By Toby Klein GreenwaldPublished in the Five Towns Jewish Times, June 18, 2022 Whenever I enter a hall filled with women, I have a sense of sisterhood and camaraderie. When the women in the room are all members of the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW), add to that a sense of true feminine power, […]
May, 2022 The shocking invasion of Ukraine has subjected ordinary citizens, and especially women, children, and the elderly, to extreme vulnerability. The humanitarian needs both in Ukraine and among Ukrainian refugees are immediate and increasing. As war and related displacement heighten risks, especially with regard to sexual violence and human trafficking, the International Council of […]
The following Resolutions were passed by the ICJW Executive at the ICJW Quadrennial Convention in Jerusalem, Israel, in May 2022, including Resolutions on women’s role in conflict resolution, and on the impact of climate change, and a Topical Statement on the war in the Ukraine. Click on the links to see the full text: RESOLUTION […]
The 2022 Quadrennial Convention of the International Council of Jewish Women took place in May 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel, with the theme ‘Looking to the Future’. Organized at short notice following the Omicron wave of the COVID pandemic, the Convention brought together 44 women from 21 countries, after two years without physical meetings. President Penelope […]
On May 25, 2022, Lilian Grinberg from Mexico was inaugurated as the President of the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) for the next 4 years. Lilian Grinberg currently heads ICJW’s Mexico affiliate “Voluntarias Judeo Mexicanas” (VJM) and coordinates ICJW’s seven affiliates in Latin America. Lilian was born in Mexico City as the youngest of […]
Alice Veselá reports on the March 2022 training conference of the National Democratic Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) works to empower women to overcome barriers to their equal and active political participation. This conference served as a venue for female representatives of national, ethnic and religious minority communities in Central Europe, […]
March 8 is the annual day globally recognised as International Women’s Day. This observance has been retained in the international calendar since 1911 and is recognised by women as an important marker in our lives, regardless of our global region, country, occupation or family position. By continuing to commemorate this international day we recognise the […]
The United Nations has set up a Commission of Inquiry against Israel – an unprecedented open-ended probe following the Gaza conflict in May 2021. Watch this video to learn what is happening and what we should do. Our webinar presenter, Anne Bayefsky is a lawyer, scholar and activist. She is currently Director of the Touro […]
To mark International Holocaust Memorial Day, the International Council of Jewish Women is sharing the ballad “Ashtikale Broit” written by our Co-Chair of Education, Professor Zehavit Gross, which has been translated into 21 languages. ICJW is proud to share this song because it has a very important message that should be disseminated for International Holocaust […]
Tracey Petersen, Manager of the Holocaust & United Nations Education Outreach Programme, gave an online presentation on January 6, 2022 about their program for 2022. Joan Lurie Goldberg and Judy Mintz joined the presentation and wrote this report. Background The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme was established in 2005 by United Nations General […]
