Report: Coerced contraception behind 50 percent decline in Ethiopian-Israeli birth rate

Published on December 11, 2012

Israeli and Jewish aid officials are denying an Israeli TV report alleging that Ethiopian immigrant women have been coerced into taking contraceptive shots.

Court rules Judaism, not place of birth, is grounds for Israeli citizenship

Published on May 15, 2012

Israeli court denies petition by anti-coercion activist to be recognized as Israeli without connection to Judaism, says citizenship is solely determined by law of return.

Gaza attack victim’s widow gives birth

Published on October 10, 2011

The widow of the victim of a Gaza rocket attack on southern Israel gave birth to a baby boy.

New age or new edge

Published on July 22, 2011

You’re getting sleeeeepy. Verrry sleeeepy. Then — bam! — it’s all over, and you’ve delivered a baby.

It’s a Boy! for Natalie Portman

By Hollywood Jew
Published on June 15, 2011

Angelina Jolie’s Tattoos.

By Julia Bendis
Published on May 15, 2011

What You NEVER Expect When You’re Expecting…

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Published on February 5, 2011

A Manual for the Auntie-to-Be

By Erika Dreifus
Published on April 8, 2004

It seemed that lots of people -- including total strangers -- had plenty of advice to offer my sister and my brother-in-law before the birth of their first child, an event the entire extended family anticipated for late summer 2003. And it wasn't just a matter of kindly (if ultimately incorrect) projections about the baby's gender or rueful warnings about all those sleepless nights to come.

Cherishing Passover

By Marisa N. Pickar
Published on April 3, 2003

One of the purposes of the Passover seder is to teach our children the story of how the Jewish people came to be. Passover is a history lesson taught not by impersonal teachers in a sterile classroom, but by our families seated around the dining room table. When done correctly, the Passover seder should instill a sense of pride. Because with knowing who we are, we should feel proud to be Jews.

Passover commemorates the departure of the Jewish people from Egypt some 3,000 years ago and marks the birth of a nation. This is as much a celebration of our spiritual freedom as it is a jubilation of our physical liberation from slavery.

The Firstborn

By Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh
Published on June 22, 2000

Wow, that hit me. Of course it has a different heartbeat than I do, but how could it? I'm carrying this fetus inside of me; it's me. Or is it me?

Birth Pangs

By Rabbi Janet Ross Marder
Published on April 15, 1999

The other day, I got a sample of Pampers in the mail. It doesn't happen very often now, fortunately.