Magda Schaler-Haynes, JD, MPH is Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Her work focuses on using law to advance evidence-based public health policy spanning diverse matters including reproductive and maternal health,
Sarit A. Golub, PhD, MPH, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Golub is a social psychologist with interdisciplinary training in public health and implementation science, and
Rabbi Dennis Ross served more than two decades as director of Concerned Clergy for Choice for Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts. His clergy advocacy leadership contributed to the enactment of vital New York State initiatives, including the Marriage Equality Act,
Susan Weidman Schneider, one of Lilith magazine‘s founding mothers, was the Editor-in-Chief since the magazine launched in 1976 and is currently Editor-In-Chief Emerita. Her writing about diverse women’s lives and work, about the importance of reproductive justice, the persistence of gender stereotyping
Sophie Ellman-Golan is the Director of Strategic Communications at Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ). Prior to joining the JFREJ staff, Sophie worked as a political and messaging strategist with a focus on antisemitism, and white nationalism, helping to
Shoshana Dweck serves on the Advisory Council of The Jewish Agency for Israel – North America, having begun her connection with The Jewish Agency as a part of the Global Emerging Leaders Forum in 2009. A second-generation activist in the world
Shira Zemel is the Director of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)’s abortion access campaign, the coordinated Jewish movement for reproductive health, rights, and justice. Shira has led this work since before the fall of Roe v. Wade and the Dobbs decision, helping
Dr. Rachel Kranson is the director of Jewish Studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. A scholar of post-WWII American Jewish history, gender, and sexuality, she is the co-editor of A Jewish Feminine Mystique: Jewish
Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, an Orthodox rabbinical school and Torah center which promotes a more open and inclusive Orthodoxy. In this dual capacity, Rabbi Linzer oversees YCT’s growth, reach, and
Natalie Birnbaum, Esq. is a healthcare attorney and policy expert shaping future of telehealth for medication abortion. As the State Legal and Policy Director at RHITES, her portfolio focuses on state policies impacting the equitable telehealth abortion care. As the founder of