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.
The Attorney General is our nation’s chief law enforcement officer — and is in charge of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The person who holds this role is responsible for defending the Constitution, the rule of law, and the rights of each and every one of us. Based on his record, Todd Blanche — President Trump’s former criminal defense attorney — is not the right person for this job.
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.…
The Hadassah Foundation announces the Creation of the Collaborative Fund for Gender Equity in Israel. Contributions to the fund will support NCJW’s Connecting for Impact (CFI), a pioneering field-building initiative convening women’s rights leaders and organizations located throughout Israel to drive collective impact.
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.