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Black and Jewish Moms Unite to Fight Bias in Maternity Care

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid rising antisemitism and racial biases, a new initiative in Crown Heights unites Black and Orthodox Jewish mothers, including Jews of Color, to tackle bias in maternity care. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JewsCommunity SupportRacismCrown HeightsJews Of ColorBiasMaternal HealthMaternity CareBlack And Jewish Alliance

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"since Im Jewish and my husband is Israeli, Zik said in an interview from her home in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn."
New York, United States
"which occurred after a driver in the motorcade of the late Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson struck two children of Guyanese immigrants, killing one."
Israel
"But now I think Id rather have a home birth, since Im Jewish and my husband is Israeli, Zik said in an interview from her home in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn."

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