As birth control became increasingly accepted, some supporters’ views were based in religious beliefs about what motherhood should look like.
- Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
What do you do on Dec. 25 if you don’t celebrate Christmas? For Jewish Americans, the answers range from takeout to filling a shift for Christian colleagues.
Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, set the precedent for several other landmark cases about sex and privacy.
Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality while honoring tradition.
Los judíos simpáticos que quieren salir con mujeres no judías han sido un argumento clásico de la escena y la pantalla estadounidense durante 100 años.
Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of US stage and screen for 100 years.
Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US.
A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find ways to honor both of their faiths.
This month marks Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, as well as Jewish American Heritage Month.
Assimilation no doubt played a role in making Hanukkah the commercialized holiday it is today. But other factors shaped the modern festival, too, a scholar of Jewish studies and gender explains.
Like many Jewish practices, the harvest festival of Sukkot largely takes place at home − meaning families can incorporate many meaningful traditions.
Multicultural Jewish families and Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table.
Bicara tentang aborsi, jawabannya tergantung dari keyakinan dan kepercayaan individual tentang belas kasihan Tuhan dan keadaan mereka ketika memutuskan untuk melakukan aborsi.
Scholars explain why many see abortion access as a religious freedom issue and what the views of different faiths are on ‘ensoulment,’ the point at which the soul is believed to enter the fetus.
Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families – but thoughtful communication makes a difference.
Understanding how unrest informed both early Christianity and the foundational stories of the United States can serve as a guide in this current period of turmoil.
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