NCJW Wins Three New Magazine Awards

July 31, 2007, New York, NY -- The NCJW Journal, the flagship magazine of the National Council of Jewish Women, has received three awards this summer for its outstanding communications efforts: two Communicator Awards in the 2007 Print Competition and a 2007 Gold Hermes Creative Award.

The Winter 2006 NCJW Journal -- Women, Equality, and Empowerment Today and the Summer 2006 NCJW Journal -- Facing the Crisis in Women's Health each won a Communicator Award of Distinction in the 2007 Print Competition, an international award honoring excellence in communications. The Winter 2006 issue also brought home a Gold Hermes Creative Award, which is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals.

Both annual competitions, judged by industry experts, identify companies, organizations, and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the field. Thousands of entries were submitted in each of the competitions.

"Every time the NCJW Journal receives formal recognition for its excellence, I know that NCJW's powerful message is having an impact. Our magazine keeps members and supporters engaged, informed, and inspired," said NCJW President Phyllis Snyder. "By spotlighting pressing issues -- the health care crisis, gender inequity, and threats to religious liberty -- the NCJW Journal serves as an ambassador for our campaigns and programs, and keeps NCJW members where they need to be: at the forefront of social change."

NCJW has received a long list of industry honors in recent years, including a 2006 Simon Rockower Award from the American Jewish Press Association for the NCJW Journal, several Communicator Awards, and a Webby Award for www.ncjw.org. The brochure for BenchMark: NCJW's Campaign to Save Roe is also showcased in the Willoughby Design Group's The Best of Brochure Design 8 and the book The Design of Dissent.

NCJW is a volunteer organization, inspired by Jewish values, that works to improve the quality of life for women, children, and families and to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all through its network of 90,000 members, supporters, and volunteers nationwide.

Contact:
Debbie Stillman
202 296 2588 x2; debbie@ncjwdc.org