Westchester Resident to be Honored with International Women’s Empowerment Award
Shoshana Dweck is one of 12 awardees selected for social justice honor
Armonk — Armonk resident Shoshana Dweck will be honored with Women of Reform Judaism’s (WRJ), 2025 Women’s Empowerment Award.
WRJ, the feminist affiliate of the largest and most diverse Jewish denomination in North America, selected 12 individuals to be honored with this prestigious award that highlights those who embody social justice.
This award was established in 2019 to honor women, nonbinary, and genderfluid individuals who strengthen the voices of others, with a focus on empowering women and girls, and who promote progressive Jewish values.
“In line with Women of Reform Judaism’s legacy of strengthening the voices of women worldwide, the individuals selected for this prestigious honor work toward a more just, inclusive, and compassionate world in all that they do for their communities,” said WRJ President Karen Sim.
Dweck is a past sisterhood president of Temple Shaaray Tefila in Bedford Corners, New York, where she is a temple board member. She currently serves as a WRJ Executive Committee Member-at-Large and co-chair of ARZENU (the international political voice of Reform, Progressive, Religious and Liberal Zionists), representing the Reform Movement in the World Zionist Congress.
She recently joined the Anti-Defamation League National Commission and serves on the Executive Board of the Union for Reform Judaism. Active in both the Westchester and Connecticut local Jewish communities, Dweck is a past president of United Jewish Federation of Stamford, New Canaan, and Darien. When serving as WRJ’s Social Justice Vice President, Shoshana helped to launch “WRJ says STOP: an Initiative against Sexual Harassment and Assault.”
WRJ will acknowledge and celebrate Dweck and her fellow awardees Sunday, April 6, 2025, as part of WRJ’s Social Justice Conference (SJC). This four-day conference is designed to train attendees on the biggest social justice issues of our time. Attendance includes education from policy experts, advocacy training, access to the Women’s Empowerment Awards dinner, ending with a day of lobbying at the US Capitol.
Attendance options are available for all (age 18+) interested in advocacy through a Jewish feminist lens. Register today.