Read engaging communications sent by WRJ highlighting important developments in social justice news, including information on press releases, WRJ Board of Directors Resolutions and Statements, and suggested actions for sisterhood. Find all Advocacy Matters e-newsletters here.
2022
2018
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November: Title IX Action Needed
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October: Kavanaugh Confirmed
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March: Gun Violence Prevention
2017
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June: Egalitarian Prayer Space Plan at Western Wall Suspended
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July: Updates on the Egalitarian Prayer Space Plan at the Western Wall
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August: Charlottesville
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October: Pluralism in Israel
2016
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October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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June: Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt Decision Statement
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May: Zubik Case Ruling
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March: On International Women's Day Step it Up for Pay Equity!
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January: 43 Years after Roe v Wade the Fight for Reproductive Rights Continues
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January: Reform Movement Applauds Passage of Plan to Enhance Egalitarian Prayer Space at Kotel
2015
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September: Planned Parenthood Reproductive Rights and Why We Should Care
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September: WRJ ED and Reform Movement Make Moral Call for Climate Justice Ahead of Pope UN Speech
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September: Call on President Obama and Congress to Address the Refugee Crisis
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April: Equal Pay Day Brings the Launch of WRJ's Pay Equity Initiative
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April: Want to Make a Difference in Israel? ARZA in the WZO Elections
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March: Women's History Month, Paycheck Fairness Act, Channel Passion into Action
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January: WRJ Statement on the Crisis of Racial and Structural Inequality in Law Enforcement and More
2014
2013
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July: ENDA, Women in Jewish Organizations, New Israeli Ambassador
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June: Supreme Court, Immigration Reform, and Alberta Flood Victims
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May: Immigration Reform Call-In Day, Vandalism Against Women of the Wall
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May: Health Care for Military Women, Sports for Israeli Girls
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April: Emergency Contraception, Equal Pay Day, and Consultation on Conscience
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April: LGBT Rights and Gift of Life
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February: State of the Union, Going Green
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February: VAWA, Fair Pay, and Women in Combat
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January: Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, Doing Justly, Roe v. Wade Anniversary
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January: Violence Against Women Act, NDAA, Roe v. Wade Anniversary
2012
- December: Sensible Gun Control and Women of the Wall
- December: End Violence Against Women, Living Wage, Rights of the Disabled
- December: Reform Movement Speaks Out About Israel, Abortion Access for Military Women, Fiscal Cliff
- November: Medicaid Expansion, Judicial Nominations, WRJ in the News
- November: Support Israel from Home, Montreal's First Jewish Mayor, Native American Women
- November: Fighting Domestic Violence, Deficit Reduction, Canadian MP on Jewish Refugees
- November: Post-Election Webinar, Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, Protecting Contraception Access
- October: Post-Election Webinar and Hurricane Sandy Relief
- October: Sh'ma Smackdown, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Get Out The Vote
- October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Food Day, RAC Webinar
- October: Preventing Gun Violence, Health Care for Immigrant Youth, Comprehensive Sex Education
- October: Sukkot, Paycheck Fairness, and Supporting Our Servicewomen
- September: Social Action Project Ideas, Eradicate Obstetric Fistula Worldwide
- September: Court Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law, America's Anti-Hunger Programs, L'Dor V'Dor
- August: Update from UN Rep, IRAC Op Ed from Anat Hoffman, Fair Minimum Wage
- August: High Holy Days Social Justice Guide, Environmental Standards for Drilling, IRAC Petition
- August: Joplin Fire and Sikh Temple Shooting, Take Ammunition Off Our Streets, Personhood
- August: Family Planning, Reproductive Rights for Servicewomen, VAWA
- August: Praise for Bipartisan Committment to Israel, Health Insurance Marketplace
- July: WRJ at the White House, Gun Catastrophies, Boy Scouts Decision, Judicial Vacancies
- July: WRJ Joins Cour Brief in Favor of Gay Marriage, News from RAC and IRAC
- July: Student Non-Descrimination Act, Childhood Obesity, Jewish Energy Covenant Campaign
- June: Supreme Court Critical Rulings, VAWA, One Minute Campaign in Memory of Murdered Israeli Athletes
- June: Elder Abuse and the UN
- June: Get Out The Vote
- May: Success in Miri Gold Case, Gender Segregation in Israel Continues
- May: WRJ Speaks Out Against Gender Segregation in Israel
- May: Paycheck Fairness Act Up for a Vote in the Senate Soon
- May: Take Action on Equality for Reform Rabbis in Israel, Experience the WRJ Blog
- May: VAWA Reauthorization Continued, Anat Hoffman Will Appear on Amanpour
- April: VAWA Reauthorization, Or Ami Awards Continued (Women's Health Education, Charity Drive, Child Safety, Habitat for Humanity)
- April: Sustainable Consumption and Production - Take Action Now
- April: Anat Hoffman's Tenth Anniversary at the IRAC, It's a Woman of the Wall Passover
- March: Sustainable Consumption and Production
- March: Advocacy Recommendations Regarding Sustainable Consumption and Production
- March: Or Ami Awardees Continued (Jewish Women's History, WRJ-Israel Twinning Retreat), Disaster Relief
- March: Invitation to Write for WRJ Centennial Covenant Book
- February: Or Ami Awardees Continued (Birthing Kits, LGBTQ Bullying, WRJ-Israel Twinning Retreat), Reminder: Help End Childhood Hunger
- February: Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Report on UN Statement on Persons with Disabilities, End Childhood Hunger
- February: Health Care Coverage for Birth Control
- February: Important Notice: Hold the Date for Israel, Or Ami Award Winning Projects (Youth Holocaust Education, Bag Recycling)
- February: Breaking News: WRJ/RAC Respond to Komen Reversal
- February: Reform Movement Response to Komen for the Cure's Defunding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- January: Access to Reproductive Health and Rights: Roe v. Wade at 39
- January: Featuring the 2011 WRJ Or Ami "Light of My People" Award (Cooking, Mental Health Conference)
- January: Support Strong Juvenile Justice Funding, Segregation in Israel
2011
- December: WRJ 48th Assembly Delegates Adopt Resolutions on Sustainability and Employee Rights
- December: WRJ Responds to Current Concerns Regarding Israel
- December: Jewish Genetic Diseases
- November: The Durban UN Climate Change Conference Opens
- November: Let's Talk Turkey, The Canadian Government Changes its Votes at the UN
- November: Update on Assembly Resolutions, RAC Search for WRJ Women's Rights Activists
- November: WRJ 48th Assembly Proposed Resolutions Packet
- November: Show the RAC's It Gets Better Video at a Sisterhood Meeting
- October: Support the UN Climate Change Conference, WRJ South Africa Leader Wins Prestigious Award
- October: Gilad Shalit Comes Home
- October: Attack on Mosque in Israel, Breast and Ovarian Cancer: New Research
- September: WRJ 48th Assembly Proposed Resolutions Packet
- September: Working Together to End Hunger, Global Hunger Shabbat, Crisis in East Africa
- September: 9/11 Tenth Anniversary, Four Hundred Thousand Israelis Marching for Social Justice
- August: Religious Action Center Hosts Social Action Skills Training Events
- August: Important News to Consider and Actions to Take on Israel, East Africa, and the Paycheck Fairness Act
- August: Famine in East Africa: What You Can Do
- August: Israel: Important News and Action
- July: Q & A: Social Justice at WRJ, East African Famine Relief
- July: Inform Your Legislators that You Oppose the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011
- July: Plan a Mindful Eating Sisterhood Dinner for the Full Harvest Season
- July: Take Action to Protect Medicaid, Gaza Bound Flotilla - Become Informed
- June: Support the DREAM Act Today, Help Make Marijuana Legal
- June: Emergency Call-In Day for the People of South Sudan, Supreme Court Ruling in the Walmart Case
- June: Save Anti-Hunger Programs
- June: Paycheck Fairness Act, Sacred Conversations, A Student Rabbi's Experience in Joplin, MO After the Disaster
- June: Reserve a Chair for Gilad Shalit
- May: WRJ Board Issues Statement on Reproductive Rights, Deadly Storm Ravages Joplin, MO
- May: Rabbi Jacobs Speaks at Consultation, CSA Chair on HR 3
- May: Yom HaShoah
- April: Take Action: Help Prevent Obstetric Fistula
- April: Passover: A Time of Warmth and Social Justice
- April: The Paycheck Fairness Act, Federal Budget
- April: Women's Health Advocacy, IRAC Food Drive for the Spring Holidays, Pesach Resources for Jews in the Military
- March: ARZA and the Delegitimization Movement Against Israel, Women's Workplace Issues
- March: Reminder: Submit Or Ami Application by April 22
- March: Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, Conference Call with the President of Planned Parenthood
- March: International Women's Day, RAC Website
- March: Jewish Delegation Meets with President Obama, UN Secretary General Speaks at Holocaust Museum
- February: Protect Health Funding, Glen Beck's Rant Against Reform Judaism
- February: Plan a Program on Jewish Food: An Entree to Judaism and the World of the Diaspora
- February: New Breast Cancer Study, Protect Reproductive Health Services, Housing on the Gulf Coast
- February: URJ and ARZA Statement on US Opposition to Proposed Lebanese Resolution to UN Security Council
- January: Threats to Roe v. Wade: Act Now
- January: Or Ami Application and Information
- January: In Memory of Debbie Friedman
- January: A Painful Week of Loss
- January: Jewish Population Growth and URJ Campaign for Teen Engagement
2010
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December: WRJ Work on Maternal Death and Fistula Featured at Religions for Peace Multi-Religious Forum
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December: Carmel Fire in Israel, Israeili Sisterhood to Plant Trees
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November: Speak Up for the DREAM Act, Celebrating 50 Years of Social Justice
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November: CEDAW Hearing, Canadian Prime Minister Speaks Out Against Anti-Semitism, Outreach Question
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November: Unemployment Benefits, Gender Wage Gap, Reproductive Rights
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October: Invitation to Join White House Conference Calls on Issues of Concern to Women
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October: An Important New UN Agency: UN Women
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October: Become Involved in the Fighting Poverty with Faith Mobilization
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October: End Homophobic Bullying and Harassment
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September: Maternal Health and Fistula: An Important New Program
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September: WRJ Leader Participates in UN DPI/NGO Conference
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September: New Readings on Jonah
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September: Plan for the Future: Social Security, Pensions, and Savings
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September: Deficit Reduction Without Harm
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August: Become Informed: Reform Jewish Movement Welcomes Approval of Cordoba House
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August: Women of the Wall Calls on Us to Take a Stand
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August: Participate in the Successful WRJ/Lilith Salon Program
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July: Ban on Reproductive Health Coverage, Rotem Conversion Bill, Child Nutrition Reauthorization
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July: Freezing Conversion Bill, Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Legislation
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July: Fighting Poverty with Faith, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Rotem Conversion Bill
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July: Urgent Alert: Women of the Wall
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July: Unemployment Insurance Legislation, CEDAW, Juvenile Justice Call-In, Impact of Holocaust on Breast Cancer
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June: Jobs, Child Nutrition, Fighting Poverty, News from Canada and Israel
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June: Ambassador Rice Speaks on Children and the Armed Conflict
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June: Were Shakespeare's Plays Written by a Jewish Woman?, Say Yes for Family Reunification
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June: Reform Movement Response to Gaza Flotilla Incident
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May: Elena Kagan Nominated to Supreme Court
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May: Statement on Voluntary Extension of Foster Care Services
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May: Special Mothers Day Message: Supporting CEDAW, Early Childhood Programs
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May: Proposed Conversion Bill in Knesset, No Nukes for Iran
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April: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Global Hunger: Women and Children
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April: Take Action on Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women Globally
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April: Restoring Dignity for Women, Support the International Violence Against Women Act
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March: Health Care Reform: Thank Your Members of Congress, Tune Into "Blessed is the Match"
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March: We're Almost There - Health Care Reform, World Zionist Congress
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March: Call on Prime Minister Netanyahu to Prevent Passage of Conversion Legislation
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March: Aid Earthquake Victims, Women of Faith Leadership Summit, Women, Faith, and Development Alliance Paises WRJ
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February: Immigration Reform
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February: Women Helping Impoverished Jewish Mothers, National Medical Marijuana week, Women in Administration FY 2011 Budget Request
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February: Jobs and Unemployment Insurance Extension, Sisterhood Breast Health Programming
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February: Cancel Super Bowl Anti-Abortion Ad, Funds for Haiti and Long Term Relief, Haiti Update
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January: New Breast Self-Exam Shower Cards Available, Program Suggestions for Sisterhoods
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January: Call for Religious Equality in Israel
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January: Haiti Relief Fund, Child Trafficking: Canadian Sisterhood Advocacy Needed
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January: Anat Hoffman Interrogated by the Jerusalem Police
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January: WRJ Sisterhoods Stand in Solidarity with Women of the Wall
