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Over the last few weeks in the wake of the Roe v. Wade news out of the Supreme Court, you may have heard of a group called The Jane Collective. ‘Before Roe v Wade made abortion legal, the women of Jane provided safe, illegal, and affordable abortions to nearly 12,000 women in the Chicago area until seven “Janes” were arrested in 1972’ (@JewishWomen’sArchive).
Founded by Heather Booth, a Jewish American woman, The Jane Collective supported over 11,000 abortions until they disbanded in 1973 following national abortion legalization. Like Booth, many of The Jane Collective’s leaders were Jewish (in addition, there were a number of women of color at TJC including Lois Smith, a Black woman who joined to provide support for the many BIPOC in need of abortions.)
In Judaism, abortion is not only permitted, but required in instances that put the pregnant person’s life at risk. Pikuach Nefesh is a Jewish principle that states that the preservation of life overrides any laws or rules within Judaism. It is for this reason that for Jews, abortion IS health care.
Recently, I noticed a lot of people who shared about The Jane Collective, but rarely were their many Jewish identities ever mentioned. In the spirit of #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, please be mindful not to erase Jewish identities of many women who led this movement
Check out the Jewish Women’s Archive podcast episode on The Jane Collective to learn more
[image description: image one has a dark green background with cream colored text that reads ‘The Jane Collective, Jewish American Heritage Month’; image two shows four black and white mug shots of members of The Jane Collective - image courtesy of @jewishwomensarchive]
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A beloved American-Jewish children’s book for the beginning of Jewish American Heritage Month.
K’tonton, whose name evokes the Hebrew word for “small,” is the Jewish Tom Thumb. Early examples of English-language Jewish children’s literature, his stories present an American child deeply engaged in Jewish religious and cultural traditions.
Learn more about The Adventures of K’tontonhere.
The Adventures of K’tonton by Sadie Rose Weilerstein, illustrated by Jeanette Berkowitz (New York: League Press, 1935). First edition.
From the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection.
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