NCJW Hails Long-Awaited Over-the-Counter Birth Control
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) applauds the release of the first over-the-counter birth control, Opill.
News & Updates
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.
NCJW Supports Adeel Mangi to Third Circuit Court; Rejects Baseless Attacks
“National Council of Jewish Women is proud to support Adeel Mangi, an outstanding nominee to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Mangi represents the best of what a federal judge should be — he is fair, independent, and qualified — and his grace, temperament, and moral clarity are exactly what America needs on the federal bench.”
NCJW Calls Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF Ruling an Affront to Religious Freedom
“This weekend’s decision from Alabama’s highest court classifying frozen embryos as children is wildly outrageous and sets a harmful precedent that violates separation of church and state and will make it nearly impossible for families in Alabama to access fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Congressional roundtable remarks from NCJW CEO Sheila Katz
National Council of Jewish Women CEO Sheila Katz spoke at Wednesday, February 14’s congressional roundtable hosted by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to examine and raise awareness of this sexual and gender-based violence, and the violence since then against the hostages in Hamas captivity. We’ve shared the full transcript of her remarks below.
NCJW to Participate in Congressional Roundtable Spotlighting Hamas’ Gender-based Violence Against Israeli Women
On Wednesday, Feb. 14th, National Council of Jewish Women will join Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) for an event on Capitol Hill from 10:30 am to 12 pm to examine and raise awareness of the sexual and gender-based violence that Hamas perpetrated on October 7th and since then against Israeli women.
NCJW Leads 15 Jewish Organizations in Support of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court
Dear Senators, The following Jewish organizations representing more than a million people across the country write in strong support of Adeel A. Mangi to the United States Court of Appeals to the Third Circuit. Born in Pakistan, Mr. Mangi received law degrees from both the University of Oxford in the…