Fertility

Ideas

It’s not just J.D. Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’: Jewish communities also undervalue people without children

“Be fruitful and multiply” obscures the important ways different people contribute to the future of their communities, write two scholars who have focused on Jewish ethics, family and infertility.

In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth

“It doesn’t matter how many children you have, you never, ever get over the experience,” the hotel’s medical director said.

Claude Lanzmann’s late son wanted his sperm to be used to father a child. A European court said no.

The filmmaker’s widow, Dominique Petithory Lanzmann, had reportedly sought to have her son’s sperm transferred to a fertility clinic in Israel to fulfill his final wish.