Tennessee court rules couple has the right to sue state after foster care agency denied them services because they are Jewish
The decision reverses a previous court's opinion that dismissed the couple’s claims on technical grounds
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News Sarah Silverman shows up for ‘kick-ass’ sister Susan’s foster and adoption cause
You know the headliner must be really important when her warm-up act is Sarah Silverman. “Without further ado, a Jew,” the comedian said as she introduced her sister, Rabbi Susan Silverman. The Oct. 3 celebrity-studded event at the home of actors Bradley Whitford and Amy Landecker was a fundraiser for the rabbi’s organization, Second Nurture,…
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Fast Forward A Supreme Court decision allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate splits Jewish groups
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A key Supreme Court decision on religious freedoms earned praise from Orthodox Jewish groups, and has more liberal groups breathing a sigh of relief that its scope was narrow. On Thursday, the court issued a unanimous decision overturning Philadelphia’s policy of refusing to work with a Catholic agency that will not place…
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Opinion A Jewish mom adopted me. The Supreme Court could make finding a home like mine much harder.
Nine years ago, just before my eighth birthday, I was placed in foster care. My birth mother was extremely ill; I did not expect to go home to her, and had no idea if I would ever see her again. There was a shortage of foster families in my rural county, and none who wanted…
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Community Coronavirus has trapped children with their abusers; let’s get them out
Wendi Sklaver and her husband, Sam, considered becoming foster parents for more than 10 years. But with four biological children and busy lives, it seemed impossible. Until Sklaver discovered last year that her synagogue, Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, was forming a cohort of foster families. That community effort, Sklaver said, made the daunting…
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News There Aren’t Many Jewish Foster Parents. This Group Is Trying To Change That.
Allison Borsuk-Georgandas became a foster mother on Super Bowl Sunday, 2017. She was hosting her family for the game when foster care workers arrived with a 20-month-old boy who needed a loving home — right away. The family sprang into action: Borsuk-Georgandas’ nieces, then 3 and 8, played with him. Her brother tossed a ball…
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Breaking News No Jews, LGBTQ Can Be Parents At This Adoption Agency But It Gets U.S. Funding
The Trump administration is allowing a South Carolina organization to receive federal foster care funding despite refusing to work with non-Christians or LGBTQ families. The decision, which the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday, violates a policy that forbids such discrimination for groups receiving federal funding. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster had asked…
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Life The Nightmare Of Having To Adopt Your Own Child
Growing up as a closeted queer kid in the suburbs of Chicago, families looked one way – with a mom and dad. I knew at a young age that I was different, and my parents were divorced, and as a result I couldn’t imagine what a family would look like for me. I didn’t know…
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