NCJW Advocacy Wrap-Up:

Friday, March 15, 2024

In this issue...

HIAS: Celebrating the Diversity & Strength of Refugee

Women & Survivors of Gender-Based Violence 

Holocaust Museum LA: The History of Antisemitism in

Los Angeles

Join HIAS For a Performance of The Braid’s 

Yearning to Breathe Free 

LBHTTF 2024 YESS Program

GOTV: Write Postcards & Letters to Low-Propensity Voters

NCJW International Women’s Day Conversation:

Addressing Antisemitism Across Borders - Recording

HIAS Webinar

Tuesday, March 19th

9 am on Zoom

Friday, March 8 was International Women's Day — a day dedicated to honoring women's achievements and raising awareness about the ongoing issues that affect them. Then, when Purim begins on Friday, March 23, we'll be reminded of the story of Queen Esther and how it connects to today's refugees overcoming hardship and injustice.

In honor of both of these holidays, HIAS invites you to join in recognizing the strength and diversity of refugees.

Celebrating the Diversity and Strength of Refugee Women and Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

Tuesday, March 19

12:00 pm ET | 9:00 am PT



Register for the webinar today >> 

During the discussion, you'll learn about HIAS programs to end gender-based violence which provide women and girls, LGBTQ+ people, and survivors of gender-based violence with the tools and resources to find solidarity, build resilience, take back power, and heal. The featured speakers will talk about their own experiences on the ground and the importance of HIAS' programs.



The History of Antisemitism in Los Angeles

Mar 27, 2024, 6:30 – 8 PM

Holocaust Museum LA, The Grove Los Angeles

Is antisemitism in Los Angeles worse than it's ever been? Join Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Patt Morrison, Holocaust scholar and author of "Hitler in Los Angeles" Steve Ross, and the Museum's Chief Impact Officer Jordanna Gessler for a look at the long history of antisemitism in the city.

Join this panel discussion to learn more about why and how antisemitism in Los Angeles is not new and how we, as a community, can work together to stand up against anti-Jewish hate. 

For more information and to register:

Join HIAS For a Performance of The Braid’s Yearning to Breathe Free 

in Greater Los Angeles and online!

Live Performance: Yearning to Breathe Free presented in partnership with the Skirball Cultural Center through April 3 at various locations across Los Angeles plus March 28th & April 7th live on Zoom.

Weaving together true stories from Jewish immigrants across the globe — Ukraine, China, Iran, Chile, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel — this theatrical production, Yearning to Breathe Free, takes audiences deeper into the experience of leaving one’s home for a new land. Rooted by their Jewish tradition, the authors of these stories find a resilience to face an uncertain future.

In this time in which the right to seek refuge and Jewish identities are dangerously politicized, this show offers depth to the Jewish experience and inspires us to take action for refugees, asylum seekers, and newcomers.

Use the code HIAS for 25% off your ticket purchase >>



LBHTTF 2024 YESS Program

Saturday, April 13, 1 – 4 pm

Salvation Army, Long Beach

The Long Beach Human Trafficking Task Force is collaborating with Artists for Change to raise awareness and educate youth and the community on trafficking with a local screening of MAYA, a new movie from award-winning social impact filmmaker Julia Verdin. 

MAYA is a must-see film for parents and youth that sheds light on child trafficking, online predators, domestic violence and substance abuse. Recommended for audiences 13+.

After the screening: Meet the Director + Cast, hear an Expert Panel, find Community Resources and be entered into a raffle drawing for gift cards and an iPad.

To RSVP to attend YESS, complete this form or scan the QR code below:

FREE EVENT: 2024 YESS (Youth Empowerment Safety Symposium) | Hosted by the LBHTTF (google.com)

GOTV with NCJW: Write Postcards & Letters

Are you ready to start writing? Both Reclaim Our Vote and Vote Forward have addresses for us to help GOTV.

ROV’s mailings are to Georgia to mail April 22 to May 9 and Virginia to mail April 26 to June 3.

Note the mail dates. Virginia gives you more time. Reclaim our Vote will likely add campaigns for the November election as well.

Vote Forward mailings has campaigns to North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania. All are for the November election and are to be mailed by October 29.

If you have a Vote Forward account, pick whichever “Social” campaign you like and let us know how many letters you’ll be writing. If you don’t have a Vote Forward account, but would like to write letters, let us know. We can download and email the letters and addresses to you, or we can print them for you. Envelopes can also be provided if you need them. 

If you’d like to write postcards, please let us know how many you’d like and for which state and we’ll make arrangements to get you the postcards, script and addresses.

If you have any interest in hosting a letter/postcard writing party, please let us know. 

I hope you are ready to Get Out the Vote.

To join in the effort, email Deb Lelchuk at advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org 

Get Ready to Write We Need You!!

NCJW International Women’s Day Conversation: Addressing Antisemitism Across Borders - Recording

National Council of Jewish Women is so grateful that we were able to spend the morning of International Women’s Day with the U.S. Ambassador; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, and the Canadian Special Envoy on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons in partnership with Jewish Women International. We learned so much about the rise of antisemitism before and since October 7th, the work they are doing together to combat antisemitism globally, and what inspires them as bold international women leaders!

Questions about anything you have read or related to our Section’s advocacy? Email advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org.