We work to support laws to advance the wellbeing and status of women, children and families , enhance Jewish life, and ensure and advance individual and civil rights. Following the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, we work to ensure that we all have the same rights, privileges, and freedoms.
We believe pregnant people have a right to make deeply personal decisions about abortion, and our faith impels us to support them compassionately. NCJW MA works to bring Jewish values of equity and equality into conversations about abortion policy.
We believe that our government will be more representative when more of us can vote. Informed by Jewish values of fairness, NCJW MA works to ensure that no group is prevented from casting ballots on the basis of poverty, race, neighborhood, or gender. We are especially concerned about felon disenfranchisement.
Torah teaches us to care for the poor, the sick, the outcast, and the hungry. NCJW MA therefore takes special interest in policies concerning labor rights, health care, prisons, policing, immigration, and expanding access to health + nutrition.
NCJW MA works to mobilize Jewish advocates in the Commonwealth We keep elected officials accountable in a variety of ways, especially by advancing legislation in line with our values and goals. NCJW MA newsletters and posts keep advocates up to date about pressing issues in our communities. Tikkun olam inspires our work as Jewish women to heal our broken world one action at a time.
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We in the Commonwealth may have better-than-average gun control laws than in the rest of the states, but advocates and legislators here are nonetheless concerned. A committee made up of three senators and three representatives will work to craft a new gun control bill they hope Gov. Maura Healey will sign into law before the end of this legislative session July 31. Here’s what we need to know.
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