National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is the oldest Jewish feminist civil rights organization working for equity and justice for women, children, and families in the United States and Israel.
Through the efforts of our 250,000 grassroots advocates and 49 local sections, NCJW combines education, direct service, and advocacy to affect lasting social change at the local, state, and national levels.
Legislation to segregate academic programs at Israeli universities is being presented as a way to expand access to higher education, yet we know it will do precisely the opposite. In reality, it risks embedding gender discrimination into Israel’s institutions and rolling back decades of progress toward equality.
Keeping up with the news can be hard — but we’re here to make it a little easier. The NCJW team has pulled together a list of headlines we’re reading and paired them with some actions you can take to help. Here’s what’s happening the week of July 6th, 2026.…
No president gets to rewrite the Constitution, and no president gets to decide which children born on American soil are American. Today, the Court affirmed what we have always known to be true, upholding a core tenet of our democracy.
What happened today is not really about sports, but rather it is about whether transgender people are permitted to exist fully in public life — to compete, to belong, to be seen as who they are. This ruling answers that question with cruelty.
NCJW has fought Indiana’s abortion ban in court three times. Now, we’re back in defense of reproductive and religious freedom. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 6, 2026 PRESS CONTACT: press@ncjw.org WASHINGTON, DC — Over the weekend, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) filed an amicus brief with the Indiana Supreme…
A Father’s Day reflection from Dan Kohl, NCJW Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement