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Christian Nationalism Ascendant: A Talk by Rabbi Jeffrey Falick

History of Christian Nationalism Christian Nationalism Ascendant—A Rabbi Offers a Deep Dive On Its History and Our Concerns

16 Sep 2022
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Rabbi Jeffrey Falick of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit (https://www.chj-detroit.org/) delivers a deeply researched and damning history of a movement that seeks religious theocracy in America, and is succeeding in many terrifying ways. Beyond the general concern for all religious minorities and non-religious people, he also explains how anti-Semitism is very much at the root of the movement, despite cynical uses of the phrase “Judeo-Christian.” If you’re just beginning to hear and understand the phrase “Christian Nationalism,”...
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Freedom From Religion in the Classroom

Freedom From Religion in the Classroom

14 Sep 2022
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Christian Nationalists are seeking to put their understanding of God “back into the classroom” and the Supreme Court may help them. How real is the threat and what can we do about it? A distinguished panel discussed the issues related to education and religious freedom. With Cheryl Blau of Farmington MI Board of Education, Richard Katskee of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Daniel Mach of the American Civil Liberties Union. Moderated by Paul Golin of the...
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JFASD Podcast Ep #9—Multi-Denominational Rabbis Panel on Church-State Separation

13 Sep 2022
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On June 2, 2022, in front of a live audience at Temple Kol Ami in West Bloomfield, Michigan, rabbis from three denominations discussed what the Jewish tradition tells us on key church-state separation issues, including reproductive rights and public funding of private religious schools. The panelists were Rabbi Brent Gutmann (Reform) of Temple Kol Ami, Rabbi Asher Lopatin (Modern Orthodox) of Kehillat Etz Chayim and AJC of Detroit, and Rabbi Blair Nosanwisch (Conservative) of Adat Shalom Synagogue. Moderated by Nomi...
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JFASD Podcast Ep #8—Ending Child Marriage in America

23 Aug 2022
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Child marriage is still legal in all but seven U.S. states! Fraidy Reiss, the Founder and Executive Director of Unchained At Last, shares her remarkable personal journey out of forced marriage as a teenager growing up in the ultra-Orthodox community, and discusses the important legislative successes her organization has had so far in fighting this human-rights abuse. Fraidy Reiss is interviewed on behalf of Jews for a Secular Democracy by Paul Golin, Executive Director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism,...
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JFASD Podcast Ep #7—NYCLU and Yaffed with Jews For A Secular Democracy New York

23 Jul 2022
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New York Jews For A Secular Democracy Cohort welcomes Policy Counsel from the New York Civil Liberties Union Ali Bohm. Ali speaks on a bill requiring hospitals to disclose which services they deny based on religious preference. We also welcome David Golvner of Yaffed who discussed the lack of access to secular education in Othordox Yeshivot.
Messaging for Change

Messaging for Change: Op-Ed Writing and Social Media

18 Jul 2022
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How can we best articulate our support for important issues such as church-state separation — and amplify it to more people utilizing opinion/editorial writing and social media platforms? Learn from Carol Robidoux, a multimedia journalist experienced in web content management; Rosemarie Rung, who had a 25+ year career in corporate communications as a public affairs leader for companies such as United Way and YMCA; and Rick Gold, Florida Jews for a Secular Democracy Coordinator with experience working for the U.S....
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End Child Marriage webinar

Ending Child Marriage in America

01 Jul 2022
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Child marriage is still legal in all but six U.S. states! Fraidy Reiss, the Founder and Executive Director of Unchained At Last (https://UnchainedAtLast.org) shares her remarkable personal journey out of forced marriage as a teenager growing up in the ultra-Orthodox community, and discusses the important legislative successes her organization has had so far in fighting this human-rights abuse. Interviewed on behalf of Jews for a Secular Democracy by Paul Golin, Executive Director of the Society for Humanistic Judaism.  

Florida Jews for a Secular Democracy Applauds the Filing of a Legal Suit Against the 15-Week Abortion Ban to Preserve Separation of Church and State

13 Jun 2022
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June 10, 2022—The Jewish congregation L’Dor Va-Dor of Palm Beach County filed a legal suit today in the second circuit court in Leon County demanding declaratory relief and temporary and permanent injunction of HB5, the recently passed 15-week abortion ban law (formally entitled Fetal and Infant Mortality Reduction).  The suit asked the court to declare the law invalid, unconstitutional and unenforceable. Florida Jews for a Secular Democracy, a pluralistic Jewish initiative committed to advancing the Constitutional principle of separation of...
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