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Rabbi, political activist, former state legislator Barry Silver dies
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBarry Silver, a rabbi, lawyer, former elected official and a lifelong activist for animals, the...
Prominent community activist, politician and attorney Barry Silver dies at 67
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSilver filed a 20222 suit against Florida law banning abortions after 15 weeks because it infringed...
Palm Beach County school leaders vote to keep Bible in libraries after parent challenge
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPalm Beach County school leaders decided to keep the Bible on public school shelves Wednesday. The...
Does Religious Freedom Protect a Right to an Abortion? One Rabbi’s Mission to Find Out
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Florida passed a law this spring that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, Rabbi...
Jews, Muslims and others say Roe vs. Wade reversal threatens their religious freedom
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn abortion rights rally outside Capitol Hill, less than one month after the Supreme Court issued a...
Could the Bible be the next book banned in schools? A parent thinks so.
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRabbi Barry Silver agrees with Gov. Ron DeSantis that the school system shouldn’t be used to “indoctrinate” children. That’s why he’s now one of several activists across the state who have asked ...
Unitarian and Buddhist ministers are joining a rabbi's legal fight against Florida's new abortion...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo religious leaders — a Unitarian and a Buddhist — plan to join a South Florida rabbi's legal...
The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA rabbi, a Baptist church pastor, a born-and-raised Catholic and an atheist walked into a Palm Beach...
Religions don't agree on abortion. That's why some faiths plan to take their case to court.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome activists devastated by the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion...
Florida rabbi challenging state’s abortion law files new suit with added plaintiffs, including...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe progressive Florida rabbi challenging the state's post-Roe abortion law planned to file a new...