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PRRI @prri.org · 26/09/2025

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

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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…

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fsrinc.bsky.social @fsrinc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

FSR is hiring a Blog Submissions Editor! Applications are due in one week - May 27, 2025. For info on apply, visit www.fsrinc.org/fsr-is-hiring/

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 09/05/2025

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

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.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Nice to see moral leadership from our rabbis.

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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...

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Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations

In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“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

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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. tinyurl.com/Apr1HELU

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 01/04/2025

#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 🧪

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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.

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PRRI @prri.org · 28/03/2025

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. religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...

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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.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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.

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Emily Tamkin @emilyctamkin.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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... www.axios.com/2025/03/31/c...

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Antisemitism watchdog group unveils alternative plan to Trump's campus fight

The Nexus Project calls for protecting DEI and fighting the "weaponization of antisemitism."

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Proud to be a Rutgers faculty member today.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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.

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fsrinc.bsky.social @fsrinc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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. #reviewforJFSR #womenshistorymonth @respitina.bsky.social @michalraucher.bsky.social

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What's Your Process for Reviewing an Article?

YouTube video by Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Curious about the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion? Follow here for a series about the journal with two of our incredible board members!

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Ok he keeps mispronouncing names and not even asking if he’s pronouncing them correctly (as opposed to Sen Durbin who is asking). It’s such an obnoxious antisemitic micro aggression to just bulldoze over peoples names. Signed, a person whose name has been mispronounced for decades.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

US Senate committee on the judiciary is holding another hearing on antisemitism and the chair of the committee (Sen Chuck Grassley) just repeatedly mispronounced “Elie Wiesel.” If that’s not symbolism for something…

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The Feinstein Center at Temple University announces its annual summer fellowship to support research in the American Jewish experience. Predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars studying any area of American Jewish life are eligible for the grant of up to $4,000. liberalarts.temple.edu/research/lab...

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Fellowships

The Feinstein Center at Temple University announces its annual summer fellowship to support research in the American Jewish experience. Predoctoral an...

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

At this point there are just a few things that make me feel a little bit better about the world: 1. Teaching about abortion; 2. Discussing Israel/Palestine with college students; 3. Snuggling (not necessarily in that order)

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PRRI @prri.org · 04/03/2025

NEW: A national survey released today by PRRI tracks Americans’ views on LGBTQ rights across all 50 states and the District of Columbia and provides an updated profile of LGBTQ Americans, based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults throughout 2024. Full report: www.prri.org/research/lgb...

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“Our message to Palestinians is that you are not alone, our attention has not wavered, and we are committed to fighting with every breath we have to stop ethnic cleansing in Gaza.”

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‘No to ethnic cleansing’: over 350 rabbis sign US ad assailing Trump’s Gaza plan

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’

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Rabbis for Ceasefire @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Today in the New York Times --communal leadership at its most powerful – prominent figures & trusted voices refusing Trump-Netanyahu with clarity and unusual unity in a loving show of solidarity with Palestinians. #saynotoethniccleansing www.saynotoethniccleansing.org

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David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It’s interesting watching @nexusproject.bsky.social fill the gap the ADL has left open, given that these days the ADL couldn’t spot an antisemite if he threw a Nazi salute on Inauguration Day. (Is the ADL on BlueSky? Or would even having an account here be too disloyal to their good buddy Elon?).

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JD Vance to visit Dachau on Thursday, the latest VP to tour the Nazi camp - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

He's the latest in a string of senior U.S. officials to travel to the former Nazi camp.

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

As a proud IUD holder, I am in love with this!!!!

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

In my class, I usually spend some time looking at how maps are politicized, how they are part of narratives, and of course how they have changed over the last 100 years. I might start assigning this piece along with this discussion!

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Haaretz.com @haaretzcom.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Israel police raid prominent East Jerusalem bookshop, arrest owners, confiscate books: "They went through books with Google Translate and took everything they didn't like"

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'They took every book with a Palestinian flag': Police raids iconic E. J'lem bookshop

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PRRI @prri.org · 05/02/2025

New findings from PRRI show support for Christian nationalist ideology at the state level. Learn more: www.prri.org/research/sup...

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Getting ready for my first teaching gig of the repro shabbat season. Takeaways: 1. Jews have been involved in repro health and rights for a century; 2. Jews have abortions; 3. Jews understand those abortions to be consistent with their religious and cultural identities.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A New York doctor who prescribes abortion pills online has been indicted in Louisiana.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 31/01/2025

Texas saw a 12.7% rise in infant mortality after implementing a strict #abortion ban. The increase was 7x higher than the rest of U.S., primarily affecting babies with severe congenital malformations. buff.ly/4aW6mK5

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Michal Raucher @michalraucher.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

After creating an account months ago, then forgetting I created an account, then forgetting my password when I remembered I created an account, and finally resetting my password and logging in again, I guess I'm here now.

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