Though I was born before Roe v. Wade was the law of the land, I grew up only knowing abortion to be legal. But from its inception, abortion has been a right in name only for so many people — mostly individuals with low incomes, LGBTQ folks, and people of…

Yesterday the US House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021 (VAWA, HR 1620). And, not a moment too soon. This almost identical measure passed the House in the last Congress, and languished in then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) Senate. Typically reauthorized every five…

Who would have thought my last trip of 2020 — before the world shut down — would have been to the West Bank? I have been privileged to travel to Israel many times throughout my life, even living there for a brief stint. My visits — like most Jewish people’s…

I had the honor of representing National Council of Jewish Women at the “No Confirmation Before Inauguration” rally at the Supreme Court on September 27, 2020 and shared the following remarks: I am here representing the National Council of Jewish Women’s 180,000 advocates across the country. But I am also…

More than 650 Jewish organizations and clergy have already asked the federal government and policymakers to use every tool to ensure access to nutrition programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. And now you can lend your voice to this effort. Join National Council of Jewish Women and MAZON…

On a good day, living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lot. For my son, diagnosed with T1D over a year ago, a quick trip to the store, to school, or down the street means checking to make sure his blood sugar isn’t too low or too high before…

On December 2, 2019, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in New York State…

My son’s pancreas is lazy. One year ago — just shy of his 17th birthday — it decided to fizzle out. This means that my son’s pancreas produces little insulin. Once he’s out of this “honeymoon” phase, his pancreas will secrete no insulin. In medical terms, my son’s lazy pancreas is called type one diabetes (T1D). TID is an autoimmune disease in which insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas are mistakenly destroyed by the body’s immune system. So, people with T1D are dependent on injected or pumped insulin to survive. …

I’ll share a story that begins at the end. It’s a story of how we ended the constitutional right to an abortion in this country. And, it’s a story that we knew would end this way when Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the US Supreme Court one year ago. …