A Prayer for Those Denied Abortion Care, by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (National Council of Jewish Women 2021)

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Date: 2022-01-28

Last Updated: 2024-06-01

Categories: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Abortion in the United States, American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, United States v. Texas (2021)

Excerpt: "A Prayer for Those Denied Abortion Care" was composed collectively by the staff of the National Council of Jewish Women and disseminated on Facebook in response to the regressive health care policies of the State of Texas in the United States in 2021. . . .

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	May you be safe— may a canopy of safety and peace, health and care cover you, despite everything you are now forced to endure.
	May you find ways to own your body, your agency, and your dignity despite everything the government has taken from you.
	May you be surrounded by a community of caring hands and loving hearts, who can hold you.
	May you always know that you are holy, sacred, and your will—your autonomy—matters, and should be respected as such.
	May you be protected in all ways, able to weather the material, physical, emotional and spiritual hardships that come your way.
	May you find within yourself resilience, strength, and bravery.
	May you know that you are not alone.

“A Prayer for Those Denied Abortion Care” was composed collectively by the staff of the National Council of Jewish Women and disseminated on Facebook in response to the regressive health care policies of the State of Texas in the United States in 2021.

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Prayer for those denied abortion care (NCJW 2021)

Prayer for those denied abortion care (NCJW 2022)

Contributor: Danya Ruttenberg

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Name: Danya Ruttenberg
Bio: Danya Ruttenberg is an American rabbi, editor, and author. She was named one of The Jewish Week's "36 Under 36" in 2010 (36 most influential leaders under age 36), and the same year was named one of the top 50 most influential women rabbis by The Jewish Daily Forward. When she was in college her mother died of breast cancer, and Ruttenberg practiced Jewish mourning rituals, which she said allowed her to "make friends with Judaism, to be open to it"; in 2008 she published a memoir of her spiritual awakening titled Surprised by God: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Religion (Beacon Press). This memoir was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. She was ordained in 2008 by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles. In 2016, she published Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting with Flatiron Books, which was named a National Jewish Book Award finalist and a PJ Library Parents' Choice selection. Ruttenberg is the editor of the 2001 anthology Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism, and the 2009 anthology The Passionate Torah: Sex and Judaism. She is also a contributing editor to Lilith and Women in Judaism. She and Rabbi Elliot Dorff are co-editors of three books for the Jewish Publication Society’s Jewish Choices/Jewish Voices series: Sex and Intimacy, War and National Security, and Social Justice. She served as the Senior Jewish Educator at Tufts University Hillel, and subsequently Campus Rabbi at Northwestern Hillel and Director of Education for the campus dialogue program Ask Big Questions. She is currently serving as Rabbi-in-Residence at Avodah: Sparking Jewish Leaders, Igniting Social Change. (from her article on Wikipedia)
Website: http://danyaruttenberg.net
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/danya-ruttenberg

Name: National Council of Jewish Women
Bio: Founded in 1893, the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.
Website: https://www.ncjw.org
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/national-council-of-jewish-women

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