Our country is failing girls and all students. We must do better. #Cornell
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Speaking up works. 📣 This week, we've got the sweetest proof, after the Jewish community rallied and saved our beloved Sunkist Fruit Gems... in just a matter of days! 🍬
💌 Did you know you can protect medication abortion from your couch, your commute home, or while you're distracted at your desk at work (yes, we see you)? Find out how at ncjw.org/postcard!
💖 😍 ✨ 💅 No matter what you choose, you're getting a fun fact about medication abortion! Here's the most important fact: mifepristone is safe, effective, and essential to our reproductive health care. Join our day of action to protect medication abortion by sharing this post! #mifeinall50
Jewish support for medication abortion dates back to the Middle Ages! In the 13th century, Maimonides, one of the most important rabbinical authorities in Jewish history, wrote that an abortion may be performed "whether by medication or by procedure." #ProtectMedicationAbortion #mifeinall50
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating Analucía Lopezrevoredo — Peruvian-Chilean-Quechua-American Sephardi Jewtina and founder of Jewtina y Co., a home for Latin Jews where no part of you has to be checked at the door. Shabbat shalom!
Sukkot brings us z'man simchateinu, the season of our joy, That joy was never meant to be kept inside or celebrated alone. Let's open our sukkahs, invite others in, and carry our joy forward together, building a community with room for everyone. Chag sameach! 🍋
The WNBA just closed out its 30th season & playoffs start this weekend! Did you know that none of this happens without a Jewish woman? Learn more about Senda Berenson, the "Mother of Basketball” and share your story to our #SheBuiltThis archive: ncjw.org/she-built-this
TBT to Repro Shabbat earlier this year, when NCJW Sacramento leaders headed to the California State Capitol to remind lawmakers that reproductive freedom *is* religious freedom. Ready to carry it forward next year? RSVP for Repro Shabbat 2027 now: www.jewsforabortionaccess.org/repro-shabba...
We're getting ready to launch something new! Check back on October 1, exactly ONE WEEK AWAY, for our next chapter of leadership and advocacy. You won't want to miss this!
Want to help get out the vote on September 30? Come join NCJW and @VoteRiders.bsky.social as we call the people most likely to be disenfranchised by voter ID laws in Florida and make sure they have the information they need to get to the polls! Get all the details at ncjw.org/phonebank30.
NCJW & VoteRiders: Florida Phone Bank - National Council of Jewish Women
Join VoteRiders and National Council of Jewish Women on Wednesday, September 30 at 7:00PM ET for an impactful hour of phone banking. Each call we make delivers essential information and assistance…
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Sep 28 is the anniversary of the FDA's approval of mifepristone, and this year, we're turning that moment into a movement. We're exactly a week away from our medication abortion day of action! RSVP to join us and we'll send you all the resources and tools you'll need: www.ncjw.org/events/prote...
Yom Kippur asks us to step outside the rush and ask hard questions. Questions that we reflect on and carry with us. Wishing everyone a meaningful fast and profound space for introspection. G'mar chatimah tovah, may we all be sealed for goodness in the year ahead.
We never doubted what the first song on our Yom Kippur mixtape was going to be: Slichot by Yehudit Ravitz. An openly lesbian Israeli rock icon whose voice has soundtracked generations. Press play now: ncjw.org/ykmixtape. G'mar chatimah tovah and shabbat shalom. 🎶
This weekend's hottest event? Voting for reproductive freedom. 💅 Abortion access is on the ballot in Virginia — and early voting starts TODAY. Get your friends and make your plan to vote early! Learn more at our 2026 Election Center at www.ncjw.org/election-202...
🗓️ It's always a good time to get a meeting with your representative on the books! We're so grateful @beyer.house.gov made time to meet with our Virginia advocates about his work to prevent hate crimes and pass the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act.
Mazel tov, NCJW Bergen County's Advocacy Forum, on a forum that tackled press freedom and misinformation head-on with journalists and over 100 advocates. 📰 Read more about the event, spotlighted by A More Perfect Union:
Partner Spotlight: National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section — A More Perfect Union
Action Plan: Led a community event dedicated to freedom of the press, supporting local journalism, and addressing misinformation.
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Get ready with us for Yom Kippur: big feelings, thoughtful forgiveness, and preparation for the fast. 🎶 From a modern rendition of the Vidui confession and an Elton John ballad, to Leonard Cohen’s wistful “Who by Fire” and even a feature of Cher, we’ve got you covered: ncjw.org/ykmixtape
It's National Voter Registration Day! 🥳 Here's three things you can do to #GetReadyToVote this November: 👩💻 Check your voter registration! www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
¡Feliz mes de la herencia hispana! This month we're celebrating Sephardic tradition, conversos who kept their Jewish identity a secret, Ashkenazi communities overlooked across Latin America, and those keeping Ladino alive. Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🧿 🪬 💙
Huge news from SCOTUS tonight! Voting should be accessible for all Americans.
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election. n.pr/4rfHHIr
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Indianapolis last week to make it abundantly clear: Indiana's abortion ban is against our religion! 🔊 We rallied with our partners on September 10th to loudly and proudly oppose Indiana's state abortion ban, which violates our religious freedom.
Pop quiz: what do FDR, the Declaration of Independence, and Israel's founding have in common? 🇺🇸📜 NCJW Southeast Atlantic Section's Terri Susan Fine designed a course around finding that out. Now she's part of our #SheBuiltThis archive. Add your story at: ncjw.org/she-built-this
This week, we're celebrating P!nk: a singer, a voice for the underdogs, and one of the most unapologetically outspoken Jewish women in pop music today. May we carry her fearlessness and passion into this weekend and every room we walk into. Shabbat shalom and shanah tovah!
As we enter 5787, may the shofar blasts we hear on Rosh Hashanah push us to act, to show up, and to keep building a more just world. Shanah tovah! 🍎🍯 Read the full reflections from NCJW's Rabbi Nora Feinstein on Rosh Hashanah: ncjw.org/rosh5787
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, our hearts are still just as heavy and broken. We continue to remember the lives lost. We continue to stand with the communities that are still healing, and may never fully rebuild. We continue to hold onto each other, twenty-five years later.
"No individual should be forced to abandon their religious beliefs in order to comply with a narrow, Christian belief of when life begins." NCJW's Darcy Hirsh on the work we're doing to fight Indiana's abortion ban. Read more at @JTA.org www.jta.org/2026/09/10/u...
A case pitting Indiana Jews against an abortion ban heads back to court - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The state seeks to overturn a court ruling that its abortion ban violates Jewish religious freedom.
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📢 📢 Indiana’s abortion ban is against our religion. 📢 📢 Today, people of faith are challenging Indiana’s abortion law in the state’s Supreme Court. Learn more: www.ncjw.org/news/were-no...
New year, new playlist! We rounded up the best songs that feel like a fresh start for this 5787. Cue it up while you do your holiday prep, set your Rosh Hashanah dinner table, or while you drive to see family. Shanah tovah, and happy listening. 🎶 🍯 ncjw.org/roshbops
Do: ask questions! Don't: scroll past our High Holidays dos and don'ts guide Whether you're supporting a Jewish coworker or friend this season, or you've been celebrating your whole life and just need the reminder, this one's for you. Check it out: