the jta’s youth journalism fellowship article discussed the “jewish” stake in the right to terminate a pregnancy. the article touched on that “amanda kleinman, senior cantor at the westchester reform temple in scarsdale, new york, reviewed biblical texts that convey understandings of abortion in judaism. kleinman cited a case from exodus where a pregnant woman sustains anContinue reading “A Modern Hypothetical?”
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The Problem Was Solved Thousands of Years Ago, The Portion “Bo, ” Exodus 12:49: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who resides in your midst. exodus 12:49 the torah portion ‘bo,” which tells of the happenings right before the children of israel depart from egypt in their exodus is rich with material. the line: “there shall be one law for the native andContinue reading “The Problem Was Solved Thousands of Years Ago, The Portion “Bo, ” Exodus 12:49: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”