Judaism and Abortion

Balfour Brickner

1974

I am Rabbi Balfour Brickner. I serve as the national director of the Commission on Interfaith Activities, a joint commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Jewish Chautauqua Society and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, central congregational body of Reform Judaism in the United States. That is a body which encompasses…

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Balfour Brickner

1926–2005

Cleveland-born Balfour Brickner, a leading Reform rabbi, author, activist, and radio program host, founded Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C., and later became rabbi of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York. He participated in the civil rights struggle, and was arrested in the South while demonstrating for voting rights. He was also a spokesman for the Vietnam antiwar, Zionist, and abortion rights movements.

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