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.
Across the country, politicians are using religion to dictate who gets health care — and who doesn’t. Religious freedom is being distorted and weaponized across multiple levels of government and through our courts to justify abortion bans and restrictions on reproductive health care. This framework is used to strip millions of people of the right to make deeply personal medical decisions guided by their own beliefs.
Recognizing Our Shared Humanity After Renee Good’s Death by NCJW’s Senior Director, Program and Event Engagement Rachel Faulkner for Jewish Women’s Archive
NCJW’s Fall 2025 Government Relations and Advocacy (GR&A) interns, Lauren Rosenkrantz and Carly Singer, went to Capitol Hill on December 3rd to advocate for the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act. Read about their lobby day here!
Today, the US House of Representatives passed a measure to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies that expired at the end of last year — a critical lifeline that makes health care affordable for millions of people and families. In response, Darcy Hirsh, vice president of government relations and advocacy at NCJW released this statement.
Falls Church’s Sarah Flores Shannon Leads Faith-Based Reproductive Freedom Efforts
The eight NCJW section grantees for fall 2025 represent a diverse cross-section of Jewish feminist advocates, united in their unwavering commitment to ensuring reproductive freedom in their communities and grounded in the Jewish values that teach us abortion access is health care and a matter of religious freedom.