Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross is author of “All Politics Is Religious: Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers and Community,” released by SkyLight Paths Publishing, He is a religious advocate and congregational rabbi and directs Concerned Clergy for Choice for the Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State, a project that mentors and mobilizes clergy into advocacy on behalf of access to reproductive health care including access to birth control and safe abortion. Rabbi Ross serves at Congregation Beth Emeth in Albany, N.Y.

Rabbi Ross has written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other publications, and has made numerous public and media appearances.

His web site is www.DennisRoss.net

All Politics Is Religious is at www.tinyurl.com/AllPoliticsIsReligious

Concerned Clergy for Choice is at www.tinyurl.com/ConcernedClergyforChoice

In Uncivil Times, Remember Elie Wiesel’s Call to Truth-Tell and Debate With Dignity

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross, Rev. Tom Davis & The Birth Control Lawsuits: Misusing Religious Liberty to Deny Women Their Rights

The Night writer, who died in July, denounced the abortion-Holocaust comparison as “blasphemy.” But he rejected the rhetoric with his trademark balance of passion and commitment to responsible dialogue.

The Birth Control Lawsuits: Misusing Religious Liberty to Deny Women Their Rights

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

Our denominational bodies, including the Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and other groups, endorsed the moral good in access to birth control some 80 years ago. It’s sad and upsetting to return to a battle we fought and assumed was settled many years ago.

Congress, Abortion, and the Separation of Church and State

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

The abortion debate is, at heart, a debate over church-state separation.

Birth Control and “The Myth of the Judeo-Christian Tradition”

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross & Rev. Tom Davis

Many U.S. rabbis and ministers have long recognized the moral wisdom of ensuring wide availability of safe and effective birth control.

Using “Religious Liberty” to Hide Religious Overreach

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

We have been hearing plenty about “religious liberty” lately. Now let’s see who’s using the term “religious liberty” in a novel way, trying to conceal a campaign of religious overreach.

The Fundamentalist Campaign Against Science and Proper Health Care: Time to “Shut that Whole Thing Down”

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

Religious opponents of birth control access and safe abortion have seemingly unlimited capacity to overlook the evidence.

A Rabbi Responds to Mitch McConnell: Sorry Senator, Health Care IS the Issue!

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

As a religious advocate for reproductive care, I was taken aback by U. S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) recent comment, “That is not the issue,” when asked about extending health coverage to 30 million American uninsured.

Keep Religious Restrictions Out of the Tax Code

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

As a rabbi, I have to say, money is only part of the issue surrounding this abortion tax hike. My concern is really about a religious minority – so extreme and desperate in an anti-abortion position and inventiveness – that it is turning to the tax code to pressure all of us to live by their restrictive faith teachings.

Rabbi Dennis S. Ross

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