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NY State Church-State Separation Issues: Hospital Transparency and Secular Education

06 Jun 2022
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Volunteers for the New York State cohort of Jews for a Secular Democracy welcomed guests representing two organizations: Allie Bohm, Policy Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union (https://www.nyclu.org/), who spoke about a bill requiring hospitals to make patients aware of what procedures may be denied to them based on the hospital’s religious views; and David Golovner, Advocacy Director at YAFFED (https://yaffed.org/), who discussed access to secular education currently being denied students in dozens of Orthodox yeshivot despite statewide...
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Multi-Denominational Rabbis Panel on Church-State Separation

02 Jun 2022
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Moderated by Nomi Joyrich, Michigan Coordinator of the Jews for a Secular Democracy initiative, this in-person and online event discussed what the Jewish tradition tells us on key issues including reproductive rights and public funds to 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. The event was co-sponsored by the rabbis’ organizations...
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We Heart Equality

We Heart Equality: In Collaboration with Keshet, the Jewish LGBTQ Equality Organization

20 Apr 2022
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In this partnership between Keshet, the Jewish LGBTQ equality organization, and Jews for a Secular Democracy, an initiative of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, we learn why taking action for LGBTQ rights is a Jewish value, and how LGBTQ equality is a church-state separation issue. Sarah Levin and Paul Golin present on behalf of Jews for a Secular Democracy together with Jon Cohen, Keshet’s Director of Community Mobilization, and Shannon Saul, Keshet’s Community Mobilization Manager. After learning together, participants took...
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The Ongoing Battle for a Secular America

29 Mar 2022
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This is a guest post by Rabbi Jeffery Falick of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit. To this day the biggest culture shock I ever experienced was my family’s move to Texas in 1978. From our fairly liberal and Jewish suburban Miami neighborhood (to which I’d return years later) I suddenly found myself in an overwhelmingly fundamentalist Christian world. The “buckle of the Bible belt,” they called it. Though I’d grown up around both Democrats and Republicans, I...
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JFASD Podcast Ep #4—Abortion and The Supreme Court: What Might We Expect

14 Feb 2022
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Sarah Levin Interviews Monica Miller, the Legal Director and Senior Counsel at the American Humanist Association (AHA) and an Attorney Consultant at the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP). Monica serves as the Executive Director of the Humanist Legal Society and the Vice President of Humanist Global Charity. Served as lead counsel in over 30 federal cases, including before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits. Presented oral arguments before...
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Welcoming Nomi Joyrich, Our New Michigan JFASD Director

01 Feb 2022
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Nomi Joyrich is Michigan’s first organizing Director for Jews For a Secular Democracy (JFASD) and an organizer for Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network (MUUSJN.) Nomi’s work supporting interfaith concerns and social justice issues spans decades and includes political activism at all levels of government. Nomi’s current focus is on reproductive freedom, economic justice, and voting rights and protection. Nomi received her B.A. in Minority-Majority Group Relations, Political Philosophy and Psychology from James Madison College, Michigan State University. She received...
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Welcoming Nicole Klein Knight, Our Communications and Marketing Coordinator

02 Jan 2022
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Besides coordinating the Jews for a Secular Democracy initiative nationally, Nicole Klein Knight just finished her second-term as a New Hampshire State Representative. She served on the Criminal Justice Committee, was the Floor Leader for the Progressive Caucus and Secretary for the Young Democrats Caucus. Nicole co-founded the Never Again New Hampshire chapter in 2019. She centers her legislation and advocacy with the immigrant community, incarcerated community, minor’s protective rights, sex worker rights, substance user rehabilitation, and the houseless community...
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