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.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Darcy Hirsh, National Council of Jewish Women, dhirsh@ncjw.org Following the US Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Rahimi, a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a crime for someone who is the subject of a domestic-violence restraining order to…
With the US Supreme Court’s decision today in Garland v. Cargill, a case about whether a rifle equipped with a “bump stock” — an attachment that transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a weapon that can discharge at a rate of hundreds of rounds per minute simply with one movement by…
National Council of Jewish Women Government Relations and Advocacy Director Darcy Hirsh issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case about access to mifepristone — one of a two drug regimen used in medication abortion. “We…
Another day, another decision in the ongoing court battles over the accessibility of mifepristone, used in medication abortion and miscarriage care. We know this is getting confusing, but confusion is the point for the anti-abortion activists, as confusion ultimately means fewer patients access care. While the landscape continues to shift,…
NCJW’s Spring Government Relations and Advocacy (GR&A) interns, Katie Manyin and Chana Fisher, spent a week in April lobbying their Members of Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Darcy Hirsh, National Council of Jewish Women, dhirsh@ncjw.org With the Supreme Court’s decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP allowing South Carolina to adopt a racially gerrymandered map, National Council of Jewish Women Government Relations and Advocacy Director Darcy Hirsh issued…
