H

undreds of people gathered 
in an outdoor tent at Temple 
Israel in West Bloomfield on 
Wednesday, June 29, for the “
Abortion 
Is a Jewish Value” rally organized by the 
National Council of Jewish Women.
Near the entrance to the tent, a sign 
read: “
Abortion bans are against our reli-
gion.” Attendees were asked to sign peti-
tions to put on the ballot a proposal pro-
tecting reproductive rights in Michigan. 
As they walked by, Edie Rubin and 
Sharon Leider of NCJW handed each 
person a square piece of black paper.
“We are here because abortion is 
health care,” Rubin said. “
And not only 
that, a woman’s right to choose her 
health care for her own life and how it 
affects her and her family shouldn’t be 
based on religion, especially someone 
else’s religion. It shouldn’t be based on 
bias. It should be something that is 
between her, her family and her doctor.”
Linda Levy, state policy advocate for 

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PHOTOS BY YEVGENIYA GAZMAN

NCJW leads “Abortion 
Is a Jewish Value” rally 
at Temple Israel.

Reproductive
Reproductive

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Hundreds sat under the tent at Temple Israel for the rally.

Rights 
Rally

Cantor Rachel 
Gottlieb 
Kalmowitz led 
attendees in 
song.

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