Category: Grants

Supports the salary of a woman rabbi who will continue to increase pastoral care services to women patients.

An educational program raising awareness about the social and legal problems of “agunot”, women who are unable to obtain a Jewish divorce.

To further research into the causes and detection of certain breast and ovarian cancers in Ashkenazi Jewish women.

To train volunteer facilitators to take the Teen Dating Abuse video and curriculum to the freshman classes of area synagogues and day schools.

This program for 4th-6th grade girls addresses issues that affect self-esteem by promoting positive body/self image and healthy lifestyle choices.

Offers workshops for middle-school girls addressing the social, emotional and physical challenges of adolescence in order to equip them with the knowledge and coping skills necessary to make healthy decisions.

This program for developmentally disabled women will build understanding and comfort about body and sexuality interests and concerns.

Provides funding for support groups for widows who are also Holocaust survivors, struggling with their heightened and rekindled sense of loss.

This program strives to establish a sense of Jewish pride and empowerment among Jewish women on campus, while responding to expressions of anti-Semitism.

This summit will convene women professionals and students in the field of Jewish communal service, addressing the important issues of breaking the glass ceiling and achieving a work-life balance.