Tne Commission forWomen's Equalityof the AmericanJewish Congress

An Agendafor the 1990s

Women's Equality~ ewish FeminismBconomic EquityWomen's Health IssuesReproductive RightsWomen's Safety in theHome and Community

"Proudly Jewish, Visibly Feminist,Actively Working for a Better World"

Commission Members work to achieve fullequality for women by:

• Taking Action in the Courts, Congress, andState Legislatures

• Encouraging Political Activism

• Facilitating Pay Equity

• Fighting Job Discrimination and SexualHarassment

• Assuring Abortion and Reproductive Rights

• Advocating Responsiveness to Health Issues

• Ending Violence Against Women

• Strengthening the Jewish Family

• Networking with Women in Israel and Aroundthe World

• Speaking Out on International Affairs

• Mobilizing for Human Rights

• Participating Fully in Jewish Communal andReligious Life

1 he Commission for Women's Equality of theAmerican Jewish Congress is an activist leadershipgroup whose members are Jewish women and menin government, academia, business, the arts andJewish communal services living and working incommunities all across the United States.

Their goal is to vigorously pursue full and equalrights for women within a Jewish context.

Since its founding in 1984, the Commission forWomen's Equality has had an extraordinary recordof "firsts"--

• First to go public in the New York Times with a full-page ad in support of abortion rights

• First to sponsor the historic conference in Israelwhich resulted in the emergence of a strong women'smovement there

• First to take on a major corporation - at ashareholders' meeting - to urge funding for familyplanning

• First to publish an international Jewish feministdirectory

• First to hold a women's prayer meeting at theWestern Wall

• First to initiate a conference on the economic statusof women in the Jewish community

• First to do a survey of all female rabbis about sexualdiscrimination and harassment

Membership in the Commission for Women'sEquality of the American Jewish Congress entitles v

you to:

• Legislative Updates and Action Alerts

• Invitation to the Annual Women's Summitin Washington, DC v

• How-to Information on Political, Legal, and •Social Issues

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• Quarterly Calendar of Events

• Serve on Action Committees to Affect \ l

Legislation

• Access to a regional network of CWEs inBoston, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, andother major cities across the United States

• Attend Local and National Educational andSocial Events

• Congress Monthly - a Magazine of JewishPolitical, Social, and Cultural Comment '.}

• Participate in AJCongress' Acclaimed OverseasTravel Program

For more information please write to:

15 East 84th StreetNew York, New York 10028-0458

or call (212)360-1561

National ChairAnn F. Lewis

Acting DirectorJennifer R. Cowan

FoundingMembersDiane Shulder AbramsBella AbzugSusan AlterJewel BellushLeona ChaninMaureen CoganBarbara CullenLynn CutlerCynthia Fuchs EpsteinMuriel FoxBetty FriedanFlorence GalkinBlu GreenbergPearl H. HackJudith HauptmanChaie HerzigElizabeth HoltzmanLila HorwitzPaula HymanPhyllis Goldman

Roberta Grandes GratzElinor GuggenheimerFrancine KlagsbrunEsther KolatchSheila LevinJacqueline LevineRuth MessingerMay NeubergerLetty Cottin PogrebinAnne RoipheMarlene SandersSusan Weidman

SchneiderBarbara ShackMiriam Cantor SiegmanVirginia SnitowLillian SteinbergPeggy TishmanJudith Wolf

Regional ChairsBarbara Balaban, CAMelissa Balaban-

Wergeles, CAElaine Bass, NYAnne Bloomberg, OHEllen Cannon, ILSusan Cohen, DCJanet Goller, NYLeslie Klein, FL

Ruth Laibson, PAGertrude Miller, TXJoan Patsy Ostroy, CASharon Pikus, NYEsther Reiter, ILPat Rosson, TXGail Simon, PAGerri Sweder, MALisa Woll, DC

American Jewish Congress15 East 84th Street

New York, New York 10028(212)879-4500

PresidentRobert K. Lifton

Executive DirectorHenry Siegman