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The longest government shutdown in US history, which lasted 35 days, came to a (temporary) close on Friday last week. During the shutdown, over 800,000 furloughed federal employees missed two consecutive paychecks.  While two missed paychecks...

By Rachel Siegel Gillette – a company previously known mostly for their advertisements directed at men filled with stereotypical representations of men and women –  recently created a new advertisement, “The Best a Man Can Be,” which challenges those...

For many years, decreasing human trafficking (both labor and sex) has been difficult in Israel. In 2016, Yesh Atid MK Aliza Lavie, called for the government to help women leave prostitution. She lamented then that Israel did not have a law...

The American story is one of immigration. Many of us can trace back which generation of our family emigrated to the United States and where they came from. For most of us, our story ends there.For social entrepreneur Arielle Kandel, Founder and Chief...

By Natasha Mayer On Saturday December 8th, the seventh night of Hanukkah, I attended a Klezmer music concert at JCC Harlem, which JWFNY had the honor of cosponsoring. During this concert, the music was a mix of traditional Hebrew, English...

By Natasha Mayer This past Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah, JWFNY had the honor of serving as a co-sponsor of the JCC Harlem Hanukkah Family Celebration. JCC Harlem opened just two years ago as an outpost of the Marlene Meyerson JCC on the...

The Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York usually utilizes Giving Tuesday as a day to ask for donations from our friends and donors. This year, we feel it necessary to partake in the giving.Our grantee partners are among our most important...

Recent headlines have been consumed with the Federal Government’s consideration of clearly defining gender. The US Department of Health and Human Services would like to define gender “on a basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and...

Is a woman’s place in the kitchen? This outdated and politically incorrect stereotype should be looked at again. While some might be offended at the suggestion that women should be cooking and caring for those close to her, giving a woman these...

By Stephanie Blumenkranz On Wednesday, September 26th, JWFNY President Debbie Cosgrove and I spoke with the Reform Pay Equity Initiative, a project funded by JWFNY that addresses the gender wage gap throughout Reform Jewish institutions....