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The Supreme Court will soon issue a decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case which will have major implications for the separation of church and state. The question at hand? Whether the City of Philadelphia can stop funding a private, faith-based foster care agency that won’t adopt out to same-sex couples, in violation of the City’s nondiscrimination regulations. Another case working its way to the Court is Maddonna v. Dept. of Health and Human Services, where a South... Read More

Alison Gill, Vice President of Legal and Policy at American Atheists, walks us through the new report on state-level religious freedom challenges and the concerns for all Americans who support separation of church and state, including those in the Jewish community. In conversation with Jews for a Secular Democracy’s Sarah Levin, with Q&A from webinar attendees.

Learn how close the religious right is from overturning women’s hard-won freedoms and how we can advocate, as Jews, for bodily autonomy. A conversation and Q&A with representatives from two outstanding organizations on the frontline of this battle: Shannon Russell serves as the National Council of Jewish Women’s (NCJW) Legislative Counsel, leading federal advocacy efforts surrounding the priority issue of reproductive health, rights, and justice. Scott Ruskay-Kidd serves as Senior Staff Attorney for Judicial Strategy with the Center for Reproductive... Read More

What did Ruth Bader Ginsburg mean for America in general and for American Jews in particular? And what does her loss mean for us today, moving forward, against the backdrop of a rising Christian nationalism? Come meet two remarkable authors to discuss RBG’s legacy and learn how her Jewish identity influenced her sense of justice, why she championed the related causes of gender equality and separation of church and state, and what we might be in for as the political... Read More