Do you have an abortion story that you’d like to share? JWA, in partnership with the National Council of Jewish Women, is collecting the following kinds of stories: a story about your own experience of having an abortion, a story of helping someone else secure an abortion, a story of advocating for abortion rights. (JWA reserves the right to share your submission and contact information with NCJW and with scholars for research purposes.)

2022 marks the centennial of the first public bat mitzvah ceremony in the United States. JWA, along with SAJ: Judaism That Stands for All, invites Jewish women of all backgrounds to use this question set to reflect on and share their own bat mitzvah experiences and preserve them for the historical record.

2020 marked the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment’s ratification. It was also the year of a momentous presidential election in which gender and identity played a major role. Share your own voting story here and reflect on the significance of women’s voting in the past, present, and future!

Our world has been rocked by the rapid spread of COVID-19 and its economic and social ripple effects. While virtually no one has been left untouched by these upheavals, they have impacted individuals’ lives in very different ways. Share your experience of the pandemic here. By submitting your story to this question set, you understand that it may be shared with the Council of American Jewish Museums and its member institutions.

In the fewer than 50 years since the first woman became ordained as a rabbi on American soil, women have transformed the rabbinate, along with Jewish life and communities across the globe. Add your voice to the collection of stories about the challenges and blessings, trials and triumphs, of being a woman rabbi today. (Note: Submitting a story here does not ensure inclusion in JWA's Women Rabbis exhibit.)

In most Jewish communities, parenthood is an inevitable expectation. But we know it's not that simple. We want to hear your story, whether you’re dealing with infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, foster-parenting, becoming a single parent by choice, LGBTQ+ family-building, blended families, step-parenting, living child-free, or other family-building issues. Break down stigmas, confront taboos, and celebrate what family means to you.