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.
Today, NCJW led a broad coalition of 61 national Jewish organizations sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, urging them to swiftly bring the bipartisan Countering Antisemitism Act (CAA) to the floor for a vote.
“Who serves on our federal courts matters. Every issue we care about makes its way through the federal courts and those serving a lifetime tenure make decisions that impact our lives and that of future generations. The Fourth Circuit, the country is better off for having Judge Nicole Berner on the bench.”
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) applauds the release of the first over-the-counter birth control, Opill.
“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.”
“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).
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.
