Michal Raucher
@michalraucher.bsky.social
Anthropologist of religion, Jews, reproduction, abortion, religious authority in America and Israel/Palestine / Assoc. Prof. of Jewish Studies at Rutgers-New Brunswick / Love reading memoirs and romance novels / https://www.michalraucher.com/
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Across all religious groups, 50% or more oppose laws that make it illegal to ship abortion pills.
Read more about Americans’ conflicting views on abortion rights and access to medication abortion in this Spotlight Analysis from PRRI Public Fellow @michalraucher.bsky.social
Read more about Americans’ conflicting views on abortion rights and access to medication abortion in this Spotlight Analysis from PRRI Public Fellow @michalraucher.bsky.social
Opposed to Abortion but Supportive of Shipping Abortion Pills?
Michal Raucher, Ph.D., is a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow and Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She teaches courses on religion and reproduction…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Across all religious groups, 50% or more oppose laws that make it illegal to ship abortion pills.
Read more about Americans’ conflicting views on abortion rights and access to medication abortion in this Spotlight Analysis from PRRI Public Fellow @michalraucher.bsky.social
Read more about Americans’ conflicting views on abortion rights and access to medication abortion in this Spotlight Analysis from PRRI Public Fellow @michalraucher.bsky.social
Some exciting news coming out of the religious challenges to abortion bans! religiondispatches.org/religious-ch... @prri.org
Religious Challenges to Abortion Bans are Winning in Unlikely Places
Almost immediately after Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health overturned the federal right to an abortion, more than a dozen states passed legislation effectively banning abortion. Soon thereafter, Jewish ...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some exciting news coming out of the religious challenges to abortion bans! religiondispatches.org/religious-ch... @prri.org
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FSR is hiring a Blog Submissions Editor! Applications are due in one week - May 27, 2025.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
FSR is hiring a Blog Submissions Editor! Applications are due in one week - May 27, 2025.
For info on apply, visit www.fsrinc.org/fsr-is-hiring/
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Breaking News: Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, was arrested while he and three members of Congress from New Jersey were protesting at an immigration detention center in the city. He was taken to an ICE facility in Newark, his aides said. nyti.ms/3Z680Un
May 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Breaking News: Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, was arrested while he and three members of Congress from New Jersey were protesting at an immigration detention center in the city. He was taken to an ICE facility in Newark, his aides said. nyti.ms/3Z680Un
Nice to see moral leadership from our rabbis.
April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nice to see moral leadership from our rabbis.
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AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations
In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
We just watched Sen Cory Booker while eating dinner. We rarely watch TV during dinner. My kids were riveted. @booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We just watched Sen Cory Booker while eating dinner. We rarely watch TV during dinner. My kids were riveted. @booker.senate.gov
“If you are not heartbroken by America then you do not love America enough.” -Senator Cory Booker of NJ, 19 hours into a filibuster @booker.senate.gov
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“If you are not heartbroken by America then you do not love America enough.” -Senator Cory Booker of NJ, 19 hours into a filibuster @booker.senate.gov
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Not sure how cuts to the U.S. Dept of Education will impact higher ed? Join @higheredlabor.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of what higher ed loses when the DoEd is destroyed and how we can respond collectively. 4/1 at 8pm on Zoom.
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March 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Not sure how cuts to the U.S. Dept of Education will impact higher ed? Join @higheredlabor.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of what higher ed loses when the DoEd is destroyed and how we can respond collectively. 4/1 at 8pm on Zoom.
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tinyurl.com/Apr1HELU
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#Measles isn't just a childhood rash. It can cause severe pneumonia, brain damage, and even reactivate years later as a fatal form of dementia. A public health scholar explains the long-term risks: buff.ly/8uVMNYz Peter Kasson, Georgia Institute of Technology
🩺#medsky #vaccines 🧪
🩺#medsky #vaccines 🧪
Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
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April 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#Measles isn't just a childhood rash. It can cause severe pneumonia, brain damage, and even reactivate years later as a fatal form of dementia. A public health scholar explains the long-term risks: buff.ly/8uVMNYz Peter Kasson, Georgia Institute of Technology
🩺#medsky #vaccines 🧪
🩺#medsky #vaccines 🧪
Keep going, Senator!!!
HAPPENING NOW: Cory Booker is giving a marathon speech for as long as possible to protest Trump.
Watch live here:
Watch live here:
🚨HAPPENING NOW: CORY BOOKER SPEAKING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO PROTEST TRUMP
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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April 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Keep going, Senator!!!
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At @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy, @jackjenkins.me examines how conservative Christian activists are adopting legal strategies similar to those used in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision to challenge same-sex marriage rights in the country.
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Abortion fight won, conservative Christians mimic Dobbs tactics to go after same-sex marriage
(RNS) — A multistate effort is spitting out legislation and lawsuits aimed at testing the Supreme Court justices’ commitment to Obergefell v. Hodges.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
At @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy, @jackjenkins.me examines how conservative Christian activists are adopting legal strategies similar to those used in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision to challenge same-sex marriage rights in the country.
religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...
religionnews.com/2025/03/26/s...
The Trump administration is making moves to ban abortion and prohibit access to medication abortion, but is that what Americans want? Join us tomorrow at 1pm eastern / 10 am pacific to discuss Americana’s views on the legality of abortion.
🗓️ 📊 Mark your calendar to join us for a conversation about new findings on Americans' attitudes toward abortion legality across all 50 states.
Tuesday, April 1 at 1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific.
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Tuesday, April 1 at 1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific.
Register here to watch live or receive the recording:
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March 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Trump administration is making moves to ban abortion and prohibit access to medication abortion, but is that what Americans want? Join us tomorrow at 1pm eastern / 10 am pacific to discuss Americana’s views on the legality of abortion.
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Proud to have worked on @nexusproject.bsky.social's Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting Democracy: A Strategy for the Trump Era, a look at what actually fighting antisemitism would entail...
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Antisemitism watchdog group unveils alternative plan to Trump's campus fight
The Nexus Project calls for protecting DEI and fighting the "weaponization of antisemitism."
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March 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Proud to have worked on @nexusproject.bsky.social's Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting Democracy: A Strategy for the Trump Era, a look at what actually fighting antisemitism would entail...
www.axios.com/2025/03/31/c...
www.axios.com/2025/03/31/c...
Proud to be a Rutgers faculty member today.
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Proud to be a Rutgers faculty member today.
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If you receive an invitation to review for JFSR, please accept it!
#ReviewForJFSR #FSRFridays
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#ReviewForJFSR #FSRFridays
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Accepting the Invitation to Review for JFSR
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March 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you receive an invitation to review for JFSR, please accept it!
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@nexusproject.bsky.social is also working on this!!!
Diaspora Alliance is working on this (as are faculty at many institutions with their help 🙋🏻♀️). diasporaalliance.co
Diaspora Alliance
Diaspora Alliance promotes just and democratic societies by challenging the instrumentalization of antisemitism and combating genuine antisemitism where it arises.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
@nexusproject.bsky.social is also working on this!!!
Louder so the people in the back can hear you!!!! This is not about our safety as Jews. During Trump 1, Jews stood side by side with immigrants. The current administration is using our safety as an excuse to create a wedge between us now.
The administration is using Jews as cover to push policy that will ultimately hurt people.
March 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Louder so the people in the back can hear you!!!! This is not about our safety as Jews. During Trump 1, Jews stood side by side with immigrants. The current administration is using our safety as an excuse to create a wedge between us now.
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There have been repugnant and sometimes antisemitic protests on college campuses that must be addressed.
But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.
But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.
March 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
There have been repugnant and sometimes antisemitic protests on college campuses that must be addressed.
But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.
But using them as an excuse to cut $400 million from Columbia — funds that enrich and sometimes save the lives of thousands — doesn’t make Jewish students or Jews safer.
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Thinking of submitting an article and curious what our reviewers are looking for?
Dr. Christy Cobb, and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, two JFSR board members, talk about their process for reviewing articles.
#reviewforJFSR #womenshistorymonth
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Dr. Christy Cobb, and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, two JFSR board members, talk about their process for reviewing articles.
#reviewforJFSR #womenshistorymonth
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What's Your Process for Reviewing an Article?
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March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thinking of submitting an article and curious what our reviewers are looking for?
Dr. Christy Cobb, and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, two JFSR board members, talk about their process for reviewing articles.
#reviewforJFSR #womenshistorymonth
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Dr. Christy Cobb, and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, two JFSR board members, talk about their process for reviewing articles.
#reviewforJFSR #womenshistorymonth
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Curious about the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion? Follow here for a series about the journal with two of our incredible board members!
Available now on our *new* FSR YouTube Channel...
Meet Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, JFSR Board Members & frequent reviewers, in the first clip from our #JFSR Reviewers' Series!
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Meet Dr. Christy Cobb and Dr. Sailaja V. Krishnamurti, JFSR Board Members & frequent reviewers, in the first clip from our #JFSR Reviewers' Series!
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March 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Curious about the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion? Follow here for a series about the journal with two of our incredible board members!
This season of Love is Blind is soooooo boring, but I am appreciating the frequent conversations about politics. Women lecturing men about the importance of abortion and LGBTQ rights should honestly be a subgenre of TV. #loveisblind
March 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This season of Love is Blind is soooooo boring, but I am appreciating the frequent conversations about politics. Women lecturing men about the importance of abortion and LGBTQ rights should honestly be a subgenre of TV. #loveisblind
Ok he keeps mispronouncing names and not even asking if he’s pronouncing them correctly (as opposed to Sen Durbin who is asking). It’s such an obnoxious antisemitic micro aggression to just bulldoze over peoples names. Signed, a person whose name has been mispronounced for decades.
US Senate committee on the judiciary is holding another hearing on antisemitism and the chair of the committee (Sen Chuck Grassley) just repeatedly mispronounced “Elie Wiesel.” If that’s not symbolism for something…
March 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ok he keeps mispronouncing names and not even asking if he’s pronouncing them correctly (as opposed to Sen Durbin who is asking). It’s such an obnoxious antisemitic micro aggression to just bulldoze over peoples names. Signed, a person whose name has been mispronounced for decades.