in kitchens and we’ve kneaded and braided challah into life for Shabbat. We’re going to bring all of those things together today while I teach you how to make a uterus challah for Repro Shabbat.
Two of my pregnancies ended in miscarriage, and the other two resulted in the greatest joys of my life. But all four were a burden — emotionally and physically, personally and professionally.
Until we are comfortable loudly discussing abortion and reproductive freedom in our communities, we will inadvertently perpetuate the idea that abortion is taboo.