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Moleskine Mania: How a Notebook Conquered the Digital Era

“Do you know there’s a section of our customer base that buys a fresh Moleskine every time they come into a store? We have no idea what they do with them”

The Walrus

How we survive: An avalanche injured me – and killed my friend. Here is how I faced the PTSD, addiction and guilt

After the accident, Joe Yelverton moved to another state, threw himself into work and tried to numb his feelings. But eventually he had to accept he couldn’t outrun his past

The Guardian - UK

'Uncivil obedience' becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the US

When Utah legislators passed a bill requiring the review and removal of “pornographic or indecent” books in school libraries, they likely did not imagine the law would be used to justify banning the Bible.

The Conversation

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The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides

A rabbi, a Baptist church pastor, a born-and-raised Catholic and an atheist walked into a Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Singaporean group signs deal to establish manufacturing facility in Aberdeen

Mooring solutions company will work with ETZ on finding a site, employing staff and making supply chain connections

Insider UK

Seven Florida clergy members of different faiths link up for spate of lawsuits against post-Roe abortion bills

The group, which includes two Christians, three Jews, one Unitarian Universalist, and a Buddhist, argues that the ban violates their freedom to practice their religious faith

The Independent UK

Jews, Muslims and others say Roe v. Wade reversal threatens their religious freedom

LOS ANGELES — For 25 years Rabbi Barry Silver has served as the spiritual leader of L'Dor Va-Dor, a progressive synagogue in Boynton Beach, Florida. Like most congregational rabbis, he offers a Jewish perspective on major life events, giving weekly sermons, performing weddings, funerals and baby namings, and occasionally counseling…

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Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe

WASHINGTON — Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Synagogue sues Florida over abortion limits, a possible template for future challenges

A lawsuit brought by a Florida synagogue claims reducing access to abortion is not compatible with Jewish law, making it a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religious expression. In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, does the lawsuit offer a template…

France 24

From Rabbi Michael Simon (Temple Beth Kodesh) on Abortion, Judaism, and Religious Exemptions

As readers know, I've been interested in the question of abortion and religious exemption claims (see this May 9 post), so when I saw this item by Rabbi Simon, I found it much worth passing along. Rabbi Simon had been a lawyer for 20 years before becoming a full-time rabbi,…

Reason

Tentative Thoughts On The Jewish Claim To A "Religious Abortion"

Recently, Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor, a synagogue in Palm Beach County, Florida, challenged the constitutionality of Florida's new abortion restriction. I think there are many procedural problems with the complaint, including standing and the scope of the proposed remedy. (See my post here.) But here I'd like to address the merits…

Reason

Religious freedom: The next battleground for US abortion rights?

As a synagogue sues Florida over new abortion law, experts say faith could be at heart of ‘post-Roe’ abortion defence.

Al Jazeera

Florida's new abortion law violates religious freedom, a synagogue's lawsuit says

The suit contends the law violates Jewish teachings, which state abortion "is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman" and for other reasons.

WEKU

Synagogue challenges Florida abortion law over religion

A synagogue claims in a lawsuit that a new Florida law prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state constitution’s privacy protections

The Independent UK

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