Not just JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’: Jewish communities also undervalue childless people
Some key rabbinic texts treat having children as a prerequisite for serving in communal leadership positions.
J.D. Vance, then a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, and Sen. Josh Hawley speak with reporters at a campaign rally in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, May 1, 2022. (photo credit: DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES)BySARAH ZAGER/JTA, REBECCA J. EPSTEIN-LEVI/JTA
