Michal Raucher

Opposed to Abortion but Supportive of Shipping Abortion Pills? Michal Raucher, Ph.D., is a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She teaches courses on religion and reproduction…

Across all religious groups, 50% or more oppose laws that make it illegal to ship abortion pills.

Read more about Americans’ conflicting views on abortion rights and access to medication abortion in this Spotlight Analysis from PRRI Public Fellow @michalraucher.bsky.social

Jews know how to shout ‘Never again.’ It’s time to do that now for Gaza. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The identity that Jews in America have embodied for decades calls on us to speak out, write two scholars of Jewish studies.

Please read and share.

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Thank you for sharing and for adding this comment. We had a different title that I liked but this was decent enough. There were other things more important to us in the body of the article.

I always say that I can barely get my students to read 30 pages. How on earth could I indoctrinate them?

Religious Challenges to Abortion Bans are Winning in Unlikely Places Almost immediately after Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health overturned the federal right to an abortion, more than a dozen states passed legislation effectively banning abortion. Soon thereafter, Jewish ...

Some exciting news coming out of the religious challenges to abortion bans! religiondispatches.org/religious-ch... @prri.org

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Mayor Ras Baraka is wearing an orange tie and a black hat. The text reads: "Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center." Photo by Dave Sanders for The New York Times.

Breaking News: Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, was arrested while he and three members of Congress from New Jersey were protesting at an immigration detention center in the city. He was taken to an ICE facility in Newark, his aides said. nyti.ms/3Z680Un

Very sad.

Nice to see moral leadership from our rabbis.

AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...

We just watched Sen Cory Booker while eating dinner. We rarely watch TV during dinner. My kids were riveted. @booker.senate.gov

“If you are not heartbroken by America then you do not love America enough.” -Senator Cory Booker of NJ, 19 hours into a filibuster @booker.senate.gov

Not sure how cuts to the U.S. Dept of Education will impact higher ed? Join @higheredlabor.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of what higher ed loses when the DoEd is destroyed and how we can respond collectively. 4/1 at 8pm on Zoom.
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Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.

#Measles isn't just a childhood rash. It can cause severe pneumonia, brain damage, and even reactivate years later as a fatal form of dementia. A public health scholar explains the long-term risks: buff.ly/8uVMNYz Peter Kasson, Georgia Institute of Technology
🩺#medsky #vaccines 🧪

Keep going, Senator!!!

Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage (RNS) — A multistate effort is spitting out legislation and lawsuits aimed at testing the Supreme Court justices’ commitment to Obergefell v. Hodges.

At @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy, @jackjenkins.me examines how conservative Christian activists are adopting legal strategies similar to those used in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision to challenge same-sex marriage rights in the country.

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The Trump administration is making moves to ban abortion and prohibit access to medication abortion, but is that what Americans want? Join us tomorrow at 1pm eastern / 10 am pacific to discuss Americana’s views on the legality of abortion.

Antisemitism watchdog group unveils alternative plan to Trump's campus fight The Nexus Project calls for protecting DEI and fighting the "weaponization of antisemitism."

Proud to have worked on @nexusproject.bsky.social's Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting Democracy: A Strategy for the Trump Era, a look at what actually fighting antisemitism would entail...
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Proud to be a Rutgers faculty member today.

The Women Most Affected by Abortion Bans After the Dobbs decision, births rose in states with bans, but more for some women than others.

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Accepting the Invitation to Review for JFSR YouTube video by Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc.

If you receive an invitation to review for JFSR, please accept it!

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@nexusproject.bsky.social is also working on this!!!

Louder so the people in the back can hear you!!!! This is not about our safety as Jews. During Trump 1, Jews stood side by side with immigrants. The current administration is using our safety as an excuse to create a wedge between us now.

There have been repugnant and sometimes antisemitic protests on college campuses that must be addressed.

But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.

If the university system doesn’t exist in a decade because all our students and faculty have been deported, can you still access that money?

What's Your Process for Reviewing an Article? YouTube video by Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc.

Thinking of submitting an article and curious what our reviewers are looking for?

Dr. Christy Cobb, and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, two JFSR board members, talk about their process for reviewing articles.

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Completely agree. But I think it shows that these women are super desperate or just really forgiving of men’s faults.

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This season of Love is Blind is soooooo boring, but I am appreciating the frequent conversations about politics. Women lecturing men about the importance of abortion and LGBTQ rights should honestly be a subgenre of TV. #loveisblind

Some of the people testifying sure tried!