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Keep Passing The Baton: Reflections On The Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Keep Passing The Baton: Reflections On The Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
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For those who care about justice, particularly for marginalized communities, September 18, 2020 brought immense heartbreak.2 On that day, which happened to be Rosh Hashanah, Justice Ginsburg, who had previously written about how her religious background shaped her career as a lawyer, 3 passed away.
When Justice Ginsburg passed, many highlighted that a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year, is a "Tzadik," which is a title given to people of great righteousness. 4 For example, Nina Totenberg, a reporter for National Public Radio, explained, "A Jewish teaching says those who died just …