Jewish Women's Center of Pittsburgh: Tzedakah Projects

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Tzedakah Projects Over the Years

From the beginning, the JWC has believed in the importance of supporting causes that benefit women in both the U.S. and Israel. We are committed to continuing this support.

5770 (2009-10): Jewish Women's Archive: The mission of the Jewish Women's Archive is to uncover, chronicle, and transmit to a broad public the rich history of American Jewish women. Founded in 1995, the Jewish Women's Archive presents the stories, struggles, and achievements of Jewish women in North America. They create and disseminate educational materials, develop partnerships, and maintain an innovative website all designed to help us understand our past and shape our future.

5769 (2008-09): Organization for the Resolution of Agunot: ORA is a not-for-profit social service agency that resolves cases of contested Jewish divorce, the majority of which involve domestic abuse. ORA works to address the problem of Agunot or “chained” women by acting as an impartial intermediary between husband and wife.

5768 (2007-08): Ahoti/My Sister: Ahoti, which means My Sister in Hebrew, is devoted to raising public awareness of Mizrahi feminism. "Mizrahi" means Oriental in Hebrew, and implies the ethnic characteristics of Middle Eastern, African and Asian Jews who are not part of the mainstream in Israel today. Ahoti supports self-empowerment projects, workshops, and conferences to support women’s economic independence.

5767 (2006-07): Israel Women’s Network Task Force on Sexual Trafficking: The IWN is Israel’s foremost advocacy group for women’s rights. The IWN initiated the first study on the phenomenon of trafficking of women in Israel in 1997. It was one of the founders of the coalition against the trafficking of women and continues to work in that framework today.

5766 (2005-06): Jewish Women International and Pittsburgh Task Force Against Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community: Additions to a resource library on domestic violence.

5765 (2004-05): Haifa Women’s Crisis Shelter and the Battered Women’s Hotline: Providing services in 5 languages to any battered woman in Israel.

5764 (2003-04): Women of the Wall (reprise): Still one of the most important issues to feminist Jews in Israel and abroad. We supported WoW again in their battles in the Supreme Court and Knesset to win the right to pray at the Wall.

5763 (2002-03): A Business of One’s Own—Economic Empowerment for Women in Israel: This organization provides microeconomic support for Arab and Jewish women in Israel to open their own businesses as they work toward the goal of economic independence.

5762 (2001-02): The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance: The mission of this national organization is to expand the spiritual, ritual, intellectual, and political opportunities for women within the framework of halacha.

5761 (2000-01): Hilla BaGalil (Walking together for women’s health): The first annual walk/run in Israel to raise awareness in Israel of breast cancer and other women’s health issues. This event was co-sponsored by Pittsburgh and Baltimore UJF Voices 2000 Program. Women from these cities, including representatives from the JWC, and from the Karmiel/Misgav region marched together on October 19, 2000.

5760 (1999-2000): Women of the Wall: Tzedakah money this year went to support the efforts of the women who braved taunts and rocks to claim the right to pray aloud, read the Torah, sing, and wear tallitot as Jews at Judaism’s most sacred place—the Western Wall.