Archives: Diversity

NY Jewish Week Article: About NYJA’s Event with Mayor Eric Adams and Women Rabbis

By New York Jewish Agenda May 22, 2022

A Jewish leader is not ‘just a man with a beard,’ women rabbis tell NYC Mayor Adams during discussion on combating antisemitism, climate change, homelessness, closing Rikers Island, healthcare, affordable housing and more.

NYJA Brings 55 Women Rabbis and Cantors to City Hall to Meet with NYC Mayor Eric Adams

By New York Jewish Agenda May 20, 2022

We brought together 55 women rabbis and cantors, representing all the major denominations; all five boroughs; Jews of Color and LGBTQ+ Jews for what we believe was the first-ever, and certainly the largest ever meeting of Jewish women clergy with the Mayor of New York City.