The Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) recently named Talia Smolkin their JFF-CINCY Manager. With branches located throughout the United States, the JFF provides educational awareness, financial assistance, and emotional support to Jewish families who have medical fertility challenges in the communities they serve, as well as offering programs virtually. Smolkin received a Masters in Social Work, and her background makes her a perfect fit for her new position. “My education showed me vastly different and beautiful parts of the country. I studied psychology while wandering through the redwood trees in Santa Cruz, CA, and received my Masters in New York, leaving as much time as possible for musicals.”
Organizations providing fertility services must navigate carefully when Jewish law seeks to protect the mother's life but contravenes local statutes prohibiting abortion
Animated by concerns about fertility, Israel will pay for any infertile couple to have two children through IVF, no matter how many rounds it takes. In the US, it can cost about $20,000 per round.