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Life Beyond AbortionWinning Wisconsin For LifeMelissa Ohden hosts Heather Weininger, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life, who shares her path to pro-life leadership. From a college encounter with an unplanned pregnancy to innovative programs like the Veritas Society, Heather’s work empowers women and teens with life-affirming choices.00:00:00 - Introduction00:03:13 - Pro-Life Journey00:06:31 - Leadership Path00:09:42 - Mission Overview00:13:10 - Veritas Society00:17:00 - Digital Outreach00:20:33 - Wisconsin Challenges00:26:06 - Grassroots ImpactYou can find out more about Melissa's story, and support her wo...2025-07-0831 min
New Books in Jewish StudiesMelissa Weininger, "Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century" (Wayne State UP, 2023)In her book, Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century (Wayne State University Press, 2023), Melissa Weininger theorizes a new category of "diaspora Israeli culture" that is formed around and through notions of homeland and complicates the binary between diaspora and Israel. The works addressed here inhabit and imagine diaspora from the vantage point of the putative homeland, engaging both diasporic and Zionist models simultaneously through language, geography, and imagination. These examples contend with the existence of the state of Israel and its complex implications for diaspora Jewish identities and nationalisms, as well as the implications for Zio...2023-10-211h 03
New Books in SociologyMelissa Weininger, "Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century" (Wayne State UP, 2023)In her book, Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century (Wayne State University Press, 2023), Melissa Weininger theorizes a new category of "diaspora Israeli culture" that is formed around and through notions of homeland and complicates the binary between diaspora and Israel. The works addressed here inhabit and imagine diaspora from the vantage point of the putative homeland, engaging both diasporic and Zionist models simultaneously through language, geography, and imagination. These examples contend with the existence of the state of Israel and its complex implications for diaspora Jewish identities and nationalisms, as well as the implications for Zio...2023-10-211h 03
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesMelissa Weininger, "Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century" (Wayne State UP, 2023)In her book, Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century (Wayne State University Press, 2023), Melissa Weininger theorizes a new category of "diaspora Israeli culture" that is formed around and through notions of homeland and complicates the binary between diaspora and Israel. The works addressed here inhabit and imagine diaspora from the vantage point of the putative homeland, engaging both diasporic and Zionist models simultaneously through language, geography, and imagination. These examples contend with the existence of the state of Israel and its complex implications for diaspora Jewish identities and nationalisms, as well as the implications for Zio...2023-10-211h 03
New Books in Israel StudiesMelissa Weininger, "Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century" (Wayne State UP, 2023)In her book, Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century (Wayne State University Press, 2023), Melissa Weininger theorizes a new category of "diaspora Israeli culture" that is formed around and through notions of homeland and complicates the binary between diaspora and Israel. The works addressed here inhabit and imagine diaspora from the vantage point of the putative homeland, engaging both diasporic and Zionist models simultaneously through language, geography, and imagination. These examples contend with the existence of the state of Israel and its complex implications for diaspora Jewish identities and nationalisms, as well as the implications for Zio...2023-10-211h 03
Front RowRoe v. Wade 44th Anniversary ft. Sarah WeddingtonFaith And Reason affirms the preservation of justice, autonomy, and opportunity for women in the United States and across the world. A woman's lifelong well-being is directly intertwined with the preservation of her reproductive choice. Today, it seems like issues of women's health and autonomy are more precarious than they have ever been.
January 22, 2017 is the 44th anniversary for Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protected a woman's right to privacy in her reproductive choices. The Roe v. Wade case was argued by a young attorney named Sarah Weddington. Sarah went on to serve in...2017-01-191h 12