Susan Friedberg Kalson

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Susan Friedberg Kalson (she/her) is the CEO of the Squirrel Hill Health Center in Pittsburgh and chair of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism.

A Year Like No Other: Voting in Pennsylvania and Beyond

Josh Sayles
Rabbi Ron Symons
Susan Friedberg Kalson
Typically, Jews have an extraordinarily high voter turnout, said to be the highest of any ethnic group, in a nation in which only an estimated 1 in 2 eligible voters actually vote. But this is a year like no other.

Why Community Health Centers are Vital to the American Health Care System

Susan Friedberg Kalson

Across the nation, CHCs provide critical access to primary and preventive health care for 27 million patients each year.  In order to be eligible for the direct federal grants that help sustain our operations, all of us must adhere to numerous regulations and serve the same fundamental mission, to provide primary health care to everyone, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.