This is the NCJWBCS Archives (January 2013 - May 2021). The current site can be found here.

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.

A Faith in the Future. A Belief in Action.

Annual Bergen County 20th CLOTHESLINE PROJECT

The Annual Bergen County 20th Clothesline Project took place on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. This is the 20th year that displays of hundreds of tee shirts decorated by domestic violence victims have been shown at the County Courthouse Green in Hackensack. The shirts are decorated as a therapeutic method for helping domestic violence victims move forward.

This is a joint community service with the YWCA (Healing Space), Shelter Our Sisters (SOS), Alternatives to Domestic Violence (ADV) and Strategies to Prevent Domestic Violence (StoP), which is an NCJW BCS community service.

NCJW BCS Group

Pictured in front of the Bergen County Courthouse, L-R:
NCJW BCS volunteers and advocates Carole Benson of Englewood, Ann Levenstein of Teaneck, Henrietta Wolfeiler of Hackensack, Elaine Pollack of Bergenfield, NJ Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, NJ State Senator Loretta Weinberg, Barbara Simon of Fair Lawn, and the statue of “Silent Witness.”

Clotheslines collage