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The Power of a Women’s Collective, Driving Change

May 11, 2025 For many years, advocates for women in the Jewish community focused on securing them executive opportunities and a voice at the table, on a panel, or in negotiating rooms. And the Jewish community always asked, but where are the women, or advanced a...

Luncheon 2025 Media Advisory

Media Advisory   Hundreds of Visionary Jewish Women Nonprofit Leaders, Feminist Philanthropists and Advocates to Gather at Elluminate 2025 Annual Luncheon, May 13 in New York CityContact:Glenn Rosenkrantz, Media [email protected]:  Elluminate is a...

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Marking the United Nations’ 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (November 25 to December 10), Elluminate joined 69 Jewish and multi-faith organizations calling on the UN to recognize and declare the documented and systemic weaponization of sexual...

Elluminate E-News November 2024

Elluminate E-News November 2024   Message from our CEO As I write this message, it is hard to believe it is one week before the national election. As a Jewish woman and leader, coming to this moment has been stressful, holding concern for women’s rights, wartime...

The Morning After: Elluminate’s Response to the Elections

"The best protection a woman can have… is courage." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women’s rights and abortion access were central issues in the 2024 elections. The national election results demonstrate that these rights are still in jeopardy. Elluminate’s work is more...

Seizing the Moment to Secure Women’s Rights

Photo by Joan Roth When I was growing up in New York, advocacy for the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a critical focus of the women’s movement, and was personal in my family — and to my own growth and trajectory as a social justice advocate. Now, as a New...

A Woman of Valor: Rachel Goldberg-Polin

Dear Elluminate Family, Since October 7th, Rachel Goldberg-Polin has exemplified what it means to be a Woman of Valor. Rachel is a nurturer and also a warrior – she fights not only for her personal world and those she loves but also for the world around her. She has...